Fannish5: Monogamy Is Not For Everyone
Jun. 12th, 2010 07:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakName five characters who probably shouldn't try to be monogamous.
1.) Chiana (Farscape). Actually, to clarify that: not because the early s3 incident, which was mostly Chiana panicking and self-sabotaging. Not to mention being very young. But I think even a mature Chiana under optimal cirucmstances would not be happy in a monagamous relationship (but very happy in an open one).
2.) Londo Mollari (Babylon 5). Centauri polygamy is part of their culture (and I love that it's not presented as a Londo-only thing; when we catch up with Vir in the very last episode, he's in bed with two women, presumably his wives) moreover, Londo is one character who'd probably find it bewildering if told he can only be in love with one person at a time.
3.) Lucas Buck (American Gothic). No matter whether you think Lucas was a human being with supernatural gifts, the devil himself or just a minor demonic entity: definitely not a candidate for monogamy, or, for that matter, for romantic relationships, full stop. At best, you get something dysfunctional and emotionally abusive involving a lot of mutual sarcasm.
4.) Jack Harkness (Torchwood and Doctor Who). Here I have to clarify again: it's not that I see Jack as incapable of sexual fidelity if that is what his partner expects and needs. We have no idea whether the the Estelle, Lucia and Unknown Woman In Black And White Wedding Photo relationships were sexually exclusive or not while they lasted. They might have been. The one with Ianto probably was in its later stages (not early on, since Jack had no problem telling Real Jack "there is no one" at a point where he already had sex with Ianto). But at the same time, I think that a) this would always be the partner's in question choice, and b) emotional monogamy would definitely not be the case, which could place those relationships under severe stress in most cases.
5.) Dream of the Endless (The Sandman). To be more precise, Morpheus. Just look at his romantic track record. If every single romance we know of ended badly, there is an argument to be made for not having any at all, but for an anthropomorphic entity, that's probably not an option. So, in order for Daniel to avoid his Morphean catastrophe of a love life, I'd suggest non-monogamous relationships, in which case the train wreckage might not be so bad or could be avoided.
1.) Chiana (Farscape). Actually, to clarify that: not because the early s3 incident, which was mostly Chiana panicking and self-sabotaging. Not to mention being very young. But I think even a mature Chiana under optimal cirucmstances would not be happy in a monagamous relationship (but very happy in an open one).
2.) Londo Mollari (Babylon 5). Centauri polygamy is part of their culture (and I love that it's not presented as a Londo-only thing; when we catch up with Vir in the very last episode, he's in bed with two women, presumably his wives) moreover, Londo is one character who'd probably find it bewildering if told he can only be in love with one person at a time.
3.) Lucas Buck (American Gothic). No matter whether you think Lucas was a human being with supernatural gifts, the devil himself or just a minor demonic entity: definitely not a candidate for monogamy, or, for that matter, for romantic relationships, full stop. At best, you get something dysfunctional and emotionally abusive involving a lot of mutual sarcasm.
4.) Jack Harkness (Torchwood and Doctor Who). Here I have to clarify again: it's not that I see Jack as incapable of sexual fidelity if that is what his partner expects and needs. We have no idea whether the the Estelle, Lucia and Unknown Woman In Black And White Wedding Photo relationships were sexually exclusive or not while they lasted. They might have been. The one with Ianto probably was in its later stages (not early on, since Jack had no problem telling Real Jack "there is no one" at a point where he already had sex with Ianto). But at the same time, I think that a) this would always be the partner's in question choice, and b) emotional monogamy would definitely not be the case, which could place those relationships under severe stress in most cases.
5.) Dream of the Endless (The Sandman). To be more precise, Morpheus. Just look at his romantic track record. If every single romance we know of ended badly, there is an argument to be made for not having any at all, but for an anthropomorphic entity, that's probably not an option. So, in order for Daniel to avoid his Morphean catastrophe of a love life, I'd suggest non-monogamous relationships, in which case the train wreckage might not be so bad or could be avoided.
