Whedon and his Women

Since Gossip Girl has failed me yet again, I have to resort to a new topic. So back to Firefly and Joss Whedon's amazing creative writing. In his series, he has the perfect balance of all a women's traits. He separates them into to groups, ultra feminine and very hard and masculine. The feminine group consists of Inara and Kaylee. Inara, being a companion is much more feminine than Kaylee, but both are concerned with men and tend to at least try to display their feelings. Both of them enjoy dressing nice, especially fancy dresses. In one episode, Kaylee gets a huge frilly pink dress and is super excited to go show it off at the ball. Inara always wears a lot of dresses and presents herself perfectly at all times, even more so with her clients. She is always wearing make up and being proper. Zoe and River comprise the contrasting group. They are not identical in their anti-female, but neither of them embrace femininity. They portray themselves as warriors. Zoe was a member of Captain males platoon in the war against the alliance. She is a fighter to the very core and a very rough person. She never wears make up or does her hair and her clothing often resembles what she wore in the war: heavy duty pants, collared shirts, and a leather vest. Even in her marriage, Whedon portrays her as the dominate one. River is tough in a manner that was not her own choice. She is like a child in most senses, but the alliance attempted to transform her into a war machine. This is best displayed in the movie Serenity, where she singlehadedly destroys an entire ship of reevers. Nothing can harm her. Also, her temper and impressive amounts of critical thinking is very masculine. The two sides occasionally blend, but mostly stay very contrasted. You rarely see Zoe or River upset over a relationship. Even when Wash dies in Serenity, Zoe accepts it as part of battle. Kaylee always becomes very upset at even the simplest things the doctor says and to easily takes them as rejections. Inara even left the ship because of her desire to have a relationship with Captain Mal. She just could not handle the emotions. This balance is what causes the relationships of all the females on board to blend so well with each other. Otherwise, they would stay in a constant cat fight. Therefore, Joss Whedon is brilliant.