What I'm surprised about is that of the six characters on Coupling, one was sane and adult, and it was a woman. There was a guy who could possibly achieve emotional adulthood, but it would definitely be because that one woman dragged him there. This is not the Moffat character, either. Moffat might dislike that kind of woman (articles make it sound so), but he wrote her well enough to fool me.
Opinions of the creator become important when I'm contributing to their wallet through direct revenue or ratings. I don't want to be responsible for the enrichment of people whose values I abhor, and I'm willing to "lose out" by not seeing/reading the material, or I'll "act out" by purloining it, but I do regard that kind of me caving and not upholding principles as often as I do see it as an act of rebellion.
I'm not sure I'd count Sally as sane and adult. Though maybe she became sane and adult after I stopped watching?
(I mean, honestly, Susan is the only one I'd classify as close to sane and adult, and even that's a stretch for me.)
I'm not sure I'd count Sally as sane and adult
Neither would I. She's waspish, mean, and vain. Susan is sensible, responsible, sex-positive, and generally got a handle on her neuroses, etc, though.
(Do you really think *I* would consider Sally sane or adult? I'm confused)
I was thrown because you said "not the Moffat character" for the man, but Steve *is* the Moffat character, and Susan is based on Sue.
(In which case, I think it's safe to say that he likes that kind of woman very much, and that kind of woman puts up with him.)
And for the threepeat, nope, I wouldn't normally think you'd consider Sally sane or adult, so I was wicked confused for a bit when I thought you were explicitly excluding Susan.
Steve *is* the Moffat character
In the article above, Moffat identified himself with Patrick. That's what I was alluding to. I guess he sees himself in more than one, no rule against that. I just didn't know he did. Sorry.
In the article above, Moffat identified himself with Patrick. That's what I was alluding to. I guess he sees himself in more than one, no rule against that. I just didn't know he did. Sorry.
Yeah, that article is kind of a jumble compared to a lot of them. Steve and Susan's courtship and life is explicitly based on Steven and Sue's courtship and life (at times painfully so), though I don't know if he every accidentally gifted Beryl with an inappropriate gift.
