I spent last night watching a bunch of episodes of the Avengers. The old British TV show that was probably what most people thought of when they heard the name The Avengers until sometime in the last decade or so. Or, most people probably thought, “huh, what?” But maybe more people thought of the quirky British TV show before they thought of the comic book. Anyway, I had caught and episode or two in the past and found it full of British charm but I have a friend who has recently become obsessed whit it so I decided to sit down and catch a few episodes and that turned into a handful because it really is fun. It’s a mix of silly and serious with a wry British wit. It reminds me of the best parts of the Roger Moore James bond and none of the flaws. Of course, Diana Rigg was a Bond girl. She was in the one everyone said sucked when I was a kid and everyone thinks is great now. She is why I am posting. I kind of couldn’t decide who I was posting, Diana Rigg or her character Emma Peel and the truth is it is a bit of both. Emma Peel is very crush worthy because she’s amazing. I get why she is a feminist icon. My friend Katherine told me she is her favorite hero because she doesn’t exist to be saved by a man. And one thing that was striking to me watching the show is that she and John Steed are completely equal. The entire show operates as if it never occurred to anyone making it that someone might treat a woman as less than equal. Certainly it never occurs to refined gentleman John Steed that Emma Peel is anything but his equal. That alone makes the show feel radical (along with there being nothing sexual between them. Television and media in general has a hard time accepting any male/female friendship without trying to insert some sort of romance. It’s one of the many issues I have with fandoms and shippers actually). So I was thinking of posting Emma Peel because she is awesome and on top of that she is funny and stylish and just oozes charisma. But that felt like a disservice to the actress, who surely is responsible for a great deal of that. Perhaps the oddest thing is most people reading this may not recognize her but she is a major character in Game of Thrones. It’s strange how the world keeps moving no matter what we wish. So I have settled on Diana Rigg, knowing it is a mix. I love what she has done with Emma Peel in what I have seen and good god is she easy to look at. Today I want to fuck Diana Rigg.
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