From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
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   Agents of SHIELD: Why Marvel's Skye is One of The Strongest Female   
   Characters   
   by Paige Matthews   
      
   She may have started as a simple hacker on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.   
   but Skye (Chloe Bennet) has proven herself to be one of the strongest   
   characters of all time.   
      
   In almost every TV show or movie out there with strong female characters,   
   there’s often one predictable weakness – love. A character’s strength is   
   defined by both physical and emotional strength. However, very few female   
   characters tend to pass the emotional strength test. It is almost inevitable   
   to see our favorite heroine compromise the entire mission and risk her team   
   just in the name of love – whether romantically or otherwise.   
      
   Even everyone’s favorite action girl, Buffy Summers, failed the emotional   
   strength, not once but on many occasions. Despite her strength, Buffy almost   
   always let emotions cloud her judgment. In season 2 of Buffy the Vampire   
   Slayer, Buffy risked the entire gang by letting her feelings for Angel   
   prevent her from making the right calls. By the time she got the guts to   
   spill Angel’s guts, he had already killed Jenny Calendar and many other   
   innocents. When she has an argument with her mom at the end of season 2, she   
   becomes overly emotional and goes off-the-grid and leaves her mother and the   
   Scooby gang worried-sick. Sure, every time you have an argument with your   
   parents, the solution is to run away. We continue to see Buffy’s unsound   
   judgment with Riley and later Spike. She may be the strongest girl alive,   
   but Buffy was very far from emotional strength, not once but on many   
   occasions.   
      
   So, what makes Skye outstanding? Skye has not only proven to be a strong   
   skilled fighter and a super-powered inhuman, but also a very emotionally   
   strong character. With her combat skills, thanks to the training with   
   Melinda May, Skye has become a skilled fighter who can stand for long on her   
   own against even Melinda May herself, Mockingbird and probably Black Widow.   
   Sure they are more experienced and can probably take her down after a few   
   minutes, but when she uses her Quake powers, they stand no chance against   
   her. Ask Melinda May.   
      
   But, superpowers and great action skills aren’t what make Skye interesting.   
   It’s her emotional strength. It’s her power to make the right choices even   
   when confronted with the most difficult situations. It’s the fact that the   
   mission takes priority over her feelings. If you can count on any character   
   to make the right choice regardless of the situation, it would be Skye.   
      
   Unlike Buffy Summers and Phoebe Halliwell, we can count on Skye to take down   
   any evil killer regardless of her feelings towards him/her. And she would do   
   so without hesitation.   
      
   That said, I’m hoping that Agents of SHIELD will continue to build this   
   strong character we’ve seen in Skye and maybe, just maybe we’ll see her   
   elevated to join the rest of the Avengers in the movies, starting with   
   Captain America: Civil War.   
      
      
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