QUOTE (englewood @ Mar 19 2007, 11:48 AM)

lol, you are as crazy as Jessica, plus you can only have 10 choices..lol
why am I crazy? because I admire a strong female character who kills people because she's angry and violent inresponse to being murdered by her own father and has isues with men? I admire a woman who doesn't let the abuse suffered by men destroy her, but make her stronger? that makes me crazy?
Now, I don't agree with killing indiscriminately or working for a mobster, but aside from those flaws in her character I admire her strength and no, I'm not crazy. And neither is she - she's been abused and killed by the man who was supposed to love her and care for her the most. She's angry and rightfully so.
Now if she could just direct her anger in a more positive way, she'd be amazing. i personally think that niki/jessica character growth may be somewhere along those lines of re-directing Jessica's anger into Niki's goodness and then with their powers combined - WOW! I don't know, something like that, maybe. IMHO
If you can only have 10 choices, then get rid of Mohinder's ex, she's not special or an important character or even a big part of the show. I think we've seen her once or twice. I can't even remember what she looks like. At least Simone and Janice have/had a moreconstant role in the show and the development of other heroes characters. I also would have put in Heidi and Charlie. Maybe a better way to set up the poll is to only use characers who are still alive, or just the Heroes/special people. Don't want to tick anyone off, just ranting.
Niki and Jessica both have powers that they share and IMHO both deserve a spot on the poll.
Now I've started and can't stop...
Oh, more reasons I love Niki/Jessica...in western society many women are easily put into one of two categories by men or even other women: the madonna or the whore. Now what's interesting to me is that niki/Jessica are both in one body. On top of that, and aside from niki's motherly devotion and Jessica's whore-ish activites (with nathan, whereas niki wanted to leave) they are strong and tough and don't let people mess with them. Jessica, because she will kill them if they do, and Niki, well, she's getting better and stronger.
See, Niki didn't let Jessica mess with her completely. She's finding ways to best Jessica, i.e. confessing to Nathan why she's there and what Jessica will do and having him knock her out to keep Jessica down; also leaving the picture for DL to find to give him a clue, and maybe she has done or will do more.
I personally hope that Jessica will merge with Niki to form a more complete whole, who is neither a madonna or a whore, (maybe both) but a strong powerful woman in control of herself and her life. That's my hope but I'm sure the writers can think of something better than that.