Re: Sofia Curtis
Heeeelllo people! *frantic waves*
I didn't read through all the pages just a few here on the last one. First of all; indeed Congratulations for the baby.
I'll be honest, I hated Sofia when she appeared. I was also annoyed when I found out she would return this season. Then season 6 came and aside the fact that the whole season simply rocks, the PTBs managed to change my opinion of Sofia as well. And no, I do not say it because half of the CSI fandom was touched by ABRTI. It was a great chance for Lousie to show that 'Heck, people, there's a reason why I was picked.'
I kind of guess, though, why so many people -including me- disliked her. I think unlike the other two CSI shows, the characters here are constant aka no characters were replaced -not counting Holly Gribbs with Sara. The fact that she arrived to the nr1 show after 4 amazingly successful seasons was another disadvantage for her. They kept changing recurring guest stars but none of those guest stars evoked such emotions as she did. Why? Reason nr1; she 'interfered' in certain ships.... Reason nr2; she was an actual CSI. After 5 seasons of our favorite CSIs, this new addition might have seemed a bit disturbing. That was what bothered ME. And FUNNILY... ever since she's a cop, I'm not bothered by her. I might be alone in this but that's just MY guess.
I found her interaction with Sara in ABRTI II ironic. It was kinda like a reversed/replaced Nesting Dolls.
I'm certain that Sofia has many fans. The online communities do know show a real picture. Compared to 30 million people, forums and livejournal communities are nothing.
As for my hopes; since Cath is my fave, I hope Sofia will get along with her fine in the future. They didn't seem to have any issues which I'm personally happy about. This is a great chance for tPTBs to prove that females do not hate each other.. in fact THEY CAN GET ALONG PRETTY FINE. (Sorry.. it has always bugged me on CSI. PTBs could do the most about preventing fandom fights but ah.. that's another story.)
And eeeeep.... sorry for the long post.