![]() ![]() ![]() I wanted to start this article, “John Crichton and River Tam walk into a bar, followed by creepy scientists wearing blue gloves and a weird guy with a brain-torture chair. So many gender stereotypes and tropes are chewed up and spat out by Farscape’s power couple that it warrants a second and/or third glance. While admittedly, neither Ben Browder nor Claudia Black are hard to look at, this could not be further from the truth. A cursory glance could dismiss John and Aeryn as the requisite science fiction heteronormative, physically attractive couple. There is so much to love about the show – good science fiction, great characters, Jim Henson creations, and most of all, the incredibly interesting relationship between John Crichton, the human astronaut thrown into a strange world of living ships, alien cultures, and extreme vulnerability, and Aeryn Sun, the Sebacean Peacekeeper born into a society in which emotional attachment, empathy, and respect for ‘lesser species’ are strongly discouraged. When I first started watching Farscape, I knew I was hooked. ![]()
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