Jupiter's story in Jupiter Ascending is the same as the technician's story in Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier - you know, the guy who has Rumlow holding a weapon to his head and ordering him to release the Insight program to Hydra and says, "Sorry, can't do it. Captain's orders."
A nobody - a cog in the wheel, an unimportant, nameless person - suddenly becomes a key player in massive, unspeakable destruction. And they're faced with a choice: the personal vs the important.
Both of them choose the important over the personal.
Except that women are not usually shown making the choice of the important over the personal. A man may sacrifice everything in order to save the world and still be a hero (albeit an angst-ridden one), but a woman must sacrifice everything to save her family or she'll fail to save the world, fail to save her family, and have nothing but guilt.
It's like the people who write stories want women to feel guilty over being the hero.
Jupiter chooses the important over the personal and is still the hero of the story.
And this is why I believe telling stories about women are important. This is why I write women.
A nobody - a cog in the wheel, an unimportant, nameless person - suddenly becomes a key player in massive, unspeakable destruction. And they're faced with a choice: the personal vs the important.
Both of them choose the important over the personal.
Except that women are not usually shown making the choice of the important over the personal. A man may sacrifice everything in order to save the world and still be a hero (albeit an angst-ridden one), but a woman must sacrifice everything to save her family or she'll fail to save the world, fail to save her family, and have nothing but guilt.
It's like the people who write stories want women to feel guilty over being the hero.
Jupiter chooses the important over the personal and is still the hero of the story.
And this is why I believe telling stories about women are important. This is why I write women.