The Fighter and the Protector

        Myka Bering, from “Warehouse 13” and Eve Baird, from “The Librarians,” are the two strong but quiet female characters I will be discussing today.
        These women were both from governmental agencies before they joined the Warehouse and the Library.  Myka served in the Presidential Protective Division of the United States Secret Service before she was transferred to the Warehouse. Eve was a NATO agent before she became the Guardian to the Librarians.

Once these two characters were transferred to their supernatural agencies, they were very hesitate to settle in. Myka was devastated to be transferred to an unknown warehouse in the middle of nowhere and she bothered her former boss quite often to have him return her to her secret service job. Eve was very hesitant to believe in magic and it took her awhile to become settled in as the Guardian.

In order to become successful as a Warehouse agent and a Guardian, these women have to be skilled and very calm when it comes to danger. Although Myka is very intelligence, she does have physical strength as well. As a teenager she learned how to fence and she appears to be good at martial arts. Eve is obviously able to handle herself in a fight, otherwise, she would not have been considered to be a Guardian.
These women also have a similar personality, one that follows the book while still being calm and quiet. Myka has her head in the books, as well as following the rules of the book without fail. Eve is such a soldier that she treats her Librarians as if she were their commanding officer.

Despite being strong female characters, these women have fallen into the stereotype that a female partner and a male partner cannot work together without falling in love. Myka and her Warehouse agent Peter Lattimer spent the entire series fighting their feelings for each other. It was only until the series finale that these two agents starting dating. Eve kissed Flynn Carsen multiple times, even though she had recently met him. I can’t help feeling that these romances are diminishing the strength and knowledge of these women; as if the shows are saying that a woman can only be involved in a dangerous occupation if she falls in love with her partner.