I agree. The twice (at least) use of words relating to a woman's sexual promiscuity was problematic--as if these women couldn't think of anything else! And also curiously out of character, especially for Madeline.
I think that Madeline's remark is the worst. It makes no sense, and although I found the phrase "ad hoc internal affairs bimbo" hilarious at the time, it doesn't change the fact that it's OOC. Setting aside the fact that Madeline would probably not use that word, it also obviously has no basis in fact. Over the course of the series, I *never* got the impression that Madeline thought Nikita was either slutty or dumb. If Madeline were going to insult Nikita, she could no doubt think of something that was more accurate. Which is why the "bimbo" comment to me reads like a (male) writer putting words in her mouth and deciding that "hur dur women can't think of any insults other than slut!"
As for Adrian, as funny as it sounds I found it redeeming that she most likely *actually* thought Madeline was a bit of a whore. Because it seemed completely IC for Adrian to say, it didn't read to me like "male writer writes fight between women, reaches for slut synonyms." It also seemed to have some basis in truth, as we had canonically been introduced to one of Madeline's dalliances. As opposed to the "bimbo" comment, which had no basis in canon and just sounded "off" coming from Madeline.
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I think that Madeline's remark is the worst. It makes no sense, and although I found the phrase "ad hoc internal affairs bimbo" hilarious at the time, it doesn't change the fact that it's OOC. Setting aside the fact that Madeline would probably not use that word, it also obviously has no basis in fact. Over the course of the series, I *never* got the impression that Madeline thought Nikita was either slutty or dumb. If Madeline were going to insult Nikita, she could no doubt think of something that was more accurate. Which is why the "bimbo" comment to me reads like a (male) writer putting words in her mouth and deciding that "hur dur women can't think of any insults other than slut!"
As for Adrian, as funny as it sounds I found it redeeming that she most likely *actually* thought Madeline was a bit of a whore. Because it seemed completely IC for Adrian to say, it didn't read to me like "male writer writes fight between women, reaches for slut synonyms." It also seemed to have some basis in truth, as we had canonically been introduced to one of Madeline's dalliances. As opposed to the "bimbo" comment, which had no basis in canon and just sounded "off" coming from Madeline.