This is the very kind of story I hate. 'Oh no, humanity can't possibly rise above its failings! We need alien super-beings to redeem us a gunpoint!' Please.
About 'What Can A Heroine Do'...
How, exactly, does one make a 'new myth?' My understanding is that myths are built on top of each other; any new story is bound to be influenced by its predecessors. How would one go about making a new mythic pattern? I agree with feminism, but I don't quite understand what the objective is here.
About 'The Shaving of Shagpat'...
That's the very kind of prose that makes my head hurt. :-P