Fangirlish writer Shana Lieberman talks about the unprecedentedness of growing up alongside a 23-year-long character on television (Olivia Benson), how Elliot is an "idiot" for his supposed "radio silence"  while he was under cover for 3 months, and how having a female protagonist be happy doesn't cheapen the show or make it into a "soap opera." "Does anyone deserve Liv?" she says. "Absolutely not."