give it up for the ladies!
Oct. 15th, 2009 04:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xparrotI got into a discussion elsewhere about female characters, how they're often not as well-written as the guys. But that gets to be a depressing topic. So rather than talk about how female characters lose out, here's some winning female characters!
10 fandoms' worth of awesome women:
Star Wars:
Princess Leia Organa (Solo)
"This is some rescue!"
Princess of Alderaan but queen of snark, she stands up to Darth Vader and helps lead the Rebellion when Luke is still back on the farm whining about power converters - not to mention she kills Jabba the Hutt in a bikini.
The X-Files
Special Agent Dana Scully
"Please explain to me the scientific nature of the 'whammy.'"
The ultimate straight-(wo)man, and how many times did she save Fox "Damsel in Distress" Mulder? Battle!Scully for the win!
Babylon 5:
Ambassador Delenn
Poised, elegant, wise, witty. Oh, and did I mention fucking bad-ass?
"Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari Fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
Commander Susan Ivanova
"You will listen to Ivanova. Ivanova is God."
Maybe she didn't have all the best lines - but she had plenty of them.
One Piece
Nico Robin
For taking so long to open her heart and call her nakama by name, but finally managing to.
Scrubs
Dr. Elliot Reid
Conquering life, one neurosis at a time.
Nurse Carla Espinosa
She knows who she is and how to do what she does, and she does it better than anyone.
Jordan Sullivan
Just because her heart is black and cold and shriveled doesn't mean she doesn't have one!
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Toph Beifong
"I am the greatest earthbender in the world!"
No one expects the tiny blind girl--until she drops an avalanche on your head!
Katara
"But I believe Aang can save the world."
I almost didn't like Katara at first, for being too much of a teenage girl, with all the embarrassing, stubborn idealism that can include. But you have to love her for that, too.
(note: geeeze but there's some pretty Avatar fanart out there! *_*)
Azula
"My own mother thought I was a monster. --She was right, of course, but it still hurt."
For being scary, at fourteen years old!
Stargate
Colonel Samantha Carter
"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water. "
Because she is smarter than you. And you, too.
Vala Mal Doran
"Because I am also a tortoise."
One of the main reasons I'm sad Farscape: SG-1 didn't get more seasons.
Teyla Emmagan
"Yes, because we humans aren't aggressive at all. "
A baby and a house-husband are waiting for her at home, while she goes out to kick ass across the galaxy.
Doctor Who
Donna Noble
"What, and you're in charge?"
"Doctor, Time Lord - yeah!"
"Donna, Human - No!"
She can do anything, if she puts her mind and her heart to it.
Rose Tyler
"I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. "
Dr. Martha Jones
"So this is me, getting out."
Leela
Because the universe needs more time-traveling cavegirls pointing knives at people in Victorian England!
NCIS
Ziva David
"Ziva, did you kill Houdini?"
"It is possible; I do not remember all their names."
Mossad's answer to Illya Kuryakin!
Abby Sciuto
"Technically it was a squatting hug. A squg, if you prefer. "
Super-cute super-smart goth girls FTW!
Pushing Daisies
Charlotte Charles
"I guess dying is as good a reason as any to start living."
She knows things aren't perfect, but she's going to get as much as she can out of them anyway, no matter what.
Olive Snook
"Wouldn't it just rock and roll if liking someone meant they had to like you back? Of course that'd be a different universe and something else would probably suck."
For not letting love or craziness stop her. Also, singing!
PS. Yuletide nominations are open! I'm gonna be signing up for the first time...should be fun!
10 fandoms' worth of awesome women:
Star Wars:
Princess Leia Organa (Solo)
"This is some rescue!"
Princess of Alderaan but queen of snark, she stands up to Darth Vader and helps lead the Rebellion when Luke is still back on the farm whining about power converters - not to mention she kills Jabba the Hutt in a bikini.
The X-Files
Special Agent Dana Scully
"Please explain to me the scientific nature of the 'whammy.'"
The ultimate straight-(wo)man, and how many times did she save Fox "Damsel in Distress" Mulder? Battle!Scully for the win!
Babylon 5:
Ambassador Delenn
Poised, elegant, wise, witty. Oh, and did I mention fucking bad-ass?
"Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari Fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
Commander Susan Ivanova
"You will listen to Ivanova. Ivanova is God."
Maybe she didn't have all the best lines - but she had plenty of them.
One Piece
| Nami "Luffy...tasukete kure..." For what she did for her village, and what they did for her, and keeping her dream throughout it, and following it afterward. And for every time she gets beri-signs in her eyes. |
and Nefertari Vivi Who is still nakama, but will always be a princess first - not the fairy tale kind, but the crown princess who will one day be queen, and can never forget it. |
Nico Robin
For taking so long to open her heart and call her nakama by name, but finally managing to.
Scrubs
Dr. Elliot Reid
Conquering life, one neurosis at a time.
Nurse Carla Espinosa
She knows who she is and how to do what she does, and she does it better than anyone.
Jordan Sullivan
Just because her heart is black and cold and shriveled doesn't mean she doesn't have one!
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Toph Beifong
"I am the greatest earthbender in the world!"
No one expects the tiny blind girl--until she drops an avalanche on your head!
Katara
"But I believe Aang can save the world."
I almost didn't like Katara at first, for being too much of a teenage girl, with all the embarrassing, stubborn idealism that can include. But you have to love her for that, too.
(note: geeeze but there's some pretty Avatar fanart out there! *_*)
Azula
"My own mother thought I was a monster. --She was right, of course, but it still hurt."
For being scary, at fourteen years old!
Stargate
Colonel Samantha Carter
"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water. "
Because she is smarter than you. And you, too.
Vala Mal Doran
"Because I am also a tortoise."
One of the main reasons I'm sad Farscape: SG-1 didn't get more seasons.
Teyla Emmagan
"Yes, because we humans aren't aggressive at all. "
A baby and a house-husband are waiting for her at home, while she goes out to kick ass across the galaxy.
Doctor Who
Donna Noble
"What, and you're in charge?"
"Doctor, Time Lord - yeah!"
"Donna, Human - No!"
She can do anything, if she puts her mind and her heart to it.
Rose Tyler
"I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. "
Dr. Martha Jones
"So this is me, getting out."
Leela
Because the universe needs more time-traveling cavegirls pointing knives at people in Victorian England!
NCIS
Ziva David
"Ziva, did you kill Houdini?"
"It is possible; I do not remember all their names."
Mossad's answer to Illya Kuryakin!
Abby Sciuto
"Technically it was a squatting hug. A squg, if you prefer. "
Super-cute super-smart goth girls FTW!
Pushing Daisies
Charlotte Charles
"I guess dying is as good a reason as any to start living."
She knows things aren't perfect, but she's going to get as much as she can out of them anyway, no matter what.
Olive Snook
"Wouldn't it just rock and roll if liking someone meant they had to like you back? Of course that'd be a different universe and something else would probably suck."
For not letting love or craziness stop her. Also, singing!
PS. Yuletide nominations are open! I'm gonna be signing up for the first time...should be fun!
