Right! Here we go (this may take more than one comment... damn rambling):
-Rinoa from Final Fantasy 8 – I know, I know, loads of people hate Rinoa. I was like 8 or 9 when I first played FF8 though and loved her… quirkiness (as well as Squall’s broody, stand-offishness) for some reason. She even got the honour of always being in my party when she could! Nostalgic love!
-Fran from Final Fantasy 12 – Fran is AMAZING. Not only is she part of an on-screen platonic relationship (ie. not the FF style of “look at these people and their developing romantic relationship of plot convenience!”), but the actress is a very good voice act and makes her seen inhuman – which she is – but also likeable, and having the own cultures and traditions of her race. What’s not to love?
-Ruby from Supernatural – Actress voice of the first Ruby probably plays a role here too. But! She’s kickass, she’s morally ambiguous, she’s a character there to create conflict not just because she can but because she has her own agenda (that may or may not be the same as Sam’s) – that’s pretty good going as far as characterisation is concerned (especially when people complain of Supernatural’s female characterisation typically not being good). I don’t tend to like romance in my shows but I Know What You Did Last Summer didn’t bother me at all, which must say something about how much I like her!
-River from Firefly - Again, “quirkiness” is probably a good description here – I really like River for many reasons, mostly because of how off balance is, how unpredictably she acts, and some of her lines. Actually, the opening scenes of Objects in Space which is (as far as I’m concerned) in River’s point of view is brilliantly directed imo (I’m erring on the side of caution and being vague in case you haven’t seen it) and makes me love the character even more.
-Robin from How I Met Your Mother – I really love this show, Robin in particular as she’s such an untraditional character (I’m actually doing a university essay on her –glee-) for a girl. She doesn’t (as of season 3 anyway, haven’t seen season 4 yet) want to be settled down, she doesn’t want (or even like) kids, she’s not into coupley stuff, she’s independent and far capable of standing up for her own feelings, she prefers casual relationships, she’s into stuff like guns – she’s pretty too. Non-cliché female character – whoo!
-Rose from Legend of Dragoon – When you consider that while Rose is with you, you have Shana with you, any awesome that you might feel gets multiplied because of the fact that Shana is the most useless video game character I’ve ever seen in my life. Even Garnet/Dagger during her “Dagger can’t concentrate!” spell wasn’t that bad. Rose is intelligent, not afraid to speak her mind, has an attack that heals you AND hurts the enemy, doesn’t get kidnapped, have ankle twisted etc. Great girl!
-Ace from (original series of) Doctor Who – How can you not love somebody who hits a dalek with a baseball bat? Really. Ace is amazing! Some people don’t like the later Doctors so maybe they wouldn’t like her… but daleks! Baseball bats! (Also, she loves bombs and apparently sneaks them around with her. This is worrying, but useful for evil aliens I suppose!)
-The whole female cast of Monster (a manga) – is that cheating? – Not that the male cast or any less amazing here! But the whole cast here is very, very, very well characterised as the writer (Naoki Urasawa) puts in amazing detail – this could be a book, the plot is that intricate and the characters that developed. Eva in particular is great to watch from her chucking engagement, the tragedy that happens, her alcoholism (and total psychosis), her wake-up calls (various of them)… for a character initially so unlikeable, she sure gets a lot of development – depth of character!
-Eiko from Final Fantasy 9 – I have no idea why I love Eiko, really. I think it’s just that she’s a bit of a precocious brat and hilarious when with Vivi (who I also love)… good enough reason, right?
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-Rinoa from Final Fantasy 8 – I know, I know, loads of people hate Rinoa. I was like 8 or 9 when I first played FF8 though and loved her… quirkiness (as well as Squall’s broody, stand-offishness) for some reason. She even got the honour of always being in my party when she could! Nostalgic love!
-Fran from Final Fantasy 12 – Fran is AMAZING. Not only is she part of an on-screen platonic relationship (ie. not the FF style of “look at these people and their developing romantic relationship of plot convenience!”), but the actress is a very good voice act and makes her seen inhuman – which she is – but also likeable, and having the own cultures and traditions of her race. What’s not to love?
-Ruby from Supernatural – Actress voice of the first Ruby probably plays a role here too. But! She’s kickass, she’s morally ambiguous, she’s a character there to create conflict not just because she can but because she has her own agenda (that may or may not be the same as Sam’s) – that’s pretty good going as far as characterisation is concerned (especially when people complain of Supernatural’s female characterisation typically not being good). I don’t tend to like romance in my shows but I Know What You Did Last Summer didn’t bother me at all, which must say something about how much I like her!
-River from Firefly - Again, “quirkiness” is probably a good description here – I really like River for many reasons, mostly because of how off balance is, how unpredictably she acts, and some of her lines. Actually, the opening scenes of Objects in Space which is (as far as I’m concerned) in River’s point of view is brilliantly directed imo (I’m erring on the side of caution and being vague in case you haven’t seen it) and makes me love the character even more.
-Robin from How I Met Your Mother – I really love this show, Robin in particular as she’s such an untraditional character (I’m actually doing a university essay on her –glee-) for a girl. She doesn’t (as of season 3 anyway, haven’t seen season 4 yet) want to be settled down, she doesn’t want (or even like) kids, she’s not into coupley stuff, she’s independent and far capable of standing up for her own feelings, she prefers casual relationships, she’s into stuff like guns – she’s pretty too. Non-cliché female character – whoo!
-Rose from Legend of Dragoon – When you consider that while Rose is with you, you have Shana with you, any awesome that you might feel gets multiplied because of the fact that Shana is the most useless video game character I’ve ever seen in my life. Even Garnet/Dagger during her “Dagger can’t concentrate!” spell wasn’t that bad. Rose is intelligent, not afraid to speak her mind, has an attack that heals you AND hurts the enemy, doesn’t get kidnapped, have ankle twisted etc. Great girl!
-Ace from (original series of) Doctor Who – How can you not love somebody who hits a dalek with a baseball bat? Really. Ace is amazing! Some people don’t like the later Doctors so maybe they wouldn’t like her… but daleks! Baseball bats! (Also, she loves bombs and apparently sneaks them around with her. This is worrying, but useful for evil aliens I suppose!)
-The whole female cast of Monster (a manga) – is that cheating? – Not that the male cast or any less amazing here! But the whole cast here is very, very, very well characterised as the writer (Naoki Urasawa) puts in amazing detail – this could be a book, the plot is that intricate and the characters that developed. Eva in particular is great to watch from her chucking engagement, the tragedy that happens, her alcoholism (and total psychosis), her wake-up calls (various of them)… for a character initially so unlikeable, she sure gets a lot of development – depth of character!
-Eiko from Final Fantasy 9 – I have no idea why I love Eiko, really. I think it’s just that she’s a bit of a precocious brat and hilarious when with Vivi (who I also love)… good enough reason, right?
ALSO, I TALK FOREVER. I WILL STOP THIS COMMENT NOW.