Oh man I love this post! Um, let's see. Liz Shaw is my favorite fictional character of all time, because she's smart and sarcastic and didn't actually need the Doctor but they had a great friendship anyway because she challenged him. Old Who also had Leela, and Sarah Jane, and Barbara, and Mel who gets such a bad wrap for no reason. I loved her :( Oh, and the Rani on the evil side, since she had her shit together way more than the Master ever did.
New Who has Martha and Donna and Jenny, who also gets a lot of hate for reasons I can't understand because she was amazing and I would take Jenny's Awesome Space Adventures over Torchwood any day. Speaking of Torchwood, I love Gwen even when I hate how she acts sometimes. I don't know why.
Um, Eureka has lots of strong female characters. I have a total crush on Jo, for being strong in the most literal sense, but still perfectly capable of indulging her emotions when it's appropriate. Zoe is the underrated genius and the only person in the town with any common sense. Allison I really didn't like at first but she's growing on me. Jessi from Kyle XY was phenomenal towards the end for knowing when to stand up and when to back down, and taking what she wanted, society be damned. Garcia and J.J. from Criminal Minds—Garcia for hacking into top secret government files to keep her boyfriend in the country, J.J. just for dealing with everything she has to see and remaining sweet, compassionate, and tough.
And for books, I know nobody else has read Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (though you should), but Bonanza Jellybean is pretty much the greatest ever. Sissy Hankshaw wasn't too bad either. Also, all of Pratchett's women, but especially Nanny Ogg.
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New Who has Martha and Donna and Jenny, who also gets a lot of hate for reasons I can't understand because she was amazing and I would take Jenny's Awesome Space Adventures over Torchwood any day. Speaking of Torchwood, I love Gwen even when I hate how she acts sometimes. I don't know why.
Um, Eureka has lots of strong female characters. I have a total crush on Jo, for being strong in the most literal sense, but still perfectly capable of indulging her emotions when it's appropriate. Zoe is the underrated genius and the only person in the town with any common sense. Allison I really didn't like at first but she's growing on me. Jessi from Kyle XY was phenomenal towards the end for knowing when to stand up and when to back down, and taking what she wanted, society be damned. Garcia and J.J. from Criminal Minds—Garcia for hacking into top secret government files to keep her boyfriend in the country, J.J. just for dealing with everything she has to see and remaining sweet, compassionate, and tough.
And for books, I know nobody else has read Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (though you should), but Bonanza Jellybean is pretty much the greatest ever. Sissy Hankshaw wasn't too bad either. Also, all of Pratchett's women, but especially Nanny Ogg.