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We Think The Women Should Be Allowed To Fight.
A while ago,
misscam posted an entry about the hard time female characters get in fandom and invited everyone to talk about female characters they loved in the comments. I thought that this was a lovely idea, and so I am completely stealing it. Because I do tend to talk about male characters far more than I talk about female ones, and that's not right. There are plenty of female characters I adore. Here are some of them.
I love the women of House. I love poor adorable Cameron and her tendency to become attached to patients and her emotional masochism. I love longsuffering, sarcastic, awesome Cuddy. I LOVE THE BUDDY COP DUO THAT CAMERON AND CUDDY HAVE FORMED IN MY MIND. I love Thirteen when she is vulnerable and when she has that ridiculously cute grin or that little smile and when she is rolling her eyes and when she is going 'THESE ARE NOT THE CORRECT DRUGS; THEY ARE INSUFFICIENTLY CRAP' and when she is saying words and when she is on the screen.
I love Donna of Doctor Who. I love that she could so easily have been a shallow, exaggerated comic character, but that the writers instead took her and made something wonderful. I love that she made me emotionally invested in Doctor Who again; I cared about what happened to her, which was something I hadn't felt about any Doctor Who character (with the possible exception of the Master) since Eccleston's regeneration. I love that she will stand up to the Doctor, and she won't take 'I AM A TIME LORD AND THEREFORE MORALLY SUPERIOR' for an answer. She is compassionate and awesome and ridiculous and amazing and I adore her.
I love Toph of Avatar. She is mocking and hilarious and kicks arse, and the way she uses Earthbending to see is utterly fascinating. Katara, meanwhile, is lovely and awesome in equal measures, and Ty Lee is just the most adorable antagonist ever, bless her. I also love the fact that Toph and Katara both have very real flaws, and that these flaws in no way stop them from being wonderful.
I love Annie of Being Human, because she is adorable. I love her inept attempts to conform to the cultural image of what a ghost should be like. I love that she wants to be in Hufflepuff and make glittery cards. I love the little things she does for Owen, and her little smile when he notices them (even if he does not deserve them. Why don't you adorably haunt my house, Annie?). I love her friendship with Mitchell and George, and the ridiculous amounts of chemistry they all have.
These certainly aren't all the female characters I love (Carla, Elliot, Tosh, Sharpay, Fran, Celes, Selphie, Quistis, Freya, Yuna, Rikku, Lulu, Paine, Larxene, Ruby, Bela, Pamela, Ellen, Gwen, Morgana, Rose Tyler, Alex Drake, Samantha Carter, Luna Lovegood, Sara Tancredi...), but it's a start. Who are your favourite female characters? I'd love to hear about why you love them in the comments.
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I love the women of House. I love poor adorable Cameron and her tendency to become attached to patients and her emotional masochism. I love longsuffering, sarcastic, awesome Cuddy. I LOVE THE BUDDY COP DUO THAT CAMERON AND CUDDY HAVE FORMED IN MY MIND. I love Thirteen when she is vulnerable and when she has that ridiculously cute grin or that little smile and when she is rolling her eyes and when she is going 'THESE ARE NOT THE CORRECT DRUGS; THEY ARE INSUFFICIENTLY CRAP' and when she is saying words and when she is on the screen.
I love Donna of Doctor Who. I love that she could so easily have been a shallow, exaggerated comic character, but that the writers instead took her and made something wonderful. I love that she made me emotionally invested in Doctor Who again; I cared about what happened to her, which was something I hadn't felt about any Doctor Who character (with the possible exception of the Master) since Eccleston's regeneration. I love that she will stand up to the Doctor, and she won't take 'I AM A TIME LORD AND THEREFORE MORALLY SUPERIOR' for an answer. She is compassionate and awesome and ridiculous and amazing and I adore her.
I love Toph of Avatar. She is mocking and hilarious and kicks arse, and the way she uses Earthbending to see is utterly fascinating. Katara, meanwhile, is lovely and awesome in equal measures, and Ty Lee is just the most adorable antagonist ever, bless her. I also love the fact that Toph and Katara both have very real flaws, and that these flaws in no way stop them from being wonderful.
I love Annie of Being Human, because she is adorable. I love her inept attempts to conform to the cultural image of what a ghost should be like. I love that she wants to be in Hufflepuff and make glittery cards. I love the little things she does for Owen, and her little smile when he notices them (even if he does not deserve them. Why don't you adorably haunt my house, Annie?). I love her friendship with Mitchell and George, and the ridiculous amounts of chemistry they all have.
These certainly aren't all the female characters I love (Carla, Elliot, Tosh, Sharpay, Fran, Celes, Selphie, Quistis, Freya, Yuna, Rikku, Lulu, Paine, Larxene, Ruby, Bela, Pamela, Ellen, Gwen, Morgana, Rose Tyler, Alex Drake, Samantha Carter, Luna Lovegood, Sara Tancredi...), but it's a start. Who are your favourite female characters? I'd love to hear about why you love them in the comments.
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River Tam, who is broken; who's broken edges cut; who is quirky and adorable; who is very crazy; who is very smart; who loves to dance; who could kill you with her brain (and her hands and her feet and everything in the room). Who is kind of a brat. Who's food is problematic.
Alyx Vance, who has a giant robot that she upgrades herself. Who is lonely. Who loves her dad. Who is full of rage, constant, futile rage at the state of the world. Who could kill you nine ways before you hit the ground and who makes doofus-y jokes about 'Zombines'.
Elika, who is sarcastic with an excellent vocabulary. Who is sustained, literally, only by her need to save the world. Who does everything the Prince does with bare feet and bare hands. Who is scarily determined to fix her father's mistake. Who is one of the saddest characters I've ever seen for that reason; so unable to imagine any way but tradition. Who doesn't know how to play I-Spy.
And her predecessor, Farah, who is sarcastic and perky; who clearly thought the Prince was a moron and took none of his shit; who gets oddly happy about finding cracks in walls; who is so tiny and vulnerable yet incredibly tough. Who knows the only way to get anythng done is to damn well do it yourself.
EVE! OMG EVE, who could blast you pieces and yet exists to seek life. Who watches romantic musicals with WALL-E and thinks they're awesome. Who can solve a Rubik's cube in a second and blow holes in the roof rather than take things outside; who is impatient and easily frustrated and has a hell of a temper. Who is so very, very sad when she can't complete her task. Who learns to care. Who loves to fly.
I LOVE ALL THE FEMALE CHARACTERS HATED BY FANDOM. YES, YOU HEARD ME.
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I don't know anyone who's read Sabriel anymore! If my books hadn't been lost to a fire I'd want to start rereading now <3
I think I love you for saying Eve :)
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and who makes doofus-y jokes about 'Zombines'.
I read 'Zombines' as 'Zoombinis' and now I am quite disappointed that this was not, in fact, what it said.
Oh, and EVE! Yes!
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'Zombine' is a combination of 'zombie' and 'Combine', and they sadly don't resemble Zoombinis hugely. I don't think you're likely to have set many Zoombinis on fire. Or crushed them with cars. Or hit them with heavy objects. Or thrown grenades at them. Or perforated them with lead. (Or maybe you have; I wouldn't know.) Though, I'm sure Alyx wouldn't mind dealing with Zoombinis for a while! It'd be a break from the hideous part human monstrosities attempting to exterminate the human race.
EVE is lovely! I have a little fluffy EVE toy who threatens my trade paperbacks and hugs my little plastic WALL-E.
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