Dira Sudis ([info]dsudis) wrote,
2009-04-29 11:22:00
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Fuck You, She's Awesome.

It's been over a year now since I first posted on this topic and I was reading [info]misscam's post on female characters and perhaps obviously it's been on my mind lately, and, in short: it's that time again.

Just like last time, this is in no way an exhaustive list, it's just a list of female characters who are AWESOME. If you want to dispute their awesomeness with me, you are in the wrong post, and I will be referring you to the subject line.

FUCK YOU, SHE'S AWESOME:
Sam Carter
Vala Mal Doran
Penelope Garcia
Emily Prentiss
JJ Jareau
Dani Reese
Ellen Fanshaw
Fawn Bluefield Redwing Etc.
Ekaterin Vorvayne Vorsoisson Vorkosigan
Harriet Vane
Rose Tyler
Martha Jones
Gwen Cooper
Donna Noble
Lady Christina de Souza
Ruby (blonde edition)
Ruby (brunette edition)
Ruby (African-American motel housekeeper edition)
Anna
Mary Campbell Winchester


Aaaaaand that's twenty, so it's time to open the floor. Tell me who's awesome!

ETA: And feel free to post your own lists, of course! Spread the awesome far and wide! And for more awesome ladies, check out this post on Dreamwidth!
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[info]rm

April 29 2009, 16:36:28 UTC 3 years ago

books:

Molly Millions
Reive (okay a character that is intersexed or a hermaphrodite or otherwise gender unclear, but is referred to with female pronouns throughout the book, although also has a cock)
Ari Emory I & II

movies:

Nikita (in the original movie La Femme Nikita, not the TV show, and not the stupid American remake).

TV:

Harriett Jones. Really. They wrote her flawed in the way male characters usually get written, and made it work.

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 17:49:42 UTC 3 years ago

Oh, YES, HARRIET JONES. SO AWESOME. ♥

[info]neadods

3 years ago

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[info]pocketmouse

April 29 2009, 16:38:26 UTC 3 years ago

TOSHIKO SATO!!!!!

*does the Sexy Tosh dance*

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 17:50:27 UTC 3 years ago

TOSH! YES!

[info]dameange

April 29 2009, 16:39:34 UTC 3 years ago

I totally agree!

Sam Carter -- hell yes!!!!!!
Vala Mal Doran -- OMG, she was so damn fun!
Penelope Garcia -- I want her as my BFF!
Emily Prentiss -- I love how she looks like she's all prim and proper but she's a sweet geek, instead!
JJ Jareau -- adore her!
Dani Reese -- I love how she looks like a cute little fairy but she's got teeth and claws and a gun.
Ruby (blonde edition) -- liked her best.
Anna -- can't wait to see what happens tomorrow night!
Mary Campbell Winchester -- Mother Winchester is . . . liek woah!

[info]darthfox

April 29 2009, 16:42:11 UTC 3 years ago

Zoe Washburne
Kaylee Frye
hell, even Inara Sera and River Tam, though each is a bit much in her own way; not without awesome, however

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 17:51:59 UTC 3 years ago

...omg, where has my Zoe icon gone? Seriously, though, so much awesomeness aboard Serenity. (Who was, herself, pretty amazing. *g*)

[info]nomelon

April 29 2009, 16:42:29 UTC 3 years ago

Ellen Ripley
Vasquez (Aliens)
Sarah Connor (movie edition)
Aeryn Sun
Cordelia Chase

And, yes, Donna Noble. Donna Noble. Donna Noble.

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 17:55:31 UTC 3 years ago

DONNA NOBLE X INFINITY.

[info]browngirl

April 29 2009, 16:48:48 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  April 29 2009, 16:49:24 UTC

Shades of fandom past:
Megan Reeves, Liz Warner, Amita Ramanujan, and Nikki Betancourt. (I especially love how different all the gun-wielding ladies in this list are.)

Shades of fandom overlap:
Janet the medic (what's her last name again?) Sha're, Hathor (evil, but awesome); Holly Gennaro and her daughter Lucy (I love how well the fandom does by them).

Others, assorted: Amanda Waller (my role model), Stephanie Brown (in my icon), Sophie & Parker, the heroine of Brown Girl in the Ring whose name I'm blanking on ATM...

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:07:41 UTC 3 years ago

Janet Fraiser--Captain Doctor Janet Fraiser, in fact! :)

SO MUCH AWESOMENESS EVERYWHERE!

[info]splash_the_cat

3 years ago

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[info]ellen_fremedon

April 29 2009, 16:50:52 UTC 3 years ago

Sarah Jane Smith is awesome.

So, in overlapping but completely different ways, are Barbara Wright, and Zoe Heriot, and both Romanas, and Leela, and Ace.

And Jo Grant! Jo is a Slytherin who's so good at Slytherinity she has the whole world convinced she's a Hufflepuff! How is that not awesome?

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:08:43 UTC 3 years ago

There is NO END OF AWESOME there!

[info]the_star_fish

April 29 2009, 16:55:34 UTC 3 years ago

Trying not to repeat any ...

CJ Craig
Donna Moss
Cordelia Chase (Angel edition)
Fred Burkell
(Osirus wants me to add Lorne to this list. I don't think he quite understands the purpose of it. But to be fair, he wants me to add Lorne to every list, so ...)
Willow Rosenberg
Tara Maclay
Zoe Washburn
Kaylee Frye
River Tam
Inara Sera
Temperance Brennan
Angela Montenegro
Camille Saroyan
Catherine Willows
Natalie Hurley
Dana Whitaker (Dating Plan notwithstanding)
Aeryn Sun
Dana Scully
Anna Conroy
Teyla Emmagen
Miss Elizabeth Bennett

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:13:52 UTC 3 years ago

Re: Trying not to repeat any ...

YAAAAAAAAY awesome women! And I am v. v. pleased to recognize nearly all of them! :)

[info]j_amanda

April 29 2009, 17:02:33 UTC 3 years ago

Fun subject to contemplate. I'll give some thought to my own list but meanwhile: I LOVE your subject line. You gave me my first laugh of the day.

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:15:34 UTC 3 years ago

Hee! The subject line is from [info]sinsense's bandom story Bend Over Boyfriend, from the POV of Frank's girlfriend (now wife!) Jamia. :)

It just... stuck in my head, somehow.

[info]dorcas_gustine

April 29 2009, 17:06:13 UTC 3 years ago

Aeryn Sun.

Susan Ivanova.

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:15:56 UTC 3 years ago

Hells. yes.

[info]penguingal

April 29 2009, 17:08:20 UTC 3 years ago

Everyone previously mentioned plus:

Elizabeth Weir
Teyla Emmagen
Delenn
Susan Ivanova
Stella Bonasera
Terry Lake
Original Cindy (Dark Angel)
Abby Sciuto
Kate Todd
Ziva David
Kate Beckett (Castle)

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:17:47 UTC 3 years ago

AGREED. \o/

[info]splash_the_cat

April 29 2009, 17:15:32 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  April 29 2009, 17:16:48 UTC

Just from my new fandom and current TV watching (with an old school nod thrown in):

Pepper Potts
Christine Everhart
Maria Hill
Bethany Cabe
Amanda King
Brenda Lee Johnson
Mary Shannon
Parker
Sophie Devereaux
Cpl. Jennifer 'Pilot' Chase
Ziva David
Abby Sciuto
Helen Magnus
Kate Beckett
Abby Maitland
Claudia Brown/Jennifer Lewis

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:19:44 UTC 3 years ago

Your first two, and their juxtaposition, make me go ♥. :)

[info]lovelypoet

April 29 2009, 17:16:53 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  April 29 2009, 17:20:35 UTC

NCIS
ABBY SCIUTO - AWESOME BEYOND WORDS
Ziva David

The Closer
Brenda Leigh Johnson

Big Bang Theory
Penny
Leslie Winkle

Boston Legal
Shirley Schmidt
Katie Lloyd
Catherine Piper (because BETTY WHITE IS ALWAYS AWESOME!!!!!)

Hereos
Tracy
Claire
Angela

Scrubs
Carla

NON-FICTIONAL AWESOME WOMEN OF MASS MEDIA
RACHEL MADDOW
AMANDA PALMER
SARAH VOWELL

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:20:40 UTC 3 years ago

I JUST PICTURED THE TOWERING LEVEL OF AWESOMENESS IF RACHEL MADDOW AND AMANDA PALMER WERE EVER TO MEET AND MY BRAIN EXPLODED. HOLY CRAP. SO MUCH AWESOMENESS.

[info]grav_ity

April 29 2009, 17:40:54 UTC 3 years ago

Elizabeth Weir, Kate Beckett, Heather Lisinski, Helen Girardi, Sarah Connor, Martha Jones, Chloe Sullivan, Sharon "Athena" Valerii-Agathon, Adele DeWitt, Julianna Callaghan, Kahlan Amnell, Sydney Bristow, Jadzia Dax, B'Lanna Torres, Aeryn Sun, Charlotte Charles, Sara Sidle, Janet Frasier...and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:31:43 UTC 3 years ago

Seriously, the full counting of awesome women can never be complete--for lo, did any woman ever count up the awesomeness of all women, she herself would be made awesome...

And, um, stuff. *g*

[info]admiralandrea

April 29 2009, 17:43:42 UTC 3 years ago

Amita Ramanjuan. She can kill you with her brain.
Megan Reeves. Can kick your ass using her krav maga *and* kill you with a gun or her brain.

Toshiko Sato.

The X Women Storm, Jean Grey and Rogue and bad woman Mystique from the movies.

From books - Alex Cooper in the Linda Fairstein novels and the characters from the Women's Murder Club by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro or Andrew Gross, particularly Lindsay Boxer.

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:32:13 UTC 3 years ago

So many varieties of awesomeness!

[info]strina

April 29 2009, 17:57:07 UTC 3 years ago

Greta Salpeter
Ashlee Simpson
Lyn-Z
Joyce Summers
Dawn Summers
Faith Lehane
Illyria
Jenny Schechter
Jessica Jones
Mary-Jane Parker
Lt. Karrin Murphy
Molly Carpenter
Susan Rodriguez
Sookie Stackhouse
Beka Cooper
Emma DeLauro
Miss Parker
Robin Scherbatsky
Lily Aldrin
Teresa Lisbon

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:32:31 UTC 3 years ago

Yaaay, bandom! Represent!

[info]strina

3 years ago

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[info]lamardeuse

April 29 2009, 18:06:37 UTC 3 years ago

Susan Francisco and Cathy Frankel of Alien Nation kicked ass:

Cathy:

[info]dsudis

April 29 2009, 18:33:17 UTC 3 years ago

Awesome alien ladies ftw!

[info]crevanfox

3 years ago

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[info]lurkmuch

April 29 2009, 18:38:50 UTC 3 years ago

Sam Carter, Janet Frasier, Vala Mal Doran, Teyla Emmagen, Elizabeth Weir, Laura Cadman, Dusty Mehra, Dr. Porter, Major Teldy, Captain Vega.

Helen Magnus.

Rachel Maddow OMG. (Not fictional, but way awesome.)

Abby Bartlett, CJ Cregg, Donna Moss, Kate Harper.

And from the Young Wizards books: Nita Callahan, Dairine Callahan.

[info]crevanfox

April 29 2009, 18:51:48 UTC 3 years ago

Gertrude Yorkes, Runaways *see icon*

[info]adina_atl

April 29 2009, 18:52:46 UTC 3 years ago

Lily Rowan
Allison Blake
Zoe Carter
Aelliana Caylon Clan Mizel
Priscilla Mendoza
Sethra Lavode
Honoria Wimsey, Dowager Duchess of Denver
Sherrea
Princess Fiona
Maggie Brown
Nita Callahan
Kira Nerys
Granny Weatherwax
Emily Pollifax
Cimorene
Hermione Granger
Dahlia Travers
Tick-Tick
Sophie Hatter
Ista dy Chalion

[info]lokei

April 29 2009, 19:11:19 UTC 3 years ago

Man, it is SO COOL to see so many of my favorites on people's lists (some of them repeatedly!)

Haven't seen these ones yet:
Amelia Peabody
Hester Latterly-Monk
Marion Ravenwood
Elphaba
Anne Elliot
Beverley Crusher
Leia

[info]rilee16

April 29 2009, 22:33:10 UTC 3 years ago

Amelia Peabody, FTW!

[info]iuliamentis

April 29 2009, 19:28:58 UTC 3 years ago

I think everyone I would have mentioned has already been mentioned above, but I just wanted to say: SWEET ICON. Sam Carter FTMFW!

[info]backup_mars

April 29 2009, 20:01:11 UTC 3 years ago

Sarah Connor (Terminator/Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Cameron Phillips "Baum" (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Carolyn, aka Echo (Dollhouse)

Sydney Bristow (Alias)
Beka Valentine (Andromeda)
Trance Gemini (Andromeda)
The Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda)
Rommie (Andromeda)
Fred Burkle (Angel)
Cordelia Chase (Angel)
Illyria (Angel)
Susan Ivanova (Babylon 5)
Talia Winters (Babylon 5)
Ambassador DeLenn (Babylon 5)
Sharon Agathon (Battlestar Galactica)
Kara Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)
Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)
Caprica Six (Battlestar Galactica)
Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Kennedy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Tara McClay (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Anya Jenkins (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Romana (Doctor Who, classic)
Peri Brown (Doctor Who, classic)
Max Guevara (Dark Angel)
Original Cindy McEachin (Dark Angel)
Asha Barlow (Dark Angel)
Aeyrn Sun (Farscape)
Inara Serra (Firefly)
River Tam (Firefly)
Kaylee Frye (Firefly)
Zoe Washburn (Firefly)
Elle Bishop (Heroes)
Yves Adele Harlow (The Lone Gunmen)
Kristine Kochanski (Red Dwarf)
Liz Parker (Roswell)
Maria Deluca (Roswell)
Isabel Evans (Roswell)
Tess Harding (Roswell)
Wade Wells (Sliders)
Nyota Uhura (Star Trek)
Dr. Beverly Crusher (Star Trek)
Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek Voyager)
Seven of Nine (Star Trek Voyager)
B'Elanna Torres (Star Trek Voyager)
Sam Wildman (Star Trek Voyager)
Teyla Emmagan (Stargate Atlantis)
Carolyn Lam (Stargate SG-1)
Ishta (Stargate SG-1)
Tru Davies (Tru Calling)
Dana Scully (The X-Files)

Veronica Mars (Veronica Mars)
Meg Manning (Veronica Mars)
Mac McKenzie (Veronica Mars)
Lilly Kane (Veronica Mars)

Sue Storm Richards (Fantastic Four)
Felicia Hardy (Spider-Man)
Mary Jane Watson (Spider-Man)
Rogue (X-Men)
Jean Grey (X-Men)
Kitty Pryde (X-Men)

Leia Organa (Star Wars)
Padme Amidala (Star Wars)

Trillian Astra (Hitchhiker's Guide)
Tricia McMillan (Hitchhiker's Guide)
Fenchurch (Hitchhiker's Guide)
Random Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide)
Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan (Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan books)


(I tried to avoid repeats, sorry if I failed)

[info]glitterdemon

April 29 2009, 20:30:28 UTC 3 years ago

how could i have forgotten the ladies of veronica mars on my list? they are just fabulous.

[info]ceresi

April 29 2009, 20:20:00 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  April 29 2009, 20:20:39 UTC

I'm going to do a post like this of my own BUT as a warm-up:

Sakura Haruno
Jaina Solo
Bastila Shan
Trisana Chandler
Veralidaine Sarrasri
Rachel & Cassie (from Animorphs)
Lara Notsil
Shalla Nelprin
Mirax Terrik
Elena Bothari-Jesek
Admiral Elli Quinn

[info]aj

April 29 2009, 20:41:23 UTC 3 years ago

Valerie Cooper
Cecelia Reyes
Rachel Summers
Jean Grey
Amanda Waller
Domino
Teresa Roarke Cassidy
Susan Taylor
Josephine McDonagh
Angie Ogden
Barbara Havers
Alexandra Eames
Carolyn Barek
Nikita
Natalie Lambert
Akane Tendo
Faye Valentine
Precious Ramotswe
Barbara Gordon
Dinah Lance
Cassandra Cain

[info]lyssie

April 30 2009, 18:28:17 UTC 3 years ago

<3 &heart;
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