Ronia the Robber's Daughter/Ronja Røverdatter I know everyone loves Pippi Longstocking, and I'm cool with that, but for me, Ronja will always be the awesomest girl in all the world. Where Pippi is big and strong and self-sufficient and has magical powers and is spunky as all hell, Ronja is all of those, as well as a big softie, able to be scared, and she loves her parents unconditionally, but she's still willing to leave them when they're idiots, even though it hurts her too. She's able to do stuff on her own, but she's also willing to ask for help, and I've pretty much adored her for as long as I can remember. I never had anything against Pippi, but I don't think I've ever enjoyed her as much as a lot of the other girls Astrid Lindgren has written. (And now that I think about it, Astrid Lindgren has written a bunch of awesome girls, I definitely need to re-read her.)
(also, I'm very pleased that - I think - this is the first comment I've ever left you; hi, I'm a very quiet lurker, but Ronia is cool enough to make me get over that too:>)
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Date: 2008-05-20 07:27 pm (UTC)I know everyone loves Pippi Longstocking, and I'm cool with that, but for me, Ronja will always be the awesomest girl in all the world. Where Pippi is big and strong and self-sufficient and has magical powers and is spunky as all hell, Ronja is all of those, as well as a big softie, able to be scared, and she loves her parents unconditionally, but she's still willing to leave them when they're idiots, even though it hurts her too. She's able to do stuff on her own, but she's also willing to ask for help, and I've pretty much adored her for as long as I can remember. I never had anything against Pippi, but I don't think I've ever enjoyed her as much as a lot of the other girls Astrid Lindgren has written. (And now that I think about it, Astrid Lindgren has written a bunch of awesome girls, I definitely need to re-read her.)
(also, I'm very pleased that - I think - this is the first comment I've ever left you; hi, I'm a very quiet lurker, but Ronia is cool enough to make me get over that too:>)