Okay, that's it.

[apocalypsos]

Tell me something awesome about a woman you love in any fandom. Wax poetic. I want to hear people talk about what they love about female characters. And try to pick female characters or women in RPF who haven't already gotten love so we can spread it around.

And no bashing other people's comments!

You know what? I'm picking Boo. Yeah, okay, she's a very tiny woman. Who cares? She's silly and fun and adorable, and looking at an icon of her always makes me feel better, and she learns how to be brave right before our eyes. I heart that so much that I really wish I had the time to rewatch Monsters Inc. before I leave for work, but I don't, damn it.

Now you go. :)

EDIT: Guys, if you want to do more than one character, go nuts. The more, the merrier, right? \o/

Comments

[earis.livejournal.com]

i Know it's a kid's show, but my favorite women and gals are the ladies from 'Avatar: The Last Airbender."

You'd think that in a show entirely devoted to this boy who is the last Airbender and must save the world from the eeeevil Firelord, that it would be more focused on guys, but the girls are just so f*ing AWESOME!

Doesn't matter whether they are good or evil, they rock the house.

Umm.. other women

Always have been a Tolkien fan, mostly because Tolkien was not really about the female empowerment and yet his female characters have become some of the earliest symbols of female empowerment in the fantasy genre. Eowyn, Galadriel, and Arwen are all awesome in the books; but there is also Luthien Tinuviel, Melian, Varda, Idril, and lots of other females in the 'verse who are powerful and strong and in control of their destinies.

I will always love Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica, and Athena, and Laura Roslin. I like the BSG characters because they are people first and women second. No one ever says, "Roslin can't do this, she's a WIMAN!!" They have strengths and weaknesses and make good decisions and bad decisions, just like real people. (shock!)

And the girl in my icon, Utena, form the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena. She's awesome too, because she doesn't let society's expections about gender get in the way of her self-interests, friendships, and future.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

the ladies from 'Avatar: The Last Airbender."

I just want to tell you how much I second that comment, seriously. Toph is the light of my life.

[earis.livejournal.com]

Toph is the light of my life.

Toph is awesome. I want to see her battle Azula one-on-one, although I don't think it will happen given the way this season is developing. But, oh man, it would be the best fight ever.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

*draws hearts around them both* Oh I am so horribly in love with like, 90% of the cast of that cartoon.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

So much word and win! The women in Avatar kick copious amounts of ass.