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

[gaski.livejournal.com]

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:>)

[riskygamble.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD, RONIA!

I still have my copy of that book from when i was a wee girl, and her strength and good common sense were a source of inspiration and comfort for me during some not so happy-ending times right up through my teenage years.

[jadelennox]

I just followed a link here from my friends list and was gleefully reading this thread thinking of all of these wonderful characters, but this comment made me want to post a gratuitous icon comment. Because Ronia = Love.

[daybright.livejournal.com]

I second Ronja Ræningjadóttir she is totally made of awesome.