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Cheesy Love for Fictional Heroines
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kita0610 did a good thing so I memed it.Fictional Heroines Wot I Have Loved
Anne Shirley
of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery
"It's not what the world holds for you. It's what you bring to it."
And she brings it. (Not just the carpet bag.)
Athena/Boomer/incarnations of 8
BSG
Mother, lover, fighter, flyer and friend. To the fucking end.
Buffy Summers
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
She fought for those she loved and died for them. She led them into light.
Even when they didn't want her to.
ETA: Sometimes, she saves us too.
Christy Huddleston
Christy, by Catherine Marshall
She didn't know much about the real world, but she wanted to save it.
When she found out what it really was--
she tried that much fucking harder.
Faith
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
She was fucked up and violent and ugly on the inside. But so was the world.
Then a few people showed her they could be beautiful in spite of everything. She started to have faith in them.
And in herself.
Harimad-Sol (Harry)
The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley
It wasn't her fight.
She fought it anyway.
Jane Eyre
She left everything she loved behind out of duty.
And discovered duty is everything you love.
Leia Organa
Star Wars
Because she gives Darth Vader what-for.
Margaret Hale
North and South
Because when was the last time you stood in front of a bunch of angry rioters who were holding stones?
Maria
Sound of Music
She sets me free. All the damn time.
Martha Jones
Doctor Who
She saved the world.
And no one even fucking knows it.
Rogue
X-men
YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS.
Sara Crewe
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I always wanted to be a princess when I grew up.
She showed me REAL princesses are rich on the inside.
ETA: Can't forget these two:
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I like the sound of your work place *g*
I thought of some more heroines who made an impression on me during my formative years:
Jo March from Little Women. She was a writer and a free spirit, she always followed her heart and she helped keep her family together in hard times.
Maid Marion. Stop laughing. She wasn't just there to hang about mooning after Robin and looking pretty, she was a rebel who risked everything for love and a cause -- at least that's who she was in Robin of Sherwood (UK TV), and not only was she handy with a long bow, she had the most stunning auburn hair I've ever seen.
Idgie Threadgood in Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. One word -- Tawanda! Plus she was such a lovely butch. Idgie/Ruth OTP.
Morgaine in The Mists of Avalon. Sadly I find it unreadible now, the prose style really bugs me, but Morgaine was an amazing character, powerful, tragic, utterly commited and strong until the end during the darkest of times. I had such a crush on her.
Um, I could probably keep going but I'd better stop now.
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Not laughing at Maid Marion, though I've never seen that Robin Hood. I love her from Lady of the Forest by Jennifer Roberson. It's a really good retelling of the story. There's also one by Robin McKinley (who wrote The Blue Sword, where Harimad-sol on this list is from, and Deerskin, the girl from this icon I always use is from), called "Outlaws of Sherwood", in which Marian is the real hero, but she's pretending she's Robin. There's a bunch of nice cross-dressing in that one.
Never seen Fried Green Tomatoes.
I'm not sure about Morgaine. She was totally my hero and I tried to be like her and I read MoA when I was quite young so she's one of my earliest heroes. But I honestly do believe Morgaine is one of the reasons I can't cry these days. I haven't gone back and tried to reread MoA, but I do fear I will really dislike it now, as you say.