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:

Comments

[kyriacarlisle.livejournal.com]

Your timing and your taste in fictional heroines are both exquisite. This is exactly the post I needed to read tonight - thank you!

Aeryn! Harry, who caused me to learn to ride (almost), even though it turns out that I am terrified of horses, especially when they start moving while I am on them! Zoe! Martha Jones!

Hooray!!!!

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Thank kita for the timing ;o)

Harry is so awesome. She remains one of the best heroines ever. I think it was Aerin who made me really wanna ride, but I didn't like H&C nearly so well as Blue Sword. It was fun looking for a pic of her; I could only find two renditions: the paperback cover and the hardback.

Horses are scary when they move, but you get used to it. Some sooner than others, perhaps, since I've never really ridden that much but got used to it a couple times. Maybe it's like seasickness.

Glad you liked the post :o)