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

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I love kick ass women. Even when they're little girls (go, Sara Crewe!)

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Me too. *happy sigh* I'm all full of love now!

[scrtkpr.livejournal.com]

Anne Shirley! ♥

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Is made of awesome?

Yes, yes she is! :o)

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww DAMN. You made me sniffle. A couple times.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

SERVES YOU RIGHT!

[makd.livejournal.com]

Move over on the sofa, my friend, 'cause so. do. I. ::hugs::

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

Awesome, awesome list! Of course I'm especially in agreement about Anne Shirley! :D

[m-phoenix.livejournal.com]

This list made me happy. I loved Anne of Greengables too, and Boomer, and yeah -- Martha did save the world and got precious little thanks, not to mention the loss of Zoe is one of the reasons I'm still so bitter about Firefly being cancled. As for Buffy and Faith, words fail me :-)There should be more fictional heroine love!

[marenfic.livejournal.com]

Awesome list.

[lynnenne]

This is not cheesy in any way, shape or form! It fills my heart with love. <3

[evieeros.livejournal.com]

Such a great list!

You know I've never really watched Buffy or Dr Who (iz newb) but I love the rest of the list. Robin McKinley books KICK ASS!!! Also if you like all those ladies you should read Anne Bishop's Sebastian and Belladonna but mostly her Black Jewels Trilogy. Don't read her other series, bah. Oh!! and David Weber's Honor Harrington books. *fangirls* So fucking amazing. The first one is On Basilisk Station. A new anniversary edition came out and I bought a second copy. Please let me know if you read any of these! I would love to discuss them with you!

PS *icon love*

[ruthless1.livejournal.com]

Oh! This is just wonderful! Thanks for putting this together. It's making this woeful week shiny again!

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

yay for fictional heroines - I love your list
I'd probably add Xena, Dagny Taggart (Atlas Shrugged), and Hermione Granger;)

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

oh just remembered - add one more: Ripley from Alien(s)

[girlpire.livejournal.com]

haha, wow, someone besides me knows who christy is!

i gotta share this - the boy who plays orter ball o'teale on that show? you know, the redheaded kid that's one of christy's students? his name's david, i'm good friends with him in real life. we're always squeeing together over bones and bsg while we're supposed to be working (we work in the same church). i always forget that he used to be an actor.

[anelith.livejournal.com]

Eeee! You put Harry on the list! Well of course you did. :-)

[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

This is a fantastic list! Buffy! Faith! Aeryn! Martha! ATHENA!!

[essie007.livejournal.com]

Aeryn and Martha are on my list too. I second that so hard. This is great. You have some fantastic women here.

[femmenerd.livejournal.com]

ILU.

(It was hard deciding which icon to use, Anne or Buffy, but Anne won out - this time - because.)

[semby.livejournal.com]

Yay for heroic women!

Who is the first one after the ETA?

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

I love you and Anne Shirley, too. And Buffy. And Boomer. And Zoe. And Maria!!! *spins*

Do you think I can teach my son to love "The Sound of Music"? Is it possible???

[tkp.livejournal.com]

The sofa is squishy with room for all! *squishes*

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I love how this post brought Anne lovers outta the woodworks! Of course I already knew about you and femme ;o)

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Agreed! Your icon is so funny, because this girl at work has done that heart thing on a window to me TWICE now. It's funny anyway, but that much funnier because it reminds me of Faith. OMG I LESS THAN THREE THEM ALL.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

They make me happy.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Mine too! But I think my blurbs were cheesy because for almost everyone all I could think of was, "FUCK I <3 THEM!" but tried to come up with something slightly different for each ;o)

I love that icon.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Buffy is awesome. Dr. Who is a little more iffy.

Robin McKinley's early stuff is love.

Haven't read any of those books you mention, but I've heard of Bishop; maybe I'll give her a try.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

AWESOME. It made me happy too!

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I totally meant to put Hermione on there and forgot. She kicks ever so much ass.

I love Ripley, but I never really fangirled her so I didn't include her. But dude, in Aliens, all that stuff about her being both mother and warrior and those things going hand in hand? There should be more female heroes like her.

I love Dagny too...though I loved her way more in the first half of the book than the second (Galt kinda over-shadowed her by then and she seemed to get sort of, I dunno, sidekicky). Which is weird, because I disliked Dominique from The Fountainhead (though otherwise quite liked the book).

Cool!

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I remember what some of the O'Teales looked like but I don't remember which is which!

Have you ever read the book? I'm a huge fan. It's kinda funny because I see it in the religion section in bookstores--but I don't really have a religion, it's the *story* that makes me love it so. The first fanfic I ever wrote was for Christy; I was in 4th grade and didn't know what fanfic was.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

She is made of so much awesome. She only has two pictures on the whole internets, though. There should be more Harry love. I'd say I wish they would make a movie but they'd probably ruin it.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd remembered Hermione!

*loves my girls*

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Aeryn is made of so much awesome; I can't believe I forgot her first go round. I have finished Farscape yet because I got pretty burned out 3rd season. But if I finish, it will be solely for her.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

ILU BACK.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Aeryn Sun from Farscape. ISN'T SHE SO HOT, OMG. She really is one of the most amazing heroines ever. It's too bad I don't like the rest of the show better. It has some really great moments and some really great concepts/characters/plots/etc, but I'm not sure if there're enough to get me through the next season and a half I've been stalled on for nearly 9 months.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Sad fact, I've never met a boy SoM lover. And I've been around all the SoM seedy underbelly. Though at the sing-a-long I went to in London out host was a transvestite named Candy. Your son could be a transvestite named Candy! ANd there were quite a few guys dressed as nuns. Your son could totally be a nun! Then you'd have a nun-son.

[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)

[m-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Your icon is so funny, because this girl at work has done that heart thing on a window to me TWICE now.

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.

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Christy! I loved that book and I loved that series. I even own the DVDs now, though it's been a while since I looked at them.

Love your list.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I loved the book too! I own the DVDs, but have not actually watched them...somehow I feel like the memory of the show will be far better than the actuality. Christ was the first thing I ever wrote fanfic for--and I was in 4th grade!

Thanks!

[girlpire.livejournal.com]

[here's (http://firstbaptistthomson.org.snapshotweb.org/AboutUs/Staff/MinisterofStudents/tabid/97/Default.aspx)] a current picture of david. (it was taken last week.) of course, he's 30 now and he was only like 16 or 17 on the show, so he's probably changed a lot... but he was in every episode. only had speaking lines in two of them, though. i've never actually read christy or seen the series, but i want to. (david keeps trying to get me to buy the series on dvd because he gets royalties. heh.)

I don't really have a religion, it's the *story* that makes me love it so.

good call. i'm a christian, but that has nothing to do with organized religion (even though i work at a church... yeah). for me, it pretty much comes down to the story of christ, and how wonderful and amazing and true it is. if you like a good story, you should read the gospel of john. they say it's the best story ever told. :)

[girlpire.livejournal.com]

another christy fan! haha, i seriously thought no one had heard of that book/show except me - because one of my friends was in the series. :)

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Huh. I shall have to watch again; I don't recognize him. You can tell your friend I did buy the DVDs, so at least he got royalties from me! :o)

And yep, I love the story of Christ, too. Then again, I love the stories behind most religions. I highly recommend you read Christy, since you haven't. She struggles with her faith, but never loses it, and is so passionate about showing people the power of love. It's really inspiring.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I was gonna put Jo but then even though I loved her I didn't really *fangirl* her, and the list was long already!

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.