Make a "Sci Fi Team" for Scifiland Challenge!
The scifiland challenge is to come up with a team of five sci fi characters and do something with them. I'd already made this love bar for another challenge, so decided to choose Theme Songs for each of these Badass SciFi Women using songs from Badass Rock Women! Silly, I know.
For Altlivia: Brass In Pocket (The Pretenders)
I got brass in pocket
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it.
Intention, I feel inventive,
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Got motion, restrained emotion.
...
Cause I'm going make you see-- there's nobody else here
No one like me.
I'm special, so special.
This song fits for Altlivia because she's got that Chrissie Hynde swagger, but in Chrissie's tone there's that little insecurity with the "I'm special, so special" that reflects some of Altliv's insecurity upon meeting Ourlivia--that not only is she not "special," but that her doppelgänger might be having a better life than her, what with Peter and the coffee and all.
For Kara Thrace: Divine Hammer (The Breeders)
I'm just looking for a faith
Waiting to be followed
It disappears this near
You're the rod I'm water
I'm just looking for one divine hammer
Doesn't the phrase Divine Hammer just fit with our Starbuck? She's her own power, she's her own authority, and she can come down on you like a hammer from the heavens in her Viper? And yet--she doesn't have all the answers, and somehow she's seeking. Is she the Question, or is she the Answer?
for Zoe Alleyne Washburne: Outlaw (Joan Jett)
Try to be what you wanna be
Who's to say you ain't got the right
In a world where you never sleep
Every day is another fight
You can't live with the old rules
And I can understand
So you run to stay sane
Zoe always seems so calm, it's hard to remember that she is living life on the edge. When she doesn't want to go to Ariel--it's a reminder that she doesn't feel safe in certain societies, and that sets her apart from even her own husband. But still, she wants to make a life for herself, even a family life. Not to be, it seems, but I like to believe she stays sane, anyway.
For Cameron: Never (Heart)
We can't go on
Just running away
If we stay any longer
We will surely never get away
Anything you want - we can make it happen
Stand up and turn around
Never let them shoot us down
Never - Never - Never - Never run away
Another badass sci fi woman on the run, in a way, but not fearful--rather, she's protective. She's that special mix of indestructibly strong--yet also vulnerable.
For Aeryn Sun: Shadows of the Night (Pat Benatar)
You said - oh girl, it's a cold world
When you keep it all to yourself
I said you can't hide on the inside
All the pain you've ever felt
Ransom my heart, but baby don't look back
Cause we got nobody else
We're running with the Shadows Of The Night
So baby take my hand, you'll be all right
Surrender all your dreams to me tonight
They'll come true in the end
This song seems fitting for Aeryn because she's tough, but tender, and among all the women she suffers the greatest tragedies, yet has the happiest ending.
For Altlivia: Brass In Pocket (The Pretenders)
I got brass in pocket
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it.
Intention, I feel inventive,
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Got motion, restrained emotion.
...
Cause I'm going make you see-- there's nobody else here
No one like me.
I'm special, so special.
This song fits for Altlivia because she's got that Chrissie Hynde swagger, but in Chrissie's tone there's that little insecurity with the "I'm special, so special" that reflects some of Altliv's insecurity upon meeting Ourlivia--that not only is she not "special," but that her doppelgänger might be having a better life than her, what with Peter and the coffee and all.
For Kara Thrace: Divine Hammer (The Breeders)
I'm just looking for a faith
Waiting to be followed
It disappears this near
You're the rod I'm water
I'm just looking for one divine hammer
Doesn't the phrase Divine Hammer just fit with our Starbuck? She's her own power, she's her own authority, and she can come down on you like a hammer from the heavens in her Viper? And yet--she doesn't have all the answers, and somehow she's seeking. Is she the Question, or is she the Answer?
for Zoe Alleyne Washburne: Outlaw (Joan Jett)
Try to be what you wanna be
Who's to say you ain't got the right
In a world where you never sleep
Every day is another fight
You can't live with the old rules
And I can understand
So you run to stay sane
Zoe always seems so calm, it's hard to remember that she is living life on the edge. When she doesn't want to go to Ariel--it's a reminder that she doesn't feel safe in certain societies, and that sets her apart from even her own husband. But still, she wants to make a life for herself, even a family life. Not to be, it seems, but I like to believe she stays sane, anyway.
For Cameron: Never (Heart)
We can't go on
Just running away
If we stay any longer
We will surely never get away
Anything you want - we can make it happen
Stand up and turn around
Never let them shoot us down
Never - Never - Never - Never run away
Another badass sci fi woman on the run, in a way, but not fearful--rather, she's protective. She's that special mix of indestructibly strong--yet also vulnerable.
For Aeryn Sun: Shadows of the Night (Pat Benatar)
You said - oh girl, it's a cold world
When you keep it all to yourself
I said you can't hide on the inside
All the pain you've ever felt
Ransom my heart, but baby don't look back
Cause we got nobody else
We're running with the Shadows Of The Night
So baby take my hand, you'll be all right
Surrender all your dreams to me tonight
They'll come true in the end
This song seems fitting for Aeryn because she's tough, but tender, and among all the women she suffers the greatest tragedies, yet has the happiest ending.