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Hoo boy, I really need to get serious about finishing up my reverse bigbang, like, now.
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show:
Nyota Uhura from Star Trek
This feels like a gimme question - one of the easiest to answer of the whole list. (Why, yes, I planned out my answers for each day - how else would I assure no repeats, I ask you?)
I grew up watching TNG and DS9, mostly, but TOS reruns were also watched, and I always liked Uhura for at least being on the testosterone-heavy Enterprise. Looking back now, I love her for being pretty kick-ass for a female character of that time and also for the absolute daringness of being the first interracial kiss on television - only a year after anti-miscegenation laws had been struck down by the Supreme Court in Loving v. Viriginia. (Yeah, it took until 1967 for it to be legal throughout the US to marry someone of a different skin tone. Loving Day is coming up - June 12th!)
Zoe Saldana was a great casting choice for the reboot, but Nichelle Nichols will always be Uhura for me.
A couple of pieces of Uhura media:
By bigmamag, I believe
And a single icon from that image above - I need to make some icons outta TOS screencaps at some point.
And here are the rest of the days for this meme:
Day One: Favorite lead female character: Veronica Palmer from Better Off Ted
Day Two: Favorite supporting female character: Natalie Hurley from Sports Night
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love: Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Day Four: A female character you relate to:: Temperance "Bones" Brennan from Bones
Day Six: Favorite female-driven show:
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time:
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show:
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show:
Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show:
Day Eleven: Favorite female character in a children’s show:
Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie:
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book:
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character:
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc:
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character:
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character:
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character:
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character:
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist:
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon:
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates:
Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship:
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship:
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship:
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like):
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for:
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.):
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec:
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!:
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show:
Nyota Uhura from Star Trek
This feels like a gimme question - one of the easiest to answer of the whole list. (Why, yes, I planned out my answers for each day - how else would I assure no repeats, I ask you?)
I grew up watching TNG and DS9, mostly, but TOS reruns were also watched, and I always liked Uhura for at least being on the testosterone-heavy Enterprise. Looking back now, I love her for being pretty kick-ass for a female character of that time and also for the absolute daringness of being the first interracial kiss on television - only a year after anti-miscegenation laws had been struck down by the Supreme Court in Loving v. Viriginia. (Yeah, it took until 1967 for it to be legal throughout the US to marry someone of a different skin tone. Loving Day is coming up - June 12th!)
Zoe Saldana was a great casting choice for the reboot, but Nichelle Nichols will always be Uhura for me.
A couple of pieces of Uhura media:
By bigmamag, I believe
Click to viewAnd a single icon from that image above - I need to make some icons outta TOS screencaps at some point.
And here are the rest of the days for this meme:
Day One: Favorite lead female character: Veronica Palmer from Better Off Ted
Day Two: Favorite supporting female character: Natalie Hurley from Sports Night
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love: Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Day Four: A female character you relate to:: Temperance "Bones" Brennan from Bones
Day Six: Favorite female-driven show:
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time:
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show:
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show:
Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show:
Day Eleven: Favorite female character in a children’s show:
Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie:
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book:
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character:
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc:
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character:
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character:
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character:
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character:
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist:
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon:
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates:
Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship:
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship:
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship:
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like):
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for:
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.):
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec:
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!: