Meme: 30 Days of Awesome Women
Ganked from artemisrae and enabled by bouncy_erbear , here's that lovely 30 Days of Awesome Ladies meme I said I wasn't doing.
Day One: Favourite Lead Female Character
Special Agent Dana Scully - The X-Files
Was there any doubt in anyone's mind that Scully would be my favourite female lead? The X-Files became obnoxiously unwatchable after David Duchovny insisted on leaving to become A Movie Star (how'd that work out for you, D?), but Scully was always there, always smart, always capable. She and Mulder had enough UST to choke a woolly mammoth, but Scully never let that get in the way of her job, or forgot the fact that she and Mulder were FBI partners first and foremost. She managed to tell him the truth he needed to hear without tearing him down, and managed to be the extremely smart, self-sufficient woman who Got Shit Done. She wasn't squeamish about the blood and the guts or any of the traditional "icky stuff", and sometimes had even a stronger stomach and cooler head than Mulder. Another thing I adored was how often she was the only woman in the show and was able to hold her own, was not condescended to or turned into the Damsel In Distress every week.
I still love Scully's ability to stand up to Mulder's deadpan humour and his neuroses without backing down (her responses to the porn in their office is so great), and I am willing to admit 100% that during my entire adolescence I wanted to be Dana Scully. Hell, some days I still want to be Dana Scully. And really, is it so bad to aspire to be a woman who stands strong in her convictions and who manages to befriend the male lead without losing what makes her appealing, without being turned into little more than X's Significant Other/BFF?
Lastly, this:
Tell me how I'm not supposed to love Scully when she gets to pull stunts like this to save Mulder's dumb butt.
Day One: Favorite lead female character
Day Two: Favorite supporting female character
Day Three: Favorite female character in a canon you gave up on
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show
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-Thre: 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 One: Favourite Lead Female Character
Special Agent Dana Scully - The X-Files
Was there any doubt in anyone's mind that Scully would be my favourite female lead? The X-Files became obnoxiously unwatchable after David Duchovny insisted on leaving to become A Movie Star (how'd that work out for you, D?), but Scully was always there, always smart, always capable. She and Mulder had enough UST to choke a woolly mammoth, but Scully never let that get in the way of her job, or forgot the fact that she and Mulder were FBI partners first and foremost. She managed to tell him the truth he needed to hear without tearing him down, and managed to be the extremely smart, self-sufficient woman who Got Shit Done. She wasn't squeamish about the blood and the guts or any of the traditional "icky stuff", and sometimes had even a stronger stomach and cooler head than Mulder. Another thing I adored was how often she was the only woman in the show and was able to hold her own, was not condescended to or turned into the Damsel In Distress every week.
I still love Scully's ability to stand up to Mulder's deadpan humour and his neuroses without backing down (her responses to the porn in their office is so great), and I am willing to admit 100% that during my entire adolescence I wanted to be Dana Scully. Hell, some days I still want to be Dana Scully. And really, is it so bad to aspire to be a woman who stands strong in her convictions and who manages to befriend the male lead without losing what makes her appealing, without being turned into little more than X's Significant Other/BFF?
Lastly, this:
Tell me how I'm not supposed to love Scully when she gets to pull stunts like this to save Mulder's dumb butt.
Day One: Favorite lead female character
Day Two: Favorite supporting female character
Day Three: Favorite female character in a canon you gave up on
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show
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-Thre: 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!