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marionravenwood

Top 75 Heriones of SF, Fantasy and Horror

Jun 11, 2006 07:45

Top 75 Heriones of SF, Fantasy and Horror

This is two years old and therefore somewhat out of date, but I'd never seen it before and it's interesting.

( ETA: I find the choice for number one rather puzzling. )

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counteragent June 11 2006, 17:36:34 UTC

Thanks for the link. It was interesting and well written. I noticed your usernamesake scored very high on the list. :)

marionravenwood June 12 2006, 00:23:36 UTC

Hi counteragent! I know you from yahtzee63, yes?

I thought it was a neat list, although I do have some problems with it (see above). It is nice to see Marion score so high on it. Years ago when I picked this username I didn't really think it through. It was on a whim, and maybe I just wanted to hit somebody ;) However, I don't think of Raiders (or Alias, for that matter) as SF.

chanel19 June 12 2006, 00:44:50 UTC

There is no female equivalent of Mulder, brilliant and obsessive and unapologetic for it. We don't have enough shamelessly weird women who break rules.

What about Lara Croft? Or all of the Birds of Prey?

marionravenwood June 12 2006, 01:55:29 UTC

Unfortunatley I don't know enough about either to really discuss them. The Birds of Prey certainly seem to fit the bill in the end, but on the other hand Barbara Gordon was originally a librarian from a conservative family-- which she rebelled against, didn't she? You know waaay more about Oracle than I do, but I suppose she was a wild girl or at least a naughty librarian :) Batgirl (odd that they just call her Batgirl, not Oracle, even though they obviously mean the Barbara Gordon version)is #28 on this list.

Lara Croft is #43. I've never played Tomb Raider or seen the movies, but Lara's motivation seems to be getting even with the woman who double-crossed her. Wikipedia says that "the character went through several changes before Core settled on the version she became famous for. In its earliest conception, Lara Croft was a male placeholder for an as yet undefined character, but as Core decided that puzzles and stealth should be more important to the game than action, they found that these requirements better suited a female ( ... )

chanel19 June 13 2006, 13:40:38 UTC

You should read the Birds of Prey trade paperbacks. You should also read my Nightwing/Oracle fanfic. You'd dig that, I think.

Barbara as Batgirl was definitely a thrill seeking bad girl with a big brain.