Pop Culture's Greatest Anti-Heroes
This poll showed up on whedonesque, and from the summary, it looked like it only had male heroes, so I thought that we should totally run one for women, yes or yes? Because anti-heroines are awesome. But apparently, this looooooooooooooooong list of anti-heroes is, in fact, gender inclusive, and has TWO WOMEN on it. That's right, TWO. Out of 42 options, which is not even 5% of the list. Spike is on it, but no Faith, and I really, really find it hard to believe that Baltar, as much as I love him, is more popular as a character than Kara freaking Thrace. And what about Laura Roslin? There's no Emma Frost, but of course, Wolverine is on it.
Why does this poll exist? Also, I can't decide what's more offensive: having a males-only poll with no women on it or having a poll that's gender inclusive, but just happens to overlook all the awesome anti-heroines.
It would...kind of be awesome if everyone would just vote "other" and leave a comment pointing out the sexism, especially if "other" gets the most votes?
Then I wondered if I could make a list of 41 anti-heroines all by myself? And I failed. But only because I wanted to focus on the pop culture bit of it and couldn't use any of my literary anti-heroines so no Medeas and/or Klytemnestras, tragically. You should add to it to make this dream come true, friendslist. I have about...23. Getting 41 would be great, and having a 100 would be, like, having a list of things to read/watch for years to come. There may or may not be a poll later, but I'm generally of the opinion that they're all awesome in different ways.
Without getting into the formulaic details, I consider an anti-heroine to be one of the following: a protagonist who doesn't fit the conventional heroic archetype or has a fairly unconventional morality/questionable loyalty or an antagonist who has heroic qualities and is sympathetic.
Emma Frost (X-men comics)
Kara Thrace (BSG)
Faith (Buffy)
Helena Bertinelli (DC comics)
Patty Hewes (Damages)
Laura Roslin (BSG)
Rachel Summers (X-men Comics)
Nicki Grant (Big Love)
Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Spider-man comics)
Gwen Raiden (Angel)
Vala Mal Doran (Stargate SG-1)
Darla (Angel)
Inara Serra (Firefly)
Jessica Jones (Marvel comics)
Xena (Xena)
Tess Harding (Roswell)
The Bride (Kill Bill)
Katchoo (Strangers in Paradise)
Lilah Morgan (Angel)
Aeryn Sun (Farscape)
Caprica (BSG)
Sharon Valeri (BSG)
Sikozu (Farscape)
Why does this poll exist? Also, I can't decide what's more offensive: having a males-only poll with no women on it or having a poll that's gender inclusive, but just happens to overlook all the awesome anti-heroines.
It would...kind of be awesome if everyone would just vote "other" and leave a comment pointing out the sexism, especially if "other" gets the most votes?
Then I wondered if I could make a list of 41 anti-heroines all by myself? And I failed. But only because I wanted to focus on the pop culture bit of it and couldn't use any of my literary anti-heroines so no Medeas and/or Klytemnestras, tragically. You should add to it to make this dream come true, friendslist. I have about...23. Getting 41 would be great, and having a 100 would be, like, having a list of things to read/watch for years to come. There may or may not be a poll later, but I'm generally of the opinion that they're all awesome in different ways.
Without getting into the formulaic details, I consider an anti-heroine to be one of the following: a protagonist who doesn't fit the conventional heroic archetype or has a fairly unconventional morality/questionable loyalty or an antagonist who has heroic qualities and is sympathetic.
Emma Frost (X-men comics)
Kara Thrace (BSG)
Faith (Buffy)
Helena Bertinelli (DC comics)
Patty Hewes (Damages)
Laura Roslin (BSG)
Rachel Summers (X-men Comics)
Nicki Grant (Big Love)
Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Spider-man comics)
Gwen Raiden (Angel)
Vala Mal Doran (Stargate SG-1)
Darla (Angel)
Inara Serra (Firefly)
Jessica Jones (Marvel comics)
Xena (Xena)
Tess Harding (Roswell)
The Bride (Kill Bill)
Katchoo (Strangers in Paradise)
Lilah Morgan (Angel)
Aeryn Sun (Farscape)
Caprica (BSG)
Sharon Valeri (BSG)
Sikozu (Farscape)