30 Days of Female Characters: Day 2

Mar 08, 2011 15:58

Day Two: Favourite supporting female character

Oh, wow, Buffyverse again. Faith. Definitely Faith. (Though Dawn and Tara are also my favourites.) I love her so very, very much. Buffy still has more meaning, I think, to the world in general, but Faith is the one I love best. Um. Sorry, was I supposed to explain my choice without using "love" so many times?

Spoilers for Faith's arc: I've always argued that Faith is more of an Angel character than a Buffy character. She's a tragic character, never quite a victim without agency, never quite a villain without seriously mitigating circumstances. She was my first female woobie--I think she was the first female woobie for many of us! There's a wildness and vulnerability to Faith that instantly endeared her to fandom, and while I know there are some who miss that id-driven want-take-have mentality, I'm too in love with her character development over the course of five seasons to want her to regress.

But then I'm a sucker for a good redemption arc, and Faith's redemption arc rivals any male character's. Her friendship with Angel is one of the most interesting male-female relationships in the Buffyverse, IMHO, because they find a connection in a shared history of violence and a resulting guilt and self-hatred. But for all that their bond complicates things with Buffy (and Wesley), it's an incredibly positive and rewarding relationship for both Angel and Faith, and I love that they value each other for it.



Faith, Angel/Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Spoilers for BtVS S7: While I have a lot of problems with BtVS Season 7, including the way Faith was handled, I really enjoyed her relationship with Robin (what we saw of it). I'd like to think they grew closer post-"Chosen", and developed a real and lasting relationship, something committed that Faith could hold onto and trust. She's gone through so much, and paid for her sins in a way Willow was never asked to, that I want her to have a chance at happiness with a guy who understands her.








Day 1: Favourite lead female character: Buffy Summers, BtVS
Day 2: Favourite supporting female character: Faith, Angel/BtVS
Day 3: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day 4: A female character you relate to
Day 5: Favourite female character on a male-driven show
Day 6: Favourite female-driven show
Day 7: A female character that needs more screen time
Day 8: Favourite female character in a comedy show
Day 9: Favourite female character in a drama show
Day 10: Favourite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day 11: Favourite female character in a children's show
Day 12: Favourite female character in a movie
Day 13: Favourite female character in a book
Day 14: Favourite older female character
Day 15: Favourite female character growth arc
Day 16: Favourite mother character
Day 17: Favourite warrior female character
Day 18: Favourite non-warrior female character
Day 19: Favourite non-human female character
Day 20: Favourite female antagonist
Day 21: Favourite female character screwed over by canon
Day 22: Favourite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day 23: Favourite female platonic relationship
Day 24: Favourite female romantic relationship
Day 25: Favourite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day 26: Favourite classical female character
Day 27: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day 28: Favourite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day 29: A female-centric fic rec
Day 30: Whatever you'd like!

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