"Icky" is a 4-Letter Word
One of my favorite people was talking about the phenomenon "girls are icky" showing up in certain corners of fandom, which is always guaranteed to get my righteous rage up. And there's nothing like righteous rage to bring on a MEME
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Where to even START. There's an easy answer, because Rose, Martha, Donna, Amy, Sarah Jane, River Song - and so many old-school Who companions - are all amazing. But I feel like that's the easy out.
Jackie Tyler, actually, is where I pick to begin, because I love her no-holds-barred, smart-assed, me-and-my-kid-against-the-world attitude, and the ferocity of her love for her daughter, and her refusal to be cowed by paltry Lords of Time and Space. And because it is hard to be the one left behind, and yet it only made all the good things about her better.
Nancy. Because she kept the kids safe. Because she was in a bad situation, and it went from bad to worse when the war started, and worse to awful when Jamie died, and yet she could still crack wise. Because after everything, she still had enough imagination for hope.
Ida Scott. For dreaming big. For facing death calmly. For her constant push to know more, to question, to consider the possibilities.
Joan Redfern. For falling in love with John Smith. For NOT falling in love with the Doctor. For being happy, eventually.
Captain Adelaide Brooke. Reasons show up when highlighted, because I can't recall if you've seen the specials yet and don't want to spoil. For being strong enough to tell the Doctor he's dead wrong in the face of an ego trip the size of time itself, and for doing what was right and necessary even though it killed her.
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The Rani, for being smarter than the boys, for calling them on their Epic Rivalry Bullshit, for being unapologetically amoral and loving science more than anything, and for having the impeccable sense to knee the Master in the groin.
Liz Shaw, for being the original brilliant redheaded scientist. For proving that you can have multiple doctorates and still be gorgeous. For not taking the Brig's sexist crap or the Doctor's sexist crap. For getting the hell out of Dodge when she needed to.
Nyssa of Traken, for loving Tegan and Adric. For knowing when to get out, when she was needed. For surviving the death of her father and the destruction of her planet, and facing the man responsible time and again. For kissing Five goodbye.
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