Women Who Are Awesome
Every once in a while (mostly when I'm bored) I'm a terrible lurker/stalker who goes looking at the entries of people that I have little to no connection to. I refuse to feel guilty about it this time because it's led to a lovely meme. This was stolen off of 
curuchamion.
"List 100 awesome female characters" meme.
So. For an experiment: rockin' awesome female characters in no particular order.
I added italics if the character is a woman of color canonically, and bolded the name if she's canonically queer, because I wanted to see the results of that.
1. Ashika Chandiramani (Party Animals)
2. Amy Pond (Doctor Who)
3. Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
4. Donna Noble (Party Animals)
5. Kirsty MacKenzie (Party Animals)
6. Jo Porter (Party Animals)
7. Toby Daye (October Daye Series)
8. May Daye (October Daye Series)
9. George Mason (Newsflesh Trilogy)
10. Arya Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire)
11. Ace (Doctor Who)
12. Anthea (Sherlock)
13. X-23/Laura (Marvel)
14. Pepper Potts (Marvel)
15. Danielle Moonstar (Marvel)
16. Surge/Noriko Ashida (Marvel)
17. Xi'an Coy Manh (Marvel)
18. Zara bint-Hazah (Arabesque Series)
19. Kaylee Frye (Firefly)
20. Zoe Washburne (Firefly)
21. Inara Serra (Firefly)
22. River Tam (Firefly)
23. Jasmine (Aladdin)
24. Chickie Brown (Southland)
25. Lydia Adams (Southland)
26. Becks (Newsflesh Trilogy)
27. Rose Constantine (Deathstalker Series)
28. Katherine Tremontaine (Swordspoint Series)
29. Layla Salim (Kick)
30. Jackie Schneider (Kick)
31. Jamie (Girls With Slingshots)
32. Jadzia Dax (Deep Space Nine)
33. Erin (Girls With Slingshots)
34. Hazel (Girls With Slingshots)
35. Angel (Girls With Slingshots)
36. Thea (Girls With Slingshots)
37. Emma Frost (Marvel)
38. Ezri Dax (Deep Space Nine)
39. Kira Nerys (Deep Space Nine)
40. Tori (Shelter)
41. Buffy Summers (Buffy)
42. Willow Rosenberg (Buffy)
43. Tara (Buffy)
44. Dawn Summers (Buffy)
45. Joyce Summers (Buffy)
46. Anya Jenkins (Buffy)
47. Faith (Buffy)
48. Cindi Mayweather (Metropolis Suite)
49. Cordelia Chase (Buffy)
50. Jessica Stein (Kissing Jessica Stein)
51. Julia (Forest Kingdom)
52. Kasidy Yates (Deep Space Nine)
53. Lavie Head (Last Exile)
54. Uhura (Star Trek TOS/XI)
55. Sophie Montgomery (Party Animals)
56. Taghred Salim (Kick)
57. Romana (Doctor Who)
58. Helen Cooper (Kissing Jessica Stein)
59. Tiana (Princess and the Frog)
60. Lotte (Princess and the Frog)
61. Catherine Li (Spin State)
62. Artemesia Fitz-Levi (Swordspoint Series)
63. Mariesa van Huyten (Firestar)
64. Cordelia Naismith (Vorkosigan)
65. Jam Kuradoberi (Guilty Gear)
66. Dizzy (Guilty Gear)
67. I-no (Guilty Gear)
68. May (Guilty Gear)
69. Eden Sinclair (Doomsday)
70. Amber Jury Khaos Komix)
71. Nay Oten (Khaos Komix)
72. Charlie Trueman (Khaos Komix)
73. Rose Marshall (Sparrow Hill Road)
74. Velma Martinez (Velveteen vs.)
75. Sally Donovan (Sherlock)
76. Peri (Doctor Who)
77. Millia Rage (Guilty Gear)
78. Styx (Firestar Series)
79. Baiken (Guilty Gear)
80. Nijie Kitagawa (End of the World Blues)
81. Cessily/Mercury (Marvel)
82. Natasha Romanoff (Iron Man 2)
83. Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who)
84. Hazel D'Ark (Deathstalker Series)
85. Investigator Frost (Deathstalker Series)
86. Demeter (Greek Mythology)
87. Diana Vertue/Jenny Psycho (Deathstalker Series)
88. Shotgun Suzie (Nightside books)
89. Molly (Secret History Series)
90. Buffy (Newsflesh)
91. Tegan (Doctor Who)
92. The Luidaeg (October Daye series)
93. Michelle Watson (Voice of Steel short story)
94. Eon (Eon)
95. Medusa (Greek Mythology)
96. Persephone (Greek Mythology)
97. Hani al-Mansur (Arabesque Series)
98. Loup (Santa Olivia)
99. Khadra Shamy (The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf)
100. Susan Ivanova (Babylon Five)
Commentary: There were definitely more I would have liked to list. At times I felt like I was reaching, but then I'd go "Oh, her, I love her, why isn't she on the list yet?" These are pretty much all characters who steal the show for me when they show up (although in some cases they are the show...It would be interesting to see which of these I would count as main characters for their stories).
Comments welcome either here or on Dreamwidth (
).
curuchamion.
"List 100 awesome female characters" meme.
So. For an experiment: rockin' awesome female characters in no particular order.
I added italics if the character is a woman of color canonically, and bolded the name if she's canonically queer, because I wanted to see the results of that.
1. Ashika Chandiramani (Party Animals)
2. Amy Pond (Doctor Who)
3. Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
4. Donna Noble (Party Animals)
5. Kirsty MacKenzie (Party Animals)
6. Jo Porter (Party Animals)
7. Toby Daye (October Daye Series)
8. May Daye (October Daye Series)
9. George Mason (Newsflesh Trilogy)
10. Arya Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire)
11. Ace (Doctor Who)
12. Anthea (Sherlock)
13. X-23/Laura (Marvel)
14. Pepper Potts (Marvel)
15. Danielle Moonstar (Marvel)
16. Surge/Noriko Ashida (Marvel)
17. Xi'an Coy Manh (Marvel)
18. Zara bint-Hazah (Arabesque Series)
19. Kaylee Frye (Firefly)
20. Zoe Washburne (Firefly)
21. Inara Serra (Firefly)
22. River Tam (Firefly)
23. Jasmine (Aladdin)
24. Chickie Brown (Southland)
25. Lydia Adams (Southland)
26. Becks (Newsflesh Trilogy)
27. Rose Constantine (Deathstalker Series)
28. Katherine Tremontaine (Swordspoint Series)
29. Layla Salim (Kick)
30. Jackie Schneider (Kick)
31. Jamie (Girls With Slingshots)
32. Jadzia Dax (Deep Space Nine)
33. Erin (Girls With Slingshots)
34. Hazel (Girls With Slingshots)
35. Angel (Girls With Slingshots)
36. Thea (Girls With Slingshots)
37. Emma Frost (Marvel)
38. Ezri Dax (Deep Space Nine)
39. Kira Nerys (Deep Space Nine)
40. Tori (Shelter)
41. Buffy Summers (Buffy)
42. Willow Rosenberg (Buffy)
43. Tara (Buffy)
44. Dawn Summers (Buffy)
45. Joyce Summers (Buffy)
46. Anya Jenkins (Buffy)
47. Faith (Buffy)
48. Cindi Mayweather (Metropolis Suite)
49. Cordelia Chase (Buffy)
50. Jessica Stein (Kissing Jessica Stein)
51. Julia (Forest Kingdom)
52. Kasidy Yates (Deep Space Nine)
53. Lavie Head (Last Exile)
54. Uhura (Star Trek TOS/XI)
55. Sophie Montgomery (Party Animals)
56. Taghred Salim (Kick)
57. Romana (Doctor Who)
58. Helen Cooper (Kissing Jessica Stein)
59. Tiana (Princess and the Frog)
60. Lotte (Princess and the Frog)
61. Catherine Li (Spin State)
62. Artemesia Fitz-Levi (Swordspoint Series)
63. Mariesa van Huyten (Firestar)
64. Cordelia Naismith (Vorkosigan)
65. Jam Kuradoberi (Guilty Gear)
66. Dizzy (Guilty Gear)
67. I-no (Guilty Gear)
68. May (Guilty Gear)
69. Eden Sinclair (Doomsday)
70. Amber Jury Khaos Komix)
71. Nay Oten (Khaos Komix)
72. Charlie Trueman (Khaos Komix)
73. Rose Marshall (Sparrow Hill Road)
74. Velma Martinez (Velveteen vs.)
75. Sally Donovan (Sherlock)
76. Peri (Doctor Who)
77. Millia Rage (Guilty Gear)
78. Styx (Firestar Series)
79. Baiken (Guilty Gear)
80. Nijie Kitagawa (End of the World Blues)
81. Cessily/Mercury (Marvel)
82. Natasha Romanoff (Iron Man 2)
83. Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who)
84. Hazel D'Ark (Deathstalker Series)
85. Investigator Frost (Deathstalker Series)
86. Demeter (Greek Mythology)
87. Diana Vertue/Jenny Psycho (Deathstalker Series)
88. Shotgun Suzie (Nightside books)
89. Molly (Secret History Series)
90. Buffy (Newsflesh)
91. Tegan (Doctor Who)
92. The Luidaeg (October Daye series)
93. Michelle Watson (Voice of Steel short story)
94. Eon (Eon)
95. Medusa (Greek Mythology)
96. Persephone (Greek Mythology)
97. Hani al-Mansur (Arabesque Series)
98. Loup (Santa Olivia)
99. Khadra Shamy (The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf)
100. Susan Ivanova (Babylon Five)
Commentary: There were definitely more I would have liked to list. At times I felt like I was reaching, but then I'd go "Oh, her, I love her, why isn't she on the list yet?" These are pretty much all characters who steal the show for me when they show up (although in some cases they are the show...It would be interesting to see which of these I would count as main characters for their stories).
Comments welcome either here or on Dreamwidth (
).