30 Days of Fictional Females Meme - Day One: Favourite lead female character
March 8 is International Women's Day (and my birthday which has always delighted my little feminist heart). In the US, the month of March is designated National Women's History Month. In honor of these facts, I've decided to do the 30 Days of Fictional Females meme that I've seen here and there for ages. I won't promise one a day for the month, but I'll give it my best shot and hopefully make up for missed days with double posts and the like.
Also, I'd just like to note up front that looking over these questions makes me realize that some of them will be very difficult to answer. If they were about favorite male whatever, I'd probably have no problem, if for no other reason than there are so many more to choose from. For females, there are some questions about which I'm having to think hard just to come up with an example of one, let alone something I'd call a favorite. Maybe that's just a matter of my personal tastes, but I doubt it. Thus the need for this meme. I'm going to make it even harder on myself by trying not to duplicate answers too much. So, for example, whoever I put for favorite female lead can't also be favorite female in a sci-fi show or in a book or whatever. We'll see how that goes.
Day One: Favourite lead female character
I've thought about this a lot and, throwing out females that I'm fairly certain I'll use in other places later in this meme, I think I've settled on two answers of lovely females leading their own series. First up is a childhood favorite: Laura Ingalls (Wilder). She was feisty and independent, pushing at the boundaries of her society, she was historical and history has always been cool to me, and I felt as a kid that her life could have been mine if I'd lived when she did. I grew up in Kansas, partly in a basic suburban community and partly in middle-of-nowhere farm country and felt this connection, with lots of jealousy on my end of the huge snow storms she got. I say all this in my power to the women meme thing but honesty forces me to admit that the book about her eventual husband's childhood, Little Farmer Boy, was always my favorite of the series.
A more recent favorite is Thursday Next, star of her eponymous series of books by Jasper Fforde. Thursday is awesome! She's strong and bad-ass and acts as an agent taking on crime in books! She jumps into books! Love books! Of course, one of the things I like best about Thursday is that she gets shit done, but she isn't always strong. She cracks, she leans on others for help, she admits when she makes mistakes. She's human.
The 30 Questions for 30 Days
Day One: Favourite lead female character
Day Two: Favourite supporting female character
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favourite female character on a male-driven show
Day Six: Favourite female-driven show
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time
Day Eight: Favourite female character in a comedy show
Day Nine: Favourite female character in a drama show
Day Ten: Favourite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day Eleven: Favourite female character in a children’s show
Day Twelve: Favourite female character in a movie
Day Thirteen: Favourite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favourite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favourite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favourite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favourite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favourite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favourite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favourite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favourite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favourite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Three: Favourite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favourite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favourite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favourite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favourite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you'd like
Also, I'd just like to note up front that looking over these questions makes me realize that some of them will be very difficult to answer. If they were about favorite male whatever, I'd probably have no problem, if for no other reason than there are so many more to choose from. For females, there are some questions about which I'm having to think hard just to come up with an example of one, let alone something I'd call a favorite. Maybe that's just a matter of my personal tastes, but I doubt it. Thus the need for this meme. I'm going to make it even harder on myself by trying not to duplicate answers too much. So, for example, whoever I put for favorite female lead can't also be favorite female in a sci-fi show or in a book or whatever. We'll see how that goes.
Day One: Favourite lead female character
I've thought about this a lot and, throwing out females that I'm fairly certain I'll use in other places later in this meme, I think I've settled on two answers of lovely females leading their own series. First up is a childhood favorite: Laura Ingalls (Wilder). She was feisty and independent, pushing at the boundaries of her society, she was historical and history has always been cool to me, and I felt as a kid that her life could have been mine if I'd lived when she did. I grew up in Kansas, partly in a basic suburban community and partly in middle-of-nowhere farm country and felt this connection, with lots of jealousy on my end of the huge snow storms she got. I say all this in my power to the women meme thing but honesty forces me to admit that the book about her eventual husband's childhood, Little Farmer Boy, was always my favorite of the series.
A more recent favorite is Thursday Next, star of her eponymous series of books by Jasper Fforde. Thursday is awesome! She's strong and bad-ass and acts as an agent taking on crime in books! She jumps into books! Love books! Of course, one of the things I like best about Thursday is that she gets shit done, but she isn't always strong. She cracks, she leans on others for help, she admits when she makes mistakes. She's human.
The 30 Questions for 30 Days
Day One: Favourite lead female character
Day Two: Favourite supporting female character
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favourite female character on a male-driven show
Day Six: Favourite female-driven show
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time
Day Eight: Favourite female character in a comedy show
Day Nine: Favourite female character in a drama show
Day Ten: Favourite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day Eleven: Favourite female character in a children’s show
Day Twelve: Favourite female character in a movie
Day Thirteen: Favourite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favourite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favourite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favourite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favourite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favourite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favourite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favourite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favourite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favourite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Three: Favourite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favourite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favourite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favourite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favourite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you'd like