Good Series For Female Characters

[havocthecat]

So, in light of the recent wanking about mysogyny and gender (and also in light of recent discussions with cat_latin), I'm looking to make a list of good series for female characters. I've tried to include series that don't have any - or maybe not too many - skanky racial or gender issues (sorry Heroes and Gateverse), and which have well-done CoC as well

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Re: ahem.

[havocthecat]

To be honest, I didn't include X-Files for a number of reasons, even though I adore Scully and Reyes both

Re: ahem.

[azarsuerte]

*nod* Pretty much everything you mention here (and a few other things) were the reason why the Harem of X-Files Other Women Defenders was created. Aside from Scully, the female characters in that show were so marginalized that the instant one of them appeared on screen, unless she was related to Scully, she was instantly hated by the fandom as a "threat" to the MSR. To me, that does not indicate that the show was *at all* empowering of women, especially since so often they justified the fans' hate by turning the characters evil in the end (a la Marita and Diana, although Marita actually *didn't* die--she was alive in the series finale).

Re: ahem.

[havocthecat]

Oh, crap, you're right, Marrita didn't die. X died. (Yes, let's kill off the black man. The one who was interesting, and mysterious, and had his own motives for doing things that didn't necessarily all involve being the Magical Negro stereotype. *sigh* Good move, XF producers.)

Nothing else to say to the rest of your comment but: Yes. Sad, but true.