but they can never be what she was to me

[musesfool]

See the awesome ladies of my icons! I know I was supposed to only do fictional ladies, because real, live women are not tropes and should not be reduced to one dimension, but the real ladies are awesome, too, and I like looking at all my pretty icons

Comments

[delle]

how much do I love all the Starbuck (and Katee) icons you have?!?!? And Pepper!

[musesfool]

STARBUCK IS MY TV GIRLFRIEND!

Starbuck is EVERYBODY'S TV girlfriend!

[arbitraryorange]

Seconded, EVERYBODY'S TV girlfriend

[musesfool]

♥

[spectralbovine]

When characters as well-fleshed out as Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, Dorothy Zbornak, Mystique, and Azula are all reduced to one simplistic face and so fail this version of the "strong female character" test, maybe it's the test that's flawed, not the characters.
Seriously.

[musesfool]

Right? There is some serious wtfery going on where Ellen Ripley is reduced to "Final Girl" and Sarah Connor to "Mama Bear" and Dorothy Zbornak to "Wet Blanket."

[spectralbovine]

If you can use a phrase to describe a woman, she's not a strong female character!

[musesfool]

Apparently! Of course, no one would ever try this with male characters, because they are nuanced and never tropes.

[writingpathways]

Awesome group of AWESOME. Especially Cordy, River, Starbuck, Katara, Olivia... uh just an awesome group of Awesome. though you have no Astrid from Fringe?

[musesfool]

I do not currently have an Astrid icon. I haven't found one that's struck me as right yet.

[kita0610]

I didn't see these two, so here you go.

Darla and Dru. Fucking your shit up.

[writingpathways]

Julie Benz is currently playing smart scientist/mother with superpowers, who brings home the main paycheck in the household in No Ordinary Family. She's still kicking ass -- by being speedy and brilliant.

[musesfool]

\o/

[sevendeadlyfun]

ANNE BOLEYN GIP FOR GREATER JUSTICE (and general awesomeness)!

[musesfool]

Woo!