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Post a comment, and I'll give you a top 5 to provide. It could be anything.
Top 5 Fictional Ladies I Admire
1.) Iwaya Sumire, Tramps Like Us
2.) Katara of the Southern Water Tribe, Avatar: The Last Airbender
3.) Kusanagi Motoko, Ghost In The Shell
4.) Alanna of Tortall, Alanna: The First Adventure
5.) Eddi McCandry, War for the Oaks
droiche:Post a comment, and I'll give you a top 5 to provide. It could be anything.
Top 5 Fictional Ladies I Admire
1.) Iwaya Sumire, Tramps Like Us
2.) Katara of the Southern Water Tribe, Avatar: The Last Airbender
3.) Kusanagi Motoko, Ghost In The Shell
4.) Alanna of Tortall, Alanna: The First Adventure
5.) Eddi McCandry, War for the Oaks
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I owe Alanna so much. She taught me how to deal with gender inequality. Basically: fuck it.
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Meme sounds awesome. Hit me.
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On the subject of awesome, top five favorite scenes for the Lioness Quartet.
Warning: Obviously, spoilers for SoTL.
1. The entire final battle where Alanna, almost beaten, finally just lets go of her sword, and, in doing so, defeats Roger once and for all, while simultaneously permanently sealing his magical gate of evil with her sword. Especially lovely given the symbolism of Alanna's letting go of her carefree days of youth and taking up the responsibility of being not only a knight, but the first Lady Knight and the King's Champion.
2. The scene in Woman Who Ride Like A Man in which Jonathan, accepting his own responsibility to his people - all of them, regardless of race, becomes the Voice of the Bahzir tribes, coinciding wonderfully with Ali Mukhtab's death and Alanna's realization that she and Jon really cannot fulfill their duties or both be themselves while in a romantic relationship with one another.
3. Alanna defeats and kills Alex. This scene was just executed really, really well. Alex disarms her. She makes a comment about how, in a civilized match, she would be allowed to get her weapon. He comments that this is not a civilized match. She promptly shoves his nose into his brain. How can you [i]not[/i] love that? Yes..this scene is in here just for being badass. I could try to justify it with some deep literary analysis..but, that wouldn't be honest.
4. Alanna knowingly commits an act to end a relationship, survives a blizzard that could have killed her when she has a low cold tolerance, and goes up against an Elemental all for her country. And she gets the jewel not because she's a hero, but because she's a loyal, sincere, and brave person. I normally dislike anything dealing with Patriotism, but this really just set up the epicness of the ending very, very well.
5. Alanna heals Jon from the Sweating Sickness. Not as great as the others, and this is partially because, in the first book, Tamora Pierce hadn't entirely developed her writing style. Still, this scene basically begins the arc dealing with Alanna and Jon's relationship, as well as her parental closeness with Myles. It also shows her competence as a healer for the first time.
Honorable mentions go to..anything involving Thayet and Buri, Jon and George's friendship, Alanna's moment talking to Roger on the wall in Lioness Rampant, and Alanna, Thayet, and Buri training with Liam.
...wow. I wish this weren't so Lioness Rampant heavy, but since that was the conclusion to the quartet, it really was amazing, and extremely epic.
Re: Warning: Obviously, spoilers for SoTL.