First, check out this awesome post about Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a famous Solviet sniper in WWII. (The tone cracks me up.)
Which leads to... inspired by
hungrytiger11 , I was thinking of doing a thirty-day meme about women. However, while she is just picking a new, awesome lady each day, I thought it would be fun to do that with a little more structure. Some possibilities for categories that I came up with were:
Best HBIC.
Best Nonaction Girl
Best techie.
Best badass normal.
Favorite girly-girl.
What are your suggestions, flist?
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Best HBIC.
Best Nonaction Girl
Best techie.
Best badass normal.
Favorite girly-girl.
What are your suggestions, flist?
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Smartest? Best mom? Best friend? Best character arc? I don't know. These are the things that have popped into my head.
I don't think your link is working, which is a shame, as I would like to read about this sniper.
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I also like character arc, and I'd love to see a focus on a woman who got a good redemption arc in particular. It seems like writers love to give a bad boy a good redemption arc (I've finally started watching TVD, and already from their actions in late season one it's become clear to me that that's what they're going for with Damon--although I admit the boy's still kind of a hard sell for me >>;;), but I see this a whole lot less with female characters in general.
I'd also suggest a "best antagonist" category; good, complex female antagonists ought to get more love than they do.
Other than that? Hmm...a "most resourceful" category could be fun...and while you're going with straight-up ability categories like "best tech" and such, I could dig categories for female magic users and superheroes, respectively. Maybe a best adventurer/explorer too? A "coolest kid" category would be neat too, what with all the Alices and Dorothies in the world.
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And YES to antagonist. YES.
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(And that link isn't working because I forgot to add it in.)
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Aha! Well, that will indeed make it unfollowable.
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Hmm. If you're struggling to find catagories, you can get into just basic ones.. Best Blonde, Best Redhead, Best Brunette, Best Nontraditional. You could also include in it girl situations. Best female kill, Best girl-uses-boy, Best lie, Best improvisation of item in purse as weapon.
I beg you to put "Best female couple" on there.
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Best improvisation of item in purse as weapon.
Best use of Stiletto heels.
I beg you to put "Best female couple" on there. -waves a Willow/Tara flag-
Might do, might do. (But would it be limited to canon couples?)
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Favorite Mother/Mother figure
Lady You'd Hang Out With
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Lady you find sexiest / most attractive.
Favourite geek girl.
Best story arc / character development.
Favourite female supporting character.
Favourite WOC.
Favourite TV character.
Favourite movie heroine.
Favourite book character.
Favourite YA heroine.
Best woman / girl from manga / anime.
Best woman / girl from comics / superheroes fandom.
Best female villain.
Funniest fandom girl.
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-Kowareta
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Best sister
Best female friendship
Woman you'd want to have your back
(I see a lot of great ideas already!)
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Best mentor/teacher
Best provider of tough love
Best example of character growth
Best leader/ruler
Most kick-ass crone
Most hated by the fandom but who's really awesome when you think about it
Best sidekick
Sidekick who deserves her own spin-off (some sidekicks like being the sidekick, though)
Best up-and-coming/most potential
Character who most deserves a second chance
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Sidekick who deserves her own spin-off (some sidekicks like being the sidekick, though)
Very true.
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Best cold shoulder
Best monologues and/or one-liners
Woman whose closet you'd raid (this includes weaponry, artifacts, and I suppose clothing :P)
Most misunderstood woman
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Woman who transcends her role as The Girlfriend and/or fanservice?
The female character whose awesomeness made you change your initial impression of her.
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Do you have any thoughts for Woman who transcends her role as The Girlfriend and/or fanservice?
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Maybe some of the ladies from Bleach?
Lori Baxter from Big Wolf on Campus was introduced as a girl for the two main boys to fight over, and spent a season as the hero's girlfriend. By the final season, she'd broken up with him because she preferred fighting monsters by his side as a friend. And they stayed friends.
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Lori Baxter from Big Wolf on Campus was introduced as a girl for the two main boys to fight over, and spent a season as the hero's girlfriend. By the final season, she'd broken up with him because she preferred fighting monsters by his side as a friend. And they stayed friends.
Oh, wow, that sounds like a nice development!
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I think it's unbelievably silly that the Soviets (as in, those guys we've spent the last 50 years demonizing) had women as snipers, pilots, and tank drivers while the US had the "WASPS" (which really just flew supplies), and eventually disbanded the WASPS when public opinion switched to thinking they were floosies, because, yeah, that's apparently more important than whether or not they do the job. It's not so important when you're staring down the barrel of a Luger and your country is on the verge of annialation, is it? Mmm? It's amazing the stupid restrictions people insist upon when they AREN'T about to be destroyed.
I love the idea of a 30 Day MEME for awesome chicks <3
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I love the idea of a 30 Day MEME for awesome chicks <3
Me too!
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It's my theory that, globally, the US supporting rightist coups over governments in smaller, developing countries that were even slightly leftest single-handedly set back women's rights worldwide. Like Afghanistan? We did that because we would have rather had a mysogynist theocracy in power than any sort of communist government. I don't have nearly the research required to back up that thesis, but I have some rather strong suspicions that women's advancement in developing countries was one of the many things set back by our insistence on fighting communism by supporting the other extreme.
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This might be added into mine too. Cause, you know, I'm doing such a bang-up job of actually posting them as it is....lol.
Can't wait to see what you come up with too!
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Best Mother/Daughter/Grandma -- all three categories!
Best Funky Artistic Chick
Best Shot (in honor of Lyudmilla)
Best Crusader
Best Scifi Heroine
Best At Transcending The Cliched 'Girlfriend' Role
Most Badass While Pregnant
Funny Lady Extraordinaire
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And I really like 'most badass while pregnant.'