swim through the fires to stay in this world

I have lost the original comment, but someone was feeling demoralized about the lady of queer ladies on her screen, so I wanted mention that YOU NEVER HAVE TO ACCEPT LACK OF QUEER LADIES (OR DUDES) ON YOUR SCREEN, and also through out some queer lady recs:

Bomb Girls (two of the four main characters are lesbians)

Orphan Black (a reoccurring character is a lesbian, and she actually gets a really interesting romance)

This post with a fuckton of movies with lesbians.

The Arrow episode Heir of the Demon (with a couple quibbles).

Chicago Fire has a main character who is a lesbian.

I’d check out the Adventure Time episodes with Marceline The Vampire Queen and Princess Bubblegum (uncanon, but only because the network wouldn’t let the show go there).

There is also 2 Broke Girls, which skews more towards the 'queer-bait' end of the spectrum, but has some really slashy moments between the leads.

2 Broke Girls

Sweet Tits (Max/Caroline)

Arrow

This Is The Art Of Living With A Ticking Heart (Felicity/Oliver)
The Universe Is Wide & Wild & Some Things Are Stronger After They Break (Shado/Slade)

The Avengers

Just What I Needed (Someone To Plead) (Darcy/Steve)
Lilac Perfume (Kate/Clint)
You Will Always Fall In Love, And It Will Always Be Like Having Your Throat Cut (Natasha/Clint)
The Opposite Of Perfunctory (Kate/Clint)
Marionettes (Natasha/Clint)
Nihilism & The 21st-Century Girl (Darcy/Steve)
Progress (Jane/Thor)
Couldn't Get That Boy To Kill Me (Natasha/Clint)
I'm Yours (Ghosts & All) (Natasha/Clint)
End Of The World News (Darcy/Steve)
Your Heart Cannot Be Burned (Darcy/Steve)
Your Boy Is A Soldier (Natasha/Clint)

DC Comics

Detours (Selina/Bruce)
I Have Nothing Left To Say To The Ghosts (Stephanie Brown)
Please Believe Me When I Say The Last Thing You Need Is Fixing (Stephanie Brown/Nick Gage, Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson)
You Only Live Twice (Stephanie Brown/Jason Todd)
that kind of luxe just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz (Stephanie + Cassandra)

Hannibal

She Had Something Savage Coursing Under Her Skin (Abigail Hobbs)

Johannes Cabal The Necromancer

Build Me A City & Call It Jerusalem (Leonie Barrows/Johannes Cabal)

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Each Other's Anchors (We Move In Nautical Miles) (Lizzie/Darcy)
My Head Is Filled With Love Songs; My Tongue Is Mute (Lizzie/Darcy)
High Heels & Second Chances (Lizzie/Darcy)
Strain Love Through A Sieve (Gigi/Caroline)

Once Upon A Time

Proper Adventuring Attire (Alice/Knave)
I Wanna Be Here (Regina/Emma)

Pacific Rim

Underwater Kisses (Mako/Raleigh)
Crush My Heart Into Embers & I Will Reignite (Mako/Raleigh)

Teen Wolf

With Bloody Feet Across The Hallowed Ground (Kate/Derek)
If You Can't Say Something Nice (Come Sit By Me) (Lydia/Stiles, Allison/Scott)

natural_blue_26: Talk to me about princessess- in ancient lore, modern fiction, Disney or their OUaT counterparts. Which have you enjoyed, and which make you throw up your hands in dispair? Anything, really.

(Also, she mentioned that she had a wedding today? Is that your wedding? If so, congrats!)

I'm going to talk about my two favorite Princess Tropes.

First, The Badass Princess. By which I mean, Leia Organa, leader of the rebellion. (Kahlan and Snow are worthy daughters, imho.) Nothing like a clever, privileged, scrappy, princess who through circumstances and/or a desire for change, takes up arms. MY FIERCE LADIES IN WHITE. Which leads into my second trope, Fallen Princess. In my head, I have a slightly different definition than tv tropes - I'm thinking of the Princesses who lose everything (or almost everything) and then continue on. This overlaps with several badass princesses (especially Leia and Snow White) but the really key factor to me is the refusal to let misfortune prevent the princess from living a happy life (where badass princesses are often focused on political/social goals, fallen princesses are more focused on personal goals). For example, Caroline from 2 Broke Girls handled her loss of wealth "like a badass" and then joined forces with a friend to start a business. Another example is Aurora. I didn't have much emotional attachment to Aurora until the audience learns that after losing her True Love and having her entire world destroyed, she was intending to travel to a NEW WORLD to build a NEW LIFE for herself including NEW LOVE.* I just absolutely adore characters with that kind of motivation to make their lives better.

*There are many reasons why I'm sad that Philip is going to be rescued but the one relevant to this post is that I would absolutely love getting to see someone from FTL choose to come to Storybrooke/the modern world and then build a life there. Plus, I want the show acknowledge that it is possible for someone to have more than one True Love.