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uberreinigerDay One: Favorite lead female character
Day Two: Favorite supporting female character
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show
Day Six: Favorite female-driven show
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show
Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day Eleven: Favorite female character in a children’s show
Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Thre: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!
Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship - The reason this entry has taken so long is because I have actually been trying to come up with an answer for this one for several days and I can't. So I give up on it. Because I don't really know what is meant by "platonic relationship." Is it only friendships where there has never been an attraction? Do exes count? What if the attraction is there but they've had "the talk" and have decided to just remain friends. Honestly, I think people are misled by the term "platonic" into thinking it means sexual attraction is not and has never been an issue. It's there, you just choose not to act on it. This makes it problematic for me in storytelling because I like stories where the decision to act on that tension is part of their character arc. Friendships where attraction never matters tend to not be memorable to me. So whatever, I pass on this one.
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship - I'm going to assume this means favorite romantic relationship as seen from the female's point of view rather than favorite romantic relationship between two female, if only because the latter leaves a very narrow list of options.
My vote goes to Lily's (Mia Sara) relationship with Jack (Tom Cruise) in the fantasy film Legend. You know, that movie where Satan (Tim Curry) is trying to kill unicorns. They didn't make Lily a damsel in distress but they didn't make her an action heroine either. She uses her wits and actually manages to beguile the Prince of Darkness. That's pretty badass. And she does it all in the name of love and atoning for a mistake that she's made. All the while Jack is trying to get to her and never stops believing in her, even at a crucial moment where she seems to have gone over to the dark side for real. I don't care how much you hate Tom Cruise. Listen to his younger self as he pleads "I trust you, Lily!" and I dare you not to shiver.
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship - I already listed Ellen Ripley from the Alien films as my favorite all-time heroine. Then I realized that because she is my favorite heroine that means I can technically list her as many times as I want. I mean, she's my all-around favorite, right? That means she's good at lots of things.
Ripley and Newt aren't biologically related but that's why watching the mother/daughter relationship that forms between them (and which is not even directly addressed in words save for one exclamation by Newt at the end,) is so fascinating. Aliens probably has more explosions per minute than any film about a mother and her daughter ever made and that relationship never stops being what is at the film's heart no matter how many times Bill Paxton reminds us that we're fucked and that it's game over.
Day Two: Favorite supporting female character
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show
Day Six: Favorite female-driven show
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show
Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day Eleven: Favorite female character in a children’s show
Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Thre: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!
Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship - The reason this entry has taken so long is because I have actually been trying to come up with an answer for this one for several days and I can't. So I give up on it. Because I don't really know what is meant by "platonic relationship." Is it only friendships where there has never been an attraction? Do exes count? What if the attraction is there but they've had "the talk" and have decided to just remain friends. Honestly, I think people are misled by the term "platonic" into thinking it means sexual attraction is not and has never been an issue. It's there, you just choose not to act on it. This makes it problematic for me in storytelling because I like stories where the decision to act on that tension is part of their character arc. Friendships where attraction never matters tend to not be memorable to me. So whatever, I pass on this one.
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship - I'm going to assume this means favorite romantic relationship as seen from the female's point of view rather than favorite romantic relationship between two female, if only because the latter leaves a very narrow list of options.
My vote goes to Lily's (Mia Sara) relationship with Jack (Tom Cruise) in the fantasy film Legend. You know, that movie where Satan (Tim Curry) is trying to kill unicorns. They didn't make Lily a damsel in distress but they didn't make her an action heroine either. She uses her wits and actually manages to beguile the Prince of Darkness. That's pretty badass. And she does it all in the name of love and atoning for a mistake that she's made. All the while Jack is trying to get to her and never stops believing in her, even at a crucial moment where she seems to have gone over to the dark side for real. I don't care how much you hate Tom Cruise. Listen to his younger self as he pleads "I trust you, Lily!" and I dare you not to shiver.
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship - I already listed Ellen Ripley from the Alien films as my favorite all-time heroine. Then I realized that because she is my favorite heroine that means I can technically list her as many times as I want. I mean, she's my all-around favorite, right? That means she's good at lots of things.
Ripley and Newt aren't biologically related but that's why watching the mother/daughter relationship that forms between them (and which is not even directly addressed in words save for one exclamation by Newt at the end,) is so fascinating. Aliens probably has more explosions per minute than any film about a mother and her daughter ever made and that relationship never stops being what is at the film's heart no matter how many times Bill Paxton reminds us that we're fucked and that it's game over.
