December daily: Female characters

[resonant]

gurrier prompts: female characters. Favourites, pet peeves, anything that comes to mind!

When the movie "Grease" came out, I remember crushing hard on Rizzo, for much the same reason that I crush on any of the guys I slash: here was this guardedness that looked like it would be a pleasure to break, and this underlying wound that it looked like it would be a pleasure to soothe.

Actually I could really enjoy some post-canon Rizzo/Sandy. At the reunion, after the canon romances have fizzled out. And, like, Rizzo is pals with nearly all her exes, because she would be, but you know Sandy & Danny's divorce was the ugliest thing ever.

Maybe they start a consciousness-raising group together and help each other look at their cervixes.

I also have fond romantic feelings for some of the spunky and dark-haired Disney maidens, especially Mulan and Jasmine and most especially Nani from "Lilo & Stitch." (Whereas if I'd had to spend any time in the company of Snow White, I would have had to fake my own death.)

My favorite female characters in books tend to be the calm and unimpressed observer slightly outside all the chaos -- Morwen the witch from The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (who has "None of this nonsense, please" painted over the door of her cottage) is a perfect example of the type. Teyla on SGA had a bit of this, too, a certain amount of eyerolling about your drama.

When I love a female character in a book, I generally feel that the TV or movie version makes her too pretty and too soft-spoken -- not surprising, huh?

Comments

[giglet]

Ooh, interesting! How do you feel about Wendy Watson from Middleman?

[resonant]

I haven't seen it! I'm so out of touch with pop culture it's not even funny. Do you recommend it?

[giglet]

I do!

I admit that it does help if you have some familiarity with New York and New Yorkers (among other things, they talk Really Fast and have tiny living spaces ). And it is funnier if you are Hispanic. But it is still pretty delightful.

I would suggest starting with the trout episode.

[majoline]

Actually I could really enjoy some post-canon Rizzo/Sandy. At the reunion, after the canon romances have fizzled out. And, like, Rizzo is pals with nearly all her exes, because she would be, but you know Sandy & Danny's divorce was the ugliest thing ever.

Wow, that feels really canon to me. Fantastic idea.

When I love a female character in a book, I generally feel that the TV or movie version makes her too pretty and too soft-spoken -- not surprising, huh?

Nope. Not surprising in the slightest.

[gurrier]

First internet time in days, I've been really looking forward to this!

"Lilo & Stitch" is my most favourite Disney movie ever, in large part because there's no central romance, but also because Nani hits my competence kink hard.She's grieving and struggling with raising her sister, but she's so determined to do it and do it right.

And Morwen! My daughter loved her so much when she read (and re-read and re-re-read) the Enchanted Forest Chronicles a few years ago. It was wonderful to watch her identify with this character, and see her in other around her. I swear my heart grew three sizes when G1 told my sister-in-law that she(SIL)reminded her of Morwen.

Thank you for sharing!