Female-Driven Show

[snogged]

I know this might be seen by some as repetition, but I really can't give any other show the classification of "favorite" for this day, even though Veronica Mars tried really hard to convince me that it should be my pick for the day.




Buffy the Vampire Slayer

This show has been off the air since 2003 and I'm still obsessed with it. I re-watch episodes, I write fanfiction, I write personal experience stories, I read academic/scholarly texts, I squee over getting called cute by Adam Busch (the guy who played Warren and is still the only Buffy cast member I've ever met.)

And so it's with respect to it's art that I recognize the amazing women -in my opinion. You will notice some missing from this list. I chose not to include them- who've appeared on this show.

Buffy: The leader and Chosen One. She's not always my favorite character, but I do respect her bad-ass fighting skills and the message of empowerment she represents for girls and women.

Willow: Really don't have to repeat myself, but she's a witch and she's awesome.

Cordelia: She transformed from Bitch to Scooby during her time on the show and it broke my heart at the end of Season 3 when she held that prom dress in front of her that she couldn't afford. It really let me see the woman who continued her transformation on Angel

Anya: She's not afraid to speak her mind, no matter what happens to be on her mind.

Tara: It took me awhile to love her because I was still pretty bent out of shape about Oz leaving when she arrived on the scene, but once I did, I was head over heels.

Darla: The whore to Buffy's Madonna and yet so much more than that. She was darkness and sexuality and I'm glad they found a loophole to bring her back on Angel.

Drusilla: I just love her, dammit.

Faith: While I liked her more on Angel, I did like the contrast she presented on the show in terms of how Slayers are formed and created from their experience.




The Rest

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-Three: 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!


I think I'm going to save my conference update for tomorrow's entry as I'm a bit "brainified". For now, I'll say that it was an educational experience and it was worth it.

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Buffy had some of the best female characters EVER!


Gabrielle

[snogged.livejournal.com]

They drive the show, in my opinion. :)