Female Character Friending Meme

[anenko.livejournal.com]

I held one of these on my LJ/DW, and it was a ton of fun. I hope halfamoon likes the idea, too.

Name:
I am: [whatever personal info you feel like sharing]
Fandoms:
Favourite female characters:
How are you fannish about female characters? [fic, meta, icons, picspams, etc.]
Free space: [anything goes!]

<strong>Name:</strong> <strong>I am:</strong> <strong>Fandoms:</strong> <strong>Favourite female characters:</strong> <strong>How are you fannish about female characters?</strong> <strong>Free space:</strong>

"Female characters" involves anyone who self-identifies as female.

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[fly-to-dawn.livejournal.com]

Name: Miz / fly_to_dawn

I am: Female, eighteen, bi, atheist, feminist, nerd.

Fandoms: Doctor Who (New, Classic, Big Finish), Harry Potter, Merlin, Legend of the Seeker, Firefly/Serenity, Primeval, Being Human, No Angels (C4), Sugar Rush, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Chronicles of Narnia, Press Gang, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, His Dark Materials, Hex, Demons, British Comedy, random period dramas like Cranford, Downton Abbey, and North and South. Getting started on Fringe and Buffy.

Favourite female characters: (DW) Erimem, Romana, Martha Jones, THE POND, Barbara, Sarah Jane Smith, River Song, Liz X, Lynda Moss, Emily Chaudry, Ace, Jo, Nyssa, Liz Shaw, Rani, Lucie Miller, Bev Tarrant, Maria, Reinette, Mrs. Moore. (HP) Hermione, Luna, Tonks, McGonagall, Angelina Johnson, the Black sisters, Lily Potter. (Merlin) Guinevere, Morgause, Ygraine, Freya, Enmyria, Elena. (LotS) Cara, Kahlan, Jennsen. (Ff/S) Zoe, River Tam, Kaylee. (Primeval) Sarah, Abby, Claudia, Jenny, Helen Cutter, Jess, Emily Merchant. (Being Human) Nina, Annie, Lauren, Daisy, Josie, Lucy Jaggart. (Misfits) Alisha Dixon, Kelly Bailey, Nikki. (A:tLA) Ty Lee, Katara, Mai. (Misc.) Mary Malone, Lucy Pevensie, Susan Pevensie, Emma Peel, Mrs. Hannah Wilde, Cadmium Casson, Eve Casson, Sarah Warbeck, Door, Sophie Harris, Elphaba Thropp, Maggie Dundas, Kate Oakley, Anji Mittel, Margaret Hale, Mary Smith, Sybil Crawley, Nicola Murray, Ella Dee, Thelma Bates, Lynda Day, Tiddler, Amelie Poulain, Miss Marple.

How are you fannish about female characters? I do icons (and other graphics), fanmixes, the occasional fic and vid, picspamming on Tumblr, squeeing, flailing, etc. :D

Free space:
Hello there.

[elle-white.livejournal.com]

Name: Loz/elle_white
I am: Female, 24, Australian, a uni student, feminist and a huge nerd.

Fandoms: These are my current main fandoms. Princess Tutu, Revolutionary Girl Utena, The Twelve Kingdoms, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Baccano!, Fullmetal Alchemist, Claymore and Studio Ghibli films.

Favourite female characters: (Princess Tut) Rue (RGU) Anthy, Utena, Juri (12K) Youko Nakajima (A:TLA) Mai, Katara, Ty Lee, (Middlemarch) Mary Garth, (One Piece) Nico Robin, (DS9) Kira Nerys, (Baccano!) Nice Holystone, Chane Laforet, (Slayers) Lina Inverse, (FMA) Riza Hawkeye, Lan Fan, Winry Rockbell, Izumi Curtis (Haibane Renmei) Reki, (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind) Nausicaa, (Whisper of the Heart) Shizuku, (Spirited Away) Lin,(Wicked) Elphaba Thrope, (Daria) Daria Morgendorffer

How are you fannish about female characters? Normally through meta, fanfic and squeeing to a ridiculous extent.

Free space:
(http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/ff18/Lexy_Goldstone/?action=view&current=Joan.jpg)

[minkhollow]

Name: Jill/minkhollow (fic: sto_helit_lace)
I am: Looking for a full-time job, hoping to write for a living if I can pull it off, a sci-fi/fantasy geek of old.
Fandoms: Daria, Good Omens, Rent, Discworld, Sneakers, Iron Man (movieverse), Villains By Necessity, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Warehouse 13; Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Harry Potter, NCIS (those three being ones I'm not very active in)
Favourite female characters: (Daria) Daria Morgendorffer, Jane Lane, Jodie Landon, (Enchanted Forest) Cimorene, Morwen, (Iron Man) Pepper Potts, (Sneakers) Liz, (NCIS) Abby Sciuto, Ziva David, (Potterverse) Luna Lovegood, (Dr. Horrible) Penny, (Warehouse 13) Claudia Donovan, Myka Bering, HG Wells, Rebecca St. Clair
How are you fannish about female characters? Fic, mostly. Also the occasional RPing and icons.
Free space: ...yeah, I got nothin'. Too early. And I have to de-ice my car.

[prozacpark.livejournal.com]

Name: prozacpark

I am: Most active in TV/comics fandoms, but am also deeply in love with Greek mythology, women of/in classic literature, fairy tales, and read a lot. For tv, I have a strong preference for sci-fi/fantasy/supernatural shows, but I would pretty much watch anything that does well with its female characters and passes the Bechdel test.

Fandoms: Buffy, X-men, Twin Peaks, Vampire Diaries, Roswell (first two seasons), Farscape, Firefly, The Inside, Wonderfalls, X-men: Evolution, Middleman, comics (Marvel mainly, some DC and indie), X-men, Birds of Prey, Fables, Big Love, Battlestar Galatica, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Jane Austen, Willa Cather, L. J. Smith, Damages, Adventures of Sinbad, Stargate SG-1 (last two seasons), Pretty Little Liars, Greek mythology, and probably more I can't think of. It's entirely possible that I have either watched or tried out most genre shows for one female character or another or plan to.

Favourite female characters:Faith, Cordelia Chase, Gwen Raiden, Lilah Morgan, Emma Frost, Rebecca Locke, Barbara Gordon, Kitty Pryde, Helena Bertinelli, Aeryn Sun, Sikozu, Vala Mal Doran, Inara Serra, River Tam, Saffron, Katherine Pierce, Bonnie Bennet, Elena Gilbert, Tess Harding, Isabel Evans, Kara Thrace, Laura Roslin, Boomer, Sarah Connor, Audrey Horne, Laura Palmer, Shelley Johnson, Daisy Adair, Daisy Buchanan, Snow White, Cinderella, Patty Hewes, Ellen Parsons, Rumina, Maeve, Medea, Helen of Troy, Klytemnestra, and other literary/tv heroines I can't think of at the moment.

While I love pretty much all women in any given canon, I tend to have a slight preference for anti-heroines/morally ambiguous ones and characters overlooked by canon or hated by fandom.

Are you/how are you fannish about female characters? Fannish squee, meta, critique of gender fail-y writing, analysis of tropes/women in fiction/women's fiction, picspams, scans, rare fanfic or vidding effort, etc.

Free Space:

[such_heights]

"THE POND"

LMAO, ILU. :DD

Also your gif is all that is good in this world. If I could friend you, I would!

[such_heights]

Name: Amy / such_heights
I am: a UK politics postgrad student, one of those queer leftie social justice types your father warned you about. *g* I also pretty much hang out on Dreamwidth rather than here.
Fandoms: Avatar: the Last Airbender, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Firefly, Fringe, Harry Potter, Legend of the Seeker, Merlin, Star Trek, Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles, White Collar and I'm watching Farscape now.
Favourite female characters: Um, all the women in all of the above? *g* But I have a particularly strong adoration for Katara, Toph Bei Fong, Laura Roslin, Anastasia Dualla, Amy Pond, Martha Jones, River Song, Gwen Cooper, Kaylee Frye, Olivia Dunham, Astrid Farnsworth, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, Cara Mason, Guinevere, Nyota Uhura, Jadzia Dax, Sarah Connor and Diana Barrigan.
How are you fannish about female characters? Fic, vids, picspams, squee, meta.
Free space:

[usuallyhats]

Name: Jenni
I am: female, 26, Bristolian, learning to be a librarian
Fandoms: Ones I am likely to witter on talk about include Doctor Who (almost constantly), the Sarah Jane Adventures, Leverage, Spooks, and many other things
Favourite female characters: (DW-verse) Amy, River, Martha, Romana, Liz, Ace, Barbara, Zoe, Victoria, Benny, Erimem, Evelyn, Anji, Izzy, Sarah Jane, Rani; (Leverage) Sophie, Parker, Tara (picking favourites: not my strong point); (Spooks) Ruth, Beth; (DS9) Kira, Jadzia; (Buffy) Buffy, Dawn, Tara; (Legend of the Seeker) Cara, Kahlan; (Firefly) Zoe, Kaylee, River, Inara (see above re. picking favourites); (Misc) Worrals, Olivia Dunham, Hermione Granger, CJ Cregg, Alex Drake, Dayna, Wendy Watson, many more.
How are you fannish about female characters? Icons, picspams, the odd bit of fic, general flaily love
Free space:

[such_heights]

*Friend you again, that is. Which makes much more sense.

[casper-san.livejournal.com]

Name: Casper/casper_san
I am: Female, 23, Student, loves books and graphics.
Fandoms: Firefly/Serenity, Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Legend of the Seeker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Life Unexpected, Supernatural, The Mentalist, Lost Girl, Haven, Rizzoli and Isles, Pretty Little Liars, Psych, True Blood, The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Castle, Bones, Law & Order: SVU, White Collar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Greek Mythology, Fairy Tales.
Favourite female characters: (Firefly/Serenity) Kaylee and River, (Gossip Girl) Blair Waldorf, (TVD) Elena, Katherine, Caroline and Bonnie, (LoTS) Kahlan and Cara, (BtVS) Buffy, Willow and Faith, (Charmed)Piper, Phoebe, Pru, Paige, (Life Unexpected) Cate, Lux and Tasha, (Supernatural) Jo Harvelle, Ellen Harvelle, Ruby 1.0, Bela Talbot, Anna Milton, (The Mentalist) Teresa and Grace, (Lost Girl) Bo and Kenzi!, (Haven) Audrey Parker, (R&I) Jane and Mara, (PLL)Hannah and Spencer, (Psych) Juliet, (True Blood) Pam, Jessica and Sookie, (TSVM) Sookie, Amelia, Pam, and Tara, (Castle) Kate Beckett and Alexis Castle, (Bones) Temperance Brennan *Bones*, Angela, and Cam, (L&O:SVU) Olivia Benson and Alex, (White Collar) Sarah and Mrs. Burke, (POTC) Elisabeth Swan, (Greek Myth) Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Eros, Persephone and Psyche, (Fairy Tales) Belle, Ariel, Rose Red, Mulan, Rapunzel and Red Riding Hood.
How are you fannish about female characters? I write. A lot. When the muse strikes anyway. Also do lots of graphics.
Free space:

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

Name: mollivanders
I am: female, 24, journalist, economist, writer, fangirl, traveller
Fandoms: Alias, BSG, Being Human, Buffy, Community, Dollhouse, Downton Abbey, Firefly, Fringe, Harry Potter, Haven, LOST, Mad Men, Psych, TVD. Full list at my profile (http://mollivanders.livejournal.com/profile).
Favorite female characters: Juliet Burke, Juliet O'Hara, Annie Sawyer, Peggy Olsen, Princess Leia, Audrey Parker, Eowyn, Veronica Mars, Miranda Hart, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, Kate Austen, Charlotte Lewis, Olivia Dunham, Kara Thrace, Anya Jenkins, Faith Lehane, Robin Scherbatsky (seen S1-4)
How are you fannish about female characters? I write a ton of fic which usually centers around a female character, even when shippy. I love meta-ing episodes and talking about the treatment/agency of women in shows, among other things. I'm in the middle of a 30 Days of Fierce Ladies Meme. General fannish squee.
Free space:

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

Name: Betsy / be_themoon
I am: Female, 18, a feminist, gigantic nerd, and
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Merlin, Nikita, Primeval, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Chronicles of Narnia, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Cronicles, Downton Abbey, Fringe, Jane Austen, Alice (SyFy), Criminal Minds, Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, The Bourne Trilogy (movies), The Unusuals, White Collar, Sarah Jane Adventures
Favourite female characters: (Doctor Who universe) Martha Jones, Amy Pond (<333), River Song, Liz X, Sarah Jane Smith, Maria, Rani. (Merlin) Gwen & Morganaaaa. (Nikita) NIKITA, Alex, Jadeeeen, Amanda, Jill the Reporter. (Primeval) Abby, Jenny, Claudia, Sarah, Jess, Emily Merchant. (A:tLA) KATARA, Toph, Mai. (T:SCC) Jesse, Riley, Lauren. (Downton Abbey) ALL THE LADIES except Mrs. O'Brien and Edith. (Battlestar Galactica) Starbuck, DEE, Athenaaa, Boomer, Caprica. (Criminal Minds) JJ, Prentiss, Elle, Garcia. (Misc.) Susan Pevensie, Lucy Pevensie, Alice, The Duchess, Pam Landy, Nicky Parson, Marie Kreutz, Elle Burke, Diana Barrigan, Lauren Cruz, Casey Shraeger, Allison Beaumont, Olivia Dunham, Astrid Farnsworth, Samantha Carter, Vala mal Doran, Elizabeth Bennett, Jane Bennett, Anne Elliot, Elinor Dashwood, Margaret Dashwood, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Tonks, McGonagall, Luna, Sally, Annie, Miss Marple, Orwell.
How are you fannish about female characters? Icons, fic, vids, lots of squeeing and flailing and being happy about them.
Free space:

[evewithanapple.livejournal.com]

Name: Laura / viorica8957

I am: Nineteen, university student, writer, social justice-er, queer

Fandoms: Rome, Brick, Twin Peaks, The Vampire Diaries, Doctor Who, Pillars of the Earth, The Devil's Whore, Avatar: the Last Airbender, Being Human, Disney

Favourite female characters: Angelica Fanshawe (The Devil's Whore) Audrey Horne, Shelly Johnson (Twin Peaks), Niobe, Vorena (Rome), Elena Gilbert, Caroline Forbes, Anna (The Vampire Diaries), Ellen, Aliena of Shiring, Martha Builder, Elizabeth of Shiring (Pillars of the Earth), Suki, Mai, Ty Lee, Azula (Avatar: the Last Airbender), Annie, Nina (Being Human), Laura Dannon (Brick), Mulan, Belle, Rapunzel (Disney) I also tend to get 50% more defensive of a character is fandom hates her.

How are you fannish about female characters? Fic, vids, sometimes meta.

Free space:

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

I quite like you. For one thing, your .gif is awesome (I'm sorry Community, I promise I'll watch when I have time!), and also you like Psych and BSG and Being Human (which I also need to catch up on) and Downton Abbey and Fringe! :DDD

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

oh my god you put down Greek Mythology and Fairy Tales as fandoms. I LOVE YOU.

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

AMY AND RIVER AND MARTHA and the Sarah Jane adventures! oh, Doctor Who, how I love your sane fans.

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

It appears that everybody in this friending meme is awesome. I... I don't know what to do. AMYYYYYY. People here actually like here! It's quite refreshing. :D

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

I only have one question - why have I not friended you on LJ as well as DW?

[summerstorm.livejournal.com]

Name: Lix
I am: female, 21, Spanish, pansexual, atheist, largely fannish on LJ.
Fandoms: Currently most active/invested in: Vampire Diaries (TV), The Good Wife, Castle, The Social Network (I know, of all the gender faily fandoms), Pretty Little Liars, Parks and Rec, Community, Bones, Leverage, How I Met Your Mother, more or less in that order.
Favourite female characters: Elena Gilbert, Caroline Forbes, Bonnie Bennett, Vicki Donovan (VD), Alicia Florrick (TGW), Kate Beckett, Alexis Castle (Castle), Erica Albright (TSN), Spencer Hastings (PLL), Ann Perkins (P&R), Britta Perry (Community), Camille Saroyan (Bones), Tara Cole (Leverage).
How are you fannish about female characters? I write and read fic, talk about them in episode reaction posts, very sporadically make icons and picspams.

[ofparsnip.livejournal.com]

Name: Alex / ofparsnip

I am: Female, 25, feminist, knitter, geek, a relocated Texan currently living in a Cold Climate

Fandoms: currently watching: Doctor Who, Spooks, Castle, Leverage, Downton Abbey, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Torchwood; older fandoms but still loved: Buffy, Star Trek, The Pretender, Stargate, Babylon 5, Farscape, Firefly... Although I've probably forgotten a bunch...

Favourite female characters: (Doctor Who) Donna Noble, Amy Pond, River Song, Martha Jones, Harriet Jones; (Spooks) Ruth, Ros; (Torchwood) Gwen Cooper; (The Pretender) Miss Parker; (Babylon 5) Delenn, Ivanova; (Downton Abbey) Anna; (Farscape) Aeryn Sun; (Firefly) Zoe, Inara; (Buffy) Buffy, Tara, Anya.

How are you fannish about female characters? Mostly squee and that sort of thing. A tiny bit of fic. I'm trying out vidding, but I'm not sure if I'll have any talent for it.

Free space: I may not have any awesome gifs, but I do have awesome cats. We named them after two strong female characters: Carter (from Stargate) and Delenn (from Babylon 5)...

[casper-san.livejournal.com]

LOL Yep. To me, they are. I think they were my first fandoms in all honesty. :) Gotta love em~

[igrockspock.livejournal.com]

Name: igrockspock
I am: twenty-nine, queer, feminist, teacher, obsessed with food
Fandoms: Star Trek AOS (primarily), Torchwood, and Harry Potter currently. BSG, Buffy, Firefly, and Angel in the past.
Favourite female characters: Star Trek: Gaila, Number One, Chapel, Amanda, Winona. Torchwood: Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper, Lois Habiba. Harry Potter: Luna, Narcissa, Lily. Others: Kara Thrace, Sharon Agathon, Faith, Anya, Inara.
How are you fannish about female characters? Fic!
Free space:

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Why hello there! You like Greek mythology and Arthurian legends, and you are a fan of The Middleman and the Sarah Connor Chronicles, and you enjooy reading Jane austen, and you love Aeryn Sun! Well, so do I! Wanna be friends?

[hibernate.livejournal.com]

Name: hibernate. Also answers to YOU THERE.
I am: Enthusiastic about the things I love. Frequently in all caps. I'm into cats, martial arts, biomedical science, spaceships, and silliness.
Fandoms: Legend of the Seeker, Fringe, Warehouse 13, Doctor Who, Xena.
Favourite female characters: There is no way I could answer that in any succinct fashion. A few who are very special to me are Cara Mason, Kahlan Amnell, Olivia Dunham, Astrid Farsnworth, Myka Bering, H.G. Wells, River Song, the TARDIS (YOU HEARD ME), Kate Beckett, Xena, and Seven of Nine. But lots more too, obviously.
How are you fannish about female characters? I LIKE TO WRITE ABOUT THEM KICKING ASS AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER. Also, mad fangirl squeeing about how cool they are.
Free space:



THE GAVOTTE, MILITARY MARCH STYLE. ♥

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Name: Munditia

I am: a curmudgeonly and clinically depressed office drone by day, a superheroine curmudgeonly and clinically depressed fangirl by night; a former EngLit MA by education, an online media/editing/writing person by trade; an underachieving lazybones by inclination; a female character fan since, um, forever.

Fandoms: Oh, dear. I'm not actually being active in a particular fandom, but I'm interested in or feeling passively fannish about the following: Angel the Series, A Song of Ice and Fire, Battlestar Galactica (reboot), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Castle, Doctor Who (new Who mainly), Farscape, Firefly, Hunger Games, Jane Austen, LOTR, Mad Men (s1-3 so far), Middleman, Slings & Arrows, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Tortall, Veronica Mars (S1 only), and many others...

Favourite female characters: Hmmm, I like too many female characters to enumerate them here, but I think I do have a certain type of character from whom I reserve gushing adoration. Examples include Aeryn Sun, Alanna of Trebond, Brienne of Tarth, Éowyn, Kara Thrace, and Katniss Everdeen - draw your own conclusions!

How are you fannish about female characters?

I squee. Sometimes, I write fic. I maintain pond_life and westeros_women, although I'm a horrible mod. I rant when I come across character-bashing or fannish misogyny.

Free space:

[bodyline.livejournal.com]

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