Discussion: What spinoff would you create?

[liviapenn.livejournal.com]

Ever since Xena and Buffy broke out and became hits, we have a lot more tv shows with female leads-- and even shows where the main relationships are between women. But there's still a ways to go before there's as many shows starring women as there are men.

So here's my question(s) for discussion:

1) If you could take one female character, who's not the lead of her own show, and *make* a spinoff show where now she actually *is* the lead character, who would it be? And what would the show be about? (For comics, insert "spinoff comic" and for books insert "spinoff book series" here.)

I have a few that I can't choose between:

From Stargate: Atlantis, I would be interested in a spinoff show about Sora, the Genii soldier, being a spy and sneaking around the galaxy blowing up Wraith and collecting intelligence. It would sort of be like Alias in that she could never really trust her superiors, and probably at some point she would go rogue. Teyla would be in the show as her mysterious antagonist that shows up once or twice a season to dispense information, and she can't really be trusted, but they have mad UST together.

From Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I'd watch a show about Tara being a helpful spirit and having adventures on different metaphysical planes of existence, possibly in the past or the future, and helping people and then moving on-- maybe a little like Quantum Leap where she can't control where she goes or what her mission is, and just has to do the best she can.

From Firefly, I would love to watch a "prequel" type tv-movie about Zoe, showing us her childhood, her life in the military, meeting Mal and Wash, and more about how Zoe and Wash fell in love. (Or maybe I just want someone to write that story. *G*)

What about you guys?

Comments

[taskir.livejournal.com]

I whole-heartedly second the Tara spinoff, harriet_spy's Adventures of Chloe Sullivan, acaciaonnastik's Eden prequel and The Martha Jones show.

For myself, I'd love to see:

Fables - The globe-hopping exploits of Cinderella, Super-Spy.

Pirates of the Caribbean - Anamaria, Anamaria, Anamaria. Captain of her own ship, buckling swashes and taking names. Meeting exotic people and sleeping with them/stealing from them (perhaps first one then the other).

[pandarus.livejournal.com]

God, YES to all 6 of the above! Indeed, make that a Hell Yes!

I'd also like to see the Lilah show, the Tara ahow and the Sora and Zoe shows. And Martha Jones! Yay Martha!

For my own part - hmm...I'd watch a show that really did Inara justice, exploring the full, fascinating Bene Gesserit/Kushiel's Scion potential of the Companion Guild, giving us male Companions as well as female and giving us lots of gorgeous dresses and political intrigue. Actually, I'd gladly watch a show about any of the Firefly women (or men...oh, show, how I miss you!).

A show focussing on Faith. Obviously. But I'd also like to see what happened next for Officer Kate - I seem to be in a tiny minority with liking that character.

Ellen (and Jo) from SPN rock my socks, and I'd love to see a show that centred around the Road House, either past or present.

[executrix.livejournal.com]

Road House: Putting the SPN in SPiNoff!