[Discussion] Flawed canon and "bad" characters

[anenko.livejournal.com]

Who are your favourite "guilty pleasure" female characters? The ones who aren't good examples of what can be done with female characters, but who you deeply love anyway?

Have you spent hours creating backstory for a female character whose sole purpose in canon is to provide eyecandy for fanboys? Do you feel wildly passionate about a woman from a badly written, sexist series? Is your OTC a woman who died in the first episode of a new series, before the opening credits even began to roll?

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[cereta.livejournal.com]

My newest (old) obsession, Jessica Fletcher. She's kind of a busybody (who am I kidding: total busybody) who refutes attempts to call her "Ms" (she'll take a Maine Miz, though). She embodies several stereotypes of older women. And really, you should run when you see her coming.

But she worked her whole marriage. After her husband died, she became a whole new woman. And never, not once, does she doubt that everyone from a local sheriff to an FBI agent should listen to her insights. She will by-God take charge of a situation and take no prisoners.

And she puts up her own storm windows. I really like that.