The Unpopular Woman Love Post

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It's pretty natural that some female characters do worse in fandom than others, right? And sometimes it's difficult, if not downright impossible, to find a place where you can fan these characters in peace, or fellow fans to fan them with. Not to mention trying to find fanworks about them. Experience says: It hard.

So, stealing the idea shamelessly from doyle_sb4's Women of Doctor Who celebration post, here is a love post for the unpopular female characters. Like in doyle_sb4's post, you start a thread with the character's name and their respective fandom in the subject line, after which people are free to share fic and vid recs, picspams, links to essays, defenses or simply thoughts of love about the character in question. Because unpopularity is a subjective thing most of the time, the character doesn't have to be somebody you know to be the fandom underdog for sure, but if the character also has a large number of fans it would be good to give some reasons about why they're hated and why it's wrong. Links to the character threads will be collected in this post.

Being a post for unpopular characters, this is a bashing free post. If you have any negative opinions about the characters discussed or the fandom rivals of the character of your choice, please keep them to yourself.

And now, knock yourselves out!

ETA: The character and the fandom should both be named in the subject line, I forgot to mention the fandom initially. Sorry about the inconvenience!

ETA 2: If you want to share you thoughts about a character who has a thread, please reply to the thread in question. General comments and threads for new characters go to the main post.

Threads:

Diana Fowley, X-Files (Vid rec, Fic Recs, Fic recs)
Jennifer Hailey, Stargate: SG1
Sakura, Naruto (Fic recs, Author rec)
Dawn Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Anastasia Dualla, Battlestar Galactica (Comic rec, Reasons why Dee is awesome)
Lana Lang, Smallville (Vid recs)
Maya Herrera, Heroes (Vid rec)
Relena Peacecraft, Gundam Wing (Fic recs)
Cally Henderson-Tyrol, Battlestar Galactica
Gwen Cooper, Torchwood
Jennifer Keller, Stargate: Atlantis (Community link, Fic recs, Fic recs)
Niki Sanders
Freya/Anise, Stargate: SG1 (Fic rec)
Maria Hill, Marvel Comics
Thirteen/Dr. Remy Hadley, House MD (Picspam links)
Bela Talbot, Supernatural (Fic rec, Fic)
Shiori Takatsuki, Revolutionary Girl Utena
Tifa Lockhart, Final Fantasy VII
Max Guevara, Dark Angel (Vid rec, Fic rec)
Elizabeth Swann, Pirates of the Caribbean (Author rec)
Cynthia Velasquez, Silent Hill 4
Allison Cameron, House MD (Meme rec)
Liz Sherman, Hellboy
Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan, Bones
Ruby, Supernatural
Chloe Sullivan, Smallville
Sakaki Ouka, Weiss Kreuz
Jo Harvelle, Supernatural
Inara Serra, Firefly (Fic Rec)
Lt. Colonel Hollis Mann, NCIS
Director Jenny Shepard, NCIS
Lilly Kane, Veronica Mars
Kate Austen, Lost
Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Teyla Emmagan, Stargate Atlantis (Link, vid rec)
Alex Drake, Ashes to Ashes
Anya Jenkins, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Fic recs)
Koriand'r, DC Comics
Sam Carter, Stargate SG-1/Atlantis
Ana Lucia, Lost
Padme Amidala, Star Wars
Arwen, The Lord of the Rings
Martha Jones, Doctor Who/Torchwood
Kennedy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Lois Lane, Smallville
Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter
Shmi Skywalker, Star Wars
Mai, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Fic links, Fic links & recs)
Keiko Yukimura, Yu Yu Hakusho
Orihime Inoue, Bleach
Yakumo Tatsuro, Shinzo
Sakuno Ryuzaki, The prince Of Tennis
Tenten, Naruto
Anzu Mazaki, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Temari, Naruto
Himawari, xxxHOLiC
Karen Kouzuki/Kallen Stadtfeld, Code Geass
Yuuki Miaka, Fushigi Yuugi
Meg Griffin, Family Guy
Elliot Reid, Scrubs
Princess Zelda, Legend of Zelda series/Brawl
Mizuki Kaho, Card Captor Sakura
Colette Brunel, Tales of Symphonia
Kaoru Kamiya AND Tomoe Yukishiro, Rurouni Kenshin
Ninian, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
Katara, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Vid rec)
Naomi Hunter, Metal Gear Solid
Scheris Adjani, Scryed
Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk, Watchmen
Jun the Swan, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto
Momo Hinamori, Bleach
Miyako Inoue, Digimon 02
Misa Amane, Death Note
Juri Katou, Digimon Tamers
Asuka Tenjoin, Yu-Gi-Oh GX

Comments

Diana Fowley (The X-Files)

[ryf.livejournal.com]

Oh, how some Mulder/Scully shippers hated her.

I thought she was great :)

Re: Diana Fowley (The X-Files)

[maidenjedi]

DITTO. I loved Diana; I thought she brought some depth to Mulder's history at first, and then I grew to love her for herself. She was complex, clearly believed in what she was doing (when we first met her) and who always believed that what she was doing would ultimately serve the greater good. That made her compelling and someone I always wished had been explored better in the course of the show - thank goodness for fanfic!

Jennifer Hailey (Stargate: SG1)

[ryf.livejournal.com]

I have yet to meet more people who loved her on Stargate: SG1. Maybe some people here can stand her :)

Re: Jennifer Hailey (Stargate: SG1)

[amathela.livejournal.com]

I loved her - and everyone - in Proving Ground, which is absolutely my favourite episode of SG-1. And I ship Elliot/Hailey like burning, which makes it really disappointing that she doesn't have more fans. I need fic for my obscure OTPs!

Sakura (Naruto)

[anenko.livejournal.com]

Sakura is often accused of being weak and useless. Some fans are kind enough to allow that she's kind of cool after the timeskip, when she can punch holes into the ground.

I think Sakura has *always* been awesome, even she was petty and unthinkingly cruel in her obession over Sasuske. She grew up a lot faster than many fans give her credit for.

Re: Sakura (Naruto)

[robina1984.livejournal.com]

Sakura rocks. Naruto has this great chakra and stanima, Sasuke is a genius, but Sakura held her own by the power of her brain. She may not have been the brawler the boys were, but she also wasn't trying to prove herself like Naruto (to the village) and Sasuke (his brother) were. I liked her better before the timeskip...but she still rocks!

Dawn Summers (BtVS)

[ryf.livejournal.com]

Dawn grew on me, especially in the last season. I heard that the rold was originally written for a girl a few years youngerm which explains a lot of the season 5 annoyances. Even so, I always felt her story was interesting and in the last season she was just plain awesome.

Re: Dawn Summers (BtVS)

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

I also loved Dawn. She was a teenager with a lot of pain behind her, so of course she would get a little abrasive from time to time, but considering the life she lead, her behavior was perfectly normal. And she grew up just fine.

Anastasia Dualla

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Even people on my friendslist dislike her, and someone once challenged me to come up with reasons why I liked her. (that link, I'm gonna have to go searching for)

Scans of the BSG comic, wherein Dee is awesome (http://lyssie.livejournal.com/1213785.html) (spoilers for the comic, obviously)

Re: Anastasia Dualla

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

That comic was fantastic! Seasons 3 and 4 are mostly mysteries to me, but Dee was very likable in the first two seasons, and I also liked Lee/Dee. It's been strange to see how fandom turned so fully on her.

Lana Lang (Smallville)

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Generally believed to be the cause of everything wrong in Smallville, Lana is severely disliked by fandom. She has suffered from some very uneven writing, but she is also a complicated person who struggles with her life and herself, and is a good, if not necessarily sympathetic, character by her core.

Vid recs

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

There's some great Lana-fic around her, but I think she's been especially well-handled by vidders. Here are a couple of those I've enjoyed.

Sugar (http://keewick.livejournal.com/129249.html#cutid4) and Sorry (http://keewick.livejournal.com/199708.html) by keewick. One of the things that Lana is criticized is for is all the attention she gets from the various males thorough the series, and portraying her as a subject instead of an object was something the writers have trouble with too. These two vids go beneath the surface of Lana and show the how the woman herself is like.

Clark/Lana-relationship is also a frequent cause of frustration, but while the criticism is often valid, there is genuine emotional intensity in their relationship. bop_radar's Samson (http://bop-radar.livejournal.com/137090.html#cutid1) approaches the romance from Clark's POV and talitha78's Sundrenched World (http://talitha78.livejournal.com/163274.html) from Clark's, and they both do a great job of showing why the two of them love each other in the first place.

As far as femlash goes, Chloe/Lana is the pairing to go to, and talitha78's Faster Kill Pussycat (http://talitha78.livejournal.com/130620.html) is the vid to go to. It's fun, sexy and makes you wish their relationship would have got a little more screentime in the show.

Maya Herrera (Heroes)

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

She was never exactly my favorite character, and the direction they've taken her lately has really annoyed me, but I had a genuine fondness for her in S2.

Despite the weepiness, despite the lack of control, despite the complete and utter dependence on her brother and the fact that she completely played into Sylar's manipulations, I still felt for her. Maybe because of all that, actually, and maybe because of the fandom's reaction to all that.

Because Mohinder in S1 was just as easily duped by Sylar (more so, in my mind, because at least he knew about the existence of Sylar, and should've maybe been a little more suspicious earlier), and that whole adventure bred most popular pairing #1, Mylar. And Peter was just about as indecisive and ultimately dependent on his brother to keep him from killing tons of people, which brings us to most popular pairing #2, Petrellicest. Neither of those characters are quite as generally disliked as Maya, which automatically made me a little protective of her.

And while I might have been frustrated by a lot of aspects of her character, I didn't hate her. I actually found a lot of her most frustrating attitudes, towards her power and her brother, to be logical extensions of what she'd been through. There were hints enough of her past that made me think before it all got started, she'd been a pretty interesting and independent young woman, within the confines of a still very machismo-focused culture.

She spoke English even though her brother didn't, for one; I realize it was most likely for plot purposes, but I liked the idea of it, of her getting educated and wanting (in my mind at least) to improve her situation a little.

The depiction of her faith also interested me; Heroes treads lightly on questions of religion (or did, up to S3), but I think realistically certain characters would definitely embrace their faith to get through all the crazy stuff they're going through. And it didn't seem heavy handed with Maya; that good old standby for angst, Catholic Guilt, was a lot more better played with her than it ever was with Sylar, at least in my mind. Less drama, less creepy rooms, but a genuine crisis of doubt and attempt at forgiveness.

So I liked Maya. Hated her storyline, but not any more so than I hated most storylines in S2, but liked her. Of course S3 ditched just about anything interesting about her and turned her into sluttily-dressed and strangely-accented eye-candy, or Mohinder-bait, but I see that as more the fault of the writers than the character. And I'm frankly glad she was smart enough to get her power taken away from her, and got out when she could.

Re: Maya Herrera (Heroes)

[anenko.livejournal.com]

I see that as more the fault of the writers than the character.

I wish more people thought the same way in any number of fandoms.

Relena (Gundam Wing)

[anenko.livejournal.com]

It's been years since I watched Gundam Wing, and I can't remember anything beyond the broad details of the plot (the very broad details). However, I remember how much I loved Relena. She began the series as a sheltered young woman, and ended up the ruler of a besieged country. She faced hard choices, and stood by her beliefs--as unpopular as they may have been.

There were no easy choices in the Gundam Wing universe, and I don't understand why Relena's pacifism was so much worse than the belief that destroying the world was the only way to achieve peace.

Re: Relena (Gundam Wing)

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

While I wasn't attracted to her character at first, by the end of the series, I'd really come to love Relena. She's incredibly strong, and truly rises above her origins, partly because of her feelings for Heero, partly because she begins to see that she can't just sit back and let things happen to her world.

When she finds out she's the long-last princess of the Sanq (or however you want to spell it) Kingdom, she turns her palace into a school for the DAUGHTERS of world leaders, so they can try to fix what their parents have screwed up. When the Romefeller Foundation (or OZ? I forget) turns her into the Queen of the World so they can use her popularity for their own aims, she turns the tables on them and actually gets the assembled politicians to listen to HER. She TRIES to pursuade her idiot big brother to not blow up the Earth. And she doesn't just fade out after the series; she keeps travelling, giving talks about peace.

Relena is AWESOME.

Cally Henderson-Tyrol, Battlestar Galactica

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Whether it's because they didn't like the 'girl next door' aspect, or because they hated her for marrying Chief Tyrol, one thing's clear: lots of people wanted her dead and gone.

Re: Cally Henderson-Tyrol, Battlestar Galactica

[budclare.livejournal.com]

SHE BIT SOMEONE'S EAR OFF! \o/

While she aggravated me sometimes, I will never forget the ear biting of extreme awesomeness. :)

Gwen Cooper, Torchwood

[such_heights]

Enemy no. 1 as far as some parts of fandom are concerned, she gets a lot of flack for every mistake she's ever made, not to mention having the audacity to make Jack and Ianto's relationship more complicated. I adore her, for her flaws and her strengths, for her compassion and her ballsy approach to everything life throws at her. I can't imagine the show without her. <3

Re: Gwen Cooper, Torchwood

[some-stars.livejournal.com]

I LOVE GWEN. I love her because she's flawed, because she sometimes does terrible things, and she's one of the REALEST characters I've ever seen--they're not afraid to seriously push her right to the edge of sympathetic and Myles' fucking awesome mad skills always manage to keep me in love with her. And considering the total insanity of her fictional universe, she's also incredibly brave and strong, without being impervious to emotional damage. I don't think I will ever get tired of her.

Jennifer Keller (Stargate: Atlantis)

[ryf.livejournal.com]

Let's open some more threads...

I haven't watched season 5 of SGA, so I can't say anything about her, but I read a lot of people hate the character. Surely, she can't be all bad?

Re: Jennifer Keller (Stargate: Atlantis)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

I find her sense of humor on the show really nice. I really enjoyed her character in Trio bantering with Sam and in Brain Storm, lightly teasing Rodney and trying to balance things out when McKay was having a fit and about to go after his professional rival and possibly disclosing some classified material publicly. (this latter was a very controversial ep for her character, but personally, I thought it worked in the context).

The development of her character has a lot of issues, but she isn't deserving the scale of scorn she receives.

Niki Sanders (Heroes)

[some-stars.livejournal.com]

The first time I watched Heroes, I couldn't watch Niki--I literally had to ffwd through some of her scenes. Not because of her but because it just made me TOO ANGRY to watch her getting raped and violated (sexually, physically, emotionally) over and over and over. But when I got through the first season and I watched it again I realized that she was my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE. God knows there are huge, huge flaws in how they wrote her story--and then they destroyed almost everything good they'd done in season two--but the heart of season one for me will always, always be the moment when Niki and Jessica finally integrate--when the protective personality is strong enough to let Niki take control, and Niki is strong enough to TAKE IT and wield her strength on her own terms, for herself. She goes through so much shit, gets manipulated and violated by fucking everybody, does everything she can to protect the people she loves and do what's right, and in the end--I don't care how much the show went on to shit all over it--in the end SHE WINS. She doesn't destroy Jessica, she *integrates* her--learns to use her strength to protect herself without having to go out of her head.

I think it annoys a lot of people how helpless Niki seems at the beginning and for a while, but I love it because it's the story of her journey--how she's been so terrified of herself as a source of power, of her own rage, that she had to cut it off from herself entirely. She starts off depending on other people--mainly men--for everything, being exploited and abused and dismissed by men all around her, and it's her fear of those men that keeps Jessica alive and out of Niki's control. Her story is learning to LET HERSELF BE ANGRY and LET HERSELF BE STRONG so that she can take care of herself and the people she loves. And that is fucking amazing and I will never, ever stop being in love with it.

(And on a moderately tangential note, I also love love love Niki and DL's relationship--it's the only romantic relationship on the show that ever felt to me like they were both truly in love with each other and treated/viewed each other as equals. I love that she's allowed to lean on him and NEED him and it doesn't weaken her at all.)

Re: Niki Sanders (Heroes)

[ryf.livejournal.com]

Heh, I opened a thread about her at the same time (have deleted it now)

I have only watched season 1 of Heroes, but I liked that character so much. She had so much strength for her son and yet was such a realistic character who was afraid of what was happening.

Freya/Anise (Stargate:SG1)

[ryf.livejournal.com]

(I hope I am not annoying anyone by opening so much threads)

Oh yes, most of SG1 fandom hated Freya/Anise. The UST for Jack annoyed Sam/Jack shippers and her personality is not shy or even friendly sometimes.

But I thought she was awesome. Speaking her mind and being strong.

There's a Freya/Anise passage in Snakeskin (http://katie-m.livejournal.com/108424.html).

Re: Freya/Anise (Stargate:SG1)

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

This is a love post, more the threads the better!

Maria Hill, Marvel Comics

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

She's tough as nails, and totally unapologetic. She knows exactly how much people hate her, and she knows exactly why, and she doesn't see it as a reason to change. She was self-aware enough to recognize that she was unqualified for Nick Fury's job, and to resign in favor of Tony Stark, whom she hated. The fandom thinks she's a psycho fascist bitch. What's not to love? :-P

I think I need a Maria icon, dammit.

(And if anyone actually has any Maria Hill fanworks to link, I'm gonna fall over dead from shock glee.)

Re: Maria Hill, Marvel Comics

[selenak.livejournal.com]

I think samdonne plans on Maria Hill fanfic. Also, I agree on your description, and am very glad she's currently getting character development and much narrative space in Invincible Iron Man. Though I must admit my No.1 tough as nails, hated and unapologetic agent/organisation leader is Abigail Brand, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy Maria Hill, too.

Thirteen/Dr. Remy Hadley (House MD)

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Remy competed for a position in House's diagnostic team during the season four after his original team took off and eventually got the job, and has been on his team ever since. Mysterious and silent about her personal life, she carried a secret fear about having the gene for Huntington's disease that will eventually kill her, which turned out to be true in the end of the fourth season. In season five she struggled to deal with her disease and followed a self-destructive path for a while before discovering she wanted to live after all, and joined a clinical trial for Huntington's.

According to fandom she's boring, hogs screentime from the other characters, is a rip-off of Cameron (also a hated character) and should just go ahead and die already. Personally I find her cool, restrained personality appealing and I loved how she got openly, if not exactly visibly angry about her unfair fate and yet found the will to try to defeat her illness, and I love that she's hard and doesn't trust easily and isn't easy to deal with. Her storyline isn't without its problems, but killing her off ASAP isn't the answer in my eyes, nor I want her death to happen at all.

Re: Thirteen/Dr. Remy Hadley (House MD)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

I find Thirteen the most interesting of the newbie team because of her mystery to her background and how she dealt with House and her rivals/colleagues.

I never noticed her being a ripoff of Cameron. They relate to House differently.

*uses Stargate Jacob icon because Carmen was at least on House, heh*

Bela Talbot, Supernatural

[vivien]

I was... startled, actually, by the vehement opposition to Bela I saw and heard across the fandom. I was truly baffled by the reaction.

I mean, here was a woman who was a) smart, b) thriving in a male-dominated world, and c) confident/elegant/in control, and she is reviled by a lot of people who were delighted when she was killed off. She was a scoundrel and a thief and not a very nice person. She would have done absolutely anything to get out of her deal. But hey, I think I would have, too.

Re: Bela Talbot, Supernatural

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

I loved Bela! She was clever and competent and snarky.

Have you read Kiss me, son of God (http://bellatemple.livejournal.com/185623.html)? It's got a wonderful Bela in it.

Shiori Takatsuki (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

[dinpik.livejournal.com]

Probably the most hated character on the show, for all that she's a secondary character. She's so very ordinary, and acts like such a teenager. She's the only character I've seen with almost no defenders.

Love her to bits.

Re: Shiori Takatsuki (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

[gramarye1971]

She's not my absolute favourite character on the show, but I don't really understand where the outright loathing for her comes from. I imagine that people hate her because she's the plot-antagonist of the Flawed Tragic Self-Loathing Lesbian Who Can Do No Wrong.

Movie!Shiori, on the other hand, almost seems to be a parody of the way the character is seen by the fans who hate her.

Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII)

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Tifa ends up with the short stick in this fandom for having a quiet, sometimes hesitant personality, not paying attention to the main character, Cloud, back when they were kids and for keeping her knowledge about Cloud's identity issues secret because she was unsure. What fans don't think about is that 1) despite her restrained nature, she is a strong person who has experienced and survived a lot of trauma 2) not being a telepath, she had no way of knowing that Cloud wanted her attention unless he had told her 3) she had no way of knowing the consequences of telling the truth, especially because she didn't have the full details herself.

It took me years to warm up to her myself, but when I did, I had no problems appreciating that she was a flawed woman who didn't always do everything right, but was nevertheless a brave, caring person who remained hopeful about the future even when the odds were against her. And although it took her years to notice Cloud, when she did, she was willing to sacrifice a lot for him.

Re: Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII)

[litagemini.livejournal.com]

Seconding the love for Tifa here! I really wanted her to end up with Cloud at first, but really, after watching Advent Children I decided he probably wasn't good enough for her anyway. Also, I love how it's established she was kind of an awkward kid who happened to blossom - I think she still probably thought of herself as awkward in a lot of ways.

Max Guevara, Dark Angel

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Max is smart, brave, loyal, and disinclined to take anyone's shit. She manages to establish a life for herself after horrific trauma, and doesn't allow anyone to dictate to her how she lives it. The show had some serious quality issues, which tend to get blamed on Max and the actress who played her, but I adore her.

Re: Max Guevara, Dark Angel

[shiegra.livejournal.com]

I loved Max. How she was strong and independent and managed to be fierce and vulnerable at once, how she loved her family and how madly she'd fight to protect the people she cared about. How she was gorgeous and sassy and funny and comfortable in her own body (in S1 anyway).

And then, of course, there's the contingent of idiot who work themselves into a frothing rage over the fact that she didn't worship Alec because of course, since he's pretty he must be an angel and how dare she touch him.

Elizabeth Swann, Pirates of the Caribbean

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

I cannot talk coherently about my love for Elizabeth. She's a pirate to the bone, doing what it takes to protect her treasure. That her treasure is the man she's chosen to love makes her no less awesome.

Re: Elizabeth Swann, Pirates of the Caribbean

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth is easily one of my most favorite characters ever. I love her competence and ruthlessness, and that she isn't afraid to do what's necessary, even when it's something unpleasant. I also loved how she and Will started out idealizing each other, grew out of it and then stood together as equals.

I do love her with Jack too, and that's why I'm going to rec monimala's fics (http://malisita.com/ats/pirates.html). She has Jack/Elizabeth and Jack/Liz/Elizabeth, and some surprise couples.

Keller

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

As far as I'm concerned, I think Jennifer was brilliant. And she was so cute with Rodney! A real pleasure to watch.

Also, another unpopular woman is Rose Tyler, from Doctor who. Too mush bashing about her however she's awesome!!!

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

Relena was unpopular??? But she was my favourite character! She was strong and independant... amazing, really!

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Hello! Could you from now on post your comments to threads as replies to the threads themselves? And if you want a thread about Rose, you can start one as a new comment to the main post.

Cynthia Velasquez, Silent Hill 4

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

OK, not a really well-known character but I love the heck out of Cynthia. She was sexy and knew what she wanted. Yet fandom writes her off with various anti-female words just because she expresses her sexuality the way she wants to. And also assumes that from the two tiny slices of her life we are shown they can extrapolate that her whole life is about sex. I love writing fic that shows her as more than that.

Re: Cynthia Velasquez, Silent Hill 4

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Cynthia is stunning and competent, and I loved how she set off to sweep Henry off her feet. It's sad that people have such a huge problem with that. And overall she's one of the nicest characters you encounter in all of Silent Hill. She wasn't even all that mean to Walter when they first met, and only got creeped out when he revealed he had been following her. I sure as hell would have been creeped out too.

Allison Cameron, House MD

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Cameron isn't a character I've always found very likable, but as a character I think she's consistent and interesting, with well defined flaws and strengths and interesting interaction with other characters. I also love how she has grown as a person through the series and especially after she left House's team, and while her relationship with Chase hasn't always brought out her best sides, I love that she's getting there.

For love for Cameron, Thirteen and other women of house, there was a Awesome Women Of House Meme (http://fated-addiction.livejournal.com/501869.html) a while ago, with plenty of loving links.

Re: Allison Cameron, House MD

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

I've always loved Cameron. She's grown a great deal, which people don't give her enough credit for.

And Cuddy wanted her to help out with administrative duties, which definitely shows something if Cuddy had confidence in her like that.

Liz Sherman, Hellboy

[wakeupnew]

I'm not in the comics fandom enough to know how the character's treated there, but when it comes to movie fandom, a lot of fans seem to really hate Liz, which surprised me. She's a way stronger character than fandom gives her credit for, and she isn't the bitch, either. She's practical and sarcastic and maybe a little suspicious, but she's warm, too (no pun intended).

Re: Liz Sherman, Hellboy

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

....you have got to be kidding me. Liz is pretty much the only reason I bothered going to see the second movie. (and yes, it was pretty, and there were elves who weren't annoying, but that's beside the point)

I. What.

If Liz weren't there, the ENTIRE MOVIE would have ended in the first half hour with a bloodbath.

Plus, she's juggling a life and her powers and case work and just living.