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
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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
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Teyla Emmagan, Stargate Atlantis
Date: 2009-02-14 01:47 pm (UTC)She's my favorite and the reason why I watched the show. It's really her who attracted me to the spin off first. I liked the idea of Atlantis because it was another galaxy and a way for me to be totally in the imagination, without Earth reality.
The show didn't pursue this road but Teyla was all of this. She was the exotism, the new and I liked that she was different.
But what I loved is that quickly we learned that she was pretty, but it doesn't count all the contrary of what a lot of people said, she was strong, not a stereotype at all. She was a leader yet she was calm and stable. We learned how quickly she quicked ass yet she never overused it, she was always the voice of the reason but not only she saves the day a lot of time, even if people didn't want to see it.
She is so concerned about people around her, nice but not naive nor stupid. She learned more than a lot of characters in the show and change a lot. A lot happened to her and she was formed by all of this.
Finally, I always loved her psychic link with the ennemy. She is double and had to live with, to control it and even dominate it, once again it shows how strong she is. Without speaking of this gift which give us awesome acting from the actress and the mystical aspect it gives her. Always so mysterious it stayed so much to see :D
MGS - Naomi Hunter
Date: 2009-02-14 03:40 pm (UTC)Plus, I wouldn't mess with someone able to genetically engineer death viruses, and neither would you.
Re: MGS - Naomi Hunter
Date: 2010-01-22 03:08 pm (UTC)Re: MGS - Naomi Hunter
From:Scheris Adjani (Scryed)
Date: 2009-02-14 06:16 pm (UTC)http://www.fanfiction.net/topic/9239/2736313/1/
Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk, Watchmen
Date: 2009-02-15 12:07 am (UTC)And if she's an obligatory female character, she's the most interesting obligatory female character I've seen. She's full of her own personal flaws and struggles with a twisted family back story to boot, but she's also shown to be competent at what she does, despite her resentment for it and years of retirement. If there's one thing I'm worried more about than the ending for the film adaptation, it's whether these flaws of hers (as well as those of the rest of the cast) will be sacrificed in order to make her out to be a more "kickass" character, which I think would be a crime greater than the exclusion of the original ending.
Re: Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk, Watchmen
Date: 2009-02-15 08:32 am (UTC)Jun the Swan, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Date: 2009-02-15 01:12 am (UTC)Re: Jun the Swan, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Date: 2009-03-01 07:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-15 02:30 am (UTC)I have to say I pretty much agree with all you guys. Though the one thing that really bugs me about the Ginny haters is that they go as far as blaming Ginny for what happened with the Chamber of Secrets. That's just like blaming a victim of rape. She didn't know better and was navie about the diary. Harry didn't blame her, Dumbledore didn't blame her for what happened. Urgh....
From what I see from the fandom of HP that Ginny is in the middle. There are those who really love her, and then there's those who hate in such a passion they make-up or exacterate what things she done and try to twist them into something "evil" or "cruel."
Then there are those who really don't care about her character one way or another.
Anyway, I can't wait to see her character in the film HBP extend and have Ginny done justice.
Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto
Date: 2009-02-15 11:48 am (UTC)Clearly, her haters don't understand the benefits of comic relief (why doesn't Iruka get shit for his nose bleeds every time he sees the Sexy Jutsu??). And they also fail to see that Hinata was the first goddamn motherfucking character in the series to see Naruto's worth and care for him when everyone in Konoha hated his ass. Yes, including Sakura and Sasuke.
Alas, much like Ginny, she comes off as a weak, silly fangirl, as if her feelings were shallow and didn't count. But it's clear to me that she has tremendous potential that's just waiting to be revealed. And she's so different from all the rest of the girls in that series, who are all pretty competitive and outspoken. Hinata shows that you can be quiet and gentle and still take names with your ninja powers.
Re: Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto
Date: 2009-02-15 08:02 pm (UTC)I mean, for crying out loud, she's part of the MAIN BRANCH OF THE HYUUGA CLAN. It may not be as powerful as, say, an Uchiha, but it's pretty damn close. She has a lot of potential as a kunoichi.
Re: Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto
Date: 2009-02-15 09:29 pm (UTC)Re: Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto
Date: 2009-12-21 03:05 pm (UTC)She reminds me a lot of myself growing up. It took me a long time to grow out of my shyness.
Momo Hinamori, Bleach
Date: 2009-02-15 08:09 pm (UTC)Plus you just want to give the girl a hug for all the crap she's been put through.
Re: Momo Hinamori, Bleach
Date: 2009-02-15 09:28 pm (UTC)Miyako Inoue, Digimon 02
Date: 2009-02-15 09:41 pm (UTC)Screw you, bashers who still use the Grand Finale to bash this poor kid. Miyako Inoue is my favorite of the Digimon girls after Mimi and I'm damn proud of it. It's okay to be disappointed at your ship (whatever it was) being sunk, but it's not like Miyako was to blaaaaaame for it. (And STFU about how ZOMFG anti-feminist her part of the ending was. Housewife and mother =/= love slave, moron or bitch, thank you very much).
Re: Miyako Inoue, Digimon 02
Date: 2009-02-17 12:06 am (UTC)Even so, being a housewife is such an all encompassing, usually thankless job, and anyone willing to do it does it out of sheer love. Which, for Miyako, makes total sense. Especially considering the rather large family she comes from.
She didn't sacrifice anything, and fandom just can't seem to grasp that, because most fandom is too ignorant to realize what feminism is really supposed to be about. As in, learn some history, people.
Also, anyone willing to slap the taste out of Ken's mouth when he REALLY deserved it, while everyone else was still using kids' gloves and pussy-footing around him, deserves some serious love.
Re: Miyako Inoue, Digimon 02
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From:Misa Amane (Death Note)
Date: 2009-02-17 12:23 am (UTC)So, yes. She's human. And I guess that's why fandom can't accept her, because maybe she hits too close to home sometimes, but that's why I love her.
Fandom likes to ignore her backstory, but it's the most important thing about her, because it's the driving force behind Misa. This girl loved her parents more than anything, and loosing them broke her. How could you blame her for hero worshiping the man who punished their murderer? Or even falling in love with him? Sure, it's fairytale-like and naive, but for all of Misa's dark side, she still has the innocent child part of her that still wants to believe in knights in shining armor and happy endings.
She's not stupid either. Just remember which kira discovered the other first. If she had wanted to, she could've easily killed Light and taken over herself without him having the slightest chance of retaliation.
Even L liked her; copped a feel, yes, but also complimented her at times, and seemed disappointed when he had to let her go at the end of the Yotsuba arc.
Why fans can't understand the tragedy of her character is beyond me. Oh, wait. It's because of the boobs. Nevermind.
Juri Katou (Digimon Tamers)
Date: 2009-02-20 01:47 am (UTC)Even though she Takato's love interest, I thought she was a pretty well developed character.
Re: Juri Katou (Digimon Tamers)
Date: 2009-02-23 05:25 pm (UTC)Asuka Tenjoin (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)
Date: 2009-02-20 02:05 am (UTC)Just watch, I'll be the only one who ever watched GX and actually liked it...Granted, she is not as disliked as Anzu is, but I've heard and seen people blame her for having guys fall in love with her - of course, it's her fault she hit the gene lottery and grew up to be quite a looker - and potentionally getting in the way of other pairings - even though she only had the briefest of crushes on Juudai and decided to not pursue it. In fact, she had stated that she wasn't generally interested in romance and married to her duel disk. Of course, she's female! What female doesn't want a wedding ring on her finger? There couldn't be possibly any exceptions to that statement!
Even though her development could have been handled better, I like her. Reserved and dignified, she's a good friend and the focal point of common sense in the insanity that is Duel Academia.
no subject
Date: 2009-02-25 07:18 am (UTC)Where Harry is afraid he's possesed (Book 6) by Voldemort through his dreams, and he's angsting and being paranoid. So Ginny goes to talk to him about it, and Harry forgot that she was once possesed by Voldemort, and knows exactly how it would feel.
Oh my God. My love for that scene, I can't even. No words. I forgave JKR a lot of things about the books just for including that one scene. <3
Katara: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Date: 2009-03-08 05:06 am (UTC)Everyone should check this out. It's an awesome (and gen!) tribute to Katara:
Re: Katara: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Date: 2009-03-08 04:28 pm (UTC)Re: Katara: Avatar: the Last Airbender
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Date: 2009-03-25 07:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-21 03:00 pm (UTC)martha
Date: 2010-10-20 12:24 am (UTC)Спасибо за статью
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