Half a Moon: 14 Days of Celebrating Women

Like so many people, I planned to write shiny new ficlets for halfamoon, and then found myself suddenly devoid of inspiration and time. So here are a handful of my fics about female characters whom I have liked or admired for one reason or another.

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Haruno Sakura (Naruto) -- Five people Sakura punches in the face -- 1712 words
Patience, Sakura decides, is for people who aren't holding lives in the space between their mind and their fingers.

Padma Patil (Harry Potter) -- Healer -- 4506 words
Padma feels crowded with the words that are already scrawled on every inch of her, the power that she alone possesses, and she wonders if this new graffiti of education is overwriting that which already exists.

Lucy Saxon (Doctor Who) -- No Sleepers Must Sleep -- 3513 words
These are the things that Lucy finds infuriating: transparent liquids, vanilla ice cream, slow music, and people who cannot speak Shakespeare correctly.

Elizabeth Weir (Stargate: Atlantis) -- No More To Leave It -- 3275 words
The city and John are so alike: they prefer to negotiate down the barrel of a gun, or at the tip of a knife.

Amanda Tanen (Ugly Betty) -- My Friday Smile -- 1930 words
She’s never had the courage to defy a trend; she wears them too well.

Anastasia 'Dee' Dualla (Battlestar Galactica) -- Set Light To Me Some Surprising Day -- 4491 words
It is a new feeling to be ashamed of the echoes of her own feet, but death does strange things to the people it doesn’t rip apart.

Evey Hammond (V For Vendetta) -- the lights burn blue -- 1078 words
Of the eight hundred and forty-two songs she will allow herself only one per day.