Okay, this was really hard because you listed some of the all time best fictional heroines... but here are some more:
1. Zoe on Firefly: strong and intelligent and fearless 2. Donna on Doctor Who: she demanded to be treated as an equal 3. Granny Weatherwax: I know you haven't read Terry Pratchett's Discworld but believe me, this old lady is the most independent and strong character imaginable. 4. Lisbeth Salander, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo... you gotta love her 5. the little girl in Spirited Away who actually won the day through acts of kindness 6. Sarah Jane Smith who grew up from being the Doctor's companion to having her own Adventures 7. Karrin Murphy in Dresden Files, who is brave and strong and good 8. Anne Elliot from Persuasion, it is hard to find a really strong mature young woman in Jane Austen's books because she is really writing about young women who need to grow up... but Anne really became her own woman. 9. Harriet Vane in the Lord Peter Wimsey novels, she is kind of Dorothy L. Sayer's 'Mary Sue' except she is so funny and smart and independent that she is something special 10. Dana Scully from X-Files.... I was having trouble finding women I really loved in shows that I loved... but Agent Scully really aways came through.
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Date: 2012-03-09 04:13 am (UTC)1. Zoe on Firefly: strong and intelligent and fearless
2. Donna on Doctor Who: she demanded to be treated as an equal
3. Granny Weatherwax: I know you haven't read Terry Pratchett's Discworld but believe me, this old lady is the most independent and strong character imaginable.
4. Lisbeth Salander, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo... you gotta love her
5. the little girl in Spirited Away who actually won the day through acts of kindness
6. Sarah Jane Smith who grew up from being the Doctor's companion to having her own Adventures
7. Karrin Murphy in Dresden Files, who is brave and strong and good
8. Anne Elliot from Persuasion, it is hard to find a really strong mature young woman in Jane Austen's books because she is really writing about young women who need to grow up... but Anne really became her own woman.
9. Harriet Vane in the Lord Peter Wimsey novels, she is kind of Dorothy L. Sayer's 'Mary Sue' except she is so funny and smart and independent that she is something special
10. Dana Scully from X-Files.... I was having trouble finding women I really loved in shows that I loved... but Agent Scully really aways came through.