30 days of television: Day 15
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hnpccDay 15 - Favorite female character
Hm.
1. Buffy, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And Willow, and Tara. All of them changed in ways that I found interesting.
2. Tara, from True Blood. Still on season 1 and I'm identifying with her way too much. Oh and I want Rutina Wesley's muscle definition. I could live with being as good looking as her too.
3. Lynda, from Press Gang. Wish I had her facility with language.
4. Boomer, from Battlestar. Boomer is probably my favourite Battlestar character. She makes terrible choices, but at the same time she is screwed over by things beyond her control. She is the Cindy Brady of Cylons, irritating everyone, human or Cylon. She is a person hearing voices in a time of witchburning; a jealous twin; a sad child trying on identities one after the other - if this won't work, how about that one? She knows (but can't admit) what she wants and has no idea how to get it without destroying everything in her path. Her arc was one of the best in the series.
5. Kendra Shaw, from Razor. Part of it was just finding out what had happened with the Pegasus, but part was watching someone normal, sane and maybe soft being transformed through extreme circumstance. You can't say what you'd do until you get there.
6. Zoe Greystone, Lacy Rand and Tamara Adama, from Caprica. Zoe is the lynchpin, the avatar, the extremely intelligent child trapped in metal. Lacy is becoming more interesting to watch as she moves deeper into something that she doesn't fully understand. Tamara is the lost Persephone, slowly growing to understand her own immortality. (Tamara is also getting screwed over by the writers a bit at this stage, she should be more prominent. IMHO only of course.) Amanda Greystone is also fantastic as a character. I should include Clarice.. but she's kind of creeping me out a bit.
7. Veronica Mars. Probably more from series 1 than series 2, which also came down to the better (MHO) story arc.
8. Gretchen Kierney, Children of the Dog Star. I wanted to contact aliens too. Now of course I'd be terrified if they rocked up at all.
Hm.
1. Buffy, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And Willow, and Tara. All of them changed in ways that I found interesting.
2. Tara, from True Blood. Still on season 1 and I'm identifying with her way too much. Oh and I want Rutina Wesley's muscle definition. I could live with being as good looking as her too.
3. Lynda, from Press Gang. Wish I had her facility with language.
4. Boomer, from Battlestar. Boomer is probably my favourite Battlestar character. She makes terrible choices, but at the same time she is screwed over by things beyond her control. She is the Cindy Brady of Cylons, irritating everyone, human or Cylon. She is a person hearing voices in a time of witchburning; a jealous twin; a sad child trying on identities one after the other - if this won't work, how about that one? She knows (but can't admit) what she wants and has no idea how to get it without destroying everything in her path. Her arc was one of the best in the series.
5. Kendra Shaw, from Razor. Part of it was just finding out what had happened with the Pegasus, but part was watching someone normal, sane and maybe soft being transformed through extreme circumstance. You can't say what you'd do until you get there.
6. Zoe Greystone, Lacy Rand and Tamara Adama, from Caprica. Zoe is the lynchpin, the avatar, the extremely intelligent child trapped in metal. Lacy is becoming more interesting to watch as she moves deeper into something that she doesn't fully understand. Tamara is the lost Persephone, slowly growing to understand her own immortality. (Tamara is also getting screwed over by the writers a bit at this stage, she should be more prominent. IMHO only of course.) Amanda Greystone is also fantastic as a character. I should include Clarice.. but she's kind of creeping me out a bit.
7. Veronica Mars. Probably more from series 1 than series 2, which also came down to the better (MHO) story arc.
8. Gretchen Kierney, Children of the Dog Star. I wanted to contact aliens too. Now of course I'd be terrified if they rocked up at all.
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Date: 2010-07-10 07:05 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-07-10 07:32 am (UTC)Still not watched True Blood....waiting till I've read them (if the reading block will just bugger off...) I'm a season behind with BG, haven't even managed to record Caprica...TG for DVD...can't recall Press gang...Razor was fascinating I agree. Loved Willow more than Buffy oddly enough.
Never seen 7, never heard of 8.
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Date: 2010-07-10 09:25 am (UTC)Yep. Not entirely sure why, probably just the complexity of it all. I could probably have named more female characters than just Boomer, but she is my favourite by a long way.
I ended up liking Buffy, Tara and Willow about equally for different reasons. Buffy because she grew up during the series and was able to grow into her destiny while simultaneously remaining human. Willow because she had the biggest growth curve and it was fantastic to see. And Tara because she was where Willow was earlier, so awkward and so totally experimenting with fashion and identity while at college (not sexuality though, I always had the strong impression that she was sure of her sexuality but hadn't really had the confidence to approach anyone she'd liked before. Whereas Willow I always felt was attracted to both genders, and only really opened up to that other side of herself after Oz left and she met Tara. The difference for Willow when Oz returned was that she'd become confident enough during the previous seasons to make and stand by her own choices, whereas earlier she would have second guessed herself.)
Veronica Mars I highly recommend the first season, the second season is good but not fantastic and the third season is a good watch. Seriously though, watch season 1. The series-long story arc is great.
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Date: 2010-07-11 08:12 am (UTC)Buffy - spot on :)
VM - you've convinced me, I'll add it to my DVD rental list :) thanks.