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• Reply with "Fuck yes fierce ladies (and awesome dudes, too)" and I'll give you four fandoms.
• Write about your favorite character from each fandom.

fauxkaren gave me Doctor Who, Angel, Harry Potter, and Merlin. The quotes used were done from memory, so sorry if they're not completely accurate. And this was done entirely with HTML, so hopefully everything is posted OK (especially the cut!)

1. Doctor Who: Rose Tyler
This was a hard one for me, because I also love Ten and his other two companions. It was wonderful watching all of them grow and change. But in the end I had to choose Rose, and since she is under attack quite a bit in certain corners of the fandom, I have grown used to mentally defending her.

Rose is a flawed person. She's not always the nicest to her boyfriend or her mother, and suddenly disappears for a year in which her boyfriend comes under suspicion of kidnapping her and her mother is frantic. But she is a nineteen year old girl who's stuck with a job that bores her, and has the opportunity to go see the world and go on an adventure. From the beginning we see the courage and the person that she will grow to be as she saves the Doctor and keeps looking for him, despite being told that she should just forget about him. And, to be fair, she thought she was going to be gone for 12 hours, not 12 months. Sometimes Rose makes mistakes, like accidentally almost causing the end of the world by saving her father's life, and fighting with the Doctor over it. She is, after all, only human. But she truly means the best, and she helps the Doctor, who is haunted from killing off his own kind, recover. In Dalek she questions the man he has become as he tries to kill it.

She continues saving (and being saved by) the Doctor in series one, and my favorite moments with her is in the finale, when the Doctor sends her back to save her life. She doesn't just sit there and let him die, though. She convinces her mother and Mickey to help her open the TARDIS (after giving a speech about how the Doctor taught her to not just sit around and let things happen, but to take a stand and change things) and become the Bad Wolf. In series two, we see her become a hero in her own right as she tries to save the world from the Sycorax without the Doctor, investigates what she thinks funny in The Idiot Lantern (and she was the FIRST to suspect the man selling TVs), tells everyone that they have a chance and an ability to use to survive in TIP/TSP, sends the Devil to hell, and more. In Doomsday, despite the fact that everyone wants to send her back to the parallel universe where she can be safe, she wants to stay by her man and says so.

Unfortunately, we know how Doomsday ends, with the Doctor and Rose separated in different universes. Instead of going back to the shops, however, she uses her knowledge of the universe to help people by joining Pete's World's Torchwood. And even after being told that they can never see each other again, she builds a dimension cannon to get back to him (and save the universe, too). She helps Donna set things right in Turn Left, as well, and we can REALLY see in series 4 how being with the Doctor (and then separated from him) has changed her.

Rose is strong, brave, determined, stubborn, and best of all, REAL. And wow, I really rambled on this one.

2. Angel: Cordelia Chase

Cordelia might actually be my favorite character in general. I love her SO MUCH, in all the different changes of character. We start out in Buffy has Cordelia being this rich, popular girl. As her license plate reads, she is Queen C, and she's also known as being bitchy. She has her gang of girls called the Cordettes. Queen C has some GREAT one liners (I must admit that when I'm watching TV and someone good looking comes on the screen, I say "Hello salty goodness"), and while she IS a bitch, she also has a nice side, too. She crashes her car into the school to save the Scoobies, and starts going out with Xander, eventually staying with him (after attempting to break up with him) despite the fact that she's told that if she wants to stay popular, she has to break up with him. Unfortunately he starts cheating on her with Willow, and she gets impaled after finding out, and we find out that on top of all that, she has also lost all her money and is working really hard just to get a dress from prom. Despite all that, and the fact that the Scoobies are kind of mean to her after breaking up with Xander, she still helps them fight vampires.

Now we get to my favorite part: Angel. She is still, essentially, the same girl she was on Buffy, but a bit harder. She still has great one liners ("You don't know who he is, do you? Oh boy, you're about to get your ass kicked!" "I think it, I say it. It's my way" "Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.") and while she teams up with Angel and Doyle (and later Wes) to help fight the good fight, she says she's only doing it until her eventual stardom kicks in. This all changes when Doyle dies and gives her his visions, something that she, at first, tries to pass off to someone else. She hates visions because they hurt like hell and she sees and feels things she doesn't really want to see or feel.

But she accepts these visions eventually, because she feels like it's her part of helping them. In fact, she hides the fact that they're killing her because she doesn't want to feel useless anymore. The visions (along with Connor being born and falling in love with Angel) really change Cordy, and she becomes a warm and caring person. She gets called Saint Cordelia a lot in the fandom, but I don't mind the changes because I think that they were because of her visions, and I can understand that. Cordelia was truly the heart and soul of the show, and after she leaves, everyone's character falls apart a bit and embraces the darker sides of themselves. They go to Wolfram and Hart intending to change the company from the inside, but it's really the other way around, with Wolfram and Hart changing THEM. She uses her last chance to come back to get her man (and through him, everyone else) back on track.

3. Harry Potter: Hermione Granger

This one will be a lot briefer, because despite being one of the three main characters, very little is actually known about Hermione. That is a fact that always annoys me. We don't know her parent's names, about her life outside of Hogwarts at all. We know all this and more about Ron.

But Hermione was one of the first fictional I could really relate to and that I fell in love with. I love the bookworm side to her, the fact that she really loves to study. But at the same time she's also a really good friend to Harry. They get off to a rough start, but right from the start she helps him and protects him (even just from getting in trouble). With them as friends she becomes a little bit less rule oriented and less of a goody two-shoes (something I can also relate to, I was always afraid of breaking the rules and getting in trouble in elementary school).

Sometimes she doesn't make very good decisions (overworking herself in her third year, for example), but she is the only one who believes and sticks with Harry when his name is drawn from the cup in their fourth year. In fifth year she encourages him to teach other students to fight and defend themselves, and conquers her fear of saying Voldemort's name to comfort him. On top of that, when Harry wants to save Sirius from the Department of Mysteries, she knows it's a trap, and tries to tell him that. When he doesn't listen to her, she goes with him anyway (even with that bad feeling about the whole thing!). Hermione is so brave and loyal and smart.

4. Merlin: Morgana le Fay

I am mostly going to be talking about series 1 now because I was barely able to get through series 2 and stopped pretty soon into series 3. Now, some of my love for Morgana has very little or nothing to do with the show. I've always loved Morgana in legend, Katie is very pretty, and she has some BEAUTIFUL dresses. Now that we've gotten that shallowness out of the way, on to her actual character. I think Katie does a WONDERFUL job of explaining her here:

Morgana is a very strong and passionate character. She stands up for what she believes is right ("sometimes you've got to do what you think is right and damn the consequences") and is very frustrated with Uther and the situation with magic in Camelot. Morgana isn't always right and sometimes gets a little bit too caught up in her emotions (such as when she decided to kill Uther after he killed Gwen's father), but usually means well. And even though having magic is dangerous (though I doubt that Uther would kill her, she believes that it's a risk), she uses her visions to protect Arthur and Camelot. I always love her scenes with Arthur, too, because they have SUCH chemistry, and she's so good at manipulating him to do what she wants or thinks is right. ("And what kind of king would Camelot want? One who always does what he's told, or one that risks his life for a servant?"). Morgana is a very complex character, and I love that.

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Fringe, Chuck, Buffy, Criminal Minds!

And thank you :)

HP is the only one I'm familiar with (must watch Merlin, darn it!!), but I agree one hundred percent about Hermione. I really related to her as well, and I think she's an awesome character!

And....F**k yeah fierce ladies! :D

Legend of the Seeker, Harry Potter, Sailor Moon, Star Trek

Heehee, I called your choices when I saw the fandoms provided. And also, I totally get you on Morgana... I've tried to watch through Merlin several times and have to stop in season 2 each time because I love the Arthurian legends - I have three prints of depictions of classic scenes up on my wall that I've had since I was a kid- and I always loved Morgana. So I'm really protective of her! She should always be complex, imo, and so often she is made one dimensional. And I loved Series 1 of Merlin for going with that, and I thought they were going in such an interesting direction with her- my favorite kind of Morgana is when she is really her own operative, not really working for "the good guys" or "the bad guys" but for her own ends, which often are tied up in her personal morals and the people she cares about. And it seemed like they were maybe going that way... but then they didn't. Meh.

Fuck yeah fierce ladies!

What can I say? I'm predictable in my tastes! And yes, I completely agree about Morgana! The way she was set up could have led to a fascinating story of a girl who is basically good, but becomes manipulated by the wrong people in her search of who she is, and doesn't always make the best choices in her pursuit of changing things . But instead, the show becomes convinced to just make her ~evil~ with no back story or development or anything, and basically makes her into a one-dimension evil character. What a shame, it could have been brilliant, and instead it just becomes a mess.

Doctor Who, Legend of the Seeker, Fringe, Angel

Aww I've never seen that vid before, so cute! <333 Katie is adorable, and that does sum it up nicely, god I miss season 1! :(

And omg Uther y u eyesexing so much with ur ward? O_o :p

Great choices though! :D

I love Katie! She IS so adorable! And my friend who went to comic con said she was an absolute sweetheart.

Fuck yes fierce ladies (and awesome dudes, too)

:D

Doctor Who, X-Files, Sherlock, and Harry Potter

Fuck yes fierce ladies (and awesome dudes, too)!

Morgana is fierce, I approve. :D

Doctor Who, White Collar, Harry Potter, and Criminal Minds

Lovely post! I adore three of the ladies you've written about here. ^_^

Oh, Rose. I don't even understand the hatred. It frustrates me how she gets bashed so much, I love her to bits. And everyone justifies all of Amy's selfishness and thoughtless acts because she's so young while ignoring that Rose is only 19! I truly don't get the double standards. She's fabulous and will always be my fave companion. ♥

I so hear you on the frustration of how little info we get on Hermione. Everything hinges on Harry's parents' actions, the books slowly come to revolve around the Weasleys, but we get NOTHING on Hermione's parents, except that they're so inconsequential that they get mind-wiped and packed off to Australia? Ugh.

Katie is very pretty, and she has some BEAUTIFUL dresses

SO TRUE. And Katie is just adorable, I love how she talks about the show and how she is in interviews, so fangirly, hee. <3

The show just pisses me off, though. So Uther's a great guy, despite committing genocide, Merlin has to save him every time he's in danger. But Morgana stands up for what she thinks is right and wants to kill him to save herself and other magic-users and OHHH, NO SHE DI'INT, WHAT A VILLAIN. >:[

ETA. "Fuck yes fierce ladies (and awesome dudes, too)" ^_^

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Yes! I don't get it either, with Amy being awesome and Rose being selfish. Rose may not have treated Mickey well, but at least he was there when she went away on the TARDIS AND it wasn't the night before their wedding.

Merlin, Harry Potter, Fringe, Legend of the Seeker

And Rose learned that she needed to be nicer to him, she did have that growth, whereas from what I've seen and heard, Amy hasn't learned to appreciate Rory. Or at least, it's taken her a lot bloody longer. She makes my blood boil with how hurtful she is to him, and I don't think Rose was ever that casually cruel.

SMH for the 'attempted seduction the night before her wedding'. Nearly nobody that I've seen has a problem with that, and it infuriates me!

Thanks for the meme!

Yeah, Rose wanted to have an actual relationship with the Doctor and wasn't all, "I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GET MARRIED SO SEX NAO PLZ, JUST ONE MORE BEFORE MY WEDDING. I DON'T WANT A RELATIONSHIP" I could like Amy a lot, but there isn't really any development and she was basically pushed to the side this series to promote River's character and mystery.

And I just don't get why Rose is considered selfish and annoying and etc while Amy is so awesome and is perfect. Maybe it's because she was created by Moffat? He has a lot of fangirls lol

I feel like Merlin really dropped the ball with Morgana. They could have had a lot of fun exploring the fact that she has this magic inside of her that she doesn't know how to control and the people she thinks of as family believe that all magic people should die. But I loved her so much in series 1. The fact that she got the short end of the stick in series 2 was a major reason as to why I flounced from the show.

And yes. I LOVE Cordy. I think part of the reason she changes so much over the course of Angel is the visions, but another part of it is just growing up. She's a high schooler in Buffy, but as she matures and goes through some pretty awful experiences, she becomes more mature and less petty. I love her so much though. She's always funny and she has this warmth and vivaciousness about her that is infectious. Just see the way that Angel changes when he's around her.

I hope we find more about Hermione through Potte
rmore! :D