30 Days of Female Characters Meme: Days Six and Seven

[ladysophiekitty]

Day Six: Favorite female-driven show

Legend of the Seeker
It was hard to think of a show for this, because I don't know too many female oriented shows. Maybe Rizzoli & Isles, but I don't want to call it my favorite until I'm caught up (though I was very impressed with the first season). Legend of the Seeker might have had a male main character, but it was a very female friendly show. Kahlan, Cara, Nicci, Denna, Shota and others were all part of the show. and were important in their own ways. Cara and Kahlan had a lot of development and I just loved them both so much, and Richard couldn't have gone far without them. Plus the show had some awesome girl/girl friendships and romances.

Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time

Lady Edith Crawley

So, I'm not really sure WHAT I think of Edith. She did something awful to Mary (who wasn't very pleasant to her, either), looked for romance and failed and doesn't have very good taste in men, kissed a married farmer, and then within the space of a few episodes in series 2 changed. Her relationship with Mary improved, she was good to the soldiers and incredibly helpful, had an awesome partnership with her grandmother to get what she wanted, helped Mary save Sybil from eloping and then kept it secret, and more. I like the changes, but some of them were a bit sudden and she has so little screentime that I wish we could have seen more of her development. I'm not surprised, though. With so many characters in the show, a few are bound to go ignored.




Day One: Favorite lead female character
Day Two: Favorite supporting female character
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show
Day Six: Favorite female-driven show
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show
Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day Eleven: Favorite female character in a children’s show
Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Thre: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!

Comments

[fauxkaren.livejournal.com]

I want Edith to have the story that I thought Sybil was going to have before Sybil's story became about being in love with the chauffeur. I want Edith to discover herself and independence and all the awesome 1920s stuff.

[ladysophiekitty.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hope so! I was disappointed with Sybil's story this series. It started out great, with her being a nurse, but then it just became about her romance. It would be fabulous if Edith got to have that instead!

[sanalith.livejournal.com]

Man, I apparently need to watch Downtown Abbey. So many people are loving it!! And ahhhhh so much Seeker love! It really is such an amazing show. I wish it could have gone on for more seasons :(

[ladysophiekitty.livejournal.com]

Downton Abbey is fantastic! Though I don't like s2 as much.

I KNOW! I miss LotS so much. They did such a good job, season 2 was AMAZING!