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Ellen Ripley. She will wreck your shit and yeet you into space.
Ellen Ripley. Under pressure she steps up and does what needs doing. Whether that means operating a loader, comforting a child or making monsters extinct.
Sarah Connor
Buffy. I was the right age (or maybe a bit too young) when it aired and it was the first female-led show that I fell in love with.
Xena
Leela from Futurama
Can't believe princess Leia hasn't been mentioned yet.
"What the hell are you doing?" "Somebody has to save our skins. Into the garbage chute flyboy!"
Lol
Roberta "Bobbie" Draper from The Expanse was the first to jump into my head.
Avasarala is my pick
That’s funny. I also posted Naomi Nagata. While I like Chrisjen and Bobby more, I think Naomi wins for strong independent. General of the resistance, self-marooned insurgent, and the escape of the Chetzmoka.
Came here to say Avasarala.
Cara gee portraying as Camina Drummer.
I think expanse has good characters that work as strong women.
Captain Janeway
Ripley
Major Matoko Kusanagi from the Ghost in the Shell series.
Alt: Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
The bride from kill bill.
Zoe, Inara, Kaylee, and River. Mic drop.
Caska from Berserk
Samus came to mind immediately
Korra and Toph from Avatar, Tsunade and Sakura from Naruto
For me, Commander Ivanova from Babylon 5. Like the rest of the characters, she wasn't perfect, but she was so strong.
Granny Weatherwax
Susannah Dean and Naomi Nagata
She got that Detta Walker energy
To me, this is one of the most fully realized female characters in science fiction (at least):
My fiancee insists that if we ever have a daughter that we're naming her Aeryn. I'm fine with that. Hell, I'm the one who introduced her to the show lol
As a parent myself, might I suggest using that as her middle name.
When we named our two boys, we chose classic yet timeless names for their first, but did have some fun with their middle names. (and NO, they are not named "Ben" and "Will". My god, I actually know 6 families that have two boys with those names). That way, we got to name them something fun, but they had good classical first names they could go by through out their lives. Our boys were born during the height of what I call the "din" period. Where a lot of babies have names that ended with some derivation of "din", "dyn", "den" or something along those lines.
There is a very good reason why there is an entire subreddit on that other site called "/r/tragideigh".
Hermione Granger because I read so little fiction that this is the first woman (?) that comes to mind.
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Not the first that comes to mind, but I have to add Nausicaa into the mix. She shows her strength through nothing but kindness and determination, without the need for violence or cold cruelty. A frightened critter bites her, and she endures the pain to keep soothing it without interruption. Ripley's a badass, but she'd never be able to do that.
Xena Warrior Princess
Lauren Oya Olamina, from Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. Strong, independent, and wise enough to know that there's strength in community.
So the absolute first that comes to mind is a joke answer: Strong Woman, the vice Principal from South Park.
The actual answer is Phryne Fisher
Miss Marple.
Lara Croft
Metroid/Samus Aran
She’s almost always on her own dealing with a horde of alien enemies but does it well.
Though, she does have a bad habit of losing her suit’s features and abilities on nearly every mission she’s on lol
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Someone already said Susannah Dean so I'm gonna go with Roz from Frasier
For me, I respect female characters who are written strong but not mean or "buff". Your character doesn't need to be a dick or on steroids to be strong. A strong person can be kind and compassionate, just not capitulate under pressure. I also don't believe being "independent" means you can't love someone and lean on them in times of need, it just means you aren't defined by the relationship.
- Bastila Shan from KOTOR
- Mustang from Red Rising
- Rita from Groundhog Day
- Hermione from Harry Potter (if only JK respected ALL women)
- Dottie from A League of Their Own
- Mulan from Mulan
- Ellie from The Last of Us Part 2
- Freya from God of War
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