Can be from any kind of media.
For me it’s Margot from The Magicians (which is interesting because in the books she is anything but) and Jesse Faden from Control.
Ron Swanson
“Woman of the Year!”
Xena Warrior Princess
Ellen Ripley. She will wreck your shit and yeet you into space.
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
Sarah Connor
Zoe, Inara, Kaylee, and River. Mic drop.
Only Brits or BBC International viewers will know this character but Catherine Cawood from Happy Valley.
And obviously Ellen Ripley, Dana Scully and Sarah Connor.
Trillian from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. People see the book as satire but she really knew where her towel was.
She was a real frood, even a hoopy, if you will.
Pippi Longstocking
Great answer
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.
Xena
Hermione Granger because I read so little fiction that this is the first woman (?) that comes to mind.
Samantha Carter from Stargate SG1
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No one has mentioned Princess Leia. Does she qualify? She later became a general but I haven’t seen that episode.
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All the characters I recognize in this thread are primarily written by men. That can’t be good. I haven’t seen Barbie though.
That was my thought too. Princess Leia is a complete badass and my first time seeing a woman in that such a depiction on any screen.
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Ripley
