Who are some of your favorite female fictional characters?

[Arkham House]

My list, haphazard and in no particular order, includes Jean Grey/Phoenix of X-Men fame, Elizabeth Bennett, Xena Warrior Princess, Beatrice of "Much Ado About Nothing", Lady Brett Ashley, Evelyn Mulray from "Chinatown", Agent Dana Scully, Elphaba from "Wicked", and Shaw's Saint Joan...who are yours?

[_testify_]

1. Dolores Claiborne

Eowyn (Lord of the Rings)
Susannah/Odetta from The Dark Tower novels

Dana Scully as well

[hfojvt]

2. Laura Shane and the Ackerson twins

Lt. Uhura, Hermione

[Book Lover]

3. Xena, Ivanova, the Guinevere of TH White's books,

Hermione Granger, Rosa Klebb (man, when she said Jump, people leapt up on pain of death!)

[idgiehkt]

4. Morgan La Fey

In "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Of course, she may not count, because she was real.

[Broken_Hero]

5. a few...

Miranda Giovanni, Lucita...from the Vampire the Masqeraude novels...

Cattie-brie from the RA Salvatore Novels, plus Danica, from his Cleric Quintet series.

Wonderwoman, her portayl in Kingdome Come, was amazing.

[BreweryYardRat]

6. Hmm...

Eowyn, Brienne of Tarth (ASOIAF), Arya Stark (ASOIAF), Escalla from Paul Kidd's Greyhawk novels (potshots at D&D abound), the female twin from Shakespeare's "12th Night", Sam Carter, Boomer from BSG (the one that was on Galactica initially), and...that's it.

[_testify_]

7. Boomer yes

But Starbuck even moreso :9

[Pale Blue Dot]

8. I had a crush on Meg from "A Wrinkle in Time"

She was the first fictional character I developed feeling for.

The second was my ex-wife. RIMSHOT! Thanks, folks, I'll be here all week!

[bluethruandthru]

9. I loved Elphaba in Wicked too...

Also, Stephanie Plum from Janet Evanovich's series of books, V.I. Warshawski, Hermione Granger of Harry Potter fame, and Barbara Havers from the Elizabeth George novels.

[Bill McBlueState]

10. Gadget from Rescue Rangers!

Back in the day, a friend of mine and I both agreed that Gadget from the Rescue Rangers was pretty cute, for a cartoon mouse.

I'd have to nominate Buffy and Willow from BTVS as well.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

11. Hermione...

Eowyn, and Mary Russell from the Laurie R. King series. :)

[liontamer]

12. valancy stirling, from the blue castle

willow from BTVS, Janelle Angelline from the Black Jewels Trilogy, Xena and Gabrielle, Scarlett O'hara, catwoman (comic book version and batman returns version)

[Flaxbee]

13. Elizabeth Bennet, Elinor Dashwood

Taylor Greer (Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven)