Just another meme ;)

[gelbes_gilatier]

Mehehe, snagged from myfloralbonnet: 

Comment with the name of a female character and I'll tell you why I love her.

Also... anyone want to help me punch Jack Carter of Eureka in the face? Anyone? Come on, you know you want to, after that last ep...

Comments

[beth-soprano.livejournal.com]

Teyla. ♥

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

Oooh... okay. Teyla's awesome because she's a leader of her people and she does a great job of (if the writers let her, that is). She knows how to fight but she prefers diplomacy whenever possible and she never gives up trying to make the Earth people see that not living their way doesn't mean someone is inferior to them.

She's also insecure about a "working mum" but she makes a brave decision and she stands by it and I love it that she didn't give up her spot on the team after Torren was born.

I also love her loyalty, both to her people and to her team and that she never makes it easy for herself. She has a very big heart and she's a good teacher because she's both patient and no-nonsense when she has to be.

Teyla rocks! (if she's given the care and attention she deserves... I still resent the SGA writers for seemingly never even making an attempt to give her real character development, not those crude, half-assed tries they gave us instead)

[diek09.livejournal.com]

Sam Carter! :D

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

Somehow I knew that before I even clicked on the notification :D

Okay... what's not to love about Sam? I don't care if she's a Mary Sue or not, she rocks!

I think Sam Carter and Sarah MacKenzie (from JAG) were the first female rolemodels from TV I honestly admired and wanted to be like. Sam's a soldier and a scientist and a very good one at that and she never was shy to show how proud she was of that. Sam taught me it's cool when a women is openly proud of what she knows and what she can do and that you don't have to hold back when you just know that you're right. I always wanted to be as fearless and smart as she is and I think she was very important on TV because I harbor the hope that I wasn't the only one she inspired.

[myfloralbonnet.livejournal.com]

Cadman!

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

Cadman \o/

She's fierce and spunky and she has a penchant for acting and speaking before thinking and there's a certain irreverent streak in her that makes her so great to write. I also think she knows what she wants and that's something I always admire in people. Did you know that jo_graham gave Cadman a promotion and subplots in two of her Legacy books? I think that made her my eternal hero and now I really have to go and hunt down her books ;)

[myfloralbonnet.livejournal.com]

♥

I love your description of her.

I didn't know about Cadman being in the Legacy series. I was already definitely interested (the books sound fabulous, and several of my favorite characters are going to get story arcs!), but now I can't wait to read them!

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

She said it in this post (http://jo-graham.livejournal.com/70847.html) and her answers in the comments (read them all, you won't regret it) made me flail and squee and then flail and squee some more ;)

[myfloralbonnet.livejournal.com]

Eee! ♥ Thanks for the link!

[mackenziesmomma.livejournal.com]

So I'll be the odd one (and since you already mentioned her and we've talked about her before).

Sarah Mackenzie ;)

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

Non-Stargate :D

Okay, like I said, she was one of the first female characters on TV that were role-models for me. She was always straight forward and she was never afraid to tell Harm (or any of the other male characters for that matter) off when she thought he was wrong. She also didn't freeze in awe because of Harm's Mad Lawyer Skillz and was always a match for him (professionally wise, i mean). I loved it that she was both a kick-ass lawyer and a kick-ass soldier and had, despite everything, insecurities and flaws she tried to battle (although sometimes I had a feeling that was overshadowed by Harm's superior Man Pain :P). Sarah MacKenzie got me hooked on the Marines :D

[mackenziesmomma.livejournal.com]

I loved it that she was both a kick-ass lawyer and a kick-ass soldier and had, despite everything, insecurities and flaws she tried to battle

Totally, I mean what with her curse of men who dated her dying, and her alcoholism and her having grown up for years with her Uncle Matt because her parents couldn't raise her...she definitely had demons and flaws.

Its funny though because while I loved Mac, she wasn't my favorite JAG female character. (I give you 2 bazillion useless imaginary points if you can figure out which one was my favorite ;))

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

Mehehehe, Harriet! Did I ever tell you how much I loved the scene where she told her mother off, shortly before getting married? When her mother was all like "We Beaumont women..." and she fired back that she was an Ensign of the United States Navy? Oooh, that was a great moment!

[mackenziesmomma.livejournal.com]

I don't think you'd mentioned that but it is one of my favorite scenes with her as well.

Though I also love the one in "Washington Ball" where she ends up coming with someone else and Bud with some...bimbo (because he screwed up and yeah) and yet by the end of the night they end up together?

THAT? is how you do a canon pairing.

[sgteam14283.livejournal.com]

MEEEEEE! *waves hand* can it be with something sharp and pointy? :D

Although I'm minutly mollified because Jamie is on another show that I watch Drop Dead Diva as a kick-ass lawyer.

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

can it be with something sharp and pointy?

YES! I know everyone loves him (usually, I do, too) but that thing with Tess was not cool :( They really could have written that better.

Jamie is on another show that I watch

She's only in there for two eps, though, right?

[sgteam14283.livejournal.com]

She's only in there for two eps, though, right?

Not sure, although it wouldn't surprise me if that was true or she showed up again towards the end of the season.

[ladyhalbourne]

Parker!

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

Oooh, goody!

Parker cracks me up again and again and she intrigues me because I think she's one of the most complicated and complex characters I know (right there with Sophie, BTW). There are so many layers to her personality that she's very unpredictable and I imagine her very hard to write (actually, I tried once or twice already and while it was fun and a real challenge, I always caught myself at being anxious about getting her right). I think they set a great standard with her for a very complicated and sophisticated (as in challenging) type of character.

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

Parker! (oh, not fast enough, I see)

Dani Reese!

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

And now for something completely different? ;)

Dani was one of the reasons why I instantly loved Life. She's complicated and messed up and has a lot of demons to fight with but she's still an awesome cop. She's loyal to her partner and she's not afraid to go against orders if she thinks she's doing the right thing. She's got a backbone and she can be so very badass if she needs to. Mh... I want Life back :(

ps

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

I stopped watching for a long while, so I'm a little lost - has Carter gone all "there is only one true timeline", and thus he wants things to be like they were in his original timeline?

now, I admit, Henry sometimes gets in trouble (witness this week with Grace)...but at least Henry tried fitting into the life he found himself in. (and he fell in love)

Re: ps

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

has Carter gone all "there is only one true timeline", and thus he wants things to be like they were in his original timeline

Not really. But the way they got rid of Tess... that was awful. I honestly wanted to punch him (and the writers) because all the time it was only about Jack's Man Pain as to how terrible it is that she's back and ooooh, he kissed Allison but damn Tess complicates everything... but two or three eps he didn't have the balls to break it up with Tess... And did we get to see how terrible it must have been for her that the Jack she knew and loved and even wanted to move in with suddenly was distant and behaving like he was hiding something and overall not the man she used to know? No. This desperately needs fix it fic.

I hate it when they do that. At least they're not making the same mistake with Henry and Grace, and so far they haven't messed up Zane/Jo as much as they could have. As for Jack/Jo... I get great friendship vibes there, and I think they're trying to play that angle more now (since they're equals now, not superior and subordinate). So far, I like what they're doing there but I'm still Zane/Jo all the way, sorry ;)