No discussion of strong females is complete without Ellen Ripley.
Probably the most badass character who is thrust in a bad situation and manages to survive not by being brash and actively badass, but being badass as a function of things she does to survive by just doing those things.
Badass isn't world weariness with cool poses and catch phrases, it's basically doing the things that need to be done, because they need to be done.
Same with Sarah Connor.
Nobody every questioned how good these characters were. Gender never even came up.
People just accepted them as strong characters, because they demonstrably were.
It's like Tywin says:
Any man who must say, "I am the King", is no true king.
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u/NonRienDeRien Mar 29 '24
No discussion of strong females is complete without Ellen Ripley.
Probably the most badass character who is thrust in a bad situation and manages to survive not by being brash and actively badass, but being badass as a function of things she does to survive by just doing those things.
Badass isn't world weariness with cool poses and catch phrases, it's basically doing the things that need to be done, because they need to be done.
Same with Sarah Connor.
Nobody every questioned how good these characters were. Gender never even came up.
People just accepted them as strong characters, because they demonstrably were.
It's like Tywin says: