The Kickass Heroine

I have one big, hairy, audacious writing goal–to create the most kick-ass female heroine ever.  I’m not there yet, but each character I create brings me closer to that reality.  She’s incubating at the moment.  My stake’s in the ground. You’re welcome to come along for the ride.

Part of my inspiration is to maintain the list I started during the A to Z Challenge of the kick-ass babes who have been created.  Feel free to point out those I missed. I want to keep growing it.

• Aeryn Sun, Farscape
• Amazons
• Amy Pond, Dr. Who
• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
• Artemis
• Arwen Undomiel, Lord of the Rings
• Athena
• Barbara Gordon (Batgirl)
• Barbarella
• B’Elanna Torres, Start Trek Voyager
• Beverly Crusher, Star Trek SNG
• Brienne of Tarth, Of Ice and Fire
• Borg Queen, Star Trek
• Buffy Summers, Vampire Slayer
• Cally, Blake 7
• Catwoman
• Cersei Lannister, Of Ice and Fire
• Charlotte, Charlotte’s Web
• Cherry Darling, Planet Terror
• Dana Scully, X Files
• Dayna Mallenby, Blake 7
• Deanna Troi, Star Trek TNG
• Diana, Goddess of the Hunt
• Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)
• Egwene Al’vere, Wheel of Time
• Ellen Riply, Aliens
• Emma Peel, The Avengers
• Eowyn of Rohan, Lord of the Rings
• Fiona, Shrek
• Galadriel, Lord of the Rings
• Ginnie or Ginevra Weasley, Harry Potter
• Guinan
• Hermione Granger, Harry Potter
• Inara Sera, Firefly
• Jadzia Dax, Star Trek, DS9
• Jaime Sommers, Bionic Woman
• Jean Grey, X-Men
• Jenna Stannis, Blake’s 7
• Jinx Johnson, Bond Girl
• Jo Grant, Dr. Who
• Kara Zor-el (Supergirl)
• Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek Voyager
• Katniss Everdeen, Hunger Games
• Kaywinnett Lee Frye, Firefly
• Kyra Nerys, Star Trek, DS9
• K’Ehleyr, SNG
• Lal, Star Trek, SNG
• Lara Croft
• Ro Laren, Star Trek, SNG
• Laura Roslin, Battlestar Galactica
• Lessa of Pern, Dragonriders of Pern
• Lois Lane, Superman
• Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter
• Lyra Belaqua, Her Dark Materials Trilogy
• Marion Ravenwood, Indiana Jones
• Martha Jones, Dr. Who
• Meg Murray, A Wrinkle in Time
• Nandi, Firefly
• Nyota Uhura, Star Trek
• Nyssa, Dr. Who
• Oracle, (Barbara Gordon grown up)
• Penny Robinson
• Quorra, Tron  (yeah, a Q, a real Q)
• Red Sonja. Conan Universe
• River Song, Dr. Who
• River Tam, Firefly
• Rogue, X-Men
• Sarah Connor, Terminator
  

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• Sarah Jane Smith, Dr. Who
• Servalan, Blake’s 7
• Seven of Nine, Star Trek, Voyager
• Staanz, Farscape
• Starbuck, Battlestar Galactica
• Storm, X-men
• T’Pau, Star Trek, Enterprise
• Trillian, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• Trinity, Matrix
• Ursa, Superman II
• Velma Dinkley, Scooby-Doo
• Wai Lin, Bond Girl
• Wanda Maximoff (Scarlett Witch), X-men
• Wilma Dearing, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• Xena, Warrior Princess
• Yelena Belova (Second Black Widow). S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Zoe Washburne, Firefly