Joan Holloway from Mad Men- she at the very least has the evolution of a woman rising to independence while in a world built around suppression of women. A lot of characters from that show are badass ladies at different stages of independence though.
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To me, this is one of the most fully realized female characters in science fiction (at least):
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As a parent myself, might I suggest using that as her middle name.
When we named our two boys, we chose classic yet timeless names for their first, but did have some fun with their middle names. (and NO, they are not named "Ben" and "Will". My god, I actually know 6 families that have two boys with those names). That way, we got to name them something fun, but they had good classical first names they could go by through out their lives. Our boys were born during the height of what I call the "din" period. Where a lot of babies have names that ended with some derivation of "din", "dyn", "den" or something along those lines.
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Captain Janeway
For me, Commander Ivanova from Babylon 5. Like the rest of the characters, she wasn't perfect, but she was so strong.
Risa Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist
Or Olivier Mira Armstrong, for that matter.
True. I need to rewatch brotherhood. I was a OG FMA-anime fan way back in the day before I even knew it was based on a manga or that the anime just made up its own ending so it took me a while to even give brotherhood a chance.
I keep OG in my heart as well. The sequence in the penultimate (?) episode with the final transmutation circle was just dope, also some of the pacing and characters were more to my taste.
Brotherhood is ... different, but has it's own merits.
Can't believe princess Leia hasn't been mentioned yet.
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Lol
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And a lot of her friends too.
Xena
The bride from kill bill.
Someone already said Susannah Dean so I'm gonna go with Roz from Frasier
Sarah Connor
So the absolute first that comes to mind is a joke answer: Strong Woman, the vice Principal from South Park.
The actual answer is Phryne Fisher
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I love that book.
Ellen Ripley. She will wreck your shit and yeet you into space.
Hachikuji Mayoi from monogatari series.
Senjougahara Hitagi from monogatari series.
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My girlfriend ):
Oof
Same :(
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