Day Nineteen: Female Character Meme
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ishtar79 Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character: Caroline Forbes
This the second woman from The Vampire Diaries to appear on the list and honestly, if there wasn’t so much competition from amazing characters from other canons, I could probably fit all of them in it.
I love Caroline because on the surface, she comes off as the type of character to be at best dismissed and at worst vilified in other shows. She’s the popular blonde with superficial interests, is bubbly and not exactly cerebral, and she’s often as self-absorbed and shallow as the typical teenager. And yet, she’s a wonderfully three-dimensional and sympathetic character in addition to those traits, and not in spite of them. Like the quality of the show itself, I wasn’t sold on Caroline from the outset-indeed, in season 1 her role seemed to be that of perpetual victim and showcase of Damon’s Evil Evilness. But like the show, she quickly turned from something “meh, but pretty” to something made of pure awesome.
A huge part of that was the major change she underwent in early S2. I was initially afraid they’d pull a Vicky, but instead they went on to make Caroline one of the most interesting, charming and infinitely relatable fictional vampires in television. It’s not that she got a personality transplant: Caroline’s cheerful façade still covers up insecurities, she’s still terrified of rejection from friends and family, and she still has very teenage relationship angst-but what she also got, for the first time, is agency (unless she’s being manipulated by Katherine, because Katherine > the world). I cheered when she opened a can of well-deserved whoopass on Damon, and things only improved from that point. And the friendship that developed between her and Stefan is not only a high point in Caroline’s storyline, it’s made Stefan infinitely more likeable to me (in a way his scenes with Elena and Damon fail to).
Day One: Favorite lead female character
Day Two: Favorite supporting female character
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show
Day Six: Favorite female-driven show
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show
Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day Eleven: Favorite female character in a children’s show
Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Thre: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you'd like!
This the second woman from The Vampire Diaries to appear on the list and honestly, if there wasn’t so much competition from amazing characters from other canons, I could probably fit all of them in it.
I love Caroline because on the surface, she comes off as the type of character to be at best dismissed and at worst vilified in other shows. She’s the popular blonde with superficial interests, is bubbly and not exactly cerebral, and she’s often as self-absorbed and shallow as the typical teenager. And yet, she’s a wonderfully three-dimensional and sympathetic character in addition to those traits, and not in spite of them. Like the quality of the show itself, I wasn’t sold on Caroline from the outset-indeed, in season 1 her role seemed to be that of perpetual victim and showcase of Damon’s Evil Evilness. But like the show, she quickly turned from something “meh, but pretty” to something made of pure awesome.
A huge part of that was the major change she underwent in early S2. I was initially afraid they’d pull a Vicky, but instead they went on to make Caroline one of the most interesting, charming and infinitely relatable fictional vampires in television. It’s not that she got a personality transplant: Caroline’s cheerful façade still covers up insecurities, she’s still terrified of rejection from friends and family, and she still has very teenage relationship angst-but what she also got, for the first time, is agency (unless she’s being manipulated by Katherine, because Katherine > the world). I cheered when she opened a can of well-deserved whoopass on Damon, and things only improved from that point. And the friendship that developed between her and Stefan is not only a high point in Caroline’s storyline, it’s made Stefan infinitely more likeable to me (in a way his scenes with Elena and Damon fail to).
Day One: Favorite lead female character
Day Two: Favorite supporting female character
Day Three: A female character you hated but grew to love
Day Four: A female character you relate to
Day Five: Favorite female character on a male-driven show
Day Six: Favorite female-driven show
Day Seven: A female character that needs more screen time
Day Eight: Favorite female character in a comedy show
Day Nine: Favorite female character in a drama show
Day Ten: Favorite female character in a scifi/supernatural show
Day Eleven: Favorite female character in a children’s show
Day Twelve: Favorite female character in a movie
Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Thre: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you'd like!
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Date: 2011-03-25 04:54 pm (UTC)I'm just giving you a hard time...
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Date: 2011-03-25 09:58 pm (UTC)About Seven, I don't know. When she was in the Collective, I'd call her Borg, but after Janeway severed the link, she's kind of a unique case (until they picked up all those stray ex-Borg kids, that is).
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Date: 2011-03-26 01:59 am (UTC)Clearly I'm being annoying by insisting on this ridiculous point... but we had snow today and I haven't been outside all day (which makes me irritable and argumentative). ;)
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Date: 2011-03-26 07:40 am (UTC)