Day Twenty-Three: Female Character Meme

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Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship: Kahlan and Kara




Ok, so “platonic” might be stretching it a little bit as I chose to read Kara as desperately in love with Kahlan, but nothing ever happened in canon.

Legend of the Seeker was a show that I enjoyed primarily for the pretty settings and pretty people, but that always failed to engage me. I thought Kahlan had potential, but since I had zero interest in her doomed love with Richard, it was hard to get emotionally invested in anything. Kara grabbed me from her first appearance, though was worried when they brought into the main cast, since it looked they would be heading towards a classic love triangle scenario. I've never been more glad to be wrong. For all her “Yay, Lord Rahl” Richard cheerleading, the person Kara is most deeply focused in is Kahlan. They certainly didn't get off on the right foot, what with Kara having murdered Kahlan's sister and the Mord Sith and Confessors being mortal enemies (and how much did I love that detail), but watching their interaction has been the high point of the show for me. Kahlan was infinitely more interesting and in touch of her darker side around Kara, and Kara allowed cracks of vulnerability show through the Mord Sith conditioning around Kahlan. And of course they were amazing once they got to the point of being friends (or, you know, “friends”), fighting together like a well-choreographed killing machine, saving Richard's ass on multiple occasions and the amazing Pain Dildo Healing Scene (seriously, that show's imagery is as filthy as you get without filming porn).



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-Three: 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!