Which fictional character comes to your mind first when someone says strong, independent woman? (lemmings.world)

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Can be from any kind of media.

For me it's Margot from The Magicians (which is interesting because in the books she is anything but) and Jesse Faden from Control.

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[-] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Mirko!

Margot is also amazing, but she's not independent IMO. She's very emotionally hooked. Not in a bad way, mind you. She's like a shounen protagonist who screams for 5 episodes because her friend was threatened and somehow a nation collapses as a result.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I mean, no one is really independent, but women in fiction tend to be very dependent on men as (almost) their primary personality trait.

I loved Margot because she was as independent as anyone in real life can be. She did her own thing, helped her friends, let her friends help her, fucked up, owned it and fixed it (most of the time, anyway).

All the characters were very realistic (well, if you ignore the magic).

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I mean emotionally independent. Margot had some serious needs. Functionally she's totally independent. Probably all of them except Fen were.

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