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ratcreature) wrote2009-10-30 09:30 am
ratcreature) wrote2009-10-30 09:30 am
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answers to the meme from the previous post
In case anyone is interested, here are the answers to who my favorites are in fandoms I listed:
1. Avatar the Last Airbender: overall Aang, though Zuko gained quite a lot of ground the last season
2. Babylon 5: Jeffrey Sinclair, I just love the whole Valen storyline and I really liked him in season 1
3. Batman Comics: Dick Grayson, aka Nightwing
4. Daredevil: Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil
5. Disney comics: Donald Duck (Uncle Scrooge is a close second, especially in the stories covering his backstory and youth, and for a while as a kid I liked him more, but overall Donald)
6. Due South: Benton Fraser
7. Everwood: Ephram Brown
8. Farscape: John Crichton
9. Harry Potter: Harry Potter
10. Lord of the Rings: Aragorn
11. Merlin: Merlin (though I really like the whole ensemble)
12. Numb3rs: Don Eppes
13. Roswell: Max Evans
14. The Sentinel: Jim Ellison
15. Spider-Man: Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man
16. Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard
17. Star Trek Reboot: overall Spock, though Kirk is a really close second
18. Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
19. The X-Files: Fox Mulder
20. X-Men: Scott Summers, aka Cyclops
It is kind of glaring (and sad) how absent female characters are, but while I like female characters they almost never are my absolute favorite. In part it's because I go for the hero characters, which are less often female, but it's not only the sources because even if there are both male and female characters fitting the hero/protagonist slot, some kind of internalized sexism makes it easier for me to latch onto the male character. (One of my first realizations as emerging feminist was that even as a small child I had named all my stuffed animals by male names, with the exception of those who came in matched pairs of one with a dress and one in trousers, not least because I played elaborate fantasy games with them, and of course the characters in my head acting out stories were all male. Hello patriarchy! Awesome early conditioning on your part.)
Basically the female characters seem to become only my favorites if I have no other option. The same depressing internal pattern also explains why the only non-white character on my list comes from Avatar.
1. Avatar the Last Airbender: overall Aang, though Zuko gained quite a lot of ground the last season
2. Babylon 5: Jeffrey Sinclair, I just love the whole Valen storyline and I really liked him in season 1
3. Batman Comics: Dick Grayson, aka Nightwing
4. Daredevil: Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil
5. Disney comics: Donald Duck (Uncle Scrooge is a close second, especially in the stories covering his backstory and youth, and for a while as a kid I liked him more, but overall Donald)
6. Due South: Benton Fraser
7. Everwood: Ephram Brown
8. Farscape: John Crichton
9. Harry Potter: Harry Potter
10. Lord of the Rings: Aragorn
11. Merlin: Merlin (though I really like the whole ensemble)
12. Numb3rs: Don Eppes
13. Roswell: Max Evans
14. The Sentinel: Jim Ellison
15. Spider-Man: Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man
16. Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard
17. Star Trek Reboot: overall Spock, though Kirk is a really close second
18. Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
19. The X-Files: Fox Mulder
20. X-Men: Scott Summers, aka Cyclops
It is kind of glaring (and sad) how absent female characters are, but while I like female characters they almost never are my absolute favorite. In part it's because I go for the hero characters, which are less often female, but it's not only the sources because even if there are both male and female characters fitting the hero/protagonist slot, some kind of internalized sexism makes it easier for me to latch onto the male character. (One of my first realizations as emerging feminist was that even as a small child I had named all my stuffed animals by male names, with the exception of those who came in matched pairs of one with a dress and one in trousers, not least because I played elaborate fantasy games with them, and of course the characters in my head acting out stories were all male. Hello patriarchy! Awesome early conditioning on your part.)
Basically the female characters seem to become only my favorites if I have no other option. The same depressing internal pattern also explains why the only non-white character on my list comes from Avatar.