# Favorite Fictional Heroine? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2000, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043 "2000-10-07T04:44:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043/61 "2000-10-13T16:51:11Z")
I second the vote for Death. I also like Juliet from, um, that book, by that Bill guy. Diana Tregarde from various Mercedes Lackey books, Anita Blake from Laurell K. Hamilton’s stuff, another vote for Sonya Blue while we’re on vampires, Jody from Blood Sucking Fiends: A Love Story, Tika, from Dragonlance, Elisa Maza from Gargoyles, Kamiya Kaoru from Rurouni Kenshin, Miaka from Fushigi Yuugi, Akane from Ranma 1/2, Asuka from Neon Genesis Evangelion. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043/62 "2000-10-13T17:00:38Z")
Does it have to be fictional? Cuz I have a strong affinity for the history of Joan of Arc… ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043/63 "2000-10-14T04:16:07Z")
Anyone mentioned Honor Harrington, from David Weber’s _Honor_ series? The most down-to-Earth, consistently believable characters and technology in a sci-fi/space opera setting. I think J. Michael should tackle it for his next series. I also like Angie Harmon’s “Abbie Carmichael”, from NBC’s “Law and Order”. Smart, tough, and just occasionally vulnerable enough to make you kinda like her. Sometimes. _ **ExTank** “Mostly Harmless :wally”_ ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043/64 "2000-10-14T04:43:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > \*\*Define heroine. > > oh well, I’ll go with my own. > > Dolores Haze > \*\* **The** Dolores Haze? Yep, guess we could use a definition of heroine. (Or do I need to re-read this book?) **Smeghead** and **FairyPrincessKitty** – I shouldn’t have mentioned Dany without giving Arya some credit too. Arya definitely has spunk (can’t read that word without thinking of Lou Grant) but Dany’s strength is increasing along with that of her dragons. She’s single-minded to a fault, and she makes some hard choices in the third book.(The UK edition has been out since August. You are SO gonna love it.) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043/65 "2000-10-14T05:45:17Z")
I have a soft spot for the heroines of Stephen R. Donaldson: Linden Avery, Teresa Morgan and Morn Hyland. They’re hard to love from the get-go, and they’re sometimes unbelieveable screwed up, but they’re complex, three-dimensional, and when push comes to shove, incredibly heroic. They’re anything but your average cookie-cutter sci-fi/fantasy heroines. ---
**Author:** ![Sakura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Sakura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sakura)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043/66 "2000-10-14T13:26:24Z")
**Eilonwy** - Lloyd Alexander’s _Pyrdain_ chronicles. **Elizabeth Bennet** - Jane Austin’s _Pride and Predjudice_ **Beatrice** - William Shakespeare’s _Much Ado About Nothing_ **Viola** - William Shakespeare’s _Twelfth Night_ **Helena** - William Shakespeare’s _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ I’ve always had a parciality(sp?) to Jill from _The Silver Chair_ and _The Last Battle_ of _The Chronicles of Narnia_ ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043/67 "2000-10-14T20:30:02Z")
How about Jane Eyre, a very modern woman for the mid 19th century. ---
**Author:** ![Pigs\_in\_Space](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@Pigs\_in\_Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pigs_in_Space)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043/68 "2000-10-15T02:52:07Z")
I’ll second Cordelia Naismith, Honor Harrington, and Mara Jade. Also Ivanova, Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor (Terminator). I’d like to add Angelina of the Steel Rat series - nothing like a reformed psychopath coming to save her husband’s butt. And then there’s Domino and Storm of the X-men (not from the movie - blech). ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-heroine/36043/69 "2000-10-15T03:18:30Z")
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