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Randomly Raving about Women on Reboot and in Comics
So, I've been wanting to ramble and rave, and I hit upon a good subject: Reboot women. They're classy, sassy, smart and perky. Not to mention, INSANE. They're all different personalities and characters. You can't slot in one for another, and they're fun. They get good lines and bad lines and middle lines. They get to be human.
Dot Matrix. She's serious and highly intelligent, business-like and driven. She could give Lee Adama a running for his Angst money. She's made mistakes, but she's also made incredible decisions, and she kept Mainframers as safe as she could while Megabyte took over. She rarely breaks, and when she does, she has cause. She's also in a UST-style romance with Bob. And when she finally decides she wants him? Dot asks HIM. She doesn't wait for him to ask, she doesn't Pine Away To Nothing. She's devious and decisive, and if you piss her off, she will death-glare you and use her I Am Command.Com voice on you.
Mouse. Playful, firtatious, can kick your ass in .001 seconds without pulling her katana out of pocket-space. And when she does, she leaves you in bits and pieces. She's also sympathetic, at times, able to get out of any trap you put her in. Devious, smart, pretty (red hair and purple skin, hubba... er.), sassy and mean when she has to be. She's also mercenary, and occasionally prone to not-caring. Has flirted with Bob, Dot, and Ray Tracer (whom she dipsmooched--have I mentioned that the women of Reboot take things into their own hands? They do.) (er, there is also vague canon-basis for Mouse/Dot, but only of the comfortsex variety)
AndrAIa. Perky, sweet, bouncy, sassy, can kill you with her razor-tipped claws. And be perky while doing it. Now, I'm sure there are those who will say that her basically deciding that she loved Enzo and would follow him to the ends of the Earth (er, 'verse?) is OMG so sappy and crap. And it kind of is. As kids, the two are sickeningly sweet. As adults? She has his balls on a string. She has a trident, people, and knows how to use it. She decided on her man, and has kept him this entire time. And, er, she flirts.
Hexadecimal. Insane. Crazy. Wacko. Completely nucking futs. Fahrbot. Powerful enough to kick Megabyte's ass. Has kidnaped Bob at least once, and has decided he's hers (Dot objects). Did I mention Hex is chaotic? And evil. She's also evil. Hex is not a virus to sit there and take things without fighting back (if she can, she got fried once, and Megabreath chained her up and stuck a seal on her). She got morphed and changed during season four, and then went all power-mad and (OMG the Daemon vs. Hex fight is FRAKKING BEAUTIFUL) chaotic again. And saved the day. Did I mention she was insane?
Daemon. Because I can't ignore her, even if she was only on the show for half a season. Or even if she's an annoyingly cryptic French twelve year old. So powerful, she made Mike the TV BELIEVE. She took over the entire Guardian enclave and countless systems. She would have WON, and destroyed everything. She fought Hex and survived. She frakking infected Mainframe. You did not mess with this chick because you could end up on the wrong end of her mania. She's quiet and cool, never rages. And scary.
Random comicbook women (keeping in mind that my knowledge is about 8 years out of date at this point for most of them).
Janet van Dyne. She was a fashion model, she's been an Avenger on and off for 30 years. She was married and then divorced. She can kick your ass. She's perky and smart, and dresses well (iirc). She can also shrink down to the size of a fly.
Wanda Maximoff (since we're on Avengers). She's a probability-altering witch. She's blunt, in charge, intelligent. Gorgeous. Has a stupid tendency to wear really bad costumes (Wanda? The bathing-suit? REALLY UGLY), although her last one before Heroes Rebarfedborn wasn't too bad. I kind of liked the drapey skirt thingie. http://www.angelfire.com/games2/multiverse/scarletwitch.html (for reference, really. Not because I think she looks really pissed right there. At all).
Black Widow--er, Natasha Romanova. She was the leader of the Avengers for quite a while. A brilliant tactician, she used to be a Russian spy. She's tough and agile, willing to lay down her life for the right cause. But also unwilling to die for stupidity. She knows her strengths and weaknesses--which, when you're hanging out with super-powered beings and still kicking ass? is really frakking good. In the recent Black Widow ls, she found out she'd been programmed for certain things--like getting sick any time she tried to find out about her past. And then she made a man tell her, and took dramamine/etc. and still puked. (so, basically, determined. A lot.) She makes promises and keeps them. She makes judgement calls--she's gotten a bit sterner in her old age--and backs herself up on them.
Crystal Maximoff. She's an Inhuman with elemental abilities. She's needy and sometimes completely stupid about what she wants. She doesn't know how to talk to her husband, but he has no frakking clue how to talk to her, so they're kind of even. She finds it easier to talk to Dane. Dane is an Idiot. I'm not hugely fond of Crystal, but since she was in my head after Natasha, I went with it. She was the center of one love triangle, and the side of another. Her kid was once kidnaped by Fabien Cortez. She has, technically, committed adultery--in thought, if not more than kisses in deed. She is still considered a hero.
Storm. If you ignore some of the crap they did in the mid-90s... Sigh. Ok. So, Storm is completely at ease with herself, she knows her body inside and out. She's gone punk and come back, she's lost her powers and come back. She's confronted Chuckles about using her, and lived. She's killed (even though she doesn't want to). My Storm? Ripped Marrow's heart out to stop a bomb from going off. My Storm also defeated Callisto and then kind of forgot about the Morlocks and being a leader. And, YES, she's human and fallible, and didn't WANT the responsibility. But she took it back up. She can make the wind and the rain and the lightning dance at her whim. She has to be careful about letting her emotions bleed over--but still likes to dance with a good thunderstorm. ...er, that kinda rambled.
Jean Grey. Has died exactly once. Has almost died twice. Was once replaced by a cosmic entity that everyone believed to be her. Currently dead, sadly. Strong, intelligent, beautiful. Was once a model. Has crappy fashion sense (Jean! Pink is not your color!), wears heels at the worst times. And (in movieverse) broke a dam (now THAT'S love for ya). She's sweet and nice and kind. The girl you can take home to your mother. The woman who is protective of her children, yet uncertain and selfish. The redhead who you DO NOT piss off. Ever. Speaking of blowing things up: Jean blew up a factory when goaded by Logan. She also asked Scott to marry her, when she was ready, and helped him raise his kid in the future. Pity Marvel then completely forgot characterization after a while.
Actually, side rant: Marriage. Dating. Women continually scream and cry about being OMG EQUAL IN EVERYTHING and yet, tv and movies constantly have women waiting for a man to ask them to marry them, or hinting for him to do so. Dating? The man has to ask, the man has to call, the man has to follow up... Are we seeing what's wrong with this, people?
One of the best things about Jean and Dot (in some ways) are that both of them took the initiative and asked their SOs to marry them. Yes, they both have issues, yes, Scott had asked Jean before. But, she didn't hint around at him, she didn't pine longingly and gaaaaaze at him. No. She asked. As did Dot, once she was smacked upside the head about how much she cared for Bob. This is a good precedent. Pity more comics and shows can't follow it (although Cameron on House is definitely pushing it).
Sgt. Hadrian. Actually, Hadrian is from the new Battlestar Galactica. And I wanted to ramble absently about her. I don't like her. But then, I'm not supposed to. She's a military woman, who is doing her job to the best of her abilities, and with--well, actually, quite a bit of imagination. She's intelligent and dogged, determined and ruthless. She's a little bit fanatical, and probably slightly zenophobic. She's the Sgt. Bates of Galactica. (actually, there's a crossover pairing to consider) She's bluff and possibly hasn't a sense of humor. We've seen just enough of her to not like her much. If they give her a little brother, she really will be Bates with a vagina instead of a penis.
Hrm. Sleepy. More later, as I think on them.
Dot Matrix. She's serious and highly intelligent, business-like and driven. She could give Lee Adama a running for his Angst money. She's made mistakes, but she's also made incredible decisions, and she kept Mainframers as safe as she could while Megabyte took over. She rarely breaks, and when she does, she has cause. She's also in a UST-style romance with Bob. And when she finally decides she wants him? Dot asks HIM. She doesn't wait for him to ask, she doesn't Pine Away To Nothing. She's devious and decisive, and if you piss her off, she will death-glare you and use her I Am Command.Com voice on you.
Mouse. Playful, firtatious, can kick your ass in .001 seconds without pulling her katana out of pocket-space. And when she does, she leaves you in bits and pieces. She's also sympathetic, at times, able to get out of any trap you put her in. Devious, smart, pretty (red hair and purple skin, hubba... er.), sassy and mean when she has to be. She's also mercenary, and occasionally prone to not-caring. Has flirted with Bob, Dot, and Ray Tracer (whom she dipsmooched--have I mentioned that the women of Reboot take things into their own hands? They do.) (er, there is also vague canon-basis for Mouse/Dot, but only of the comfortsex variety)
AndrAIa. Perky, sweet, bouncy, sassy, can kill you with her razor-tipped claws. And be perky while doing it. Now, I'm sure there are those who will say that her basically deciding that she loved Enzo and would follow him to the ends of the Earth (er, 'verse?) is OMG so sappy and crap. And it kind of is. As kids, the two are sickeningly sweet. As adults? She has his balls on a string. She has a trident, people, and knows how to use it. She decided on her man, and has kept him this entire time. And, er, she flirts.
Hexadecimal. Insane. Crazy. Wacko. Completely nucking futs. Fahrbot. Powerful enough to kick Megabyte's ass. Has kidnaped Bob at least once, and has decided he's hers (Dot objects). Did I mention Hex is chaotic? And evil. She's also evil. Hex is not a virus to sit there and take things without fighting back (if she can, she got fried once, and Megabreath chained her up and stuck a seal on her). She got morphed and changed during season four, and then went all power-mad and (OMG the Daemon vs. Hex fight is FRAKKING BEAUTIFUL) chaotic again. And saved the day. Did I mention she was insane?
Daemon. Because I can't ignore her, even if she was only on the show for half a season. Or even if she's an annoyingly cryptic French twelve year old. So powerful, she made Mike the TV BELIEVE. She took over the entire Guardian enclave and countless systems. She would have WON, and destroyed everything. She fought Hex and survived. She frakking infected Mainframe. You did not mess with this chick because you could end up on the wrong end of her mania. She's quiet and cool, never rages. And scary.
Random comicbook women (keeping in mind that my knowledge is about 8 years out of date at this point for most of them).
Janet van Dyne. She was a fashion model, she's been an Avenger on and off for 30 years. She was married and then divorced. She can kick your ass. She's perky and smart, and dresses well (iirc). She can also shrink down to the size of a fly.
Wanda Maximoff (since we're on Avengers). She's a probability-altering witch. She's blunt, in charge, intelligent. Gorgeous. Has a stupid tendency to wear really bad costumes (Wanda? The bathing-suit? REALLY UGLY), although her last one before Heroes Re
Black Widow--er, Natasha Romanova. She was the leader of the Avengers for quite a while. A brilliant tactician, she used to be a Russian spy. She's tough and agile, willing to lay down her life for the right cause. But also unwilling to die for stupidity. She knows her strengths and weaknesses--which, when you're hanging out with super-powered beings and still kicking ass? is really frakking good. In the recent Black Widow ls, she found out she'd been programmed for certain things--like getting sick any time she tried to find out about her past. And then she made a man tell her, and took dramamine/etc. and still puked. (so, basically, determined. A lot.) She makes promises and keeps them. She makes judgement calls--she's gotten a bit sterner in her old age--and backs herself up on them.
Crystal Maximoff. She's an Inhuman with elemental abilities. She's needy and sometimes completely stupid about what she wants. She doesn't know how to talk to her husband, but he has no frakking clue how to talk to her, so they're kind of even. She finds it easier to talk to Dane. Dane is an Idiot. I'm not hugely fond of Crystal, but since she was in my head after Natasha, I went with it. She was the center of one love triangle, and the side of another. Her kid was once kidnaped by Fabien Cortez. She has, technically, committed adultery--in thought, if not more than kisses in deed. She is still considered a hero.
Storm. If you ignore some of the crap they did in the mid-90s... Sigh. Ok. So, Storm is completely at ease with herself, she knows her body inside and out. She's gone punk and come back, she's lost her powers and come back. She's confronted Chuckles about using her, and lived. She's killed (even though she doesn't want to). My Storm? Ripped Marrow's heart out to stop a bomb from going off. My Storm also defeated Callisto and then kind of forgot about the Morlocks and being a leader. And, YES, she's human and fallible, and didn't WANT the responsibility. But she took it back up. She can make the wind and the rain and the lightning dance at her whim. She has to be careful about letting her emotions bleed over--but still likes to dance with a good thunderstorm. ...er, that kinda rambled.
Jean Grey. Has died exactly once. Has almost died twice. Was once replaced by a cosmic entity that everyone believed to be her. Currently dead, sadly. Strong, intelligent, beautiful. Was once a model. Has crappy fashion sense (Jean! Pink is not your color!), wears heels at the worst times. And (in movieverse) broke a dam (now THAT'S love for ya). She's sweet and nice and kind. The girl you can take home to your mother. The woman who is protective of her children, yet uncertain and selfish. The redhead who you DO NOT piss off. Ever. Speaking of blowing things up: Jean blew up a factory when goaded by Logan. She also asked Scott to marry her, when she was ready, and helped him raise his kid in the future. Pity Marvel then completely forgot characterization after a while.
Actually, side rant: Marriage. Dating. Women continually scream and cry about being OMG EQUAL IN EVERYTHING and yet, tv and movies constantly have women waiting for a man to ask them to marry them, or hinting for him to do so. Dating? The man has to ask, the man has to call, the man has to follow up... Are we seeing what's wrong with this, people?
One of the best things about Jean and Dot (in some ways) are that both of them took the initiative and asked their SOs to marry them. Yes, they both have issues, yes, Scott had asked Jean before. But, she didn't hint around at him, she didn't pine longingly and gaaaaaze at him. No. She asked. As did Dot, once she was smacked upside the head about how much she cared for Bob. This is a good precedent. Pity more comics and shows can't follow it (although Cameron on House is definitely pushing it).
Sgt. Hadrian. Actually, Hadrian is from the new Battlestar Galactica. And I wanted to ramble absently about her. I don't like her. But then, I'm not supposed to. She's a military woman, who is doing her job to the best of her abilities, and with--well, actually, quite a bit of imagination. She's intelligent and dogged, determined and ruthless. She's a little bit fanatical, and probably slightly zenophobic. She's the Sgt. Bates of Galactica. (actually, there's a crossover pairing to consider) She's bluff and possibly hasn't a sense of humor. We've seen just enough of her to not like her much. If they give her a little brother, she really will be Bates with a vagina instead of a penis.
Hrm. Sleepy. More later, as I think on them.