How many on-screen badass women can you name?

(I’ll update the list periodically.)


Badass On-Screen Women


  • Aviandelight @mander.xyz
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    4 months ago

    Okoye (Danai Guria) from the Black Panther movies. Went with my husband to see this movie and when we were walking back to the car he said “Damn, Okoye was hot, she reminds me of you.” ❤️ He also has a thing for Grace Mallory from the show The Boys. I think I created a monster.

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    4 months ago

    Where’s my trekkies at? We got Janeway, Jadzia Dax, Belana Torres, Kira Nerys, Seven of Nine, Tasha Yar, Guinan, Ensign Ro… and a lot more I’m not remembering right now.

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    My Latino parents saw me watching Kung Fu hustle and wanted to know if I was watching El Chavo del Ocho, Asian version cause of the neighborhood scenes

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    I would say that all the women in Kill Bill are bad ass. Some just align differently than others.

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      4 months ago

      I mean… Sofie’s just kind of a glorified personal assistant who folds immediately.

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    Lt. Riza Hawkeye (Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

    Major Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell - the 80’s movie and the anime series. Live action one needs to die in a fire)

    Jo Lupo (Eureka)

    Domino (Deadpool 2)

    Go-go Tamago (Big Hero 6)

    Mako Mori (Pacific Rim)

    Golden Sparrow (Forbidden Kingdom)

    Gamora and Nebula (Guardians of the Galaxy)

    Evie (V for Vendetta)

    Hela (Thor: Ragnarok)

    Valkyrie (Thor: Ragnarok)

    Molotov Girl/Millie (Free Guy)

    Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel)

    Cherri Bomb (Hazbin Hotel)

    Carmilla Carmine (Hazbin Hotel)

    Sypha Belnades (Castlevania)

    Lisa Tepes (Castlevania)

    Princess Mononoke

    Sophie (Howl’s Moving Castle)

    Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Storm, Jean Grey (X-men)

    I could keep going all day. These are just the ones that come to mind without having to dig around my watched media for ideas.

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    4 months ago

    Nobody going to mention Battlestar Galactica (2004)? Starbuck, Laura Roslin, Athena, Kat… so many good examples of not just strong, but flawed and human women. Well, mostly human.

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    Diana Rigg from The Avengers. Also from the best Bond movie of all time. Also from Game of Thrones, I suppose, although I’ve never watched that.

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    There is a very interesting documentary called “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” and how they created her in 1940 as a feminist super hero.

    William Moulton Marston, a psychologist already famous for inventing the polygraph, struck upon an idea for a new kind of superhero, one who would triumph not with fists or firepower, but with love. “Fine,” said Elizabeth. “But make her a woman.”

    Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don’t want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women’s strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.