Favourite fictional female character?

[Tanya]

I remember seeing a favourite fictional male character discussion earlier on.
What's your favourite female? And why?

[Elena Bonasera]

I like Hermione from Harry Potter, just because she isn't afraid to show she has a brain, unlike some smart girls today. Also, she cares about helping others too (ex. SPEW)

[Daisy Edwards]

Hermione Granger... hands down! I love her characters, she rocks and gets to punch Malfoy in the face *victory for nerds :D*
Ummm.... are we talking books or any fiction? Becasue if we're counting films I'll go for Tia in Pirates of the Caribean (that's spelt wrong... don't judge me and my mind D:)
Ho hum, so yeah, that's it!
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[Elphaba Thropp]

ELPHABA! ELPHABA, ELPHABA, ELPHABA!!!!!!
If you know who it is, you'll know why.

Hermione and Tonks are pretty sweet, too.

[Freakish Lemon]

Book Elphaba or musical Elphaba?

[maskedbanditandtheshadows]

Ange From Little brother.

[Sarahboo]

I really love Susan Sto-Helit and Tiffany Aching. They are both characters found in Terry Pratchett's books and I adore them. They're funny, strong, independent, clever, and just plain fantastic. At least, in my opinion they are. I promised myself that if I ever had a daughter that I would read her the Tiffany Aching books to show her that girls in books can be so much more than the damsel in distress. Well, I had two sons but I can think of no reason why they wouldn't need the same lesson. It's good to know that in a world with Bella "The Blank Slate" Swan, there are other much more interesting and powerful female characters in literature.

[Rockccoli]

Aqua from the Kingdom Hearts games, definitely. First of all, I find her to be the only female character in the series who bridges the gap between 'wallflower love interest' and 'bad-guy psycho-b*tch'. She is very independant and never needs saving. She's sweet, but she kicks ass too. And I find that I really connect with her personality. Not to mention she's extremely attractive~ Jokes aside, I really enjoy her character. Very smart, very capable, and made with unimaginable amounts of awesome.

[Ryan Leahy]

Liesel Meminger

Danerys Targaryen

Lisbeth Salander

 

[Rhys Paterson]

I'm going to go with Granny Weatherwax from the Discworld novels, she's just such a brilliant character.

[Liren Jamoon (Not real name)]

I like Prim and Johanna, from the Hunger Games.

and Rue.

[Clarissa Ostman]

Oh this is hard. I can't only pick one.

Hermione from HP or Meggie from Inkspell.

[LydiaAnnEspley]

I do love the book thief its a brilliantly written book :) My absolute favourite female character has to be Gertrude from Hamlet. But from novels it has to be Margot from Nabokov's  Laughter in the dark because she's so unbearably cruel and she grows throughout the book and just becomes nastier and nastier she's one of those characters that intrigues you completely.