Harry Potter -- Hermione. Originally for being a swot who was actually shown as heroic for once, and then for becoming just across-the-board awesome.
The Hunger Games -- Haymitch. Because I have a soft spot for characters who overcome personal weaknesses to do the Right Thing, and also for manipulative bastards if they're manipulating to do what's necessary to achieve that and also have a high success rate (see also: Snape, Dumbledore)
A Song of Ice and Fire -- Robb Stark. An old head on young shoulders and one of the few crowned heads in the whole damn series who thinks of his rule in terms of responsibilities rather than rights, but also without the Talisman of Mistake Survival that (generally) comes with being a major POV character.
Doctor Who -- Donna Noble. Both brash and thoroughly vulnerable at the same time, but with great heart and common sense and sound underlying instincts once she got in a situation where they could really develop.
Star Trek-verse -- Kira Nerys. Great development throughout the series, as she moves from being a hard-edged former freedom fighter/self-proclaimed terrorist (you'd never get that theme treated as well nowadays) to someone much more rounded in how she views things, plus an unusually sympathetic Trek take on the idea of faith -- but always a woman of action, and who never forgets who she was under the Cardassian occupation and why. (Her actions in S6 Rocks and Shoals were beautifully set up -- the culmination of five seasons of plot and character development.)
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Date: 2012-08-29 10:15 pm (UTC)Harry Potter -- Hermione. Originally for being a swot who was actually shown as heroic for once, and then for becoming just across-the-board awesome.
The Hunger Games -- Haymitch. Because I have a soft spot for characters who overcome personal weaknesses to do the Right Thing, and also for manipulative bastards if they're manipulating to do what's necessary to achieve that and also have a high success rate (see also: Snape, Dumbledore)
A Song of Ice and Fire -- Robb Stark. An old head on young shoulders and one of the few crowned heads in the whole damn series who thinks of his rule in terms of responsibilities rather than rights, but also without the Talisman of Mistake Survival that (generally) comes with being a major POV character.
Doctor Who -- Donna Noble. Both brash and thoroughly vulnerable at the same time, but with great heart and common sense and sound underlying instincts once she got in a situation where they could really develop.
Star Trek-verse -- Kira Nerys. Great development throughout the series, as she moves from being a hard-edged former freedom fighter/self-proclaimed terrorist (you'd never get that theme treated as well nowadays) to someone much more rounded in how she views things, plus an unusually sympathetic Trek take on the idea of faith -- but always a woman of action, and who never forgets who she was under the Cardassian occupation and why. (Her actions in S6 Rocks and Shoals were beautifully set up -- the culmination of five seasons of plot and character development.)