idk what to put here today but i have a pretty icon

[heathershaped]

Apparently help_haiti has raised over $15,000 for this round?

Jeez, fandom. Jeez. ♥♥♥♥♥

blackmamba_esq won my auction fic (Guineverrrre! :D Gen backstory fic comin' up). idea_of_sarcasm won my auction graphics. LADIES, I AM YOURS. ♥ Thanks to them for their donations, and thanks to everyone who bid.

There will be another round for those who didn't get a chance to participate this time. 'Course, you can always donate outside of all that, as I did having been outbid for everything, haha.

Relatedly, a signal boost via karnythia: something beautiful I read.

Unrelated ETA. halfamoon is back!

Half a Moon is a fourteen day challenge celebrating female characters in fandom. Fanfiction, vids, recs, art, picspam, icons, meta, fanmixes, and outside links to content fitting the theme of this community are all welcome--the only rule is that the primary focus must be on a female character or characters.

Running Feb 1 to Feb 14. Remember last year's? Remember Glorious (which, by virtue of that vid alone, remains the only Muse song I can still stand)? YAY I AM SO PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR. Even if it's just icons.

Taking a page out of irony_rocks' book, an impromptu meme: Name your top five female characters of all time in the comments. Gogogogo.

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[such_heights]

Of all time? *boggles* THIS IS UNPOSSIBLE. D:

Martha Fucking Jones (she saves planets you guys)!
Jadzia Dax!
Kaylee Frye!
Laura Roslin!
Sarah Connor!

a;sldkas but, but, Gwen! And Uhura! And Starbuck and Teyla and River and everyone in Glorious plus some more, basically.

[lotesse]

Top five female characters:

Jane Eyre
Tenar from Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books
Faith the Vampire Slayer
Eowyn
Lucy Pevensie

Mine is the weirdest list ever

[brightfame]

I had to limit this list to those female characters who I not only admired, but identified with strongly, else I would never have kept it down to five. In no particular order:

Lucy Pevensie (Narnia Chronicles, C. S. Lewis)
Granny Weatherwax (Discworld, Terry Pratchett)
Dua (The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov)
Orual (Till We Have Faces, C. S. Lewis)
Fanta-Ghiro (cross-dressing warrior princess from an Italian folk tale)

That's two queens, one princess, one senior citizen witch/headologist extraordinaire, and one alien.

[copracat]

Of all time? Off the top of my head? Now, I could do you themed lists in groups of five over a whole year, but only five of all time?

Top Five Female Characters from when I was 11 years old who inspired me to do more and be more than my own environment expected of me:
Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables)
Emily Byrd Starr (Emily of New Moon)
George Kirrin (Famous Five)
Penny Robinson (Lost in Space)
Joy Shirley (Abbey Girls)