I've yet to run across a fictional Susan who isn't a bitch or no longer a friend of Narnia or somehow ridiculous or something.
The Discworld has a pretty awesome Susan.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Apr 11, 2005 6:51:39 am PDT #4579 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Betsy HP - Apr 11, 2005 6:52:58 am PDT #4580 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Oh, yes. The discworld Susan kicks righteous ass.
Susan W. - Apr 11, 2005 6:53:47 am PDT #4581 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
A Susan who kicks ass? Dude. I'ma have to read those for that alone.
juliana - Apr 11, 2005 6:55:24 am PDT #4582 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I'ma have to read those for that alone.
Hells, yeah. I love Susan Sto-Helit.
DXMachina - Apr 11, 2005 6:56:55 am PDT #4583 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
A Susan who kicks ass?
Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2005 6:59:50 am PDT #4584 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Susan on Coupling was by far the most sensible character.
t /Susan roll call
Nora Deirdre - Apr 11, 2005 7:00:22 am PDT #4585 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5.
My FAVORITE!
amych - Apr 11, 2005 7:00:55 am PDT #4586 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My great-grandma Susan totally rocked. (Even if it wasn't her real name)
Gudanov - Apr 11, 2005 7:04:59 am PDT #4587 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5.
"Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recomendations. Ivanova is God. And, if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out!"
Anne W. - Apr 11, 2005 7:09:24 am PDT #4588 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
A Susan who kicks ass?
Not only is she a Susan who kicks ass, she's a governess who kicks ass. Wonderful, wonderful character.