I want to see his historical badasses.
Many are here. I cannot try to pick a favorite, but anything involving Vikings is excellent.
Angel: I can stay in town as long as you want me. Buffy: How's forever? Does forever work for you?
'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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Strega - Oct 29, 2009 5:00:29 pm PDT #4741 of 30000
§ ita § - Oct 29, 2009 5:03:44 pm PDT #4742 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Nelson Mandela is adamantium clad hardcore. Also, the Jamaican National Heroine called Nanny, an escaped slave rumoured to have freed 800 after her escape always captured my imagination. She ran a town of escaped slaves that after her death ended up signing a treaty with the British to remain free even before slavery was abolished. They were just that much trouble to deal with.
sj - Oct 29, 2009 5:07:53 pm PDT #4743 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Who's your favorite historical badass?
Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Kathy A - Oct 29, 2009 6:14:09 pm PDT #4744 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Definitely Eleanor. Also, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.
Sean K - Oct 29, 2009 7:20:35 pm PDT #4745 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Rasputin. I like the crazy badasses.
erikaj - Oct 29, 2009 7:22:25 pm PDT #4746 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Victoria Woodhull. Political, yet slutty.
javachik - Oct 29, 2009 9:47:44 pm PDT #4747 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, and Sir Thomas Moore. Total badass.
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Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 30, 2009 12:44:16 am PDT #4748 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I'm going to this tomorrow! [link] To see The Shining. (It was that or The Omen in the afternoon, but I wanted to do drive-in in the dark.) Never been to a drive-in before. Very cool.
Fred Pete - Oct 30, 2009 5:25:29 am PDT #4749 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
A true badass has to have a certain style. Civil War Generals Grant and Sherman get my vote for the American subdivision.
Worldwide, though, I'll suggest Tsar Peter the Great. Hard to beat forcibly cutting off your subjects' beards.
Hayden - Oct 30, 2009 6:22:09 am PDT #4750 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The Men Who Stare At Goats was an excellent and funny book. But I can't imagine how it's going to translate into a coherent movie.