you who swallowed a falling star

A List of Fictional Ladies → Zoe Alleyne Washburne

Big damn heroes, sir.

I walk into a room, and for this industry, I’m impossibly tall. When they find it hard to pair you up with the opposite sex, then what’s left for a woman? Either you’re the ball-buster or the not-so-attractive girlfriend standing by the lead. I mean, traditionally not so attractive. Because you have your starlets and then you have their best friends who are these character actresses. When you fall within the cracks, you thank God for sci-fi, because they’ll give you a gun, and they’ll say, ‘Go over there and conquer that world. You kick some ass, girl!’

I walk into a room, and for this industry, I’m impossibly tall. When they find it hard to pair you up with the opposite sex, then what’s left for a woman? Either you’re the ball-buster or the not-so-attractive girlfriend standing by the lead. I mean, traditionally not so attractive. Because you have your starlets and then you have their best friends who are these character actresses. When you fall within the cracks, you thank God for sci-fi, because they’ll give you a gun, and they’ll say, ‘Go over there and conquer that world. You kick some ass, girl!’

villainesses:

INFAMY
(a ladies-only film noir, requested by katurarifka)

the hard-boiled detective - noma dumezweni
the intrepid young cop - janina gavankar
the nosy reporter - golshifteh farahani
the murderess - rekha sharma
the mob boss - gina torres
the femme fatale - lucy liu