Your ideal female character?

[Night Fury]

I like the ass kicking babes. I dunno, I grew up with them and I grew up with Joss Whedon's females and I think they're great. My opinion. More ass kicking babes with a good backstory though. I'll never get tired of characters like Buffy, Echo, Sarah Walker et al.... But then Agent Carter is a damn good female character - yes she can kick some butt but she's also really smart and uses that to her advantage more. Just motivated girls who can do it all. Also, in Joss's defence, his shows are action adventures. Of course his ladies are going to be pretty bad ass and kicking all ass to class. Anya wasn't exactly kick ass but I found her really well rounded - as with Fred (pre death) and Cordy.

I think Grey's Anatomy has some brilliant women. Bailey, Meredith, Cristina.... they're all women with great and differing motivations and they are well rounded, and great representations.

I love it when a writer isn't afraid to show a woman being vulnerable too, I have this theory that being a 'strong woman' isn't always about shouting the loudest and hitting the hardest, sometimes a strong woman is someone in the background. I love the scale of emotions that Shonda Rhimes brings to the table with her characters. Lexie and Sloan's romance arc was compelling because Lexie was always so vulnerable - and apologetically so. A writer who is not afraid to realise that vulnerable does not equal weak.

OH. Genuine female friendships, that aren't just a plot device - and they don't just talk about boys or other girls or bitch about each other. Just real smurfing friendships where they talk about dumb trout and support each other and are nice to each other.