From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   http://www.bustle.com/articles/59139-the-top-8-best-female-joss-   
   hedon-characters-ranked-according-to-how-unstoppably-awesome-they-are   
      
   The Top 7 Best Female Joss Whedon Characters, Ranked According To How   
   Unstoppably Awesome They Are   
      
   Joss Whedon has famously said that, when he is asked (as he always, always   
   is) about why he writes strong female characters, his response is “Because   
   you’re still asking me that question.”   
      
   [snip]   
      
   His characters, both male and female, change over time, just like real   
   people do, so that our investment in them is not rooted simply in a handful   
   of concrete personality traits, but in their distinct, transformative   
   emotional journeys.   
      
   [snip]   
      
   7. Kaylee Frye, Firefly   
       The world in which Firefly takes place is not a friendly one, and yet   
   mechanic Kaylee Frye, played by Jewel Staite, manages to be the sunniest,   
   sweetest character in the Whedon universe. [snip]   
      
   6. Adelle DeWitt, Dollhouse   
       Adelle DeWitt is one of the most morally grey characters in the Whedon   
   canon. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she is also one of the most fascinating.   
   Adelle, played by Olivia Williams, does some terrible things in Dollhouse,   
   and yet she remains a sympathetic character. [snip]   
      
   5. River Tam, Firefly   
       River Tam embodies the central mystery that drives both Firefly and   
   Serenity. Beautifully played by Summer Glau, River is an elusive, strange,   
   but ultimately sympathetic young woman, whom we can only root for as she   
   slowly, painfully claws her way back to sanity. And, come on, her fight   
   scenes in Serenity? Incredible.   
      
   4. Anya Jenkins, Buffy the Vampire Slayer   
       Anya, a vengeance demon-turned high school student played by Emma   
   Caulfield, is consistently one of the funniest characters on BTVS. She is   
   hilariously, brutally honest, and yet somehow manages to be vulnerable and   
   extremely likable. She also really, really hates bunnies.   
      
   3. Cordelia Chase, Buffy the Vampire Slayer   
       Cordelia Chase, played by Charisma Carpenter, starts out in BTVS as the   
   standard high school “mean girl”: She’s hot, superficial, cruel, and not   
   very bright. As the show progesses, however, Cordelia becomes more than a   
   stereotype; we discover that, underneath the snark, Cordelia is smart and   
   even compassionate. By the time she becomes one of the main players on   
   Angel, she’s a character we all root for.   
      
   2. Willow Rosenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer   
       Willow changes more than any other character over the course of BTVS.   
   She begins the show as a sweet, innocent child, and ends as a powerful adult   
   witch, who has suffered the death of her lover, an addiction to magic,   
   and—oh yeah—that time she almost destroyed the world. Alyson Hannigan   
   handles Willow’s transformation from naïve to mature (and honestly sort of   
   scary) with aplomb.   
      
   1. Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer   
       Who else could top this list but Buffy Summers, the Vampire Slayer   
   herself? At the beginning of BTVS, Buffy (played marvelously by Sarah   
   Michelle Gellar) is essentially a thought experiment: What would happen if a   
   ditzy high school girl became a vampire hunter? But throughout BTVS’s seven   
   seasons, Buffy becomes one of the most complex, interesting characters on   
   television. Buffy may be a supernaturally gifted ass-kicker, but she is also   
   profoundly human, dealing with challenges and tragedies in ways that are   
   recognizable and emotionally resonant. Love.   
      
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