#plucky girls

[bouncinghedgehog]

"In 1955, Ramona Quimby, a near American cousin of Pippi Longstocking, tumbled into the picture, all scraped knees and exuberant doodles. She and her creator, author Beverly Cleary, united with Pippi and Lindgren in literary confederation, bright beacons for little girls who have been variously told they are too much: too loud or pesky or hyperactive. Upon a cursory read, it might be tempting to describe Ramona as mischievous, but Cleary herself has protested against this accusation, and with good reason. Ramona loves the world with ferocity; she does not so much want to disturb it as she yearns to discover, to turn it over, examine every piece and crook and marvel at why each creature, commodity, and substance exists the way it does. 'She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next,' explains Cleary in Ramona the Pest." Read more about this beloved Mighty Girl character at https://bit.ly/3GMW8yi

If you'd like to introduce your kids to the irrepressible Ramona Quimby, the Ramona series is now available in a colorful box set for ages 6 and and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/ramona-quimby-box-set

The series is also available in two box sets -- the first four books at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-ramona-collection-vol-1 and the second four books at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-ramona-collection-vol-2

For box sets of series starring similarly spirited Mighty Girl characters for ages 6 and up, we recommend the "Amelia Bedelia 10-Book Box Set" (https://www.amightygirl.com/amelia-bedelia-box-set), "Dory Fantasmagory" (https://www.amightygirl.com/dory-fantasmagory-outside-the-box-set), and the "Heidi Heckelbeck 10-Book Collection" (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-heidi-heckelbeck-ten-book-collection)

To introduce children to Beverly Cleary's extraordinary life story, we also recommend the picture book, "Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/just-like-beverly

For adult fans of Beverly Cleary, we highly recommend her two delightful memoirs: "A Girl from Yamhill" (https://www.amightygirl.com/a-girl-from-yamhill) and "My Own Two Feet: A Memoir" (https://www.amightygirl.com/my-own-two-feet)

#Ramona #ramona quimby #Beverly #beverly cleary #plucky girls

[nicollekidman]

can we return to the joe alwyn enforced era of obfuscation and metaphor bc i’m dying to know less about the details of her life i’m trying to hear impactful imagery.

#literally the people are asking for the noseless man and the plucky girl.. #before anyone yells at me all her original work was also like this i’m just being silly #taylor swift

[h0neygh0ul]

PPG X TINY TOONS

#h0neygh0ul #tiny toon adventures #tiny toons looniversity #tiny toons #looney tunes #plucky duck #buster bunny #hamton j. pig #power puff girls #ppg #fanart #fandom #digital arwork

[tantive404]

Recently, I came across these tweets, and I kind of can’t stop thinking about this.

I adore villain x heroine ships and dynamics, and frequently find myself pondering what it is I love so much about them. One thing I’ve come to notice is this very idea: the importance of the male villain’s desire for her… his near-obsession and the fact that he is threatened by her. And, as mentioned in those tweets, part of what makes that so special is the rarity of seeing men or male characters treat women as being so important, as being valid or worthy of consideration as a threat. To me, it can be almost empowering to explore such dynamics through fiction.

One of my favorite movies, of course, is Star Wars: A New Hope, and primarily because I’ve always been absolutely obsessed with whatever is going on with Leia and Vader and Tarkin there. It always draws me right in… the powerful Dark Lord near-obsessively chasing down this tiny defiant young princess, slaying so many soldiers and going through such effort, so adamant that she be brought to him alive.

And from there, she’s treated as a high-class prisoner, heavily guarded and locked up tight, interrogated ruthlessly… but resisting with all the strength and pride of a leader in an underdog rebel movement. She’s essentially the one who is the key to the entire story.

As for Tarkin, he spends much of his screen time dealing with Leia… focused on how best to break the rebel prisoner who holds such key information in this galaxy-spanning war. Most famously, of course, this is illustrated with the destruction of Alderaan… an entire planet wiped away as an act of spite and a means to manipulate the girl he regards as a critical enemy. He is rather creepy and demeaning to her, too, but this only serves to add to a complex power dynamic worth exploring….

Moreover, I imagine it is rare to see a powerful military man treating a nineteen-year-old young woman as a credible threat to his Empire, but in ANH, it’s very much the case. And with the villain/heroine subtext I rather enjoy envisioning from their little scenes together, it can be quite captivating and unique.

There are a lot of similarly enjoyable pairings in many mahou shoujo series— Usagi and Dimande in Sailor Moon, Ichigo and Kisshu in Tokyo Mew Mew, and all manner of Pretty Cure rarepairs— where young girls simply trying their best are the ultimate key to defeating evil and have an ongoing rivalry/love-hate relationship with the worst of monsters. The subtext in such dynamics is fun to explore just as it popular in fandom to do with many popular male superheroes and their archenemies— Batman and the Joker, for instance.

In fact, even when it comes to the most cliche and stereotypical damsel-in-distress stories, the inciting incident, the villain’s capture of the innocent girl, always comes from his inherent desire for her— whether it be her beauty or status, or some form of obstacle which she presents to his evil plan.

It’s so strange and fascinating to think that these sorts of dynamics, particularly when it comes to ship discourse in fandom, are often decried as “toxic” and “abusive”. It’s not as if there aren’t some very dangerous power dynamics at play— which only makes these relationships that much more fun to explore in fiction— but so too can they truly serve as a power fantasy for women and girls, who are so often told made to feel as if we aren’t important.

Sometimes I just need a villain to chase me across the galaxy and regard me as his “worthy foe”, you know? 🥺🥰

#villain x heroine #enemies to lovers #damsel in distress #terrible analysis by tantive #tarkin x leia #leia and vader #willeia #vaderleia #usagi x dimande #kisshigo #leia organa #darth vader #wilhuff tarkin #i am just having some thoughts ok #I love it when a plucky tiny girl is pursued by a creepy dangerous villain #it’s fun

[dishsaop]

does anyone have recommendations for fictional media that has like. actual lesbians in it. not like supergirl Two White Skinny Girls, One Blonde and One Brunette Kiss media, or "its implied lesbianism!!!" but just regular fucking lesbians

#i say lesbians but i guess i mean sapphic #im just like. tired of gnawing #and of men also. sorry men in my life i love you but on god if i have to pretend one more man is butch just to get #content that isnt m/m or m/f im going to turn into a horse and run into the wilderness until im saved from the glue factory by a plucky #young woman except instead of letting her have her formative summer where she trains me and bonds w me and wins a competition w me #im going to commit horse suicide in front of her & change her life forever. just because im so tired of bland CW-marketable women kissing & #digging for scraps in a refuse bin while brushing aside 7002993829292929939292929399394 gay and het romances #m text #i will also take nonfictional lesbians if its like a story #not to be whiny on main but one of the hardest hurdles i had to jump wasnt realizing i was a lesbian. i came out to myself and to friends a #lesbian multiple times. but i would always walk it back when a friend would express doubt or a male friend would ask me out #bc i dont and especially then didnt know very many lesbians in person. and so i had to turn to examples #and all i fucking had were fictional women who liked men. or fictional lesbians who were so cleaned and sanitized and prettified #(you all know what i mean right. the 2 skinny white girls one blonde one brunette. im not crazy right) #and i would be like. i dont feel things when i look at these fictional lesbians so i guess i belong back here #(this is also bc my gender ended up being fuckier than i realized but shhhhh) #I WAS GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THESE TAGS but theyre too long and im lost. #anyway the point is if people werent so fucking weird abt fictional or onscreen lesbians maybe thered be a lot more people comfortable bein #out as lesbian #like sorry but this awful ouroboros of 'all lesbians onscreen have to be cute and sanitized' meaning that people write and believe wlw has #to be cute and pure and sanitized (OR a 'badge of honor' bc good for u u doodled two women together or had it as a background in ur fic) #meaning that therefore all portrayals of lesbianism continue to be like this. is just #and im also gonna be honest theres probably a lot of good sapphic media im just in the wrong circles to have stumbled into lol. so #yknow. personal viewer bias here #but i still like swing wildly between overly brandishing my dykeness as a badge to feel like im proving im lesbian #and like. backing up under a blanket bc i dont wanna be weird or annoying or freak people out #but if people just Saw Normal Ass Lesbians. aough. #im going to watch revolutionary girl utena one of these days even if i struggled w the writing style the first few episodes #I JUST WANNA SEE AN OLD BUTCH ONSCREEN GET SOME PUSSY. #like it also doesnt help im mostly femme4butch so seeing 2 femmes on screen is like. okay cool so what. but only femmes are 'marketable'

[lurking-latinist]

anybody read Flatterland by Ian Stewart? I read it at a Formative Age; it’s a quasi-sequel to Edwin Abbott’s Flatland that covers things like hyperbolic geometry and the geometry of spacetime and black holes and things

and for me it’s one of those things that you reread and you say “oh THAT’S where my taste came from”

#touchy absurd blustery endearing spacetime traveller #and his plucky girl companion (who is the actual protagonist) #flatterland #look an awful lot of my Formative Reading was things intended to teach you math/science in story form #which no doubt is why I turned out like this

[bandaidfingers]

🩸DRACULA’S DAUGHTER (1936)🩸

First film in my list that is neither an adaptation nor features a Dracula! This film is a direct sequel to the Bela Lugosi film. Not exactly a good movie imo, but one with some worth-while (if a little underexplored) concepts. The only recurring character/actor is Edward Van Sloan as Professor Van Helsing, the film opening with him being arrested for the murder of Count Dracula which he proudly confesses guilty to. The B-plot continues with Van Helsing attempting to prove his justification for killing the Count, and consequently prove his sanity. Unfortunately we don’t learn the outcome of Van Helsing’s trial, but can only hope he won his case as the film proceeds with its main antagonist, the titular Countess Zaleska. Circling back to the theme of sanity, Zaleska tries to force a psychiatrist to cure her of her vampirism, arguing just as Van Helsing does, that the mysticism of vampires goes hand in hand with science and medicine.

The scene I based my illustration off of is one in which Zaleska fails to resist her vampiric urges— luring a young woman to her home and convincing her to undress (did I mention I’ll be going out of my way to mention homoerotiscm in these little movie essays?) under the guise of using her as a partially-nude model for an art piece. The actress is shown, both front and back, with her bra loose and unhooked (rather racy for the era!) before being bitten by Zaleska.

#I FINALLY GET TUMBLR TO LET ME ADD MY RANT UNDER THE CUT LOL #tragic that I couldn't add them to my first two. they're on insta but you guys care more about my film opinions here <3 #dracula #dracula's daughter #inktober #hannah’s dractober #zaleska hypnotizes people with her huge ring instead with just like . her eyes for some reason lol #it's kinda fun #this movie also has a Plucky Secretary Girl character type that you usually see in detective movies of this era. #she's got the best outfits AND she drives a car <3 I'll post her on main actually you guys have to see her #I'd say this movie is worth watching just for her actually lol. she causes problems for her boss on purpose

[hideyseek]

what. ? !

#you meet a guy who teaches you how to make sheng jian bao. #he falls in love with you and writes you a letter confessing. and then resigns from THE RESTAURANT HE OWNS (?!) and runs away #three years later you meet as tourist in an european ... mall #he takes your grandmother's ring off the necklace around your neck and proposes to you RIGHT THEN (standing up?????) AND YOU SAY YES ???? #sometimes things will happen in a story and the story will still be. lackluster in some way #but also like hey. listen. i write a fair amount of fic. not a lot. some. YES THE RECONCILIATION GETTING TOGETHER CONVERSATION IS HARD #BUT CMON THAT'S WHAT YOU OWE THE AUDIENCE FOR MAKING THEM SIT THROUGH ALL THE REST OF IT #you cant just jump to AND THEN THEY GET ENGAGED #couldnt the girl at least have GIVEN him the necklace ?? #sigh .... all the women played by this lead actress were written in the most fascinating way: intended to be plucky and headstrong but #ultimately IS PRESENTED WITH ALMOST ZERO INTERESTING OR CHARACTER-DEFINING CHOICES / ACTIONS IN CLIMAX SCENES! #crying emoji ............ time to go read fic about it #hidey watches granting you a dreamlike life #okay i did like cheng musheng's line about forgiving himself. #wish they'd committed another episode to the modern day pair tho

[mzminola]

The Robin 1991 mini is a 1980′s martial arts action thriller that a plucky superhero sidekick has been dropped into as the audience surrogate figure. Like you could just have Tim be a teen visiting family, or a young martial artist coming to Paris to learn from a teacher there, and change nothing else, and you’d have a movie that dozens of iterations of used to fill VHS rental stores.

#former DEA agent CLYDE RAWLINS wants to AVENGE HIS FAMILY #deadliest woman in the world LADY SHIVA seeks greater and greater challanges #ex British military officer KING SNAKE leading French branch of Hong Kong criminal organization #planning to UNLEASH A DEADLY WW2 PLAGUE #plucky teen TIM DRAKE caught up in the dastardly plot #when he tries to save a girl from a gang that she's actually THE LEADER OF #it's a cheesy 1980's martial arts action thriller!!! #it is!!! #I kinda want a poster of this #DC #Batfam #Robin 1991 #Robin I

[stinkrascal]

this is cute!!

#tags #nobody tagged me but i like it so i will save it here #i like to make myself look very plucky in these picrews i think it captures my essence #pretend that cig is me smoking a blunt<3 i dont smoke cigs but country girls make do

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

currently luz only has a handful of glyph combos—invisibility, the sleeping steam spell she did with hunter, the hover spell, and the combos she got from phillip’s journal. i guess she kind of knows phillip’s teleportation glyph? anyway i’m surprised no one has said anything about trying to make a healing glyph? even if luz doesn’t know how to make one, you’d think she’d at least consider looking into it. healing magic is like. one of the basic things plucky fantasy adventurers need and luz is trope savvy enough to know that.

also it fits with her background. her mom is a vet and literally “heals” animals for a living. growing up with a parent like that, luz would have some interest or at least knowledge in medicine that she’d reasonably connect to magic. once she found out she can make glyph combos one of her first thoughts should have been “cool wonder if i can make a healing spell with that since i keep getting myself into danger.” the healing glyph definitely would have come in handy in the most recent episode where hunter almost died lol.

anyway if they never brought it up i dont think they’ll do anything special with healing glyphs. luz can’t discover every glyph combo for every spell in existence within the show. the fact that she’s “only” learned like 7-8 combos in all of season 2 and only discovered like 3 without phillip, shows how hard it is to discover these things. even if luz is considered to be “fast” at learning glyph magic. healing spells are just such an important part of the repertoire in classical fantasy, so i’m surprised that they barely mentioned it in the show.

#toh #the owl house #luz noceda #shut up pandora #this is because i saw her shirt with the staff of asclepius on it #which is a symbol for doctors and healing #its from her moms vet clinic but it made me think of the possibility of luz as a healer of some sorts in her adventures #obviously thats not her main role but the hexsquad doesn't really have a healer #unless you count hunter supposed first aid skills from the emperors coven #what would be cool is if the rest of luz's friends help her combine glyphs and make a healing glyph #and based on how luz is doing suicidal ideation now #and judging from her shadow in the basement scene in thanks to them #and the pattern of one of luz's owl family members sacrificing themselves to save her every finale #i predict luz is gonna get marcy wu'd while trying to save king and eda or her friends #and obviously she cant die bc shes the plucky teenage protagonist of a tv y7 disney show #so her friends use the healing glyph they came up together to heal whatever fatal wound luz gets #luz is quite literally healed with the power of friendship #weve seen everyone in the hexsquad but willow use glyphs after all #speaking of which willow still needs to have a scene where she uses glyphs i know her plant magic is strong but girl needs to expand #do a little wild magic as a treat connect with the rest of her friends by using glyphs #next episode i want willow to try her hand at using some glyphs #and in episode 3 i want luz to get horribly injured in the self sacrifice she'll inevitably try to pull #and her friends will come through and save her with the magic of friendship and whatnot #idk just a cool idea

[stergeon]

before barovia

here we have rokas, my wood elf tempest cleric of kord!! i sure hope nothing bad happens to her when she goes to help those nice folks deal with that nasty vampire :0)

#dnd #curse of strahd #i miss playing her :0( #this was the only campaign i ever 100% finished and my girl Went Through It #she was so NORMAL back at the beginning smdh #plucky and wannabe-noble #always trying to do the right thing #a nice girl yknow. #shame about that #rokas #elfposting

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

because laura amy schlitz never gets enough attention (if you’re a fan of, like, eva ibbotson or l.m. montgomery or karen cushman or gail carson levine or that ~flavor~ of author, i def recommend checking her novels out!), i just need to take a moment to say: a drowned maiden’s hair is so good, i’m almost done with my first reread in many years and drowning in my feelings!!!!!

#dollsome's deep thoughts #middle grade historical novels about plucky orphan girls who've never been loved before finding family? my GENRE!!! #also variations on this are just my favorite story always #hunt for the wilderpeople?? paddington?? ideal home????? #it's my heart's great weakness

[goldenkid]

'the unicorn and the wasp is bad' just say you hate fun and go

#doctor who #sorry but it's actually the best ever #donna eating grapes while they discuss who the murder is...harvey wallbanger...the flapper dress..'plucky young girl who helps me out' #'a wasp. THAT'S GIANT' #<- all bangers

[draggeddowntothedark]

How evil are you (from 0 to 100 percent)?

"... I guess there's always room for improvement?"

#;oh so plucky #... GIRL THAT NUMBER IS SO LOW LMFAO

[svogliata-mente]

almost forgot but I had the best fucking dream ever this night I wish I never had to wake up

#basically i was a plucky teenage girl who along with my younger brother (who was neither of my two younger brothers but a third #teenager coming of age movie typical younger brother) was kidnapped or stoaway or rescued I don't remember by pirates with a enormous ship #and on the boat there was also an old woman who was like. a rival pirate who was captured? and i found her hiding around #and she pushed me to go to the highest point in this fuckass humongous ship and i did it even though I suffered from height sickness #and it took like all day but i was a brave girl™ and finally i reached the top of the top and i saw the sea expanding under me #and then the captain of the ship came up behind me and i knew i was hired as a captain in training #anyway i can't explain the feeling but it was such a great dream like i knew that's where i was meant to be #and then i woke up T-T lemme go baaaaaack #me medesima