Favorite AND least Favorite Female Character?

[Kilana2]

Favorite characters: 7 of 9, Kira, B'Elanna and Janeway. And Troi - the Troi we saw in the movies, in Voyager and in the novels.

Least favorite: T'Pol and other female Vulcan Enterprise characters.

Pulaski was a different matter: there were moments where I disliked her and moments where she was really strong and had great scenes involving her. I disliked TNG Lwaxana, but I came to appreciate her more in DS9. My favorite scene was when she took care of Odo when they were stuck in that turbolift.

 

[TribbleFeeder]

Favorites

Uhura (TOS) how could you not love her, she was beautiful and fierce. Uhura knew who she was.

Ziyal (DS9) she was so sweet and so strong. She loved her father so much and really changed him for the better.

Dr Pulaski (TNG) She’s strong and intelligent. I wish they would have kept her around. She really had that “Doctor” feel, too, whereas I didn't get that from Bev.

Tilly (DSC) she’s hilarious and so endearing. I feel like Tilly is what they tried to do with Ezri but it actually fits. She’s one of the characters I feel like I can really relate to.

Janeway (VOY) while I do feel like we really don’t get to know who she is very closely, just that she has a dog and an ex-fiancé. I truly beilieved she was a great captain and really cared about the people on her ship. I just wish TPTB went a little deeper with her character, kind of like what they did with 7 of 9.

Least Favorites

Kira (DS9) I just instinctively didn’t like her character, she’s someone I feel like I probably wouldn’t get along with. The whole victimization piece was really annoying. Like, we get it, you hate the Cardassians... I also felt like she always had a new love interest, even if it was just for a one off episode and then we never see the person again. Also the shoulder pads.

Troi (TNG) the accent Sirtis chose was really annoying and I don’t recall any other batazoid sounding like that. There were a few episodes where she did this screaming thing and I literally have to skip them because it’s so annoying.

Both Daxes (DS9)
Jadzia Warrior Princess was infuriating in the later seasons when she basically lost her personality to become Klingon, then before the wedding she gets all pissy about it like a little child.

Ezri was Disney Princess Dax. No edge. Always giddy and quirky. Not an awful cheracter but the show didn’t necessarily need her.

Torres (VOY) she’s just angry all the time.

 

[Sparkle Fabulosa]

I never said she was worse than any other kid character in Star Trek. That would be a pretty tall order lol

I know you didn’t. I just think it’s a little odd to hate a character that had so little screen time.

 

[Terok Nor]

Favourite Main Characters : Captain Janeway, Seven of Nine, Jadzia Dax, Deanna Troi, Uhura

Least Favourite Main Character : Michael Burnham

 

[BillJ]

Favorites: Uhura, Abramsverse Uhura, Jadzia Dax, T'Pol, Michael Burnham (provisionally, though if the spoilers from the end of season one are correct, she'll likely move to my least favorite list)

Least Favorites: Kira, Janice Rand, Tasha Yar, Kes

 

[Mojochi]

I know you didn’t. I just think it’s a little odd to hate a character that had so little screen time.

I can't stand Worf's kid either & he had less

 

[Terok Nor]

Favourite Recurring Females : Guinan, Seska, Lwaxana Troi, Ishka, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, Kai Winn (love to hate her), The Intendant, Lursa and B'Etor, the Borg Queen

Least Favourite Recurring Females : The Female Changeling (evil racist genocidal monster), Keiko (whiney), Admiral Cornwell

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Favorite: Kira.

Least favorite: Troi.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Kira (DS9) I just instinctively didn’t like her character, she’s someone I feel like I probably wouldn’t get along with. The whole victimization piece was really annoying. Like, we get it, you hate the Cardassians... I also felt like she always had a new love interest, even if it was just for a one off episode and then we never see the person again. Also the shoulder pads.

This makes no sense to me.

Kira acted victimized because she was a victim. She grew up living in servitude and squalor, often going days or even weeks without food. Almost everyone she ever knew and loved either starved to death, was tortured to death, or was murdered for whatevs and was forced - in order to survive - to become a terrorist at an age where human girls were kicking soccer balls, attending pep rallies, going on their first dates, and barely learning to fly a transport shuttle. Kira was basically Anne Frank and Sara Ginaite [I've long suspected the latter was, in fact, a direct inspiration.] rolled into one.

And her "hating" Cardassians was the key to her entire arc. She went from hating them all equally as she learned to do as a child, to understand they're not all the same, to adopting one as a surrogate father figure, to ultimately being the linchpin to their salvation.

Also, she had three long-term relationships over the course of the show, each lasting at least the breadth of a season. The first guy was, for all intents and purposes, murdered. The second guy just grew apart as two people in long-distance relationships married to their jobs do. The third guy was forced to leave her because of intergalactic politics. I really don't see the problem here.

All in all, Kira was probably the most realistically portrayed and thoroughly evolved characters Star Trek has ever had - and really the one thing DS9 actually managed to do well.

 

[TribbleFeeder]

This makes no sense to me.

Kira acted victimized because she was a victim. She grew up living in servitude and squalor, often going days or even weeks without food. Almost everyone she ever knew and loved either starved to death, was tortured to death, or was murdered for whatevs and was forced - in order to survive - to become a terrorist at an age where human girls were kicking soccer balls, attending pep rallies, going on their first dates, and barely learning to fly a transport shuttle. Kira was basically Anne Frank and Sara Ginaite [I've long suspected the latter was, in fact, a direct inspiration.] rolled into one.

And her "hating" Cardassians was the key to her entire arc. She went from hating them all equally as she learned to do as a child, to understand they're not all the same, to adopting one as a surrogate father figure, to ultimately being the linchpin to their salvation.

Also, she had three long-term relationships over the course of the show, each lasting at least the breadth of a season. The first guy was, for all intents and purposes, murdered. The second guy just grew apart as two people in long-distance relationships married to their jobs do. The third guy was forced to leave her because of intergalactic politics. I really don't see the problem here.

All in all, Kira was probably the most realistically portrayed and thoroughly evolved characters Star Trek has ever had - and really the one thing DS9 actually managed to do well.

Sorry, I just didn’t like her.

 

[Tosk]

I also felt like she always had a new love interest, even if it was just for a one off episode and then we never see the person again.

Are you thinking of the right person? All of Kira's romantic relationships were long-term. There's only a single example of a maybe-relationship lasting one episode, and that's Tom Riker in Defiant. Kira actually had fewer one-off romances than almost every other main character.

 

[TribbleFeeder]

Are you thinking of the right person? All of Kira's romantic relationships were long-term. There's only a single example of a maybe-relationship lasting one episode, and that's Tom Riker in Defiant. Kira actually had fewer one-off romances than almost every other main character.

There were several episodes solely based on her love interests. She had Bareil, Shakaar, then alternate timeline Bareil, Odo (who she toyed with constantly), Tom Riker and then even one episode she flirted with Miles the whole time. And this isn’t even counting that episode where everyone got love struck and she made out with Bashir for an entire scene. It just seemed like they spent a lot of time focusing on who she dated. It was annoying.

Everyone gets so up in arms when I mention that I feel this way. I don’t know what else I can say, I just flat out wasn’t a fan of hers.

 

[Tosk]

It just seemed like they spent a lot of time focusing on who she dated.

Three of the examples you cited are not her dating someone. Riker kissed her, MIles and Kira had an odd little attraction going that neither acted on, and a telepathic attack caused her to make out with Bashir. Beyond those oddities, she was in long-term relationships with Bareil, Shakaar, and Odo. None of which were one-offs. There were plenty of characters who did have one-offs though, such as (off the top of my head) Ben, Jadzia, Julian, Odo, Jake, and Quark. And that's just Niners.

Everyone gets so up in arms when I mention that I feel this way. I don’t know what else I can say, I just flat out wasn’t a fan of hers.

I wasn't complaining that you don't like her, I was questioning a point you made. You can dislike whoever you want, obviously.

 

[1001001]

There were several episodes solely based on her love interests. She had Bareil, Shakaar, then alternate timeline Bareil, Odo (who she toyed with constantly), Tom Riker and then even one episode she flirted with Miles the whole time. And this isn’t even counting that episode where everyone got love struck and she made out with Bashir for an entire scene. It just seemed like they spent a lot of time focusing on who she dated. It was annoying.

Everyone gets so up in arms when I mention that I feel this way. I don’t know what else I can say, I just flat out wasn’t a fan of hers.

I didn't like Kira much either.

 

[Phil123]

Favorites: Kira for sure, mainly for reasons mentioned a few posts above. She had an arc, her character grew out of hatred, etc. No she may not always be easy to get on with, but great character. also Janeway - not always the best writing on Voyager, but when it was good, Janeway was a good character. Honerable mention to Captain Georgiou - wish we'd seen more of her.

Least favorites: Don't really have any string dislikes, I suppose Kes, and Troi and Beverly in early TNG - great actors, just so badly written for the first few seasons.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Honerable mention to Captain Georgiou - wish we'd seen more of her.

I liked the real Georgiou, not the Empress. I hated Empress Georgiou, she was just a bloodthirsty savage. And no, not everyone in the MU is like that.

It really sucks that we know more about Empress Georgiou than Captain Georgiou. Now whenever anyone hears that name they'll just think of the mirror version. And that's sad.

(What's even worse is that, after "Will You Take My Hand?", they let the Empress go! I can only hope that Starfleet put the word out that the Georgiou who's walking around on Qo'noS is the mirror version. It would be totally within her wheelhouse to try and pass herself off as the real one. Imagine the kind of damage she could do. Here's hoping there's an APB out on her...or, even better, that Chancellor L'Rell was informed of Georgiou's whereabouts and sent a hit squad after her. )

 

[Greg Cox]

Favorites: Uhura, Saavik, Ro, Kira, Seven of Nine, T'Pol, and possibly Valeris and the Borg Queen. ("Favorite" doesn't necessarily mean most likable. You can have favorite villains, too.)

Least favorite: Keiko, who was arguably ill-used on DS9. (She was fine on TNG, before she got stuck in the role of the unhappy spouse). And, forgive me, Chapel was kinda boring sometimes.

Majel Barrett was more fun as Lwaxana . . . even if I can never remember how to spell her name.

 

[Makarov]

Favorite: Captain Janeway
Least favorite: Kira

 

[Kilana2]

Favorites: Uhura, Saavik, Ro, Kira, Seven of Nine, T'Pol, and possibly Valeris and the Borg Queen. ("Favorite" doesn't necessarily mean most likable. You can have favorite villains, too.)

Least favorite: Keiko, who was arguably ill-used on DS9. (She was fine on TNG, before she got stuck in the role of the unhappy spouse). And, forgive me, Chapel was kinda boring sometimes.

Majel Barrett was more fun as Lwaxana . . . even if I can never remember how to spell her name.

I have to agree as to Lwaxana. In TNG the Germans used different voice actresses for the dubbing. It was annoying.
In DS9 there were better and more interesting Lwaxana episodes. Maybe it was because Lwaxana was in these episodes without Deanna but with other characters.

 

[Jedi Marso]

Fav: Uhura (TOS)

EDIT:
Least: Ezri Dax