kickass moms in media!

[kaydeefalls]

Alright, party people, I emerge from the aether seeking some inspiration. I've got a vague kernel of a vid idea, and I need your help! Could you give me suggestions of badass moms/wives in media fandoms? Sci-fi/fantasy/action genres, preferably. And while my preference is mothers, wives / girlfriends are also awesome.

I'm trying to show the perspective of women who are normally pigeonholed into the "wife" or "mother" role who actually get some agency of their own. Along the lines of Molly Weasley (HP), Abbey Bartlett (West Wing), Dana Scully (X-Files). Main or supporting characters welcome. Preferably those who do not exist solely to be fridged (a la Amanda Greyson in the Star Trek reboot) since I've already made THAT vid, although since media sucks when it comes to women, I'll gladly take characters who at least get SOME agency of their own before they're killed off for the sake of the dude's angst (i.e. Freya in Thor).

And yeah, Ripley in Aliens 2 totally counts.

Any and all suggestions welcome! I'm so far out of fandom right now, I have no idea wtf is going on in media these days, but I'm trying here. And thanks in advance!

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[tassosss]

Sarah Connor! Movies or The Sarah Connor Chronicles. While she's a bad-ass terminating machine with John at her side, she still has lots of mom moments with him.

Luxwana Troi! Star Trek: TNG whose relationship with Deanna is one of my faves.

You could probably make a case for the Many Mothers in Mad Max Fury Road, since it's implied that it's a village raising kind of situation, but there's no one woman who's specifically a mom with a specific child there.

Sarah Manning, Alison Hendrex, and Mrs. S from Orphan Black! Three moms, two generations, none of them fridged.

Aeryn Sun from Farscape! She becomes a mom in the PK Wars mini-series and her baby is basically born in combat.

Might not be the right tone, but the lead character in Arrival is a mom.

Teyla from SGA, though I stopped watching around her awful pregnancy plot so I don't remember if we ever see her actually being a mom much.

[tvillingar]

I've always been partial to Marion Ravenwood. So maybe she didn't want to keep that bar between snow and nowhere but she sure kicked ass and drank men under the table.

Also, Roz (points to icon) is my alter ego. I'm pretty much an office snail at this point in my life.

[tvillingar]

Whoops, I meant to comment this post directly.

[kaydeefalls]

Oooh, Mad Max, good idea.

Damn, I haven't seen most of these shows. Great suggestions...now I just need to spend a month watching the canons.