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such_heights) wrote2011-01-20 11:15 pm
such_heights) wrote2011-01-20 11:15 pm
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Month of Awesome Women: Astrid Farnsworth (Fringe)
"I've been taking computers apart since I was like, six."
Astrid Farnsworth
Astrid Farnsworth, the criminally under-used Junior FBI agent and computers and linguistics genius. She's smart, funny, capable, patient and hugely underappreciated by the show.
In many ways she is the everywoman of the show at this point, as she's not directly caught up in all of the weirdness. I get the impression that she might actually look forward to going home at the end of the day and maybe even stand half a chance at thinking about something else for a while. She's endlessly good to Walter which is always impressive, and she never asks for the recognition that she totally deserves. Instead, she works and works away at problems until she solves them with her awesome brain power, whether she's applying it to mathematics or Latin (nnngh).
However, it is my personal canon that this is partly made up for because when she goes home at the end of the day there is this awesome girlfriend waiting for her who doesn't particularly care about her job and just wants to snuggle on the sofa and eat ice cream and watch movies. Right? Right. On tumblr,musesfool suggested this could be Veronica Mars.
ASTRIIID. I LOVE YOU. HAVE MORE TO DO IN THE COMING EPISODES.
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I don't have a fanwork rec for Astrid! Sadface! Please rectify in the comments if you have links to hand. I do however recommend Jasika Nicole's tumblr, sugar booty, where she posts art and answers fan questions and talks about queer activism sometimes and in general is amazing.
Astrid Farnsworth
Astrid Farnsworth, the criminally under-used Junior FBI agent and computers and linguistics genius. She's smart, funny, capable, patient and hugely underappreciated by the show.
In many ways she is the everywoman of the show at this point, as she's not directly caught up in all of the weirdness. I get the impression that she might actually look forward to going home at the end of the day and maybe even stand half a chance at thinking about something else for a while. She's endlessly good to Walter which is always impressive, and she never asks for the recognition that she totally deserves. Instead, she works and works away at problems until she solves them with her awesome brain power, whether she's applying it to mathematics or Latin (nnngh).
However, it is my personal canon that this is partly made up for because when she goes home at the end of the day there is this awesome girlfriend waiting for her who doesn't particularly care about her job and just wants to snuggle on the sofa and eat ice cream and watch movies. Right? Right. On tumblr,
musesfool suggested this could be Veronica Mars.ASTRIIID. I LOVE YOU. HAVE MORE TO DO IN THE COMING EPISODES.
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I don't have a fanwork rec for Astrid! Sadface! Please rectify in the comments if you have links to hand. I do however recommend Jasika Nicole's tumblr, sugar booty, where she posts art and answers fan questions and talks about queer activism sometimes and in general is amazing.
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In conclusion, ASTRID ASTRID ASTRID. And fanworks links in the comments for me to read, \o/
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