Month of Awesome Women: Cara Mason (Legend of the Seeker)

[such_heights]

Sorry I'm behind on comments on these posts, folks! But I'm really glad people are enjoying them. \o/

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"You must never speak your mind on any subject but always defer to the opinion of your masculine betters."

"There's no such thing."

Cara Mason



There are a lot of things that I love about Cara. I love her sarcasm, her sense of duty, her commitment to whatever task she has decided is worthy of her attention. I love her hair! But the thing that I think is best about her is the way she is entirely unapologetic about who she is. She's terrible with expressing emotion and with understanding it in others, and she's frequently brittle and harsh and rude. Although Kahlan does try - fairly successfully - to soften her around the edges just a little, in the end? Cara is Cara, and that's the way we all love her.

To me she's always been a fantasy version of Seven of Nine from Star Trek - the little girl stolen away and moulded for a single purpose who then has to rediscover her humanity. That journey was just beautiful to watch, especially as it was told mostly through her relationship with Kahlan, bless. Even though she does gradually learn that it's all right to have feelings, that doesn't mean she has to have feelings about everyone, all of the time, when you can agiel them in the face instead.

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Lightning Field by bradcpu (Cara/Kahlan)
I'll be everything I'm not.

Comments

[netgirl_y2k]

Oh, Cara. Her face, her secret feelings, her habit of agieling people in the face. I love her so.

And, gosh, you're so right about her being a fantasy version of Seven.

[fly_to_dawn]

Oh Cara, you big damn queer hero, you ♥

[timeasmymeasure]

*jumps up and down*
SHE IS MY FAVORITE!!

I love your comparison to Seven of Nine.

[lorax]

ILU Cara!

The comparison to Seven is something I hadn't thought about, but it is pretty apt!

[calapine]

For me, the most important thing about Cara is her Lolarious Facial Expressions. That's the sort of thing that gets me to go from liking a character to OMG!LOVE.

[such_heights]

oh man AGREE. She has the best eyerolls in ALL THE LAND.

[hibernate]

FAVOURITE.

It's kind of funny that you compare her to Seven, because I would rate both of them among my top five favourite characters ~of all time~, and I've definitely thought about the similarities more than once. (I have a type.)

[such_heights]

Heeee! It is an EXCELLENT type, I commend you on your taste.

[lunarwolfik]

Oh, Cara <3

You sum up her awesomeness really well and the idea of her being the fantasy version of Seven makes a lot of sense (and is something I never realized..)