Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Beyond Winnie Cooper
A couple of days ago, PTV sent me an
extremely well-written article on how a whole generation would always love
Winnie Cooper (http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/04/i-love-winnie-cooper.html).
Despite not having seen the whole of The Wonder Years, I could, like so many of
us, instantly connect with it, and an ‘I love Winnie Cooper’ T-shirt would
always be welcome. And forever one to conduct hypothetical thought experiments,
I immediately set about thinking of other ficitonal women that I will forever
love. This post is a feeble attempt, born out of ennui at an airport lounge
(EAL), to pay tribute to some of these exceptional ladies who have been the
subject of many a ‘stirrings’. In no particular order whatsoever:
1. Jeanie (I dream of Jeanie): who I will
forever dream of
2. Princess Jasmine (Aladdin): the orignial ‘doe-eyed
girl with the delightful crinkly nose’
3. Hermione Granger (Harry Potter series): if
the article I posted were to be re-written a decade from now, Hermione would be
the runaway choice for the subject. And I’ll always give more credit to Emma
Watson than to JKR for this girl who would have captured the hearts of a
generation
4. Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge (Archie
comics): Because there are some things that I will never be able to make up my
mind on
5. Prudence Cowley aka Tuppence (Agatha
Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence): I really wish Agatha Christie had not made her
age so soon by the time she wrote N or M. A special mention to Lady Frances
Derwent here as well, who I will always consider an avatar or Tuppence
6. Penny (The Big Bang Theory): Because you
can’t even think of being a geek without loving Penny. She is Hope. She is also
one of only two women who’ve been the sole subjects of my desktop wallpaper,
Emma Watson being the other
7. Acid Burn (Hackers): I saw Hackers, loved
it and realized it was one of the few movies that IMDB and I didn’t see eye to
eye on. In my defense, a girl hacker who’s played by Angelina Jolie is the
dream of any guy who has any claims to geekdom whatsoever
8. Laurie Juspeczyk aka Silk Spectre II (Watchmen):
The hottest super-hero. Ever.
9. Monica Geller (F.R.I.E.N.D.S.): Monica,
huh? I always thought it would be Rachel
10. Laila (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara): For her
take on life (Life mujhe inspire karti rahe, insaan ko bas
dabbe me tab rehna chaahiye jab who mar gaya ho), for her role in apne hone par mujhko yakeen aa gaya and for being the single
biggest hope before any vacation these days
11. Robin Scherbatsky (How I Met Your
Mother): She had me at “… and that’s how I met your Aunt Robin”
12. Maddie Bowen (Blood Diamond): “Three out
of five ex-boyfriends polled think I need to be in a constant state of crisis.
Maybe I just give a shit.”
13. Wilhelmina Harker (Dracula): I always
thought few have epitomised courage and inspiration better
14. Andrea Sachs (The Devil Wears Prada): I’ve
got a feeling that Anne Hathaway playing the role had something to do with this…
15. Videl (Dragonball Z): I believe the word
is adorable
16. Anjali (Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander): A
staunch friend, the subject of Pehla Nasha and
a girl who could tinker more than well with cars- she beat Mikela Baenes to the
spot and that’s saying something
17. Evey Hammond (V for Vendetta): Because Natalie
Portman plays an Alan Moore character. Does one doesn’t need a reason to
forever love her?
18. Irene Adler (Sherlock Holmes): Because no
list would be complete without THE Woman
19. Jennifer Cavalleri (Love Story): Because
20. Aditi Goyal: For those of you’ll get this
And now, if one of these had to come to life,
who should it be?
Do try this hypothetical thought experiment,
kind people. If nothing else, it does a great job of beating EAL. Time for my
flight.
# posted by Saagar @ 6:09 pm 
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2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 18 would probably have made my top 20 as well. Then again, they weren't all innocuous, Winnie Cooper-esque infatuations. 6 and 12 most certainly weren't.
Anyway, this sounds fun. I shall make a list of my own.
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Anyway, this sounds fun. I shall make a list of my own.
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