I’ve not done one of these big illustrated posts in a long while, and I fancied an excuse to just draw some portraits. I’ve done podcasts, I’ve done Christmas movies, so I thought it was about time that I illustrated some of my favourite TV characters. You all know that I’m a big rubbish TV gal so this was always going to happen
This is by no means an exhaustive list (seriously), rather it’s just the few characters I thought of first when considering the TV that has shaped me. That’s a lie, this list was much much much longer, but then I had to be realistic about how much time I have, so there may be a part 2 to follow!
They also just happen to be incredible ladies
Ziva David
Procedural dramas are a huge part of my life. That’s not an exaggeration. I grew up with NCIS. I think my mum and I started watching from the second season, so 2005, when I was 12. So I really did grow up with this show. I have to be honest and say that I don’t watch it anymore, it’s not quite the same show I started watching. But it’s safe format, great whoddunits, witty banter and genuinely interesting character (enter the kickass lady above) were a companion to me and a background to conversations with my mum for so long that it had to kick things off.
Rory Gilmore
Gilmore Girls was the show I watched (as well as House – ugh why can’t I do them all) when I came home from school and desperately needed to recharge before starting homework and whatever side creative project I had going on. As a slightly isolated nerdy girl, Rory Gilmore, despite being hugely problematic, was something of an icon for me. Plus, while we’re not quite so co-dependent, having a positive mother daughter relationship on TV, as an only child who thinks their mum is the bees knees was so good.
Jude Harrison
This one feels like a more niche selection, but bare with me. The show Instant Star (off of Canadian TV then Nickelodeon I think?) was what brought me into the world of fandoms. I think I loved the online community more than the show in the end. But the fact that it brought me to dirtylittlesecret (was anyone else on DLS? It definitely sounds shadier than it was), then LiveJournal, then Fanfiction.net and Tumblr means I will be forever grateful to Jude Harrison and her angsty teenage songs.
Emma Woodhouse
The 2009 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma is my ultimate comfort show. I must have watched it 7 or 8 times now. There’s just something about it that soothes my soul. Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller are wonderful and the costumes and settings are so much more vivid than your typical Austen adaptation. But when it comes down to it, I guess I’m just a sucker for a great romance.
Jessica Jones
Like procedural dramas, I have a big space in my heart for superhero shows, and the most recent batch of Netflix Marvel adaptations have been great. I definitely could have picked from at least 2 handfuls of shows, but Jessica Jones stands out as a character I love, quite simply because she’s a badass. Sometimes you need to feel a little tougher, a little bitchier, a little like you give less of a fuck and that’s when you channel Jessica Jones. She’s her own saviour and she wears the heck out of a leather jacket.
