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aliengirl
06-01-2010, 02:16 PM
Yes, that's what I have asked - Who is your favorite female super-villain?
Okay, okay, I mean the villain (female)you HATE most, whom you wish to throttle and send to hell even before the story ends... of course, in fiction.

As for me, I give the highest position to 'Milady', the devil incarnate, of 'The Three Musketeers'.

P.S. No offense meant to villain blokes.:p
janesmith
06-01-2010, 02:30 PM
Arabella Donn in "Jude the Obscure"
BienvenuJDC
06-01-2010, 02:31 PM
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h4j7Q28zHsg/S6_U5foHa0I/AAAAAAAAA84/qntqizQL5-Y/s1600/Misery_Photo.jpg

Annie Wilkes (Misery)
Mr.lucifer
06-01-2010, 02:58 PM
You should have said villains instead of supervillains. It may make people think you're talking about comics.
Lokasenna
06-01-2010, 04:30 PM
Yes, that's what I have asked - Who is your favorite female super-villain?
Okay, okay, I mean the villain (female)you HATE most, whom you wish to throttle and send to hell even before the story ends... of course, in fiction.

As for me, I give the highest position to 'Milady', the devil incarnate, of 'The Three Musketeers'.

P.S. No offense meant to villain blokes.:p

Milady de Winter immediately leapt to my mind as well. I don't know about throttling however... I rather like villains. They are often much more interesting than heroes.

So, let's see... Queen Margaret from Richard III is a fantastic figure. Morgan Le Fey certainly has her moments as well, whenever she pops up. From my teenage years, I remember being very taken with Mrs Coulter in His Dark Materials as well.

Being an Old Norse maniac, I'll also plug Gunnhildr konungamóðir, the most powerful and monstrous recurring figure in Old Norse literature (excluding deities). A powerful witch, skillful machiavell, noted alchemist and famous sexual deviant - what's not too love?
MarkBastable
06-01-2010, 04:41 PM
I'm not crazy about Disney, but the stepmother in Cinderella is pretty loathsome, simply because she's so mundanely vindictive.

Portnoy's mom is untouchably infuriating too.
JuniperWoolf
06-02-2010, 01:38 AM
I hated Mildred from Of Human Bondage so, so much.
lalalauren
06-02-2010, 03:29 AM
Arabella Donn in "Jude the Obscure"

Agreed. Although I have to say I think Sue is worse.
Riesa
06-02-2010, 03:36 AM
ooops, life begins with your own smile. :nopity:
kasie
06-02-2010, 06:19 AM
Mrs Danvers.
snowdrop17
06-02-2010, 02:31 PM
You should have said villains instead of supervillains. It may make people think you're talking about comics.

I think comics are part of fiction too.

Aliengirl- Aunt of Jane Eyre is perfectly loathsome. She was basically the cause of her troubles.
kiki1982
06-02-2010, 03:57 PM
I think comics are part of fiction too.

Aliengirl- Aunt of Jane Eyre is perfectly loathsome. She was basically the cause of her troubles.

But, mind you, the cause of her happiness too, though... However I agree about her being loathsome.
Jive One
06-02-2010, 10:42 PM
Livia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livia) from the book I, Claudius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius). Not only was she a real historical figure, but she was wicked and power-hungry beyond belief.

In the novel, she maintains a huge network of spies and informants and possesses detailed files on anyone of import, thus having dirt on everyone and using it to great effect. Livia also ruthlessly frames and assassinates those who threaten the power of her and her husband.

That said, in real life she constantly maintained an outward benevolence and she served as a positive public figure for women in the Empire; maybe going so far as to increase the fundamental rights of women at the time.