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Top 50 Older Women in Fiction - Grandmas Get Thing Done

Johnny Unusual

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
Arrested Development is a show that's aged weird. A lot of it does poorly, sadly and for a show mocking the uselessness of the rich, it punches down a little too much. But it's a show with brilliant joke construction that manages to play a long, intricate game with some stellar pay-offs. And it manages to create a cast of shits and make us pity them because despite their power, they are all so pathetic and insecure. Even Lucille, probably the most evil and manipulative of the Bluths often has moments of pathos, even if not of learning (the best example is manipulating her family into forgiving her manipulation, albeit in a way where I feel her upsetness is genuine if completely played up for the occasion so she doesn't need to bother introspecting anymore).

Also a great humanizing element is her pure, childlike joy at...

 
WisteriaHysteria

WisteriaHysteria

Lucille is incredible, just such a fun character. Absolutely diabolical, it's just aces to watch her do her thing. She's so mean and evil and cruel, it makes the rest of the family seem sympathetic, if only because you can go, "Woof, you really didn't stand much of a chance with her as a mom." She is 100% the perfect embodiment of the Old Money Matriarch, and it's fun to watch her get her comeuppance as a result. Only thing better than Lucille in her show is Lucille 2.
 
Kirin

Kirin

Summon for hire
(he/him)


#4
Captain Dola

Age: 60
Source: Laputa Castle in the Sky
Created by: Hayao Miyazaki
Portrayed by: Kotoe Hatsui, Rachel Vanowen, Cloris Leachman

Points: 152, Votes: 5, Highest: WildcatJF
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When we first meet Dola, it looks like she's the just the ringleader of a band of air pirates out for nothing but treasure, as they attack a government airship and endanger a young girl's life in the crossfire. But it turns out soon enough that the government agents are corrupt and traitorous and Dola, while *absolutely* an air pirate out for treasure, actually knows a good deal about what's going on and cares about the state of the world and the safety of innocents in addition to getting rich - becoming our young heroes' greatest ally as they attempt to survive and prevent a vicious former royal from getting the key to the world's most destructive power. She captains her small ship, crewed by her own family, with a carefully calibrated blend of strict discipline and love. She's a dangerous, crafty, resourceful fighter and strategist with a soft spot a mile wide.

Cloris Leachman, who leant her voice to the 1998 Disney dub of Dola, is yet another legendary actress we lost in 2021, at the age of 94. She acted alongside list-mate Betty White on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as well as other TV roles too numerous to mention which netted her a record-setting nine Emmy Awards.

Lokii said:
Lovable, vicious, legendary. She keeps a grenade in her brassiere.
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WildcatJF

WildcatJF

In Your Hands
(he / his / him)
Love this character's arc in Laputa. Just an exquisite, complex and amazing woman and was the first I thought of for this list.
 
Violentvixen

Violentvixen

WisteriaHysteria said:
You gotta get on that, VV. I feel the way about Laputa that most ppl out West feel about Spirited Away. It’s a tremendous film. And Dola is a big part of it.
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Oh definitely will, this sounds like a cool character and it looks like it's the first Ghibli film which is extremely interesting.

I'm kinda weird about Ghibli in that I actively don't like Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle. But The Wind Rises is brilliance and speaks to me and it definitely seems like I'm very rare for liking it so much.
 
FelixSH

FelixSH

(He/Him)
Laputa is so much fun, the dstillation of adventure in Anime form. I'm not as big of a Ghibli fan asmost people, but this one is, besides Pom Poko, probably my favourite.

And yes, Dola is great. Superfun character.
 
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