V I R A♀️O

reclaiming the word ⚔️ trans women are women ⚔️ beware of spoilers ⚔️ open to media recommendations and tag corrections!

[viragone]

virago (vi·​ra’·​gõ)

a violent unpleasant woman who is often angry [Cambridge dictionary]

tag system under the cut

Character's Name / Name of Media (YYYY) / Actor's Name / franchise tag

media: books / comics / documentaries / films / games / television

type: art / gif / still / txt

weapons: arrows / blades / bombs / bullets / flames / knuckles / mecha / powers / staffs

genre / themes: apocalyptic / comedy / crime / fantasy / horror / period / revenge / scifi / space / spy / superhero / thriller / western

misc: animated / armour / herstory / royalty / sapphic / war paint

content warnings: cw asphyxiation / cw blood / cw flashing / cw beheading / cw dismemberment / cw gore / cw sexual assault / cw zombies

[dailyflicks]

I onde dager (The Trip, 2021) dir. Tommy Wirkola

[junkfoodcinemas]

Kô Shibasaki as Mitsuko Sôma || Battle Royale (2000)

[kaipanzero]

Ladki: Enter the Girl Dragon (2022)

[junkfoodcinemas]

Iconic Female Action Heroes 

Pam Grier as Coffy - Coffy (1973)

Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley - Aliens (1986)

Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor - Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity - The Matrix (1999)

Uma Thurman as the Bride - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

Emily Blunt as Rita Vrataski - Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Charlize Theron as Furiosa - Mad Max Fury Road (2015)

Julie Estelle as The Operator - The Night Comes for Us (2018)

Matilda Lutz as Jen - Revenge (2018)

Amber Midthunder as Naru - Prey (2022)

[arenagods]

ELLEN HOLLMAN as SAXA in SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE (2012) Episode 9: "Monsters"

[m-rod-unofficial]

Michelle Rodríguez as Katarin || BloodRayne (2005)

[acecroft]

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) dir. Paul W.S. Anderson

[viragone]

SHU QI as NIE YINNIANG in 刺客聂隐娘 | THE ASSASSIN (2015)

[viragone]

SHU QI as NIE YINNIANG in 刺客聂隐娘 | THE ASSASSIN (2015)

[tesb]

The world sees me and sees a hateful monster. An onryō. My own mother saw it too… and could not love me. BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023)

[maggiecheungs]

sword beneath the flowers • 花下劍

Five Elements Ninjas (五遁忍術) dir. Chang Cheh, 1982

[horrorwomensource]

Samara Weaving as Melanie Cross • Mayhem (2017) dir. Joe Lynch

[pink-vacancy]

Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung in The Heroic Trio (1993)

[letoghanima]

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow Captain America: Civil War (2016) dir. Anthony and Joe Russo

[entreri]

Sheva Alomar in Resident Evil 5

[acecroft]

DARK MATTER | 3x10 Built, Not Born