whetstone @whetstone.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Hard mode: name a FEMALE non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring. I saw someone say Granny Weatherwax, but I have not read so I can’t be sure. The only other woman I saw was Princess Leia and I’m sorry but that woman would be a dark emperor in a heartbeat & the galaxy would be well-run. 17082391102
Rose Mullen's The Mummy 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @anaemicroyalty.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Ms. Marple. She wouldn't have time for any of that nonsense. 2420
Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Susan Sto Helit from Discworld. She doesn't even want the power she has as Death's granddaughter. The power a ring could give her is a trap she isn't about to fall into. She has accepted the responsibility of being Death, so she wouldn't hesitate to destroy a troublemaking ring. 0130
Warframe Herzog @antitractionist.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Leia would fold REALLY quick. She is, for good and ill, her father’s daughter. 1150
Ooloi Polloi @frevilo.bsky.social · 30/12/2024media.tenor.coma woman in a blue dress is standing next to a large green monster .Alt: Princess Nausicäa standing next to the infant Ohm 050
Jason Downer SJ @jgdsj.bsky.social · 24/12/2024media.tenor.comhermione granger is holding a wand in her hand while sitting at a desk .ALT: hermione granger is holding a wand in her hand while sitting at a desk . 1260
Graf Jal-co-za @jalcoza.bsky.social · 24/12/2024I think most of these would manage: Ripley Sarah Conner Beatrix Kiddo Wonder Woman Mortica Addams (as long as no one threatens Gomez) Elastagirl My favorite nominee: Aibileen Clark (The Help) 6420
lesley.pizza @handle.invalid · 24/12/2024Gideon the ninth would resist the hell out of that ring, as long as the ring is not a woman. 4640
Brent Lockman @insomniainc.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Been tempted by similar things before.media.tenor.coma woman wearing a gold necklace and a red top has the word yunuen on the bottom rightALT: a woman wearing a gold necklace and a red top has the word yunuen on the bottom right 020
Dan @dandwig.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Are we talking Galadriel/Gandalf “get thee behind me” rejection, Bombadil “it just doesn’t affect me” or Frodo “months is good enough” resistance. (Not including Bilbo because his resistance is pure plot armor)? 5430
MiqoRems @miqorems.bsky.social · 26/12/2024loooooooooooooot of people in this thread completely missing the point of how the Ring corrupts and why Bombadil was immune 050
Jillian Whitton 🏳️⚧️, rising @jillianw.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Ahem bsky.app/profile/jill...Jillian Whitton 🏳️⚧️, rising@jillianw.bsky.socialName a non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring. withering sarcasm until the damn thing spontaneously combusts. 3341
Spuds'n'Butter @spudsnbutter.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Jo March ... those little women were resistant 180
Dave Medley @davemedley.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Kettricken from @robinhobb.bsky.social ‘s Realm of the Elderlings. All about the altruism… 050
Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Red Sonja, who I have absolute faith could do anything she put her mind to. 070
boggo2300.bsky.social @boggo2300.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Kinda missing the point, NO-ONE can resist the One Ring, some just hold out longer than others, and every one that did last awhile was a Hobbit so... 420
Amy Brock @amybrock.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Tenar of Earthsea. She gives up a ring (and much more)! 2390
ianlineham.bsky.social @ianlineham.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Weatherwax or Nanny Ogg (she'd just tell it not to be stupid) Alongside Dredd, Anderson - she's dealt with Death, Satan etc 1100
lurchhoover.bsky.social @lurchhoover.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Ariana, from Patricia Briggs Silverborn. She has an artifact that drains the power of all other magic items around her. The One ring will be jewelry and nothing more in short order. 090
dandera @dandera.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Muriel from courage the cowardly dog. And she wouldn’t even notice the wraiths 1120
Allison Wonderland 🏳️🌈 @genxandtired.bsky.social · 25/12/2024media.tenor.coman elderly woman in a blue jacket is making a face .Alt: Betty White in a blue jacket, dabbing. 1130
researchdoom @bananaintherama.bsky.social · 24/12/2024The heroine from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 000
D.W. Smith, Author @dmsliteraryj.bsky.social · 23/12/2024This was a good one and I chose Cersei Lannister. Let's connect! It was a good one! Hit me with a follow!media.tenor.coma woman in armor stands in front of a group of menALT: a woman in armor stands in front of a group of men 400
Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Gwen Higgins, from Scholomance, could have been written in response to this prompt! Sam category. Polychrome from the Oz books, Bombadil category. Tehanu from Earthsea, Gandalf category. Her sister Orm Irian too. 1100
David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Lily Potter. So long as no one’s threatening her family. 050
Kat ♠️🇨🇦✈️ @bookeroooo.bsky.social · 23/12/2024media.tenor.coma woman says " i am a goddess , a glorious female warrior "ALT: a woman says " i am a goddess , a glorious female warrior " 2510
Sara @mashara.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Gods, I can imagine the look of "behave" Granny Weatherwax would give the entire thing. The woman that when trapped in a magical mirror house and asked which one was real, pointed at her own chest and said "this one."? That ring don't stand a chance. 6860
Ginny @theendisnigh.bsky.social · 23/12/2024media.tenor.comtwo women are sitting on a couch talking to each other and one of them is wearing a blue sweatshirt .ALT: two women are sitting on a couch talking to each other and one of them is wearing a blue sweatshirt . 1370
Matthew Byrne @levraimatthew.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Hilda, and I won’t be taking any questions. Also Lyanna Mormont. 3220
Simon Batistoni @simon.batistoni.net · 24/12/2024Leslie Knope’s sense of civic duty would power her through, I think, especially with Ann Perkins as her Samwise. 5780
Sabrina (she/her) @blackrose4970.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Susan, Death's granddaughter, from the Discworld novels. Anita Blake, vampire hunter. Miss Marple, Sally Jackson (Percy's mom) 1510
Bob Lapham (He/Him) @boblapham.bsky.social · 23/12/2024I've scrolled a while and haven't seen her name, so I'll say, Mother Abigail from Stephen King's The Stand. 4330
David Thomas MooahahahAHAHA! @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Like Galadriel, I think the point with Granny is she wouldn't pick it up in the first place because she knows very well she would be an absolute horror with it. 41410
River Talesien🏳️🌈🖖🦉📖✒️ @rivertalesien.northsky.social · 24/12/2024Ms. Howard would not only resist the Ring, she'd march in a straight line to Mordor, push open the gates with one hand, knock everybody down with that Look and fling it into Mt. Doom like it had personally offended her. Then she'd head back to school and assign reading. No sweat broken.media.tenor.coma woman wearing a blue shirt with a pattern of chains on itAlt: Sheryl Lee Ralph as Ms. Howard in a gif from Abbott Elementary: she is looking fiercely at something that does not please her. 2672
𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 ☽⛤☾ ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔩 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔢 @therunepony.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Applejack, SHODAN, and Princess Zelda. AJ might as well be a hobbit; she's perfectly content with her life and has no desire for power, wealth, or glory. Also she comes with her own Fellowship as a package deal. 130
Andrea Z @azenobia.bsky.social · 24/12/2024I don't agree. This isn't hard mode, it's a different perspective mode. Widen the horizon. Women characters often show strength in traditional + nontraditional ways. In the immortal words of Yoda - Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view. 4553
Tony Cheevers @tonyresearchs.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Recommend reading up on Granny Weatherwax, on the journey you’ll meet Tiffany Aching. 070
Bevershly @bevershly.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Maybe controversial, but this was my pickmedia.tenor.coma woman with a robotic face is sitting in a chair holding a tablet .ALT: a woman with a robotic face is sitting in a chair holding a tablet . 150
quin-rose @w3br4d1us.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Inspector Constable Muriel (if I may wedge them in based on their name) 040
𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Kettricken from @robinhobb.bsky.social 's gloriously wonderful Realm of the Elderlings story arc 🥰 #ROTE 030
Phrancq 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ @phrancq.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Season 7 Kira Nerys. Any earlier than that and she'd probably be tempted, but by the end she had developed into the kind of person who would easily be able to decide the price was too high. 020
Jack Howell @jackjhowell.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Easy, Maria Robotnik. She could benefit from having a ring. 160
hunzers.bsky.social @hunzers.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Jessica Jones. If she can resist the control of the purple b**tard, she can resist the One Ring. 2560
Polkageist (Pat W.) @p0lkageist.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Has to be someone like Bombadil who is so far above mortal desires that narratively they don't want anything. Sigil's Lady of Pain perhaps could possess the ring without it corrupting her in that she is on par w/ deity and has no motivations. 4120
814ev.bsky.social @814ev.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Several female characters from the Cosmere I would think, Vin, Marasi, Jasnah Kholin, Navani Kholin, Rebeke (from The Sunlit Man) 000
Storm of Steel Wargaming @stormofsteel.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Vinegar Tits from Prisoner Cell Block H. 000
Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Captain Michael Burnham! bsky.app/profile/geek...Joel Stocksdale@geekygearhead99.bsky.socialShe pretty much did, toomedia.tenor.coma woman with braids is wearing a red uniform with a star trek badgeAlt: Michael Burnham of the U.S.S. Discovery 020
E.V. Belknap @evbelknap.bsky.social · 24/12/2024How are we feeling about Tendi? #lowerdecksmedia.tenor.coma cartoon character with green hair and purple eyes is smilingAlt: a cartoon character with green skin and hair and purple eyes is smiling. It’s Tendi from lower decks. 5610
GoldSabre @goldsabre.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Frierenmedia.tenor.coma girl with white hair wearing a scarf around her neckALT: a girl with white hair wearing a scarf around her neck 2220
🏳️⚧️ NorElaine is Begging People to Use Alt-Text 🏳️⚧️ @secretlynora.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Not seeing enough Muriel Bagge. Obv the clear choice. 220
sanguinusshiboleth.bsky.social @sanguinusshiboleth.bsky.social · 23/12/2024The sad thing is most of the characters mentioned here would succumb to the Ring's temptations eventually; even Galadriel and Gandalf would have fallen if they got the ring and they knew it from the begining, that's why both refused to take it. 3130
PastoDeLlama @pastodellama.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Luna Lovegood.media.tenor.coma woman with blonde hair is standing in a dark hallwayALT: a woman with blonde hair is standing in a dark hallway 1640
Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Ellen Ripley, Wonder Woman, Kira Nerys. 3180
Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Luna Lovegood. She saw enough of death, corruption, and lure of power to resist. She wouldn't want to become like those who bullied her. 2920
Andrew Robinson (no, not Garak) @andrewr.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Delenn from Babylon 5.media.tenor.coma close up of a woman 's face with a feather on her headAlt: Delenn, a Minbari of the religious caste, from Babylon 5. 4771
Patrick Reid @oldmandoc.bsky.social · 23/12/2024The two that come into my head are Mags Bennett from Justified and Donna noble from doctor who 8770
Politics Mom @politicsmom.com · 24/12/2024Granny Weatherwax would resist it but she would also know enough not to keep it personally. Like Gandalf. 0360
Gravamen in Black @sreginald.bsky.social · 24/12/2024First two that come to mind... Erin Solstice Breq 030
Terry Estep @terryestep.bsky.social · 24/12/2024I put Trudy Wiegel’s odds at 50-50 because there’s a decent chance she’d forget it under a stack of Beanie Babies. 0110
Terry Estep @terryestep.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Granny Weatherwax for sure, and she’d make enough cutting remarks that Sauron would wish he’d never been born. 😂 3860
Makarov Fairelander @makarovfrlnder.secondlife.bio · 24/12/2024Warhammer 40K's Tarasha Euten. She would find the entire existence of the one ring completely ridiculous. 000
Thomas F. Varley @thosvarley.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Granny Weatherwax could resist the One Ring, but Nanny Ogg would have the good sense not to get tangled up with it at all, which is why Nanny Ogg is the most effective (if not the most powerful) witch on Discworld. 4871
Gray Flannel Man @grayflannelman.bsky.social · 24/12/2024My Mother-in-law. She’s 99 yo, survived the depression, a world war, buried 2 husbands, raised 4 teenage daughters in the 60’s as a single mother, and has one cream donut a year - right after her physical. 0170
AwwDHD 🥹 @mightyani.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Holtzmannmedia.tenor.coma woman wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket with the letter u on itAlt: Holtzmann from the 2016 Ghostbusters, smiling 1430
Tiger Pournelle, Furious Irish🏳️🌈 @tigerpournelle.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Carrington 130
Shane D - newest member Mary Hatch Bailey fanclub @myrthe.bsky.social · 25/12/2024If we can't get Galadriel "El" Higgins (h/t @sarkat.bsky.social), then our next best bet might just be - 030
Michael J. Corliss @corliss.bsky.social · 25/12/2024media.tenor.coma disney movie poster for raya the last dragonAlt: a disney movie poster for raya the last dragon 010
Elisabeth J. Hobbes author @elisabethhobbes.co.uk · 23/12/2024Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle. But she’d rock up to Mordor, sweep out the dirt and make Sauron a fry up. 31130
Fricking Delight (No Refunds) @blikethecheese.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Granny absolutely. Susan (also discworld) too. 0130
EspeciallyTheLies @swantheorchid.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Mary Poppins.... But Mary Poppins isn't really a "who" so much as a "what" Please see below. Julie Andrews on the other hand, would also be able to resist the ring... & lift Mjolnir if it came to it. 3210
jsussman.bsky.social @jsussman.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Granny Weatherwax absolutely; I saw someone else said Alien’s Ripley, which I agree with; I’d think Princess Zelda; although I haven’t played “Animal Crossing” and am thus saying this entirely based on Internet memes, Isabella (although maybe she’s more of a Samwise). 080
Julie Cassidy @jc4policy.bsky.social · 24/12/2024I would love to see a LOTR/Golden Girls mashup with Rose Nyland as Frodo! 1190
Noodleshop @noodleshop.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Laura Palmer At first, we might not think so, but she did resist one of the most absolutely corruptive forces. 1100
“Eerie Pall” gHostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Ms. Marple. She could and should be as famous as Poirot, but is quite content chilling in St Mary Mead and solving murders and saving lives selflessly. 1340
“Eerie Pall” gHostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Mary Poppins. She doesn’t need it. 3820
Morris Wayts @morriswayts.com · 24/12/2024Yu Shu Lien from Crouching Tiger & Hidden Dragon Kaylee Frye from Firefly 0260
Tim Gray @timgray101.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Delenn Wonder Woman (esp from the Morrison JLA) (As others have said, why do you think this makes it hard mode?) 000
💖&☮️🤞🏼 @spacegeraniums.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Also should add, Milly Thompson from Trigun. Strong Samwise Gamgee vibes.media.tenor.coma cartoon character with a surprised look on her face is pointing upwardsALT: a cartoon character with a surprised look on her face is pointing upwards 2300
💖&☮️🤞🏼 @spacegeraniums.bsky.social · 23/12/2024I think Yuna from FFX could.media.tenor.coma woman in a purple dress is holding a sword in her hands .ALT: a woman in a purple dress is holding a sword in her hands . 2160
Nevermind @cotoff.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Marla Mason OBVIOUSLY. Also Cordelia Naismith-Vorkosigan. 020
Pear @pearpairpare.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Granny would do the same thing Gandalf did: take one look at it, say "under no circumstances are you to give that thing to me," and hand it off to be someone else's problem. 121962
Thoroughly Educated Duck @educated-duck.bsky.social · 24/12/2024I’m gonna go with Tendimedia.tenor.coma cartoon character with green hair and a star trek uniform looks out a windowALT: a cartoon character with green hair and a star trek uniform looks out a window 2330
Mostly Harmless @toadlily.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Meg Murry from A Wrinkle In Time. Or her mother Kate Murry. Probably also Branwen Maddox O'Keefe, Meg's future mother-in-law. 070
Bonnie Patterson @bonniepatterson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Definitely Granny Weatherwax. Resisting things is pretty much her special power. 4641
hermajestykatniss.bsky.social @hermajestykatniss.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Mary Poppins. Because she wouldn't need it. 1200
The Menagerie @themenagerie.pmd.social · 24/12/2024I mean, Granny is the perfect answer, no notes. I would also offer Kari from digimon. She has experience resisting evil dark voices telling her to do stuff. 180
awaybyrail.bsky.social @awaybyrail.bsky.social · 24/12/2024tain shir from seth dickinson's masquerade series is probably immune 030
morgaine-pendragon.bsky.social @morgaine-pendragon.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Snoop (The Wire-- not saying she'd WANT to resist ... 😱) Morgaine of TMOA Julia Wicker, Our Lady of the Trees (The Magicians) Seven of Nine Lucy Pevensie 3160
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce @luckydoghotsauce.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Gloria Burgle, from Fargo (played by the immensely talented Carrie Coon) 130
Call me Trixie @trixienorton.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Brienne Tarth. Stephen King's Holly. great question! 1120
Captain_Duck @captainduck.bsky.social · 24/12/2024media.tenor.coma girl in a red dress stands in front of a red sign that says 100 yenALT: a girl in a red dress stands in front of a red sign that says 100 yen 060
DoomsdayNomad @davidsbakker.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Furiosa would drive and deliver the ring right into Mount Doom and not even blink 0160
Jack Witty @elementalisman.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Poison Ivy. Once she saw how badly the machinations of Sauron are destroying the greenery, it would be over 1140
Taleslinger @taleslinger.bsky.social · 24/12/2024I can name three: Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup. 1190
JacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Went with one of my favorite videogame series of all timeJacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular@jacketdan.bsky.socialName a non LOTR character that could resist the One Ring (Paragon mode only) 0110
Buffyslayer @buffy-slayer.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Arya Stark, Tiffany Aching, Mrs Weasley, Granny Weatherwax, Olamina (parable of the sowers). There's loads! Phoebe Buffay. Buffy. 7170
xXBroken_ButterflyXx @xbrokenbutterflyx.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Princess Celestia. Though, she'd problably refuse to ever bear the Ring. For the same reasons as Gandalf and Galadriel. 030
Jay Lynn @jay-lynn-farrow.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Kitty Pryde Bonus Bonus for historical figure: Hypatia of Alexandria 0110
Andy Beck @ahbeck.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Angela Merkel. Did you see how she lived when she was leader of Germany? And she's not even fictional. 0220
Serienya @serienya.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Tara.media.tenor.coma woman with long blonde hair is smiling and looking at the camera while sitting at a table .Alt: a woman with long blonde hair is smiling and looking at the camera while sitting at a table. (Scene of Tara from Buffy.) 0100
Lynnea Glasser @lynneaglasser.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Not the prompt, but I'm amused thinking about how each woman on Abbott Elementary would react to the ring, lol. 1120
Studio Tembo @studiotembo.com · 23/12/2024Dana Scully from The X-Files.media.tenor.coma woman with red hair is wearing a black jacketALT: a woman with red hair is wearing a black jacket 5841
The Dark Rattler @thedarkrattler.bsky.social · 23/12/2024These 3!media.tenor.comthree women in superhero costumes are standing togetherALT: three women in superhero costumes are standing together 1280
Sarkat @sarkat.bsky.social · 24/12/2024El Higgins from A Deadly Education. She's been resisting the seduction of dark power her entire life and the One Ring would be just another annoyance on her way to her language seminar. 3500
Sodafett @sodafett.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Besides Galadriel? I don’t know of any and it’s possible that the only reason she was able to is due to having the elven ring Neya. It’s been awhile since I’ve read it. 210
sseJ @jessmakesthings.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Anna from frozen. Deeply connected to a strong ancient power (her sister) yet never asks her to abuse it for force 0220
BurntToCynders @burnttocynders.bsky.social · 24/12/2024I could resist it, you should give me the One Ring 000
BlueMorphoProject @bluemorphoproject.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Granny Weatherwax would not only resist, she'd bend sauron to HER WILL.💪❤️🦋 1280
ChrisLikesPie @chrislikespie.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Judy Maxwell would not only resist the One Ring, she would manage to destroy it in a series of comic mishaps.media.tenor.coma woman in a hat is eating a banana with a toothpick in her mouth .Alt: a woman in a hat is eating a carrot in a drugstore, saying what's up doc. 1130
Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · 27/12/2024And Martha from the Secret Garden would be adequately wholesome to ignore its pleas. 010
Archangel Beth @archangelbeth.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Rey occupies a very similar story role to Luke, so I'd think she could hurl that sucker into the volcano. (Nightly rounds with her Evil Twin force vision on the trip, but hey. It's a sign she shoulda gotten a blue/green/gold saberstaff.) (Padme, tho'… also an Empress & on the front lines.) 170
Evil Dorgana PRIME (she/her) 🏳️⚧️ @dorganamorgana.bsky.social · 24/12/2024''Can it, you stupid piece of jewelry!''media.tenor.coma cartoon character with purple hair and glowing eyesAlt: Uzi from Murder Drones yapping 040
Evil Dorgana PRIME (she/her) 🏳️⚧️ @dorganamorgana.bsky.social · 24/12/2024media.tenor.coma pixel art of a cat with a blue hat onAlt: a pixel art of nepeta licking the screen 040
Evil Dorgana PRIME (she/her) 🏳️⚧️ @dorganamorgana.bsky.social · 24/12/2024media.tenor.combubbles from the powerpuff girls is crying in bed with her eyes closed .Alt: bubbles from the powerpuff girls is crying in bed 1170
Evil Dorgana PRIME (she/her) 🏳️⚧️ @dorganamorgana.bsky.social · 24/12/2024media.tenor.coma cartoon character is smiling in front of a wanted signAlt: Luz noceda from the owlhouse playing with her hoodie 3280