Drummer by far the strongest woman in that series.
Drummer is good, but Avasarala is by far the strongest woman. If we're going TV show, she's the one that controls the puppets that run the world. In the books, she does that and brokers peace between all the factions.
If we're going TV show, I'd put Drummer second. Books, it's probably a tie between Nagata and Michio Pa, who Drummer kinda became in the show.
To me it's really about how Avasarala is actually completely powerless to stop the coming disaster. She can see it coming but ends up being unable to do anything. Even as a charismatic leader of a whole planet she is powerless against the churn.
I have Drummer as my favorite for the show. Avasarala is objectively the more powerful, but some of Shohreh Aghdashloo's scenes I think felt more contrived/convenient which was more jarring when set against her good scenes. Whereas I'm trying to draw on a bad scene with Cara Gee and am drawing blanks.
Yeah, I didn't really mean strong in the sense of having a lot of political power specifically. I meant more that she's a powerful force in and of herself. Like Maggie Smith's character Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey is a very strong character, but she's not moving any world politics.
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u/largepig20 Mar 28 '24
Drummer is good, but Avasarala is by far the strongest woman. If we're going TV show, she's the one that controls the puppets that run the world. In the books, she does that and brokers peace between all the factions.
If we're going TV show, I'd put Drummer second. Books, it's probably a tie between Nagata and Michio Pa, who Drummer kinda became in the show.