First of all, she's not feminine. Or intentionally masculine. She's literally just a woman who doesn't give a shit, but also doesn't have to give a shit. She wears no makeup, her style is plain and utilitarian, there's literally nothing extra in what she wears — which obviously is somehow dictated by her role and the fact that she lives in a fucking haunted horror town, but anyway. Her hair is shoulder length, which is literally the most unintentional genderless style to me, because shorter hair would probably suggest butch more stereotypically, longer hair would be stereotypically more feminine and, more importantly, impractical.

She's not beautiful either. You wouldn't call her ugly or anything, but 'pretty' is just not her category. I also really like the fact that she's not skinny, and she wouldn't be this cool if she were skinny, because there's this unapologetic, physical presence about her that implies strength.

And yet, which is really important, she's not unshakable. She doesn't just do everything on her own, she isn't 100% confident. Moreover, she's breakable, and it's been shown many times. She has feelings and worries, but it's the fact that she struggles that makes the viewer see her as strong. There's also nothing special or 'heroic' in an action way about what she does, she's just doing what has to be done, and this is so much more, because it's real and even relatable.

Second (or third, or wait, where was I?), to the great joy of my asexual ass, there's no romance implied, involving her. As much as I love the headcanon that Donna is a lesbian, I'm happy that she doesn't have an explicit partner in the show and all of her relationships are based on respect rather than attraction, and it's just so good.

Im here to hit you with the cold water that you absolutely would NOT be as badass as you like to hope.

Many things people dont take into consideration:

1. Medicines do expire. Unless you know how to make your own medicines by some miraculous chance, you're cooked! You'll be dying like a pilgrim because good luck making penicillin from scratch while creatures are banging at your front door craving a piece of that ass

2. You will more likely than not have to put down your loved ones. Nobody thinks they will struggle with this, until they're sitting face to face with their mom while she slowly turns into an undead/infected monster.

3. You'll likely have to leave your pets behind or leave them to fend for themselves, for some reason people have this idea that pets aren't a huge Iiability to your survival in a situation where something wants to eat you. And on top of that, it's another mouth to feed when food is scarce. Some people may get lucky and be able to keep their best friends, and some may not. It's a hard reality to face.

4. The adverage man can't even take another man in a fight without losing, imagine trying to fight something that's trying to bite or scratch you, and with one of these two, you're insta cooked. (Don't even get me started in the 28 years later infected too.)