I absolutely love and am consistently impressed that literally all of the women on killjoys, each and every one of them without exception, are incredible and powerful. dutch, our resident badass powerhouse bounty hunter capable of both snapping men’s necks with her thighs and caring for her ever-expanding team, whose expressions – often explosions – of emotion are always seen as a strength and never as a weakness; lucy, the beloved ship, is coded as a woman and one smarter and more intuitive than anyone outside of team awesome force (who rely on her for their literal survival as she constantly saves their asses); the surrogates with guns who sacrificed themselves for their sisters and stuck to their principles despite ridicule and dismissal; pawter as both a drug addict struggling with self-doubt and a competent, caring doctor who devotes her talent and skills to the people of westerly; delle seyah kendry, a manipulative sociopathic socialite whose strength is how well she can play people; aneela, another manipulative sociopath but also a scientist, extremely ruthless and exceedingly gentle all at once (which is never seen as a contradiction or an impossibility – she is allowed to be both and to choose to be both); clara as a badass amputee who takes no shit from any one and fights for herself and her friends and community at every possible turn; zeph, the brilliant self-taught scientist who solves each and every problem she comes across; even the lady is presented over and over again in a woman’s mind and body using a woman’s voice, an example of ambition and desperation and desire. the strength and the force and the ability of women is never, ever questioned (or defined in terms of strength or force or ability “for a woman”) – only emphasized, supported, and immediately obeyed. it is such a fucking relief to watch a show that finally reflects the women I know in real life, that reflects the strengths and weaknesses I know, the complexities, the forces of will, the absolute power. thank fuck for killjoys and thank fuck for michelle lovretta.