12 Characters (walk into a bar...)

Gakked from lizardbeth:

This meme is both old and short on instructions, so I decided to pick my 12 favourite characters of all time. This is not necessarily in order of precedence:

1) Batman
2) Robin Hood
3) Ellen Ripley
4) Han Solo
5) Sarah Connor
6) Elizabeth Bennett
7) Barbara "Oracle" Gordon
8) Aeryn Sun
9) Veronica Mars
10) Eleanor of Aquitaine (from A Lion in Winter - it's a play and and movie. It counts. Shutup!)
11) Jessica Jones (Alias, New Avengers)
12) Decimus Meridius Maximus (Gladiator)

runners up: John Crichton, Kyle Reese, Eve Dallas, Lissar (from Robin McKinley's Deerskin), Miles Vorkosigan, Anna Karenina (shafted. Why the hate, Leo, why?), Princess Leia, Donna Noble, Rose Tyler, Gwen Cooper, Nine, Martha Jones, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Rahne Sinclair, Selene, Black Widow, Dani Moonstar, the girls from IMAY, Helen Magnus, Morgana "le Fay", John Constantine, Starbuck, Rogue, Cecilia Tallis, Elizabeth Swan, Luke Cage, Bucky Barnes, Eomer.... ( Les Questions aka 'write a summary for Ellen Ripley/Eleanor of Aquitaine fic' )