It is regrettable that I am only now sitting down to write this brief journal note…. As I’ve had it on my mind for a while.

I wanted to take a moment and recognize – if you haven’t noticed by our image features already – a beloved character and woman brought to life with style and strength by the late Carrie Fisher. Ms. Fisher passed away on December 27, 2016, at 8:55 a.m. (PST); she was 60 years old. In remembrance of Ms. Fisher we have been honoring our lovely Star Wars Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. Princess Leia is a dual Disney and Marvel princess that many of us have grown up watching in the Star Wars movie saga and franchise over the last 40 years since her inception by George Lucas and Lucasfilm, Ltd. (Yes, dear readers and friends, Star Wars turns FORTY years old this year!)

Princess Leia’s trademark hair buns have graced the silver screen, as well as our televisions’ tube bulbs and subsequent plasma screens, since the movie Star Wars IV: A New Hope first released in 1977, inciting a boom of interest in the science fiction genre. Of course, Star Wars has continued to develop in its own right beyond the live-action movie saga with further adventures via books, video games, and also CG and animation movie spin-offs. Star Wars has been referenced in television sitcoms, as a subject of parodies, and maintains a dedicated fan fiction community.

Of course, the trademark gold bikini only came about in 1983, and it’s something we don’t feature here in MarvelComicsLadies due to the combined slave status and implications attached to it thanks to many pubescent fans of the 1980s and beyond. However, my favorite note in regards to that item of clothing is that Carrie Fisher was said to have hated it - she hated how she had to have perfect posture to avoid “lines” on her body in scenes, how it cut into her skin, and how she relished the moment when she was able to strangle Jabba the Hut during her escape. “I had a lot of fun killing Jabba the Hutt. They asked me on the day if I wanted to have a stunt double kill Jabba. No! That's the best time I ever had as an actor.” (2015, The Guardian)

I find Carrie Fisher’s writing humorous and entirely enjoyable – you’ve likely watched something she’s edited and laughed completely unaware that it was her handiwork that made you do so: Sister Act, The Wedding Singer, many other non-credited script “doctorings” from 1991-2005, and even her book-turned-screenplay-to-movie: Postcards From The Edge.

Ms. Fisher quipped about her argument with writer-director George Lucas when he denied her the ability to wear a bra under her white costume in A New Hope. He stated it was because he believed there was no underwear in space. As a result of this argument she laughed about what would be said of her when she finally passed away:

"I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra."
~ Carrie Fisher (2008, In her book Wishful Drinking)

So please, join MarvelComicsLadies here, on DeviantArt, as we celebrate an iconic character, brought to life by a woman who shall be immortalized as giving her strength and conviction within the light side of The Force. We find that her poise and her warrior spirit carries on through the movies that made her name a household one! We hope that her cleverness and her wit, and maybe a bit of the snark with which Leia delivers it on screen, follows you into the new year and lights a fire in your heart to do good for others as well.

RIP Carrie Fisher. The Force is with you, and you are one with the Force.

Ms. Fisher is followed in death by her mother Debbie Reynolds who, sadly, passed away a mere day after her daughter. Debbie Reynolds is well-known for her performance alongside Gene Kelley in the movie musical Singing in the Rain.
Since Star Wars has comics released by Marvel, it only makes sense to include any women from Star Wars. I've already seen other Marvel groups do so.

So, now there is a Star Wars folder just for them. Any and all women from Star Wars belong there. Even if it's depicting a couple from Star Wars, put it in the "Star Wars" folder and NOT the "Couples" folder.

Though, if you have an art piece that has other Marvel women AND Star Wars women in it, then that would go in the "Groups of Ladies" folder.
Okay. Until now, I've been accepting art even when it's sent to the incorrect folder, and been simply moving it to the correct folder.

In hopes of minimizing the need for that, I'm putting here a comprehensive list, alphabetical by character w/ the folder type they go in. Depending on the costume, some characters belong in multiple folders, and are listed multiple times.

A secondary purpose is to introduce people to characters they might not have heard of, and look into them and possibly draw them.

art of characters with an * will not be accepted if they are whitewashed.

Abigail Brand: SHIELD
Agent 13: SHIELD
*Agent May: SHIELD

Ancient One (MCU): NO ART OF TILDA SWINTON AS THIS CHARACTER WILL BE ACCEPTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. This is a case of hollywood whitewashing.

Angela: galactic
Angel Dust: villains
*Angel Salvadore: x-teams
Arachne: spider heroes
*Arana: spider heroes
*Armor: x-teams
Aunt May: civilians
Aurora: other teams
Binary: galactic
Black Cat: villains
*Black Panther: independent
Black Queen: villains
Black Widow: avengers
Blind Al: civilians
Bling: x-teams
Blink: x-teams
Boom Boom/Meltdown: x-teams
*Brunhilde MCU: other teams
Callisto: villains
Callisto (tentacle arms): x-teams
Calypso: villains
Captain Britain: x-teams
Captain Marvel: independent (avengers if other avengers are pictured)
*Captain Marvel/Photon/Pulsar/Spectrum: avengers
Captain Universe: avengers
Cassandra Nova: villains
Cerise: galactic
Clea: other teams
*Colleen Wing: other teams
Copycat: other teams
Crystal: galactic
Crystal (FF): other teams
Dagger: other teams
Daisy Johnson: SHIELD
*Dani Moonstar: x-teams
*Dani Moonstar (valkyrior): other teams
Dark Phoenix: villains
Dazzler: x-teams
Deadgirl: x-teams
Deathbird: villains
Destiny: villains
Diamondback: other teams
Domino: x-teams
*Domino MCU: x-teams
*Dora Milaje: other teams
*Dust: x-teams
*Echo/Ronin: avengers
Elektra: villains
Elektra (thunderbolts): other teams
Elsa Bloodstone: other teams
Emma Frost (hellfire or movies): villains
Emma Frost (phoenix 5): villains
Emma Frost (x costumes): x-teams
Enchantress: villains
Esme Cuckoo: villains
*Excalibur: x-teams
Firebird: avengers
Firestar: avengers
*Frenzy: x-teams
*Frenzy (acolyte): villains
Frigga: other teams
Gabrielle Haller: civilians
Gamora: galactic
Gertrude Yorkes: other teams
Ghost Rider: independent
Goblin Queen: villains
*Gogo Tomago: other teams
Guardian: other teams
Gwen Stacy 616: civilians
Gwen Stacy Spiderwoman: spider heroes
Gwenpool: villains
Hawkeye (Kate): avengers
*Hazmat: avengers
Hela: villains
Hellcat: avengers
Hepzibah: galactic
Honey Lemon: other teams
Hope Summers: x-teams
Husk: x-teams
Hummingbird: other teams
Invisible Woman: other teams
*Ironheart: independent heroes
Jessica Jones: independent
Jessica Jones (Jewel): avengers
Jocasta: avengers
*Jubilee: x-teams
*Karma: x-teams
Karnilla: other teams
Kitty Pryde: x-teams
Kitty Pryde (starlord): galactic
Kraven: villains
Lady Deadpool: villains
*Lady Deathstrike: villains
Lady Loki: villains
Layla Miller: x-teams
Lightspeed: avengers (if power pack, other teams)
Lilandra: galactic
Lionheart: x-teams
Lucy in the Sky (Karolina Dean): otherteams
Lyra: other teams
*M: x-teams
Madame Hydra: villains
Madelyne Prior (no costume): civilians
Magik: x-teams
Magik (darkchylde): villains
Magik (de-aged illyana): civilians
Magik (phoenix 5): villains
Magma: x-teams
Mangaverse: other teams
Manta: galactic
Mantis: avengers
Mantis (GotG costume & MCU): galactic
Maria Hill: SHIELD
Marrina: other teams
Marrow: x-teams
Marvel Girl: x-teams
Mary Jane Watson: civilians
Medusa: galactic (avengers if other avengers are pictured)
Medusa (FF): other teams
Meggan: x-teams
Mercury: x-teams
*Miss America: avengers
Miss Thing: other teams
*Misty Knight: other teams
Mockingbird: avengers
Moira McTaggert: civilians
Molly Hayes: other teams
*Monet St. Croix: x-teams
Moondragon: galactic
*Moon Girl: other teams
Ms. Marvel (Binary): galactic
Ms. Marvel/warbird (Carol): independent (avengers if other avengers are pictured)
*Ms. Marvel (Kamala): independent (avengers if other avengers are pictured)
Mystique: villains
Mystique (xforce): x-teams
*Nakia: other teams
Namora: other teams
Namorita: other teams
Nebula: villains
Negasonic Teenage Warhead: x-teams
*Nico Minoru: avengers (other teams if runaways)
Night Nurse: independent heroes
Nocturne: x-teams
Nomad: other teams
Nova: galactic
*Okoye: other teams
Old Lace: other teams
*Omega Sentinel: x-teams
Oracle: galactic
Peggy Carter: SHIELD
Penance: x-teams
Pepper Potts: civilians
Pepper Potts (Rescue): independent heroes
Phoenix: x-teams
Phoenix (dark): villains
*Photon: avengers
Phyla-vell: galactic
Pixie: x-teams
Polaris: x-teams
Polaris (horseman): villains
Power Pack: other teams
Proxima Midnight: villains
*Psylocke: x-teams
*Pulsar: avengers
Punisher: villains/anti-heroes
*Quake: SHIELD
Quasar: galactic
Rachel Grey: x-teams
*Ramonda: other teams
Red She-hulk: independent
Red Sonja: independent
Rescue: independent
Revanche: x-teams
Rogue: x-teams (avengers if other avengers are pictured)
Sage: x-teams
Scarlet Witch: avengers
Scarlet Witch (brotherhood): villains
Scream: villains
Selene: villains
Sersi: avengers
Shanna: independent
*Shard: x-teams
Sharon Carter: SHIELD
She-hulk: independent (avengers if another avengers is pictured)
She-hulk (FF): other teams
Shiklah: villains
Shuri: independent heroes
Sif: independent
*Silk: spider heroes
Silver Sable: other teams
Sin: villains
Singularity: avengers
Siryn: x-teams
Snowbird: other teams
Songbird: other teams
*Spectrum: avengers
Spidergirl: spider heroes
Spiderwoman: spider heroes
Spiral: x-teams
Spiral (mojoworld): villains
Spitfire: other teams
Squirrel Girl: independent (avengers if other avengers are pictured)
Stature: avengers
Stepford Cuckoos (5-in-1 or 3-in-1): x-teams
*Storm: x-teams
*Sunpyre: other teams
*Surge: x-teams
*Talisman: other teams
Thor: independent
Thorgirl: other teams
Thundra: other teams
Tigra: avengers
Titania: villains
Trish "Patsy" Walker: civilians
Typhoid Mary: villains
U-go Girl: x-teams
Ultimates: other teams
Ultimate x-men: x-teams
Val Cooper: SHIELD
Valkyrie: other teams
*Valkyrie MCU: other teams
Vanessa Carlysle: other teams
Vindicator: other teams
Viper: villains
Viv Vision: other teams
Wallflower: x-teams
Warbird (shiar): galactic
Wasp: avengers
White Queen: villains
*White Tiger: avengers
Wolfsbane: x-teams
X23: x-teams
X23 Wolverine: independent
*Xavin: other teams
*Yukio (comics): civilians
*Yukio MCU: x-teams

If there are characters who belong in different categories in the same piece, then it goes in "Groups of Ladies."

Sorting Notes
Intergalactic  Guardians of the Galaxy, Inhumans, Shi'ar, Starjammers, anyone who spends more time in space than earth
Other Teams (Alpha Flight, Big Hero 6, Defenders, Lady Liberators, New Warriors, Runaways, Thunderbolts, Morlocks)
X-Teams (besides the obvious includes Excalibur, Exiles, New Mutants, and X-Statix)

If a character isn't listed, please leave a comment asking which folder they belong in.
I will update the list to include that character, as well as reply to your comment with the answer.
EDIT: NOW you can actually SUBMIT to these folders. It's only just been brought to my attention they were locked.

"Spider Heroes Action"

"Spider Heroes Portraits"

A large portion of both "independent heroes" folders were full of spider specific art, 11/27 pages and 12/32 pages respectively, so I figured I'd give them their own folders.

The Spider Heroes folders are for:

-Spider Gwen
-Spider Woman
-Spider Girl (May Parker)
-Arana/Spider Girl
-Silk
-Arachne

and any other incarnation of spider themed female heroes.
I go through hundreds of art to submit to the gallery.

This also involves me submitting a whole slew of art to the favorites section about once a week.

There's a lot of art in favorites that I'd love to have in the gallery, but I think the artist might not be active anymore, and therefore wouldn't approve submission of their art to this gallery. So I put it in favorites because it still deserves to be in this collection because it's amazing and I want to collect all the wonderful art here that doesn't sexualize women.

To sum up: there's plenty of amazing art to be seen in favorites that doesn't make it into your watch feed.

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