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The Diva
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The strong, dark, beautiful woman. She's often a go-getter, chasing stardom, wealth, or just recognition for her talents. If she becomes an Idol, she's not constrained by the pressures of always appearing youthful, innocent, and approachable. Part of her allure is instead her maturity, either in personality or in sexuality. When she walks in the room she not only turns heads, but she demands respect and won't hesitate to set you straight if she doesn't get it. Because of this she can age gracefully and become more refined, and won't allow herself to be so easily replaced with the next young thing that comes around (although Passing the Torch is not unheard of). This archetype finds its roots in early 1900s opera singers, but was redefined by the pop divas of the 1990s, before finally Beyoncé and her contemporaries put their stamp on it in the mid-2000s. Coming from the same Latin root as divine (also referring to a "goddess"), a truly influential Diva can invoke being a goddess. In general, she's a (Lovable) Alpha Bitch, is prone to melodrama, and is likely a master of throwing shade. When portrayed positively she's got self-confidence, swagger in spades, and is a consummate professional. When seen negatively, she's overly aggressive, temperamental, and hard to work with. While they can overlap, what distinguishes Divas from The Prima Donna is their sense of maturity and self-reliance. A Prima Donna often begs to be catered to, might be thinly two-faced depending on her situation, may act forever young. A Diva simply knows she's great whether or not anyone is stroking her ego, she's always true to herself, doesn't go out of her way to be a bitch, and is more likely to embrace her age as a badge of honor for a lasting career. Still, Beware the Nice Ones. As an archetype almost Always Female, and frequently overlaps with Sassy Black Woman. Even if she's genuine and caring, people's own conceptions about femininity can make them intimidated by her assertiveness. As such she often framed by the dark side of femininity, and as more of a whore than a madonna in the binary. These characters are memetically popular with gay men and tend to have an LGBT Fan Base. Rare male examples are usually Camp Gay, or Drag Queens themselves. This is an extremely common character type on Reality TV. Contrast Evil Diva. Note that in Professional Wrestling, a Diva is something else entirely: a female wrestler known more for Fanservice than for serious wrestling skill. The two terms may overlap, but please stick to the general trope definition when adding wrestling examples. |
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Girls5eva: Among the former members of the titular girl group, Wickie is the most diva-like: she's narcissistic, driven, and enjoys the money and luxury fame gives her. However, her bad attitude made her difficult to work with and killed her attempted solo career. | |
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Empire: Probably most of the female characters, but head and shoulders about the rest is Cookie Lyon. After (and before) serving jail time, she's tough, outspoken, no-nonsense, and extremely snarky. She also tends to dress in outlandish flamboyant costumes particularly when she wants to make an entrance or hammer a point home with someone. While a talented producer and vocalist, she's always been more of a support to her husband and her sons' music careers rather than being famous as a soloist. And despite literally being a grandma, she is still seen as very attractive and has gone through many partners over the course of the show. | |
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Parodied in Spamalot with the Lady of the Lake's "The Diva's Lament", in which the character is portrayed as a diva complaining about her lack of stage time. | |
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Diana Ross was a well-known diva of the Motown era, and is the real-life inspiration of Deena from Dreamgirls. | |
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Ghosts (US) has Alberta, who is convinced that she was murdered rather than accept that she died of something so mundane as a simple heart attack. | |
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Riverdale: Veronica is this as she falls in love with Archie from the moment she meets him in the pilot, going as far as stalking and kissing Archie in his apartment, making Betty so jealous of him that it marks the beginning of the infamous Love Triangle. | |
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Daisy Dingo from Blinky Bill definitely counts, as she'll often use her good looks and seductive charm to get her way, not to mention her stunning Mae West impersonation in "Blinky And The Film Star". | |
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Jillian Hall could be considered as much a parody as possible, given the term "diva" tends to have very different connotations in pro wrestling. She was confident, ran her own businesses at various points, and frequently sung songs of trope codifier Beyonce...or rather butchered them. Jillian was a terrible singer oblivious to her shortcomings. What friends she did make she ended up abandoning or turning on Hall due to her ego, aside from Cloud Cuckoolander Tag Team London and Kendrick and the hedonistic Kaitie Lea. Despite being a decent at worst wrestler, she's best remembered for always losing in WWE. Some of her ventures would start off promising but always ended up going bust in spectacular fashion, except, ironically enough, an album released on I-tunes, which outsold one released by her better singing rival Lillian Garcia. | |
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Vixen: Hustled her way up from being a poor refugee to the heights of the fashion world. She's glamourous and poised as a model, and well known for her bickering with Amanda Waller while she was on the Suicide Squad. | |
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Overwatch brings us...well, D.Va (real name Hana Song), an internationally famous Korean pro gamer, movie star, and musician turned MEKA pilot (who live streams her battles against Kaiju sized Omnics). Her personality is a little more immature and bratty than most examples, but she certainly has the flair for the dramatic and the snark down. | |
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Dreamgirls: Of the Dreams, Effie fits the archetype the most — being the confident, self-centered, big-voiced, narcissistic member who is eventually left behind by the group. Deena, inspired by Diana Ross and played by Beyonce, may also count. | |
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Dear White People: Coco is aggressively upwardly mobile and places a great deal of importance on appearance. Both physical (like her shame when her wig falls off) and professional (like at networking events). She dumps her boyfriend when she realizes she's more ambitious than he is and more likely to be successful if she came up on her own instead of dating/marrying for power. | |
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The Sims 3: has the Diva trait if you have the Showtime expansion. Give that trait to your Sim, and he/she will likely slap someone when insulted, break up with someone after an argument, is hard to impress, can compliment themselves, and have a boost if they have the Singer career. | |
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Ma Rainey intentionally makes herself difficult to work with for both Irvin and Sturdyvant, because she's aware of how little they actually care about her other than how she can make money for them. She has complete command of the room, the band, and her managers whether they like it or not, and continues to assert that dominance. | |
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Glee: Rachel starts out as a high-school version of the trope. While undoubtedly one of the glee club's best singers, she is overbearing, self-centered, and convinced that she's the next Barbra Streisand, to the point that she is generally portrayed as unpopular. However, this also means that she is talented and driven, and eventually does make it in show business. | |
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RuPaul's drag persona is an imperious, fabulously dressed woman who is easily offended if people imply she is insufficiently famous or iconic. This is also a common character type among the show's contestants. | |
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Rarity of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is Ponyville's fashionista, and has an obsessive affinity with style and glamor. However, while she is superficial and at times incredibly melodramatic and snobbish, she falls short of being an Alpha Bitch due to her generous and often well-meaning nature. Also, despite some delusions of grandeur, the show averts Ambition Is Evil by having Rarity a sometimes successful business and social climber, when for morally acceptable figures at least. | |
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League of Legends has the music-themed skin line/Alternate Universe K/DA, which reimagines a handful of female champions as a Girl Group, half informed by this archetype, half informed by Idol Singers. Evelynn (originally a literal lust demon) particularly embodies diva vibes — she maintains extremely high artistic standards, a volatile relationship with tabloids, and the energy of a cold, dramatic socialite, but is also widely loved by fans and fellow creatives alike because she's so glamorous and particular, and she loves them back. | |
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Both the titular Michiko and her rival Atsuko in Michiko & Hatchin. The former embodies more of the negative aspects, she's an uncompromising Jerkass at times, is certainly overdramatic, and more of a fashionista than she can rightly afford to be. She's mature sexually, but less so in personality especially when paired with Hatchin. Atsuko has an outlandish Blaxploitation-esque blonde afro and is typically more poised and professional. Both can get catty and snarky when they square off against each other. | |
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ARMS: Twintelle, the eldest of the female characters, marked by her glamorous lifestyle. She's a movie star, and much more refined and mature than Teen Idol Ribbon Girl. | |
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P.N.03: Vanessa Z. Schneider displays many of the trope's qualities, from her flashy and suggestive dancing, to her sassy attitude toward her client, and worrying over her skin and glasses. | |
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Soul: Dorothea is a downplayed example. She's framed as the height of jazz performers, and definitely has sway over who plays and how in her band. She's quick to hire, fire, and challenge her bandmates to keep up. Her experience in the field also gives Joe the advice he needs to hear about the difference between chasing the dream and living it. | |
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The Muppets: Miss Piggy is often portrayed as an ambitious, fabulous, fashionable woman with a chronic need for stardom and attention. | |
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