I’ll do pretty well as a character from Asterix. If you notice the names of Gaulish ladies, they all end with an ‘a’ – Impedimenta, Bacteria… etc… now, they should have a character called Meghana.
She would be smart and also, the village wise woman! Full of life, enthusiasm, good humour, and sharp - with an eye for details. Now… wouldn’t that be super!
She would be Obelix’s cousin twice removed who has studied in Rome - the arts, architecture and modern roman construction, and she’s thinking about redesigning the village settlement in a contemporary ancient way! That seems to be the thing now a day in the whole of the ancient world!
Meghana’s self designed house (incidentally, the only design of hers ever built) is a mess always, with a lot of papyrus and stone tablets with drawings of modern dwellings and complex buildings, that the ancient world knows no use of, most of which never come into existence, and remain carved on stone. Little does she know that two millennia later those would be copied by ‘great’ architects of the future…
She would be short, stout and fairly dark, with a jolly face, good looks and high spirits. Looking smart with Bravura’s oriental Djeans too! A woman of many talents, Meghana would even be capable of giving Cacofonix a run for his money… (ahem.. ) She would accompany Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix on adventures at home and abroad as long as there’s a good fight and plenty of wild bore! … She will not be any old bore for sure!
Appointed by chief Vitalstatistx (actually the woman behind his success - Impedimenta dear…) as a vital advisor in village matters, she is also the Getafix’s assistant, and for the first time ever, a Gaulish druid is considering handing down his knowledge and more importantly, the secret recipe of the magic potion to a woman! …
Nobody would read Asterix comics ever again… but wouldn’t I be pleased!
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