Dark Heroines

There are a lot of comic books out there with heroines of dark powers, but I'll be just narrowing it down to those who made it to animated series. There are quite a number of them. Some are even new and didn't start in a comic book.

Raven from Teen Titans The daughter of the demon, Trigon, Raven inherited powerful dark abilities such as psychokinesis, teleportation, magical spells, empathy and "soul self" and has three incarnations. When she found out her father will come to our world, she joined the Teen Titans to stop him. Her powers and looks retained in the animated series, and voiced by Tara Strong, who voiced many other goth girl characters. Raven is of course the silent one in the team. She's emotionally restrained and mysteriously secretive. She spends her spare time reading occult books, meditating in mid-air and hiding in her dark room. As for romance, she only has a love-hate relationship with Beast Boy, who would try to make her laugh (but fails). And on some parties, Raven mopes around with an unnamed emo boy. She's the most awesome goth heroine around, not only is she from the dark side, but she still stays in the good side. Her favorite words are "Azarath Metrion Zinthos" (so Lovecraft).

Rogue from X-Men: Evolution Now we're in Marvel comics. In the series, Rogue is re-imagined as a rebellious and cynic, yet insecure and emotionally needy teenager (very stereotypical for a goth). But it's because of her power to involuntarily absorb energies of others when touched. It keeps her distant from friends and love ones. I mean, if she kisses her boyfriend, he might die. Indeed, she considers her mutant power as a curse. In the cartoon, her power is very strong that it almost drove her insane. She has romantic feelings for Cyclops, but dislikes Jean Grey because she's pretty and popular. So typical for an outcast, considering she was raised by Mystique. Now, which side is Rogue now?

Liz Sherman from Hellboy Animated She looks awesome in the comics and films, but in this animated series, they could have gotten better with the character design and story. Yet I did like the second one "Hellboy: Blood and Iron." Liz was born normal, but when she was 10, she discovered her power of pyrokinesis! She's Catholic (cross necklace there) and thought it resulted from her sins. She tried to control it with prayers, but soon destroyed houses and killed her family. The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense then took her in, helped her control her pyrokinetic powers and made her into an agent. Like the other dark heroines, it's her power that makes her bitter and gothy. She ran away from BPRD thirteen times but soon came back due to Hellboy.
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Argent in Calling All Titans! (Teen Titans Go). I thought Raven was the only goth super heroine in the show. But there's Argent and she's totally into the goth scene and fashion. She even asked for a black communicator to go with her outfit, instead of the original yellow one. In the episode, she meets Starfire and becomes an honorary Titan, but she is soon captured by the Brotherhood of Evil because they want her super power. Argent can fire crimson energy beams, and can use that energy to form objects, similar to the abilities of the Green Lantern. She could also fly at high altitudes and speeds. She's freakin' awesome, and cute. In the original comics, she's half-alien, summoned during her sweet sixteen party and instead of crimson, her plasmas were silver, like her skin, and usually turned into daggers.
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Mist-ery from My Life as a Teenaged Robot. Misty is an alien superhero befriended by XJ9 (Jenny). She's a former member of the Team Teen, a parody of the Teen Titans, and she's parallel to Raven because of their similar powers and independent streak. Misty is highly skilled in martial arts as a ninja, has super strength and stealth, can turn into purple mist, hence her name, and can enter people's minds. She sometimes visits Jenny  yet it turns disastrous. One time, they pulled ingenious pranks on the Crust Cousins, but Misty got carried away, showing her dark side. She also later revealed that she's a hero-for-hire. Though very good friends, she and Jenny usually fight in the end. Misty left and never returned after the episode Mist Opportunities when the defeated Jenny said, "I thought we were friends."
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Shrinking Violet from Legion of Super Heroes. Also known as Salu Digby, LeViathan and Atom Girl, she has the ability to vary her size, especially into microscopic size, just like her people in planet Imsk. With this unique ability, the Imskians are experts in biotechnology and micro-circuitry. As for Shrinking Violet, she's an expert in transneural photonics and sabotage. She failed her first audition in the Legion of Super Heroes due to her extreme shyness until Triplicate Girl gave her enough self confidence. She became notorious for her weird laugh, and became a love interest to Brainiac 5. Violet first appeared in a black and dark pink costume and frizzy hair, but after she sabotaged the Emerald Eye, she appears in this green cybergoth look.
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Yumi Ishayama from Code Lyoko. Being the oldest in the group, Yumi often seems distant and cold, but her outward appearances belie a generous, sensitive and loyal friend, which she only lets people see on rare occasions. Tough as nails but with a heart as soft as a plum, Yumi is the product of a traditional Japanese upbringing. Her natural charisma also has friends looking to her as the leader of the group. She is also very close to Ulrich, but this strong and complex relationship is often threatened when William is around. In the virtual world of Lyoko, Yumi is a profound gymnast with unimaginable capabilities. But of course, even on Earth, she has great oriental martial art skills. Her choice of weapon  is a pair of metal fans, which she uses to deflect monsters' missiles and as a deadly discus. It can slice off the slimiest of giant insect heads. Another awesome of hers: telekinesis!

Violet Parr from The Incredibles She has the power of invisibility, the ability every angsty teenager wants to have. Though I don't have angst back in high school, I sure needed it for mischief. Anyway, her other power is creating force fields. She's more of an emo girl in the movie. She has a deep crush on the popular boy, tries to blend in (but only to turn invisible) and mopes about her abnormal family. Her long hair is even emoish. At the end of the movie, she wore a headband, symbolizing the end of her shadowy emo life.

Kylie Griffin from Extreme Ghostbusters The series was made after the animated "The Real Ghostbusters." Dr. Egon Spengler recruited new and younger members. One of them is Kylie Griffin, a goth girl genius and of course, an expert of the paranormal.  She usually wields the Ghost Traps and claims to be the unofficial leader. She's usually calm among her teammates, especially Eduardo (like the of Raven and Beastboy), and keen towards their awesome job. But she's afraid of maggots. 
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