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Fellow Canadian and avid book review blogger Anna from Genre Reviews has a really entertaining rant on what characteristics seem to be inherent in a lot of female protagonists appearing in fantasy novels lately. It got me thinking really hard about what constitutes a strong female character and whether or not she has to wear tight leather pants, carry a gun and have a tattoo on the small of her back. Does she have to kick ass? Can she still be a strong protagonist but really on supporting characters to do the ass kicking on her behalf.
Bear in mind, I am a huge fan of female characters in tight leather pants who blow the crap out of things, but can't she be vulnerable? (Of course, I am a dude and as such I am likely not qualified to offer an opinion, but I have a female protagonist in one of my books and I've tried really hard to write her as intellectual and feminine without relying on a lot of very common themes in fantasy literature today.)
What are others thoughts?
Bear in mind, I am a huge fan of female characters in tight leather pants who blow the crap out of things, but can't she be vulnerable? (Of course, I am a dude and as such I am likely not qualified to offer an opinion, but I have a female protagonist in one of my books and I've tried really hard to write her as intellectual and feminine without relying on a lot of very common themes in fantasy literature today.)
What are others thoughts?