Because Iâm curious: reblog this and put in the tags 1) what kind of female characters you tend to find yourself drawn to and 2) if you have any thoughts about the portrayals of these sorts of characters in fiction*
*could mean anything: thoughts on what you think about the way theyâre typically portrayed, thoughts on the relative abundance or scarcity of those types of characters in fiction, any character that you felt was handled particularly well or poorly. I just wanna know!
#women capable of tremendous anger without being narratively demonized for that anger#this falls short when the narrative is like yeah this is inherently Wrong For Women but there's several examples i really really like#women with an immensely traumatic past or present who walk forward regardless#can be gratituous suffering but quite frankly i will defend a lot of examples that other people go ew how could you do this to a Pure Woman#women seen as a symbol or ideal when their stories care about their own perspective#relatedly women who depersonalize themselves in an attempt to desire nothing for their own sakes#women who are immensely competent and controlled and confident in this but also kind#without (and this is crucial) getting reduced to âbig sisterâ or âmom friendâ#honestly i like a very wide variety of women but these are recurring types
