A Symbol

" ...Darkness, cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. " Hate, cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. " | . Independent . Selective . Bruce Wayne of DC Comics . |

[midnighteer-deactivated20170630]

[legorobin-deactivated20170916]

bruce: i cant wait for tonight babe

clark: me neither

dick: this is the group chat….

bruce:

[justiceleague]

[bertinelli]

batman: ego

Strong Female Characters

No one likes to read about a character who is paper-thin. Unfortunately, in literature,  some authors have a bad habit of giving their male characters complete back stories and rich personalities but limiting their female characters to a list  of tropes and stereotypes.

According to the Internet, there’s a list of very specific traits that a female character needs to be strong. This list includes:

She can never cry.

She can’t be feminine.

She has to be completely emotionless.

She can’t rely on anyone.

She can never fall in love.

If you notice, these are all character traits that are often associated with male characters. Men don’t cry, they don’t show emotions, they don’t need help. Men are associated with being big and strong and masculine, while women are associated with being small and weak and feminine (These are what the kids these days call ‘gender roles.’)  Men are strong and women are weak, and the only way to make a strong female character is to make her more manly.

This is bullshit.

So here’s the thing. Your female character doesn’t have to fall into these stereotypes to be considered strong. She can wear dresses and have a boyfriend and cry and still be strong. So here’s a better list of what you need to have a strong female character:

She must change and grow over time.

That’s it. Nothing else matters. When reading a novel, we as readers want a character who is like a real person, and real people change over time. What we don’t want is to read about the stoic badass spy who stops the bad guys and walks away, taking nothing from her experience and the novel ends exactly the way she started.

Your female characters can be feminine, they can be masculine, or they can be anything in between—it seriously does not matter. If someone tries to tell you your character is weak because of her opinion on the color pink, go ahead and punch that person in the face.

[ithelpstodream]

[dceumovies]

casual | formal | uniform

[sunwomb]

i wish i could’ve known my mother before the world hurt her 

[metuspes]

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[plasmalogical]

self care is actually getting in fights with randoms in dark alleys

No self care is stuff like taking a bubble bath or putting on a lot of makeup if you like it or taking a nice warm nap and stuff like that basically.

[plasmalogical]

self care is the burning heat when rage washes over you. self care is when you feel the bones crack under your powerful fists. self care is the fear in your enemies eyes

[inkydandy]

I just want to give your Dick Grayson a hug! I love him so much.

[superdames]

In William Moulton Marston & H.G. Peter’s origin story of the Amazons in Wonder Woman #1 (1942), Queen Hippolyte and the Amazons are first taken prisoner by Hercules and the Greeks, but then they defeat their captors by beating them with the very chains that had enslaved them.

In Robert Kanigher & H.G. Peter’s retelling of the origin in Wonder Woman #45 (1951), the Amazons beat Hercules and his army with their bare hands.

[metuspes]

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[cathagbheag]

If u wanna be my friend u have to understand that sometimes I can’t cope with conversations. And just because I’m on tumblr effectively shouting into the void but not replying to your message doesn’t mean I hate u it just means that the thought of talking to anyone in depth is extremely overwhelming

[aheroicpath]

[ All jokes aside, Cassandra is narrowing her vision on those uneasy fingers like they’re drumming his heartbeat just for her. 

         His nervous heartbeat. He wants her to like John, to such a degree that it’s clear even to someone who isn’t practically a body language empath. A small smile tugs at the corners of her lips. ] 

                                 He is good. 

             [ She means it as a statement, not an opinion. If anyone can read someone’s character it’s her. ] 

                     And I like his… couch. 

[ She bled on it, so you have to keep him, obviously. ]

[metuspes]

  Cassandra was compact like a switchblade or a mobile computer folded neatly in the chair across from him, and he hung on the tiny girl’s word.  There were not many opinions he took into account on personal matters, but her’s was a relief.  Even the Batman’s mind could be clouded by feelings, and other things.

  “Couch surfing huh?  Any damages I should be paying for?”

[metuspes]

  Hi, yes please don’t send me anons like that.  It kinda rattled me, I’m sure you meant only to play along but I didn’t enjoy it.  Thank you for sending something in, usually I enjoy anon input.

[annamariehowlett]

Thank you for your time.