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: Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
2014-03-24 22:42:00

Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
2014-03-24 22:42:00

Mood: busy

Strong Female Characters

Here's another post about what makes a strong female character.

Let me give you mine:

1) She has a goal of her own, not somebody else's goal.

2) And some resources with which to pursue it, such as personal skills, virtues, or tools.

3) So then she runs around doing proactive shit to the struggling plot while the author screams, "No! NO! It wasn't supposed to happen like that!"

4) Then she flips off the author and does whatever the hell she wants.

5) Also, if there are guys interested in her, she does not fall in love or bed with one who is obviously an asshole. (Secret assholes are different. But they will Get Theirs when she finds out their true nature.)

More simply: if she's doing things, she is a hera. If things are being done to her, she is a heroine.

Tags: gender studies, how to, networking, reading, writing

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ysabetwordsmith

March 25 2014, 04:56:15 UTC 7 years ago

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You know, as soon as I saw your name on the comment, I thought of Lyria.

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fayanora

March 25 2014, 05:13:13 UTC 7 years ago

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Yup yup. The character that came up black, and when I tried to whitewash her out of fear of messing up, she basically said "I'm black or you can't have me at all." Which I am glad she did.

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thnidu

March 26 2014, 04:25:53 UTC 7 years ago Edited: March 26 2014, 04:26:11 UTC

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Inspiration

It is no tame bear
that will dance to your drum.
It will seize your hair
and command you to come.
You will sing of its dance
as well as you may
and it will, if it likes,
call you back some day.

(by & ©

thnidu)