tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post4008500525113155322..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: Kicking the ass of kick-ass female characters1000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-83090433625466907772013-05-09T06:22:56.507-07:002013-05-09T06:22:56.507-07:00Ohhhh... now you've piqued my curiosity ;)Ohhhh... now you've piqued my curiosity ;)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-70341119427419878952013-05-09T06:22:23.126-07:002013-05-09T06:22:23.126-07:00I may be even later to the party since I have no i...I may be even later to the party since I have no idea what the ASOIAF books are :) If you pop back, please enlighten me? They sound pretty awesome :D<br /><br />Yeah, maybe that's one of the reasons I find writing a male POV easier... since I have never had a desire to put more effort into pretty clothes than treating the people around me like they're actually human.<br /><br />I've 1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-40445975174114964902013-05-09T06:17:43.286-07:002013-05-09T06:17:43.286-07:00I think everyone's guilty of a few of them, an...I think everyone's guilty of a few of them, and I don't think there's a problem with that... I guess I just have a problem with such an awful/selfish female character being considered 'strong' and a 'good character'. <br /><br />Putting down other females... that I have no tolerance with, especially with how easy and prevalent bullying is... but also the less physical 1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-14361386554120391602013-05-09T06:13:32.521-07:002013-05-09T06:13:32.521-07:00I agree, I felt I had been duped with that one par...I agree, I felt I had been duped with that one particular book. The cover info looked interesting/exciting, and it wound up being about an insecure girl whining (in her own head) about which guy to choose... 'cause of course they were both in love with her 'cause she's so gorgeous and awesome!<br /><br />/gag<br /><br />Yeah, romance has never been my thing ;)<br /><br />The other two1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-41780329143339244972013-05-06T08:47:26.521-07:002013-05-06T08:47:26.521-07:00These are some really great points, something I ha...These are some really great points, something I have to consider since my next book WILL have such a female protagonist. :)David P. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-58395710468079638322013-05-04T14:25:43.286-07:002013-05-04T14:25:43.286-07:00I'm reading the ASOIAF books right now (late t...I'm reading the ASOIAF books right now (late to the party, I know) and one of the things I love about GRRM is that he's given so many different types of female character to choose from. There are a lot of ways to be strong, both within expected gender norms and outside of them, and that's pretty cool for a pseudo-historical fantasy like this. <br /><br />Which makes it all the more tlbodinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334888426768433724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-57914182834142466642013-05-04T13:43:17.337-07:002013-05-04T13:43:17.337-07:00These are great points, and I know I'm guilty ...These are great points, and I know I'm guilty of a few of them. I do think it's important that female relationships in books be more honest and not "I hate all other girls and can only hang with boys because they're so much more real" because that's not honesty. Women have strong bonds with other women and I want that portrayed. Friendships go a long way. prerna picketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207620652405474672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-17714519127663868432013-05-04T13:38:17.822-07:002013-05-04T13:38:17.822-07:00At least some of the kick-ass women who put down o...At least some of the kick-ass women who put down other women for not being them are called on it sometimes ... in fact, it was the only good scene in the last Anita Blake novel I actually bothered to read.<br /><br />I tend to read a lot of urban fantasy and can count on 1 hand the number of stories with female protagonists that did NOT end up being about getting a guy. I can't think of a alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.com