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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
I don't have a preference, but I think there is a trend to "kick ass" female leading characters in 'space Opera' SF right now. But I really dislike where the character is just a guy in drag and with a feminine name.
I want to see the character trying to reconcile her 'kick ass' heroics with the day to day realities of being a woman and responding in a womanly way. The character doesn't have to be a traditional female, but the universe the author creates has to allow room for her to logically exist as a woman. I give points if the author tries, plus extra points for being believable.
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There was a time when I was younger that I enjoyed occasional stories about macho guys. Shell Scott and Mike Hammer novels, for example. In those days there weren't many stories about macho women although a few later ones such as Kinsey Milhone were fun to read. But the really masculine women's stories such as Jessica Jones are kind of boring to me. These days that's true of the really macho men stories as well.
I still do occasionally enjoy one of the older ones I liked when I was younger but even those get old fast nowadays.
Lately I've been reading an occasional comic book on my tablet and it's hard to find comics about people who lack super powers or act like they do.
Barry