I've been cursed since I was 12...
it usesWhile watching Forbidden Kingdom today and lamenting the wasted potential of Liu Yi Fei's Golden Sparrow, I realized that I've been doomed ever since I first latched on to characters.
The first fictional characters I ever really "fell" for(not crushed on, that came a little bit later) were Wren Ohmsford in Terry Brooks's Shannara series, and Jubilee in Marvel comics. This essentially established my trend of loving female characters who tend to be unloved, unappreciated and underused by both their creators/owners and/or fandoms-usually for being female and/or not another character-for the last 15 years.
Short version: I've never had a problem finding awesome female characters to love. I've just had a problem finding writers and fans who appreciate them, instead of dismiss and/or undermine them for being a girl and/or not being a preferred character.
The first fictional characters I ever really "fell" for(not crushed on, that came a little bit later) were Wren Ohmsford in Terry Brooks's Shannara series, and Jubilee in Marvel comics. This essentially established my trend of loving female characters who tend to be unloved, unappreciated and underused by both their creators/owners and/or fandoms-usually for being female and/or not another character-for the last 15 years.
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Short version: I've never had a problem finding awesome female characters to love. I've just had a problem finding writers and fans who appreciate them, instead of dismiss and/or undermine them for being a girl and/or not being a preferred character.