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Subject: "Strong/powerful" female characters suck.

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

Well not all of them but I do have a complaint.

Years ago women were only damsels in distress. Nowdays they can kick ass... and yet most of them still suck compared to male heroes.

Because they lack morals or anything admirable beyond powers. That's why
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for example:

Meridia from Brave she is so awesome with the bow and as a fighter!!! she puts dudes to shame!!!... too bad the whole movie was her solving the problem she caused in the first place...


Korra from avatar basically the plot solved easily for her becuase she was OMG SO SPECIAL and the avatar!!!, and the ending was a Deus Ex machina. She literally didn't sacrifice anything to save the day...Even her love rival and the secondary villain sacrificed more than her for a greater good.

Bella Swan omg she is a super strong vampire... and she saved the world! ...actually no, she just saved her boyfriend and her mary sue child

Wonder Woman. Everyone knows who she is but is she anyone's fav character even more so than than supeman and batman?. If so what personality does she have beyond "angry feminist"?

etc, etc etc

Batman taught me to never give up and rise from the darkness, goku to never give up, Aang to face your fears and your regrets, the master chief to fullfill your promises. They weren't just strong, they changed your life

But most "strong" female characters aren't as good as male characters becuase they lack this IMHO: morals, something that makes you a better person.

Writers should fix this imo .

[Edited on 12.19.2012 5:00 AM PST]

  • 12.18.2012 11:11 PM PDT
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Agreed. I can't take ''badass'' females serious.

  • 12.18.2012 11:12 PM PDT

"What is better - to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
-Paarthurnax

"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world."
-G-Man

I'm a strong, independent woman who don't need no man.

But seriously I agree.

  • 12.18.2012 11:13 PM PDT

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you are a good translator
Idiot can be a hard language to learn, but once you get it down, everything becomes so clear! The whole world will make sense to you.

Daenerys Targaryen.

  • 12.18.2012 11:14 PM PDT
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"The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light."
-Felix Adler

Yeah, I see where you're coming from.

  • 12.18.2012 11:14 PM PDT

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[Edited on 12.18.2012 11:15 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2012 11:14 PM PDT
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I like games and music

You know, there are other media.

  • 12.18.2012 11:14 PM PDT

I persist too long after my own defeat,
Yet I still press forward, staggering on my feet.
But I know that my resolution will be my end.
And once I fall, I shall ruefully transcend.

Lara Croft?

  • 12.18.2012 11:15 PM PDT
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deej pls

And then there is Alyx, who is the most badass female character there ever was.

  • 12.18.2012 11:15 PM PDT
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Gauge you competition and execute with precision.

Sigourney Weaver - be a survivalist, Noomi Rapace - believe in something, Milla Jovovich - be a badass, Scarlett Johannson - earth shattering looks can also result in a shattered spine. Those are a sample few that have taught me life lessons and that's just for starters.

  • 12.18.2012 11:16 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

Not all of them. But definitively most are.
Posted by: bigburgaboi
Sigourney Weaver - be a survivalist, Noomi Rapace - believe in something, Milla Jovovich - be a badass, Scarlett Johannson - earth shattering looks can also result in a shattered spine. Those are a sample few that have taught me life lessons and that's just for starters.

  • 12.18.2012 11:17 PM PDT

Break down, every single one of you.

So you are not actually saying that strong/b.a. female are terrible, but the people suck at making well developed female characters.

I actually have to disagree with the Brave example. She fights against a male dominant culture and tries to give women greater rights. Well, actually give better rights to people in general, but you get my point. She wasn't the greatest of all characters, but she wasn't bad either.

  • 12.18.2012 11:17 PM PDT
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Anyone else sorta notice this more in ads now? Making the males seem all stupid and can't to the simplist task until the woman comes in and proves him wrong/fix it?

  • 12.18.2012 11:19 PM PDT

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Oh, and Aeon Flux

And

Ultraviolet

And

Alice

  • 12.18.2012 11:19 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

Exactly

Tough Meridia wasn't exactly fighting for "female rights" more than she was fighting for her own rights. She even said it "I will fight for my hand" and the ending had her modifying a law that mostly benefitted the lord's sons and herself, but not women in general.


Posted by: Puma Knight
So you are not actually saying that strong/b.a. female are terrible, but the people suck at making well developed female characters.

I actually have to disagree with the Brave example. She fights against a male dominant culture and tries to give women greater rights. Well, actually give better rights to people in general, but you get my point. She wasn't the greatest of all characters, but she wasn't bad either.


[Edited on 12.18.2012 11:22 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2012 11:20 PM PDT

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Congratulations, you just stumbled across the patriarchy that pervades our entire culture.

  • 12.18.2012 11:21 PM PDT

Korra is -blam!- awesome.
Makorra is the only un-awesome thing about her.

*Gets on the S.S Borra and sails off into the horizon*

  • 12.18.2012 11:22 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

as a fighter yes as a role model she is not.

Posted by: TOMahawk7890
Korra is -blam!- awesome.
Makorra is the only un-awesome thing about her.

*Gets on the S.S Borra and sails off into the horizon*


[Edited on 12.18.2012 11:23 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2012 11:23 PM PDT

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=39477223

Alright, let us break it down into a few sections that we will approach individually.

Books(lol):

Vidya gaems:

Anne-Mays:

Movies/TV:

  • 12.18.2012 11:23 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

A shipper on the flood? are you a girl?
Posted by: TOMahawk7890
Korra is -blam!- awesome.
Makorra is the only un-awesome thing about her.

*Gets on the S.S Borra and sails off into the horizon*

  • 12.18.2012 11:25 PM PDT


Posted by: BestSpartan117
as a fighter yes as a role model she is not.

Posted by: TOMahawk7890
Korra is -blam!- awesome.
Makorra is the only un-awesome thing about her.

*Gets on the S.S Borra and sails off into the horizon*


*whispers into ear*
I can save her.

  • 12.18.2012 11:26 PM PDT


Posted by: BestSpartan117
A shipper on the flood? are you a girl?
Posted by: TOMahawk7890
Korra is -blam!- awesome.
Makorra is the only un-awesome thing about her.

*Gets on the S.S Borra and sails off into the horizon*

*In manly voice*
No, of course not

*runs away and cries*
In all seriousness I found out the term about two weeks ago and thought this would be an awesome opportunity to show off my mad internet vocabulary.

[Edited on 12.18.2012 11:30 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2012 11:28 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

I like you dude, you are very funny.
Posted by: TOMahawk7890

Posted by: BestSpartan117
A shipper on the flood? are you a girl?
Posted by: TOMahawk7890
Korra is -blam!- awesome.
Makorra is the only un-awesome thing about her.

*Gets on the S.S Borra and sails off into the horizon*

*In manly voice*
No, of course not

*runs away and cries*
In all seriousness I found out the term about two weeks ago and thought this would be an awesome opportunity to show off my mad internet vocabulary.


[Edited on 12.18.2012 11:32 PM PST]

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How about Faith from Mirror's Edge?

  • 12.18.2012 11:33 PM PDT

The bible is the best book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM A PROUD CHRISTIAN. HALO IS AWESOME BUT GOD IS MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!
Did you knew that JESUSdied for you?

she is cool
Posted by: ThirstyAvenge
How about Faith from Mirror's Edge?

  • 12.18.2012 11:43 PM PDT