On Strong Female Characters. November 11, 2023

I already wrote about the failure of The Marvels and the way people are getting tired of superhero movies. Some people criticize that men are irked about women taking over their movies, which they are not. The reason it did not succeed was because people do not want to stop seeing comic book movies, they just want more variety, which is what we are starting to get. Though I always have fun when I go see a superhero movie, even if it is just an average one, I see why people are getting tired of them. With Deadpool 3 being the only MCU movie next summer, maybe with a break from the overload, people will get eager to see them again, now that they had diversity in theaters. 

Now that I got that out of the way, I will talk to you about writing strong female characters. They do not need to constantly talk about being women doing whatever men can do, they just need to do cool stuff, and not make it have to do with their gender. With The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes coming to theaters this weekend, it reminds me how so many people were impressed by Katniss Everdeen, but she was not the first tough female protagonist. It was brave of Katniss to volunteer in Prim's place, and she did a lot of amazing things, but that should not have been about her being a girl. They said so in the movies that she was just stubborn and good with a bow, but to be fair, she was at times pretty rude. The way should not decide whether or not to be with Peeta Mellark or Gale Hawthorne was not very considerate. Even so, a lot of people still liked her, and I see why. She could have at least been honest with Gale after she first won and told him she could not think of him as a boyfriend. She also could have been more discreet with Peeta. She was still a likable character, just like the boys I mentioned, even if Gale may have been involved in some shady things because of his black and white outlook on things. My point is characters don't have to complex about everything, and their gender is irrelevant, they just need to be likable. If you want to see what I am talking about click on the link and type my name to read my books. smashwords.com