hey'd all be 'strong' in the same (physical) way, which I found boring and sometimes problematic.
ZOMG, yes! It's very boring when your heroine can just punch through a wall or has inexplicable martial arts skills that she didn't earn and that inevitably get her through every sticky situation. Plus, it makes me uncomfortable that for a heroine to be considered strong she must be physically augmented. Because I don't like the "women are automatically at a physical disadvantage" myth that it feeds into. As though a woman needs the extra strength just to match up. Plus there's some uncomfy ablism vibes there - the idea that perfect/superhuman physical ability is all that matters, as though you can't kick ass if you have a disability. Which is NOT EVEN TRUE. I've always wanted to see what you'd do if you had, say, a Slayer from the Buffyverse who was PWD and how you'd rework the idea of being a Slayer and Slayer powers to go with that.
So, yeah. What you said. Though check the above comments for recs of books (if you haven't already read them) that people are saying are awesome. From what I'm hearing of "Guardian of the Dead", it's definitely worth checking out.
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ZOMG, yes! It's very boring when your heroine can just punch through a wall or has inexplicable martial arts skills that she didn't earn and that inevitably get her through every sticky situation. Plus, it makes me uncomfortable that for a heroine to be considered strong she must be physically augmented. Because I don't like the "women are automatically at a physical disadvantage" myth that it feeds into. As though a woman needs the extra strength just to match up. Plus there's some uncomfy ablism vibes there - the idea that perfect/superhuman physical ability is all that matters, as though you can't kick ass if you have a disability. Which is NOT EVEN TRUE. I've always wanted to see what you'd do if you had, say, a Slayer from the Buffyverse who was PWD and how you'd rework the idea of being a Slayer and Slayer powers to go with that.
So, yeah. What you said. Though check the above comments for recs of books (if you haven't already read them) that people are saying are awesome. From what I'm hearing of "Guardian of the Dead", it's definitely worth checking out.