So, there is ABSOLUTELY NO good secondary female characters? As in, they can't possibly exist? Which basically means that if you write a story with a male MC, ALL your female characters are shit. Yeah, I don't think so.
Honestly, I took the first question a lot more generously (not "does she carry a story on her own?" but "could she?" which would let a lot of secondary characters through the first question), but even then it's both impossibly vague (if you spend enough time with her PoV in mind and center evens around her, then even Hot Villainess Minion #2 probably could) and because in my favorite stories, no one character could because it's all about the ensemble.
Though if that's what they're saying that a female character can only be strong if she's a protagonist perhaps, "Hey! Write more stories about female protagonists!" would be more productive.
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Date: 2010-10-14 11:26 pm (UTC)Honestly, I took the first question a lot more generously (not "does she carry a story on her own?" but "could she?" which would let a lot of secondary characters through the first question), but even then it's both impossibly vague (if you spend enough time with her PoV in mind and center evens around her, then even Hot Villainess Minion #2 probably could) and because in my favorite stories, no one character could because it's all about the ensemble.
Though if that's what they're saying that a female character can only be strong if she's a protagonist perhaps, "Hey! Write more stories about female protagonists!" would be more productive.