Quote: IsisStormDragonWhat is wrong with a female character being a great fighter?
There's nothing wrong with a female being a great fighter.
It's when the writer decides that she has these god like supernatural powers that either don't make sense or don't belong in the story or shouldn't be possible (by story cannon), or when she wins all the time and never gets seriously injured is when the character becomes over redundant.
Quote:What is wrong with a female falling in love with the hero ( Cinderella/Prince Charming anyone?)?
Again, there is nothing wrong with the female falling in love with the hero.
However, if the writer fails to provide development between the two (such as simple dinner conversations, subtle flirting, ect.) and just have the hero fall madly in love with the female with no validated reason is another example of Mary-Suedrom.
A very good example of this is Spyro and Cynder, she just spills out a random "I love you" when through out the whole trilogy, you never once saw her or Spyro show interest in one another. (Bet my money some cyn/spytard is going to drop a spam bomb on me and go on an all out rant)
Quote:And Cynder made mistakes, she just hid it. Ever wondered how the pirates caught her? She probably messed up somewhere.
Mary Sues can also become sudden damsels in distress in order for the hero to come rescue her and admit his "undying love" to her (which thankfully didn't happen with Spyro, thank god).
Quote:What's wrong with a female character being beautiful ( I do have a problem with sexy, however)?
Nothing wrong with being pretty (though it would be a refresher to have a female lead that wasn't)
But again, it's when either the hero or any other male character starts swooning over her repetively that grinds peoples gears.
Quote:OH OH Writers can't give their characters tragic pasts? Depth has just died.
A writer giving their character a tragic past is very tricky because so many writers have done this, that it's become something like a trend.
The only problem, and a major one at that, is that many times, the tragic characters "tragic" past becomes so over the top and ridiculous that it's down right laughable.
Quote:Again, why can't the female lead fall in love with the hero? *thinks of old Disney movies again*
Most of Disneys' movies were based off old fairytales and bedtime stories you tell children when you tuck them into bed.
They're meant to give children something to dream and imagine about (brave knight rescuing the damsel from the evil beast, or how a kiss awakens the sleeping beauty) and many of those old fairytales also had a moral at the end that either refered to "Finding one's true love" or "All those who do good things will be richly rewarded."
Quote:A lot of things? Why not EVERYTHING then? I know! Let's make every character a train-wreck!
Yeah, you do that then.
In the mean time I'm going to go off and whip my OCs into shape.