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KICK-ASS HEROINES, TOO MUCH OR RIGHT ON?
Anita Blake and Rachel Morgan, to name two kick-ass heroines. There are a lot of them out there. The strong women (physically, mentally, or magically) who are leaders, not followers, who can take care of themselves and everyone else in their lives. They’ve got deadly instruments and their not afraid to use them. We love them. We cheer their every gory victory. We want to be them.
Or do we?
They destroy their loves lives (and often their lovers — albeit mostly inadvertently), play havoc with other people’s destinies, and generally do the “bull in the china shop” routine with those around them. Some of these heroines act like sociopaths. Kill without remorse. Shoot, hack, and blast away the “bad” guys. A couple of these women have so much weaponry attached to every possible portion of their bodies it would seem like they’d have a hard time walking, much less carry out stealth reconnaissance or perform Matrix-like acrobatics (not to mention getting a little hot sexy action while they’re at it).
On the other hand, there’s the heroine who’s a little softer, a little kinder, and a bit less abrasive. She didn’t start out as a cop or executioner or avenger. She’s a woman thrown into situations where she has to make it out alive or help someone weaker/innocent make it out alive. She sometimes has supernatural powers to help her. Sometimes she can’t beat the bad guys by herself and needs someone else by her side. But either way…she’ll do what it takes to save the day. Sure most heroines, even the nicer ones, eventually turn to ass-kicking but it’s not their first choice. I’m thinking of types like Sookie Stackhouse and MacKayla Lane.
Why even think about the pros and cons of heroine personalities (or kick-ass-ness)? I’ve recently seen comments by readers on various sites complaining if a heroine is not violent enough – she’s “weak,” “wimpy,” or “whiney” (obviously with a penchant for “w” words)
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. I wondered why the current trend has swung so much towards the ass-kickers in paranormal fantasy that the heroines have to be such violent shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later types?
Don’t get me wrong…I happen to like super-tough heroines. These characters are adrenaline-fueled fantasy at its best. But I like the kinder, gentler versions just as well – they’re more relatable, to me anyway… I think there’s room for more than one type of heroine in our fantasy worlds. Don’t you?
(References: Laurell Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Kim Harrison’s Rachel Morgan, Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse, and Karen Moning’s MacKayla Lane. Love ‘em all. Really.)
