When doing yesterday’s article I linked to two previous articles about strong women characters from my youth, proving that the strong female isn’t some new thing to fiction, I noticed I used Web Woman here twice. This was a result of me forgetting who was in the first list when I did the second list. So to correct that oversite and to prove I didn’t just run out here are five more women who showed how strong they really were.
Not every woman has to be the main character or be able to bench press Manhattan to be strong. There are many forms of strength and this list has some great ones. They still struggled because struggle is part of drama and it’s what the men were doing, but they used their own unique skills without losing their femininity in the process. They showed what a strong woman can be like, whether it was strength of will, strength of character, or strength of courage. They’re mighty but they’re too busy stopping evil to roar.
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Who Are Superheroes Actually For?
There’s a lot of talk about who superheroes are for. People upset with the direction supposed superhero stories have taken, focusing more on personal drama and social propaganda than superheroics to the point that it might as well not be a superhero story, while on the other side you have people who actually like that for both good and bad reasons, have debated the issue on social media, in blogs, and in videos. Superheroes are part of the fantastic, and some would rather have the fantastic for reasons other than heroes versus villains. The argument goes…
Okay, both of you shut up! You’re both right and you’re both wrong. Once again we’re using statistics wrong and forgetting a whole group that the superhero creators of today have all but forgotten, and that’s only by a small number. I’d say “let’s end this once and for all” but considering the internet will go to global thermonuclear war over pizza toppings we know that’s not happening. Still, I’m going to try to add some common sense to this discussion. Who are superheroes for? Let’s break it down before I have a breakdown.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on September 14, 2022 in Animation Spotlight, Comic Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged commentary, superheroes.
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