Ironic, given that he spent most of his thousand year life sucking souls out of other immortals. “First, do no harm.” Blake Ryan swore that oath to become a doctor. Have you ever written a story where the female character has to depend on a male character? How did you prevent her from becoming a Damsel-in-Distress? Or am I the only one who doesn’t like writing those much? Yes, she might be incapacitated, but she still has a say, and a huge influence over both her male counter-parts. But the point remains that the choices she makes and those she made before the plane crash help to move the story forward. Okay, I also help things by showing her in her pre-amnesia state to help things along. In other words, Aleria, even in her weakened, vulnerable state, makes choices that affect the story. And how I did this was to make sure she has agency. I needed to take some serious actions to show readers that she’s a bit more than a girl that can’t help herself. Can’t get more Damsel-in-Distress than that. I don’t like writing Damsels-in-Distress, but Aleria has amnesia and she ends up being protected by two guys. So, me putting a female character in a situation that she has very little defense against was a huge challenge. But the thing is that people now seem to only equate a female character’s strength with how she can handle herself in a fight. I adore the fact that the token female in a story’s cast is no longer necessarily the weakest link.
I’m looking at you, people behind Avengers: Age of Ultron.)ĭon’t get me wrong. (Or that’s what movie execs seem to think. But she also needs to fall in love with the hero. She now needs to be a Strong Female Character. Audiences out there are, for the most part, no longer satisfied with merely getting a single token female character within a cast. The Strong Female Character is here to stay. Creating a Damsel in Distress that’s still a strong female character.
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