A strong female character is one who's a character in her own right, same as for a male character. It doesn't matter how complimentary their portrayal is. What matters is whether they're the heroes of their own story or spear-carriers in someone else's.
John C. Victim only exists to be shot and have Batman swear vengeance. Where people go wrong is demanding there are no Joan B. Victims. Not all female characters need to be strong, some are just there to move the story forward. Can you imagine if an editor said that all male characters had to be credits to their gender?
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Date: 2008-02-08 07:03 pm (UTC)John C. Victim only exists to be shot and have Batman swear vengeance. Where people go wrong is demanding there are no Joan B. Victims. Not all female characters need to be strong, some are just there to move the story forward. Can you imagine if an editor said that all male characters had to be credits to their gender?