Your idea of a Female Protagonist

[Woodsey]

Personally i quite like powerful independent female protagonists. (Faith Conners, Serena, Revy from Black Lagoon) they certainly make interesting characters because they are more liable to conflict with other characters. And in a way, the fact that they are no standard male action protagonists is a bit refreshing.

I've noticed Faith Conners is getting some attention in threads like these; I can't help but wonder if it's simply because she's not sexualised, as opposed to her actually being an interesting character (or one that's particularly likable).

OT: Copy Alyx Vance. She's feminine (a man dressed as a woman doesn't make a good female lead), likable and every bit as capable as Gordon and Barney.

 

[Loop Stricken]

A one-armed woman with blond hair who fights demons in 18th century London, together with a grim reaper in the shape of a black dog named Hutch.

Noooo, I had that idea JUST LAST WEEK!

You'd better not or I'll sue your ass for copyright infringement.

This includes the concept that she has freckles and that the grim reaper dog ate her arm after it was ripped off by the demon that killed her parents.

Ah no, we're good here. I don't like freckles.

I'm also considering writing a story about a succubus... kind of. She's the daughter of a succubus, with half the power of her mother. She sees men as cattle, so maybe evil? I like characters with overwhelming flaws, for some reason... especially when the flaws make them border-line evil.

Still a bit Lost Girl.

 

[Death God]

I would say to go with a female character like Samus. Hot, smart and not afraid to kick some asses. Maybe even a little mysterious even to add depth.

 

[Last Bullet]

I read "female protagonist" quickly followed by "succubus" and kind of wrote it off as an excuse for smut. However, it could have an interesting spin on it. I guess it's hard to say without knowing more about the story itself. So I apologize for jumping to conclusions. Though Souplex has a point of simply referring to her as a protagonist who happens to be female, as opposed to a female protagonist.

Personally, the two main female roles I'm writing are... really different. One's sort of cold and distant (God forgive me for resorting to this, but I have good reasons) and the other is sort of a shy, coming-out-of-her shell type, and seems to be the only root of logic in the insane world around her.

I usually have one male lead and one female lead, occasionally splitting the viewpoint between the two of them as I go along.

Same here. It's especially fun when they're really different characters. Do you usually have some sort of relationship between them, or...?

 

[Pyro Paul]

in general there are 2-3 types of females i use in my stories.

the strong, powerful defiant, independent woman that is deep down afraid and lonely.

the cheerful quarky female whom becomes corrupted by hate or anger through sorrow or fear.

the death seeker. skilled and powerful but confused by everything that isn't violence. (see Mr. and Mrs. Smith)



however, to be honost i can fit male leads into the same catagories and some times do when i brain storm up situations that call for it.

 

[Ace of Spades]

Don't resort to hyper-sexualization, make her character believable, and not interchangeable with a similarly characterized male character.

 

[Kajin]

I usually have one male lead and one female lead, occasionally splitting the viewpoint between the two of them as I go along.

Same here. It's especially fun when they're really different characters. Do you usually have some sort of relationship between them, or...?

Childhood friend is the default relationship I go with.

 

[lex.nero]

I think people are starting to over analyze the situation, focusing mainly on the issue that I would focus much more on over-sexualizing the character. Mainly i want your opinion on how good the concept is.

I've figured out the backstory, her past, her aggresion, how sexual she is, etc... Thank you for the constructive criticism, now I just want your main thoughts on the concept. Personally i believe it's a winner but I'm going to be biased to my own opinion.

Still want your thoughts on your own female characters, some of these are hillarious!

 

[Kurokami]

While brainstorming an idea for a novel I was contemplating the choice of leading with a female protagonist or having them as the male protagonist's main supporting role.

I considered a number of options before deciding it would be cool if they were a succubus which could make more intimate scenes very dramatic and provide tension via fatal attraction to the male characters and male protagonist.

So, do you think it's a good idea and what kind of character would you include in your own stories?

The Succubus personality character should rather be deceitful and alluring to others. Have her manipulating the characters imo, pulling the strings.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

To use three already existing characters who fit relatively well in a lead female role, I would cite Tifa and Yuna from their respectively FF titles and Juliet from the anime Romeo x Juliet. Tifa more in Advent Children, where her breast size did not defy logic. They all have a developed and centralized characterization without falling into the archetypes, albeit Tifa again falls into some minor categories. Juliet is perhaps the most intriguing of the three due to the anime being a romance. There are numerous instances where you would presume the inevitable "damsel in distress" would appear, yet even in her one and only capture scene, the anime is played out where it is believable. The fact she spends a fair portion playing the action girl is equally astonishing.

Of course Commander Shepard plays this role exceptionally well however one could argue discrediting her because the script is written where neither gender alters the script or storyline in any capacity, excluding romance subplots.

 

[Vault101]

Don't your charachter female, make them a Person, then add a gender

eg: comander shepard
Ripley from aliens (they werent sure of which gender when they first wrote it)
Samus Aran

also just being a ***** dose not = charachterisation and being independant