tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post8119870897566719964..comments2024-03-22T05:29:18.132-07:00Comments on Shawn James, Black Freelance Writer: Why superhero women don’t sell Part 2Shawn Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11712216572467743626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-30601111611917283162018-01-27T23:32:38.277-08:002018-01-27T23:32:38.277-08:00I thought Barbara Gordon had something cool going ...I thought Barbara Gordon had something cool going for her as Oracle and her network of superhero contacts?The Dying Detectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903040751142549419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-21603024574195129732014-04-24T08:19:02.377-07:002014-04-24T08:19:02.377-07:00Ad, I've been writing women for over 20 years ...Ad, I've been writing women for over 20 years and it's not that hard to make a female character strong. <br /><br />Strength is more an internal thing, Having the courage and resolve to overcome a challenge or an obstacle or series of obstacles. <br /><br />In my YA novel the Thetas, I take the Colleen character and I put her through a series of challenges that allowed the buiding of her internal traits. And in my screenplay All About Marilyn, I showed a lot of her internal strength through actions which defined her character.<br /><br /><br />And in the Isis series I put Isis through numerous personal and physical challenges she has to overcome. <br /><br />When I write women I find you can still have your cheesecake and eat it too, the substance and texture of the character can overcome the flash of a skimpy costumes if the character is written well enough. Problem is most writers don't give female characters the backstory and story elements to make them stand out from the guys.Shawn Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712216572467743626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-58325955640538886612014-04-24T07:21:51.152-07:002014-04-24T07:21:51.152-07:00I once wrote a post on why most superheroines aren...I once wrote a post on why most superheroines aren't really strong characters in the sense that from time to time in some stories they are readily subject to bad influences or in other words they are easily misled into doing work for the villain. Examples would include Terra and Shadowcat at some point (in the case of the latter, she got kidnapped and was sort of possessed and made to attack Wolverine).<br /><br />That's kind of misogynistic because it seems that writers don't know how to make them properly strong. As for the skimpy costumes and sexual innuendo that a lot of "strong" female characters are subject to, it's enjoyable at some point but when viewed with a jaded lens, it turns out that the writers can't make up their minds over whether if they honestly wanted to do stories featuring strong female characters or do porn (which is a point brought up by other people).Ad. Minahttp://fortressofserenity.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com