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Author: BokhuraBurnes

Jun 14th 2012 at 11:17:43 AM

Thanks for the feedback. I don't see this as a bad trope at all, and I didn't mean for it to come off as negative. (I did some minor editing to reduce any such perceived bias).

However, I might not have gotten the emphasis correct. Although they are both strong, determined character types, the way a Go-Getter Girl differs from a GenkiGirl, PluckyGirl, or SpiritedYoungLady is that she pays great attention to maintaining discipline, following the rules, and gaining the approval of others. Whereas the three other types might be comfortable doing 'shocking' things in the eye of society (within reason, of course), the Go-Getter Girl would be very averse to acting this way. Not that she won't, if it's an important enough cause, but it still won't be her inclination. (Think, for example, of Hermione; while she will break school rules to fight Voldemort, she never shows the same comfort in doing so that Harry and Ron do.)

And I still like the IronLady reference; if you practice getting ahead when you're young, and then manage to gain a certain amount of power, you'll most likely end up acting like one.