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Why are the FreelanceAstronauts being moved to the SoBadItsGood / SoBadItsHorrible section? There are other tropers who disagree and anyone who moves them back to the proper section is automatically accused of vandalism despite there being edit reasons that detail the move to the proper section.
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Why are the FreelanceAstronauts being moved to the SoBadItsGood / SoBadItsHorrible section? There are other tropers who disagree and anyone who moves them back to the proper section are automatically accused of vandalism despite there being edit reasons that detail the move to the proper section.
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I\'m a Caucasian female, homeschooled up until college, who has never had much in common with girls my own age. I can play with and teach kids younger than me; I can learn from those older than me. I can enjoy the company of men (all the friends I hang out with are men slightly younger than me, whom I met in college). But girls were always \
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I\\\'m a Caucasian female, homeschooled up until college, who has never had much in common with girls my own age. I can play with and teach kids younger than me; I can learn from those older than me. I can enjoy the company of men (all the friends I hang out with are men slightly younger than me, whom I met in college). But girls were always \\\"Barbie\\\" and \\\"boys\\\" and girly stuff and I never got it.
In view of that background, consider my viewing habits: In movies or literature, I prefer the male protagonist. I prefer the male supporting cast. Not that I can\\\'t enjoy a strong female character (my favorite adult trilogy: \\\'\\\'TheDeedOfPaksennarion\\\'\\\'), but I can\\\'t usually connect with girls even \\\'\\\'when\\\'\\\' they\\\'re written well.
I watch \\\'\\\'TheSlayers\\\'\\\', and my favorite characters are Xelloss, Zelgadis, Gourry, and Zangulus. I watch \\\'\\\'RevolutionaryGirlUtena\\\'\\\', and enjoy Touga and Miki. \\\'\\\'BuffyTheVampireSlayer\\\'\\\' gives me Spike (never did like Angel much... and Xander often annoys me). I gravitate toward the male side characters almost every time, and my favorite episodes are the ones that focus on their character growth.
So... yeah, go ahead and write strong female leads - but don\\\'t think that girls \\\'\\\'need\\\'\\\' them. We can enjoy male leads just as much! I don\\\'t feel at all deprived for having my favorite characters be male; I\\\'m not going around moaning that I just can\\\'t find a good female character to connect with. Holy cow, do you think girls can\\\'t enjoy King Arthur or Robin Hood because the Knights and the Merry Men were all guys?
As far as race... I would \\\'\\\'love\\\'\\\' to see some strong characters played by actual \\\'\\\'black\\\'\\\' actors... or charcoal grey, the closest the human race can get. ButNotTooBlack annoys me, because I really find the \\\'\\\'black\\\'\\\' black guys sexy, and yet you never see them! And if a female character is worth watching, I\\\'d just as soon enjoy an olive-skinned beauty or an Asian or something. I love variety there, and on a personal note, when designing characters for my comics, I\\\'ll plan out certain characters to be particularly good-looking, and my primary means of designating that is to give them darker skin (olive, maybe a little lighter) than the rest of the cast.
P.S. \\\'\\\'SakuraTaisen\\\'\\\' is a good example of a well-developed female cast in which there\\\'s plenty of characterizational variety. \\\'\\\'TenchiMuyo\\\'\\\' is similar. This kind of cast works well, I think.
In view of that background, consider my viewing habits: In movies or literature, I prefer the male protagonist. I prefer the male supporting cast. Not that I can\\\'t enjoy a strong female character (my favorite adult trilogy: \\\'\\\'TheDeedOfPaksennarion\\\'\\\'), but I can\\\'t usually connect with girls even \\\'\\\'when\\\'\\\' they\\\'re written well.
I watch \\\'\\\'TheSlayers\\\'\\\', and my favorite characters are Xelloss, Zelgadis, Gourry, and Zangulus. I watch \\\'\\\'RevolutionaryGirlUtena\\\'\\\', and enjoy Touga and Miki. \\\'\\\'BuffyTheVampireSlayer\\\'\\\' gives me Spike (never did like Angel much... and Xander often annoys me). I gravitate toward the male side characters almost every time, and my favorite episodes are the ones that focus on their character growth.
So... yeah, go ahead and write strong female leads - but don\\\'t think that girls \\\'\\\'need\\\'\\\' them. We can enjoy male leads just as much! I don\\\'t feel at all deprived for having my favorite characters be male; I\\\'m not going around moaning that I just can\\\'t find a good female character to connect with. Holy cow, do you think girls can\\\'t enjoy King Arthur or Robin Hood because the Knights and the Merry Men were all guys?
As far as race... I would \\\'\\\'love\\\'\\\' to see some strong characters played by actual \\\'\\\'black\\\'\\\' actors... or charcoal grey, the closest the human race can get. ButNotTooBlack annoys me, because I really find the \\\'\\\'black\\\'\\\' black guys sexy, and yet you never see them! And if a female character is worth watching, I\\\'d just as soon enjoy an olive-skinned beauty or an Asian or something. I love variety there, and on a personal note, when designing characters for my comics, I\\\'ll plan out certain characters to be particularly good-looking, and my primary means of designating that is to give them darker skin (olive, maybe a little lighter) than the rest of the cast.
P.S. \\\'\\\'SakuraTaisen\\\'\\\' is a good example of a well-developed female cast in which there\\\'s plenty of characterizational variety. \\\'\\\'TenchiMuyo\\\'\\\' is similar. This kind of cast works well, I think.
