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All fun and games reading sci-fi/fantasy books until it comes to the female lead and you can tell it was written by a man
170 upvotes, 10 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Book Club. "All fun and games reading sci-fi/fantasy books until it comes to the female lead and you can tell it was written by a man"
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Anonymous 10w

And the age gap is huge and/or he’s literally her principal/professor and she’s like late teens VERY early adulthood type and can’t do anything herself

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Anonymous 10w

Male authors describe a female character without mentioning boobs challenge impossible

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Anonymous 10w

You should check out 2077: No Coincidence sometime. I wouldn’t say there’s a true lead but I found the female team members to be strong. Helps to have either seen Edgerunners or played Cyberpunk but I think orients pretty well regardless imo.

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Anonymous 10w

Man who wants to write female leads here—what are the common issues?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

They can just be oversexualized, focused on the wrong things (like getting laid when she’s supposed to be dead set on finding her brothers killer) too much focus put on certain body parts, or just “too weak” to do certain things. I can accept a woman not being able to swing a huge sword or something without a lot of training, but she can still be intelligent and able to outthink certain situations instead of bumbling around looking for a man to save her.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

But don’t get me wrong, as a woman I’ve read dozens of epic fantasy series and there are plenty men who can actually write women. My two favorite gals from books were actually written by men - Nynaeve and Nona Grey

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

Is this my sign that I’m not actually male?

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Anonymous replying to -> grim_patron 10w

Also the voice actor for V from the game narrated the audio book and I could listen to her read the phone book tbr

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Anonymous replying to -> grim_patron 9w

I actually have this book sitting on my shelf! I’ll have to start it soon. Also can’t wait for the new edgerunners series next month

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

Love that and oooo I can’t wait even though it’ll probably rip my heart out all over again lol I’d also recommend Neuromancer if you haven’t gave that a read yet. Molly isn’t the lead but she’s one of my favorite characters in sci fi, total badass. The two AI are intriguing as well, Wintermute has some very pragmatic cosmic horror vibes

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