Nobody will take female action protagonists seriously until they're allowed to be injured and brutalized as badly as their male counterparts. As it stands, writers wear kid gloves with female characters and only give them superficial cosmetic injuries like cuts and bruises compared to the hell that the male characters are put through.
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I think Shadow Skill was like this but IDK
>>287619499Exhibit A: Rey in Star Wars
That's why Jolyne is good. She eats shit a lot.