[Sirkana]

I like Tamora Pierce/feminist fantasy, but I'm ok with guys.

[hippy child]

i mean i am completely in love with tamora pierce and feminist fantasy too but im just saying the guy characters you dont get as much and i really like to read those

[cadvanroxmysox]

i have read certain books where i find the romance disgusting, but none at all sometimes doesn't leave a good balance. if it's poorly written though, it's no fun to read. you have to get that perfect balance

[Fantasyeatergal]

Women in fantansy, a very interesting thread. Talking with masculin fantasy readers around me, I've found that they are looking for more "traditional" fantastic stuff. They tell me how cool the villain's armor was, or how violent was the battle. They like when everything's out of proportions. That's the kind of thing they remember afterward. Maybe one of those superhero kick they never grew out of...

Unfortunately, I have very few female friends (being one of the guys, you know...), and even fewer who are fantasy readers. Consequently, I can't compare this view but with my own. When I fall upon on of those superheroic, ultimate, manly warrior, I can't help myself but wish the author got ride of him somewhere ahead (he could be smashed by a magic cow falling from the sky or something!). Fortunately, I don't encounter this kind of character very often. Or maybe I finaly learned how to choose my readying effectively (I'm hopeful).

As for the male/female writers issue, I didn't find that there was that much of a difference. Except maybe that the female writers tend to include a lot more romance, or emotional maze of some sort in their stories. But it's a tendancy, not a rule. I've encountered female writers who were very action-directed in their plot (like Anne Robillard with her Chevaliers d'Émeraude serie). In the male writers corner, I've also read fantasy novels where the characters were very humanly developed.

Having said that, I don't think that male/female stereotypes should be completely earased from literature. Why? Because those stereotypes exist in real life.

[Pellinorfan11]

im not big on feminist fantasy except on some of the obivious stuff because at some point its like no woman is like this and never will be plus i like a interesting hero every now and again especially when they are played by a dream boat Elijah Wood in the movie(i love basicly every male actor who plays a good guy in the lotr movies*i dont have a crush on sir ian mckellen but i think he is the best actor ever to walk the earth)