Overheard: Batman film: I think some parts of the Batman mythos are a little too silly or outlandish to work... http://tmblr.co/ZPNIgwqjnHrD
@AthenaHelivoy There's always a higher threshold for the tolerance of silly stuff in male narratives; in female ones, it's seen as weakness
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@fozmeadows Ambiguity or unlikeability as well. Readers would undoubtedly detest a female Harry Potter, Edward Rochester or (endless list). -
@AthenaHelivoy Yeah. There's a real dearth of female antiheroes - we're either bitches and villains, or heroines and damsels.
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