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		| narf poit chez BOOM said: ...Yaay for stories conforming to tired, old cliches!
 
 That was sarcastic.
 
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 Actually, the tired old cliche is what happened in the movie - in real life the streetwise cool guy with the hopped-up ride gets the girl, not the starry-eyed nerd.  So, in fantasy it should work the other way around.  Inspires the nerds...
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		| narf poit chez BOOM said: I had a longer rant, but I'm quite sure you didn't mean to imply that female characters are simply prizes to be handed out.
 
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 Depends entirely on the story.  Zena the Warrior Princess - obviously not.  The Avengers - surely you jest.  Star Wars?  The Princess was fundamentally a plot device.  A reason for the heroic dering-do.  Nothing more.