LonelyWandererKitty

Hiya,
          	
          	Thank you all so so so much for 10k on the Merlin one shots. 
          	Wtf. 
          	Thank you. 
          	Love you all. 
          	..

LonelyWandererKitty

Hi guys, 
          
          I know I am not particularly active on writing on wattpad. Yes I am still avoiding the final chapter of Merlin (it’s been two years since I updated it) 
          I do read a lot when I am bored though and comment and stuff which makes people laugh or the constructive criticism. 
          
          Recently and mainly due to the course I am taking in English. A level of frustration has been growing and growing due to the lack of feminist or strong women characters. 
          
          For instance most of the story’s on wattpad (I’m saying most) feature the lead character as a women (wonderful) but her essential role in the book is a devotion to finding love or marriage or both. While there may be other plot lines which add nice twists or turns. The man in the novel always gets the girl. 
          
          As well as this the women mostly fall into the stereotypical sections of traditional women. 
          Badass lover, 
          Shrew,
          Quiet and vulnerable,
          Motherly, 
          Sexually exploited, 
          And the list continues. 
          
          While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, if you have a creative idea I am all for you running as far as you can with it. It does still point out just how difficult it is to break from a traditional patriarchal norm. Even myself in my own small writing use tradition to my advantage in order to create comedy or create a story people can relate to.  
          
          I guess what I am saying is that I want fresh content. Where maybe if the girl was cheated on at the start she doesn’t end up with the guy at the end. Books like the Bloody Chamber and A Thousand Splendid Suns are perfect examples towards literature of equalist value. I know that Wattpad isn’t at all the same as such high level literature and most of the time it’s Romantic semi depressed hormonal teenage girls spinning their perfect world of romance. But I guess I’m after something different and new? 
          
          If anyone has any suggestions or thoughts I would love a good ol convo below.