Theres been alot of discourse going around lately about whether we need more stabby badass girlboss fmc or soft, gentle kind fmcs in romance books, and it made me think we really need more weird nerdy, eccentric girls. Girls that are whimsical, dreamy, and a little otherworldly. Girls that see the world through a lens that others don’t fully understand. And he’s while this would lean more towards soft kind fmcs, there’s always a gentle rebellion to them that is badass in my opinion, They challenge norms quietly not with aggression, but with authenticity. Their refusal to conform is a kind of soft defiance. I want girls who are unapologetically their weird selves, and mmc that love them for it and don’t think they’re weird!
Some examples of characters i love for reference:
Luna lovegood from Harry Potter
Anne Shirley cuthbert (the Netflix versions of her because i have not read the books)
Mabel pines from gravity falls.
Helaena Targaryen (The Hotd version)
And I’ve read a couple books that I really think embodied this. The hating game by sally Thorne Lucy was really weird and adorable, she literally collected Smurf figurines. One good earl deserves a lover by Sarah Maclean, pippa is my favorite of hers fmc bc of how odd she is!! And recently the tearsmith by erin doom, Nica was really sweet and her obsession with creepy crawly little bugs was really adorable.
I’ll accept any genre, but recently I’ve really gotten in fantasy romance books so, I’d prefer those!
by OkFaithlessness348