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As with most female characters in early video games, Marle is constantly being pushed by men to be pretty and "proper." A princess who has to rebel against her father and king just to be herself. She prove to be a worthy fighter and magic user and healer, helping to save the lands her father rules over and the world.
The story of Faris is certainly one that sticks out in my mind in my younger years. Born to a king as a Princess, lost at sea when only five years old, and taken in by pirates! However the most interesting fact is our young Faris lived as a male. There are many different speculations as to why Faris lived as a male. Did the pirates find a young girl and decide that she would only survive if presented as male? Did Faris decide that the only way to make it as a pirate was to be male? Was Faris truly transgender (even after discovered Faris would still oftern refer to theirself with masculine vocabulary)? I always believed that Faris feared for her life with the pirates and could only be safe living as a "strong male" and thus took over the pirates thus proving that, in fact, females are strong and POWERFUL!
Wanna be the very best? Catch them all? Well for the first our years of the franchise you could only be a white young man. In 2000 the company finally gave the option for young woman and girls to see themselves as a monster catching master! A few more years before they could see themselves with a different skin color... but that's another issue for another SAL. This month we celebrate all the young woman in the world who want to travel far and wide and catch them all!
Samus. One of the first females to get a lead in a video game. She didn't get captured, she wasn't shown as weak and frail, she wasn't hyper sexualize (yet *insert eye roll*), she got to be a bad @$$ from the start. Enough said.
Terra Branford, a powerful and iconic leading lady in the Final Fantasy series. Up until the 6th instalment of the series, the lead characters had all, of course, been male. FF6 made strides to include one of the most diverse cast of characters thus far in its history and even gave us Terra as a co-lead, with the story line mainly focused on her and her experiences and challenges. Even though she had the "damsel in distress" troupe laid upon her for most of the game, she rose to be one of the most powerful characters! So for my birthday month, I give you one of my favorite characters from one of my favorite games in one of my favorite gaming franchises, Terra Branford!
DK has been a part of video game history since almost the very beginning. Kidnapping damsels in distress, climbing up towers, and throwing object at the hero trying to save the poor poor poor woman... we've heard it a million times! DK took a different direction in the SNES era and played simply on DK going out to save his own stash of bananas, they even introduced a female "Kong," only she was the typical, tall, blonde, sexy, love interest, of Mr. DK himself and of course, NON PLAYABLE. DKC2, however, introduced Dixie, as a playable counterpart to Diddy, to help save the main monkey, Donkey, and eventually in DKC3 was the main character, turning the tables as the female protagonist to save not one, but two males. Go get 'em girl!
Don't forget to equip only the best before proceeding! Chapter 4
