Stereotyping female characters

[DJZen]

The onl other girl was Rosa and she was a white mage.

There's also Porom, who, while still a white mage, smacks her brother around.

The blonde magi-cyborg (Whatever she was) was a fighter and caster.

Are you talking about Celes? She wasn't a cyborg...

It's a strong possibility that Shadow is a female.

Well.... (SPOILER)Shadow's a guy, his name is Clyde. But that's not exactly obvious right away...

And the painter girl had high magical power, but she was probably one of the least "stereotyped" characters of them all. I don't think that painting is a stereotyped trait of women. That kid was completely different

She wasn't a mage but she still wasn't good in combat. In fact, mages have magic that makes up for their lack of fighting ability. Relm just has a brush. Her usefulness in a fight is very questionable, which is sort of the female stereotype.


I think that there's been quite a bit of female stereotyping in the FF series, but there's more than a few totally badass characters. Rydia, while lacking physical strength (she's only like 10 or whatever when you first get her.....) more than compensates with her ability to summon Bahamut. Lulu is probably the first specifically female black mage in the whole series. Come to think of it.... Yup, first one ever! Rikku has no attack power whatsoever, but being a theif/chemist DEFINITELY makes her useful, sometimes moreso than Tidus. Faris commanded and entire crew of pirates, you can't be a wimp if you're gonna do that! Beatrix is probably the only female character who is meant to be physically strong. Her "class" is never completely given, but it seems that she's some variant on knight.

Maria, Rosa, Klulu, Selphie, Rinoa and Eiko, however, all do a good job of not being terribly strong in any sense of the word.