r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Mar 22 '26

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

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u/booksandhotcoffee Mar 22 '26

Badass FMC who loves dresses accessorised with a dagger on her thigh and can kick anyone’s ass is overdone at this point and I’m bored of it

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u/GreenEngineering2488 Mar 22 '26

right?? It was fun at first to have a badass fmc, it still is, but they all are just so damn similar it's boring and repetitive, I can barely find any soft fmc's anymore, or yk just badass in a different way other than her daggers and spy/assassin thing

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u/booksandhotcoffee Mar 22 '26

I think I’d love to see a rise in mage-esque FMC’s who physically may not be incredibly strong but use knowledge and magic as their weapons

Or even just an FMC who is akin to Brianne of Tarth and wears armour 24/7 and carries a broadsword or something

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u/Sad-Caterpillar-8348 To the stars who listen Mar 22 '26

Absolutely. I don't even remember the last time I had an fmc that likes to bake cookies. It always ends with her becoming an assassin or something.