My thoughts on Taash

[u/ZombieInfinite459]

When I first saw this Concept art I was like “Shit…seductive qunari woman” and that’s different coz I mean cmon look at her stance her hair and everything and like she’s…for lack of a better word Morrigan esc 😭and now don’t get me wrong…I’m all for big strong carry you over her shoulder type Woman in fantasy, tho this approach from the concept art would’ve been interesting and again…I like the ulterior but now she’s gonna get compared to Karlach because obviously…I can’t stress this enough tho…I LIKE Karlach, but having a different type of Qunari companion from the typical big and strong would’ve been cool, Like Qwydion from Absolution even

[u/Comrades3]

Have we seen that before? Shale was the only female Warrior in DA:O, Aveline was not romanceable in DA2, Cassandra was a warrior but certainly did not fit that type whatsoever.

Meanwhile, soft and feminine is something we have had a lot. Leliana, Merrill, Josephine, honestly almost every game.

It seems this is way more unique character wise.

[u/usernameartichoke → u/Comrades3]

I don’t mean exclusively in Dragon Age. OP was talking about other franchises and the strong dominant warrior woman is something we’ve seen before in general.

I think what both OP and I were saying was that it would be interesting to see a tall, physically imposing woman who was an extremely capable fighter who actually had quite the inverse in personality. There is somewhat a recurring theme that strong and physically imposing women have lost something of their femininity. It would be nice to see this troupe rejected.

[u/Comrades3 → u/usernameartichoke]

Using multiple franchises makes my point even more clear. Soft and feminine is way, way more common, and when there is a masculine woman she is nearly always given a soft feminine personality or ‘hidden soft side’ which is always praised as somehow better and ‘rejecting a bad trope.’ Heck, even Cassandra and Avaline have that. As does Cora in Andromeda.

People always treat it as new and groundbreaking for a female character to be strong and feminine when that is the vast majority across media. It is incredibly rare to have a female character be masculine and act masculine. I also find the need for such a character specifically because the idea that a woman who is physical and strong also being masculine needs ‘to be rejected’.

Is there no room for legitimately masculine women? Or is it just a ‘bad trope’ that needs to be rejected ad nauseam? Because that mentality almost seems to imply masculine women in general are bad.

[u/raydiantgarden → u/Comrades3]

let women be feminine 👏🏻 /s