Yes, she might be incapacitated, but she still has a say, and a huge influence over both her male counter-parts. But the point remains that the choices she makes and those she made before the plane crash help to move the story forward.

Okay, I also help things by showing her in her pre-amnesia state to help things along.

In other words, Aleria, even in her weakened, vulnerable state, makes choices that affect the story. And how I did this was to make sure she has agency. I needed to take some serious actions to show readers that she’s a bit more than a girl that can’t help herself. Can’t get more Damsel-in-Distress than that. I don’t like writing Damsels-in-Distress, but Aleria has amnesia and she ends up being protected by two guys. So, me putting a female character in a situation that she has very little defense against was a huge challenge. But the thing is that people now seem to only equate a female character’s strength with how she can handle herself in a fight. I adore the fact that the token female in a story’s cast is no longer necessarily the weakest link. I’m looking at you, people behind Avengers: Age of Ultron.)ĭon’t get me wrong. (Or that’s what movie execs seem to think. But she also needs to fall in love with the hero. She now needs to be a Strong Female Character. Audiences out there are, for the most part, no longer satisfied with merely getting a single token female character within a cast. The Strong Female Character is here to stay. Which is a problem, because his inner monster wants her dead most of all.Creating a Damsel in Distress that’s still a strong female character. Leaving Aleria vulnerable isn’t an option, but protecting her means unleashing his own inner monster. She’s the exact sort of person they would hunt, and thanks to a severe case of amnesia, she’s all but defenseless. Until a plane crash brings Aleria into his hospital. His thrills now come from saving lives, not taking them. Using regular shots of morphine to keep his inner monster at bay, Ryan has led a quiet life since the Second World War. Ironic, given that he spent most of his thousand year life sucking souls out of other immortals. “First, do no harm.” Blake Ryan swore that oath to become a doctor.

Genre: Fantasy,Books,Sci-Fi & Fantasy,Contemporary,.

Endless by Misha Gerrick