She was in a way. She turns back up in the third book, under the name Sally Sheers. (Although she wasn’t quite invulnerable; the ninja almost killed her, and definitely beat her).
I think maybe it’s the ubiquitousness that irritates me more than the archetype itself. ‘Oh, in this story too the woman is a super spy assassin warrior queen who can stylishly whip everything and everyone in sight? And all the commentary is either about what a badass she is, or else just setups so she can humiliate the non-worshipper?’ At this point I’ll just turn off a movie at the first sign of that, because I already know the rest of the plot without the bother of watching.
Actually now that I think about it she got badly beat up on the run to steal the software with the... was it Panther Moderns? So she was a lot more realistically vulnerable in spite of her hardware.
I am just now re-reading "The Peripheral" in preparation of reading his newly arrived, brand new "Agency", which I didn't realize had been released. One of my very favorite modern authors.
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I loved that book.
Come to think of it, Molly was an early example of the Strong Female Lead, genetically altered to be practically invulnerable.
She was in a way. She turns back up in the third book, under the name Sally Sheers. (Although she wasn’t quite invulnerable; the ninja almost killed her, and definitely beat her).
I think maybe it’s the ubiquitousness that irritates me more than the archetype itself. ‘Oh, in this story too the woman is a super spy assassin warrior queen who can stylishly whip everything and everyone in sight? And all the commentary is either about what a badass she is, or else just setups so she can humiliate the non-worshipper?’ At this point I’ll just turn off a movie at the first sign of that, because I already know the rest of the plot without the bother of watching.
Actually now that I think about it she got badly beat up on the run to steal the software with the... was it Panther Moderns? So she was a lot more realistically vulnerable in spite of her hardware.
>fingernail sliding out silently<
I am just now re-reading "The Peripheral" in preparation of reading his newly arrived, brand new "Agency", which I didn't realize had been released. One of my very favorite modern authors.
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