Quick PSA: Regarding Leonidas & Love Interests (Patreon)

Not gonna type a big long thing, just a general note.

I just wrote an almost 4K chapter (wordcount, not image quality, KEKW) dealing with this, but I want it to be clear: I really welcome feedback regarding Leonidas' relationships.

Believe it or not, I am in fact not that confident at writing women, and while I have several phenomenal Author friends and Editors that are women, my general fear trends toward stereotyping accidentally, or portraying something in an alienating way.

Despite common belief, I like the women in my stories to be independent entities and I tend to like to write strong women like Ceruviel, Aylar, Synthra, et cetera. They have quirks, they have funny personality traits, and to some extent they are there to be love interests (in Aylar and Synthra's case), but that's an element of what they are, not who they are in their entirety.

Thus, if you see something that you think is alarming, untoward, or generally rips you out of immersion:

Please don't hesitate to politely comment and point it out. In fact, I welcome and encourage it.

LitRPG is a male-dominated medium, but I don't want my books to be read as male-centric fantasy tropes. I have so many female characters because I generally just enjoy having female characters. I think both male and female sexes working in unison bring something important to creating a holistic narrative.

So, please, point it out. Do it. I'll thank you for it, as long as you're not a wanker about it.

Cheers.

P.S I guess I did type a big long thing, oops.