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[DJ]

But I at least sympathies with parents... How much wealth of children's books are there where the female character is the hero determined by her own physical strength and combat skill and not just strength of character, intelligence, and wits (Since there are A FREEKEN metric ton of those...)...

Well how much children's books are there where any lead character prevails through strength and combat skill? The lead being the underdog who ultimately wins either by cunning or by karma for being such a good-hearted person (example) is pretty much the norm. Even in The Princess Bride the male lead who is ridiculously skilled at everything gets badly handicapped before the final showdown. There's just no tension otherwise, badass swordfighting or whatnot doesn't really work outside of a visual medium like movies.

[tuypo1]

But I at least sympathies with parents... How much wealth of children's books are there where the female character is the hero determined by her own physical strength and combat skill and not just strength of character, intelligence, and wits (Since there are A FREEKEN metric ton of those...)...

Well how much children's books are there where any lead character prevails through strength and combat skill? The lead being the underdog who ultimately wins either by cunning or by karma for being such a good-hearted person (example) is pretty much the norm. Even in The Princess Bride the male lead who is ridiculously skilled at everything gets badly handicapped before the final showdown. There's just no tension otherwise, badass swordfighting or whatnot doesn't really work outside of a visual medium like movies.

You could have them lift a massive rock or pull back heavy bowstrings

[DJ]

Or squeeze water from stone perhaps? But seriously, is it bad to teach children to rely on brains rather than brawn?

[Neonivek]

Or squeeze water from stone perhaps? But seriously, is it bad to teach children to rely on brains rather than brawn?

Apparently if they are girls... yes.

Ok yeah that was a bad joke.

I think it is mostly just a reaction to the current burst of strong female roles we have been having lately.

[tuypo1]

Or squeeze water from stone perhaps? But seriously, is it bad to teach children to rely on brains rather than brawn?

Apparently if they are girls... yes.

Ok yeah that was a bad joke.

Ok bad joke but
 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped
We should teach kids there's nothing wrong with brawn sure brain is usually better but it's not always practicle do you want to teach kids to shame strong people make sure they ostracise supplement obsesed muscle at the expense of all else idiots but not people that are just strong   

[miauw62]

The cybermatrix got 504 dollars.

it was succesfully funded

[Neonivek]

I remember Jane and the Dragon where Jane becomes a knight in Training. One of the aspects is that she is weaker then a typical Knight in training, just look at her, so her Knight that she is apprenticing for happens to be one that compliments her as she gets around her lack of power with skill and speed. Yet she doesn't skimp on the physical aspects of her training, she just needs to rely on a different edge.

While her rival is given the worse of the two knights (and honestly that knight makes me question why he is a knight...) because his natural aptitude at being a knight means he doesn't need much help. While early on he is somewhat of a villain, it is shown that it is mostly because he is being pressured to excel and tends to be lectured whenever he loses to Jane... yet is shown to be truly honorable.

I love Jane and the Dragon mind you. It has this way of making every character alive and interesting. Even the most annoying brats of a character (The King's son) has sort of bits of character that makes him intriguing, for example though he is spoiled, he is too soft or kind hearted to enjoy hunting... a hint that he may actually have what it takes to be a good kind king.

But still tuypo1 the issue is mostly "Brawn is good" usually goes without saying, even for a kid. The reason why most things don't go "Brawn is ok" is because that by itself means nothing.

It is about how to use force, when to use it, and for what reason.

Children don't "Grow muscle" (at least most don't) so they don't really deal with that.

[tuypo1]

Yep Jane and the dragon did a great job of making her gender revelevt in a good way eh old still being a strong character

Also Jane and the dragon made me think of potatos and dragons

[Glloyd]

The cybermatrix got 504 dollars.

it was succesfully funded

God help us all.

[Graknorke]

Well how much children's books are there where any lead character prevails through strength and combat skill?

Well it's because stuff like that... isn't very interesting.
Like the bits of Achilles' story where he goes around fighting for weeks on end. Those would be of much interest were they to go into great detail of each fight like you would in a fight with a weaker protagonist because, well, of course he's going to win he's invincible. And if the main challenge your protagonist has to overcome is a straight-up fight, having either a victory that has them obviously superior and winning or the fight isn't described because of the former fact, well...
It's not a very satisfying conclusion is it?

[DJ]

That was kind of my point. You don't really have much clever twists in straight-up fights, and as M Night Shyamalan has taught us, you can't have a good story without a twist.

[Graknorke]

That was kind of my point. You don't really have much clever twists in straight-up fights, and as M Night Shyamalan has taught us, you can't have a good story without a twist.

Oh, sorry. Thought you were saying it's a bad thing.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

The cybermatrix got 504 dollars.

it was succesfully funded

Ye gods above. We're doomed.

[MorleyDev]

On the other hand, imagine if all kids stories were blunt and honest reflections of reality.

[penguinofhonor]

Kickstarters are popular? Streaming sites are popular? Kickstartering a streaming site is practically free money.

Highlight: I have no idea whether the last g in "RBCGamingg" is a typo.