Uh. . . wow, DJ, strawman much?
I don't have any problem with vulnerability. In fact, meaningful vulnerability is one of the things I like best in characters across all media (Jaheira had moments of vulnerability! That was what made her so stinkin' cool! Paired with Minsc, they were beyond awesome!). But what I'm saying is that there doesn't seem to be much mediation between badass warrior princess and, well, whatever Aerie was.
EDIT: For example, I loved both Final Fantasy IX and Tales of Symphonia. In both of these, a very sweet and sensitive female character loses her voice and becomes next-to-useless in combat; and in both cases, I kept them in my party anyway, because I wanted them around. I loved Vivi. I was bonkers about Kratos and Regal. One of the reasons why I like MGSIV so much was because Snake became a vulnerable old man.
But I'm not interested in constant whining that is never developed into anything else. If my (usually male!) character had randomly decided to go take out the people who made Aerie's capture possible, I would have felt better about it. There could have been Plot and Character Development and all that good stuff. But no, instead we have a mage who constantly gets one-shotted and spends huge amounts of time whining in a non-entertaining way, much as I feel bad for her.
Hell, if she had gotten kidnapped again, I would have been happier. At the very least, her story would have felt immediate.