No, no no! You can't skew the poll. You are on my flist and that's who I was interested in!

Sadly, there are very few brainy women characters in the fandoms I follow for me to identify with.

I also think that I tend to write women characters that I want to be like, or emulate in some way. I think, in large part, that's what I liked about Pepper Potts in the movie. She was professional and smart and witty, with just enough bitchy thrown in to keep her real (imo). And I just didn't identify that way with any of the female characters in the X-men movies.

I like Emma Frost, but I don't want to be her... therefore, I have trouble writing her. Same for Jean, Rogue, Kitty... although I did not mean to imply that they weren't worthy characters of having a fandom around them.

I don't think I'm expressing myself very well. *sighs*

Thanks for your thoughts!