>female lead is introduced as a bad ass who can clearly handle

>>87015289
i bet you need help right now

appeases to both demographics

>>87015289
To get away with both.

character development.
The "it's ok to rely on someone else" version

it's a typical way to up the skates for the climax, and dudes as damsels in distress is pretty gay

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>>87015289
you fucking 80's idiot it is clearly this now:

>female lead is introduced as a damsel in distress who needs to be rescued
>by the end is a bad ass who can clearly handle herself

>>87015289
a lazy way of making a character more layered. The same thing is employed with male characters by introducing their vulnerability as a vice - drinking to numb the pain or something.

>>87015289
Because Jews and Joss Whedon are holding the puppet strings

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Quorra a cutie

It's an easy way to set up romance.

You introduce a badass chick to appease the woman audience and have the male protagonist impressed by the female character. Then have the female character being saved by the protagonist and acting vulnerable and emotional in his arms to set up the romance between the two. This also please the female audience.

>>87015289
>>female lead is introduced as a bad ass who can clearly handle herself
>>female lead
There's your problem. There's only 1 lead, the rest are supporting characters, unless it's an ensemble film (see: Usual Suspects, Ocean's Eleven, etc.)

Quorra being self-sufficient makes the lead (Sam) look weak by comparison. If they didn't de-power her, Sam would look useless as a protagonist and wouldn't be needed for the story.

Yes, it's a lame plot device but how else are you going to show the Protagonist is needed if his support cast is more effective and powerful than he is?

>>87015656
What's the name of that hair style?

>>87015991
>how else are you going to show the Protagonist is needed if his support cast is more effective and powerful than he is?
Most endeavors irl are team efforts, so having multiple competent people on the team shouldn't make the team leader look weak even if it isn't an ensemble movie. The real challenge is giving the supporting characters something to do without eating up screentime on unnecessary subplots.

>>87015289
>>female lead is introduced as a bad ass who can clearly handle herself

Because people like this are largely a myth IRL

>>87017595
A short blunt bob, I think.

It's the same logic as females can only fight females.

>>87015289
Because damsel is a good plot line for raising stakes but they dont want to make the girl seem like a useless character who only exists for that.

>>87017595
Semen demon cut