Often I find myself getting annoyed with standard main stream heroes. They're attitude that "I refuse to kill" is remarkably annoying to me. You have a villain that gets lose kills dozens of people, causes a huge amount of property damage destroying numerous peoples lives even if they don't kill them and somehow removing this creature that doesn't even deserve to be called a human from the world is wrong?

It gets extremely annoying whenever said villain keeps making repeat appearances though. As if the hero somehow believes that this time the prison that's failed to hold them two or three times already will somehow keep them contained.

Now I'm wondering though what type of heroine do others prefer?

As for me. Well I have trouble answering that question. I rather like extremely energetic personalities that are very cuddly like Maria's. However, I also find myself quite interested in a lady with a very cold or business like demeanor.

I could enjoy a heroine laughing with glee as she rips apart a villain giving said villain a taste of the terror and feeling of helplessness they've caused others. Letting them experience the feeling of helplessness that comes with being at someone's mercy and knowing they'll receive none.

This isn't a delight derived purely from the villains pain though but a deep feeling of pleasure brought on by the knowledge that by removing this threat she's protecting a great many people.

That said I could also enjoy seeing them being hacked up by a lady with a cold demeanor as well. No laughter, no sympathy or anger. Rather they find them face to face with someone who simply sees them as a diseased animal that needs put down. That or perhaps even regards them as dangerous waste that needs removed. They're not even a toy to her just something to be rid of.

One thing is clear though and I imagine anyone who's read my writing realizes this. I prefer a heroine who isn't afraid to get her hands bloody.

So what type of heroine do you all prefer?