I do agree with what
Sirithheruwen and
Child of the 7th Age say... if you're the creator of the world you're writing about women
can be fighters. And it always works for the writer. They have fun. But sometimes when the writer doesn't know how to work it out it becomes an immense torture for the
reader, a person the writer should consider at least once in awhile if they intend to let others view it. If the writer doesn't know what they're doing the female warrior character can so easily become a typical Mary-Sue. But there
can be female warriors that
aren't Mary-Sues.
If you can make a believable female warrior character, well and good, and
I'll enjoy the story. The only thing that remains is that I'd feel it was
unnatural.
*cough* Skip this paragraph if you like, because I'm going to give one of my main reasons for staying away from writing about female warrior characters. I don't know if anyone knows what that means or not. It's because of my Faith. I believe men and women were made 'equal in dignity' but were also given different parts to play in the world. Niluial said:
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Woman are more the mothers and the loving type while men are the protectors.
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And's that how I've found it to be almost everywhere I've gone (except to the realms of Mary-Sue stories, or occassionally a good writer doing a female warrior).
Now if ever I came up with a story idea that had the need as a female for the main character, I wouldn't cast away the idea because of that. I'd write the book if the idea was good. I write females as main characters sometimes, but I just don't write females as warriors.
And I must add I'm not saying that no writer should write about female warriors (just stay away from Mary-Sues, of course), but I'm saying that
I don't. It's just one of my preferences as a writer.
By the way,
Child, what you said here
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But a Hobbit who lives in a Burrow, runs around cooking meals, and fussing at his children a la Samwise....
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was terribly sweet. Charming to think about. Hobbits just
are simplicity.