"We had a strong independent female"

"We had a strong independent female" is an excuse made to dismiss criticism on Mary Sue characters.

Background
It is well known that most female characters are shown as weak back in the 1960s and earlier before the gender equality becomes more common. It was not until the late 20th centery that this problems is now fixed. However as SJW's start to come in the picture they started to make a female character a Mary Sues or a propaganda type character. Just because you made a strong and powerful female character does not mean you had make them bland, overpowered, and a tool.

Often when a strong female character ends up being criticized for ether poor writing, being sexist to the male audience, being a Mary Sue or even there to promote a ideology and nothing else. Some people might use the "We had a strong independent female" as a excuse for doing so. Saying that "We had a strong independent female" shouldn't be a good enough excuse for making low-quality and effortless strong female characters in general. This excuse also treats it's audience like they are unintelligent beings or idiots with no real taste, which isn't true. In fact critically acclaimed trilogies like Star Wars have had worse off sequels because they try hard to be "Politically Correct"

Even if a strong female character is mostly aimed at female audience, male audience may also be interested in this character as well. There are many example of this but the most well known one are, Ochaco Uraraka, Amethyst, Lyn, Raven, and Spinel, just to name few; the aforementioned character's are for female audience, but yet they have enough substance and real effort put in to be relatable and entertaining for male audience and don't pander towards feminist.

There is no excuse for making a strong female character poorly written just because you want to pandering to the SJW's.

Examples of a poorly written strong female character

 * Rey
 * Admiral Holdo
 * Agent M
 * Charlie's Angels
 * Ghostbusters
 * Hua Mulan
 * Ironheart ("strong independent black female")
 * Miss O (Letter People)
 * Abby Anderson
 * American Chavez
 * Batwoman ("strong independent lesbian")
 * Carol Danvers
 * Dani Ramos
 * Grace (Terminator: Dark Fate)
 * Jane Foster (Thor)
 * Jes and Soph Blazkowicz
 * Michael Burnham ("strong independent black female")
 * Supergirl (Arrowverse)
 * Thirteenth Doctor
 * Nella the Princess Knight ("strong independent biracial")

Examples of a well written strong female character

 * Ochaco Uraraka
 * Amethyst (Steven Universe)
 * mh:greatcharacterswiki:Lyn (Fire Emblem) (Fire Emblem)
 * mh:greatcharacterswiki:Raven (Teen Titans) (Teen Titans (2003-2005))
 * Spinel
 * Blaze the Cat
 * Ellie (The Last of Us)
 * Barbara Gordon (pre-New 52)
 * Cassandra Cain
 * Stephanie Brown
 * Sarah Connor (pre-Dark Fate)
 * Wonder Woman
 * Starfire (Teen Titans (2003-2005))
 * Alita (2019 film and anime)
 * Cameron Phillips (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
 * Trish (Devil May Cry)
 * Lady (Devil May Cry)
 * Leia Organa (Original Trilogy)
 * Padme Amidala
 * Jyn Erso
 * Cara Dune
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Daenerys Targaryen (Seasons 1-7)
 * Arya Stark
 * Seven of Nine (Voyager)
 * Supergirl (DC Comics)
 * Fa Mulan (1998)
 * Sergeant Calhoun
 * Marion Ravenwood
 * Imperator Furiosa
 * Evelyn Salt
 * Black Widow
 * Scarlet Witch
 * Nausicaa
 * Sandy Cheeks
 * Arriety
 * Schwi Dola (No Game No Life: Zero)
 * mh:greatcharacters:Touka Kirishima (Tokyo Ghoul)