There're just not enough female characters. Even nowadays a show can be without one female major character.
True. And even if there are, there often isn't a female character that I can actually identify with. When I read pairing fic, I prefer reading a pairing where I identify with one character and am interested in another. I can count on one hand the female characters I identify with in various fandoms and still have fingers to spare.
On the other hand, there's usually at least one geeky/odd male character per fandom.
Since you mentioned Supernatural: SPN has female characters I can identify with/find interesting. It's just that most of them don't last very long.
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True. And even if there are, there often isn't a female character that I can actually identify with. When I read pairing fic, I prefer reading a pairing where I identify with one character and am interested in another. I can count on one hand the female characters I identify with in various fandoms and still have fingers to spare.
On the other hand, there's usually at least one geeky/odd male character per fandom.
Since you mentioned Supernatural: SPN has female characters I can identify with/find interesting. It's just that most of them don't last very long.