History Main / AllAmazonsWantHercules

* Subverted in the [[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger first episode]] of ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''. Even after becoming a SuperSoldier instead of Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter loves Steve [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan because he's humble, supportive, kind, and good to her]], and doesn't care if he's short, scrawny, sickly and asthmatic.

* Subverted in the [[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger first episode]] of ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''. Even after becoming a SuperSoldier instead of Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter loves Steve [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan because he's humble, supportive, kind, and good to her]], and doesn't care if he's short, sickly and asthmatic.

* [[Characters/GenerationX Monet St. Croix]] is a smaller example. A powerhouse mutant, who even dubs herself as the team bruiser. Her first love was Synch, a very muscular young mutant who could link up to other mutants and use their powers better than the host. Next was [[Characters/XFactor Strong Guy]] who was TheBigGuy and BoisterousBruiser of the team, possessing SuperStrength as his power. Finally there was ''{{ComicBook/Sabretooth}}'' in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015'', who is another powerful mutant when he's not suffering BadassDecay. He's very muscular like the other two, with Monet eyeing him up at one point and volunteering to watch while he moves heavy equipment from the Blackbird.

* Alluded to in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': KYO manga. [[MagicalGirl Athena]] [[BadassAdorable Asamiya]] is hinted to have a crush on [[TheHero Kyo]] [[HotBlooded Kusanagi]] ever since he defeated her in one of the KOF tournaments, and she transfers to his school to keep an eye on him and his powers. Unfortunately for Athena, Kyo ''already'' has a girlfriend named [[GirlNextDoor Yuki]] so she has no romantic chance with him; after a skittish beginning, she [[IWantMyBelovedtoBeHappy backs off]] and settles for staying friends with them both.

* Many women lauded for their combat prowess throughout history would reportedly refuse to take a husband unless the husband could beat her at her preferred combat style/weapon proficiency, invoking a variation of this trope. (Example: the Mongol princess [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khutulun Khutulun]], daughter of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's great-grandson Kaidu Khan of the Chagatai Khanate, who would not marry any man who could not best her in traditional Mongol wrestling.)

* In ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryAndPickUpGirlsInADungeon'', the Amazons are a OneGenderRace obsessed with producing the strongest warriors. Because of this, they have a tendency to instantly fall in love with any man who manages to best them in combat, and are often very ''forward'' with their affections even if the person who beat them isn't interested.

* In the {{Wuxia}} take on ''Literature/TheKalevala'', ''JadeWarrior'', Pin Yu doesn't even consider Sintai's advances until he easily turns away her attacks. Only afterwards (with a bit of soul-searching) does she return his love. Also a subversion, [[spoiler:Sintai's companion Cho turns out to be her long-lost lover, and she returns to him with only a token display of kung-fu]].

* This trope is subverted in Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Appointment with Death'', in which the protagonist Sarah has broken off her engagement with her strong-willed fiancé :

** She ends up with a rather hen-pecked MommasBoy, and with Sarah wearing the pants in the relationship, the two are [[HappilyMarried perfectly happy together]].

* Ku Fei in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' will only allow Negi to kiss her if he can beat her in a fight, though she settles for an arm-wrestling match since time is pressing. Afterward, she "jokes" that now he'll have to marry her. On more than one occasion, Negi's reduced her to a semi-coherent puddle by displaying how strong he's become.

* Alluded to in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': KYO manga. [[MagicalGirl Athena]] [[BadassAdorable Asamiya]] is hinted to have a crush on [[TheHero Kyo]] [[HotBlooded Kusanagi]] ever since he defeated her in one of the KOF tournaments, and she transfers to his school to keep an eye on him and his powers. Unfortunately for Athena, Kyo ''already'' has a girlfriend named [[GirlnextDoor Yuki]] so she has no romantic chance with him; after a skittish beginning, she [[IWantMyBelovedtoBeHappy backs off]] and settles for staying friends with them both.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy winds up on Amazon Lily, an island of badass women almost totally oblivious to the ''existence'' of an opposite sex ruled over by one of the Shichibukai, the ridiculously gorgeous Boa Hancock; a [[KickTheDog puppy-kicking]] VainSorceress-to-be who [[DoesNotLikeMen despises men]] and has the power to [[TakenForGranite turn people to stone using their own impure thoughts]]. This being a shounen manga, Luffy gets his Hero on in a big way and Hancock winds up falling for him. Interestingly, [[ChasteHero Luffy not only doesn't reciprocate such feelings]], he's barely aware she has them. Even after seeing her topless twice and the second time complaining because he expected food instead. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in that former Empress Nyon implies that this happens to ''every'' Empress of Amazon Lily eventually, and subverted because it's implied that it's killed them all except for Nyon, and now Hancock (who was dying but recovered as soon as she had the chance to help Luffy and stay with him a bit longer) because they were all too stubborn to act on their lovesickness.

* Sumire in ''Manga/KimiWaPetto'', after being dumped by men who found dating a taller and more financially successful woman to be [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon too intimidating]], decides that she'll only date a man who's taller, more well-educated, and earns more money than her. [[spoiler:Subverted when she falls in love with Momo, a short, broke runaway who acts as her "pet" for most of the series.]]

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy winds up on Amazon Lily, an island of badass women almost totally oblivious to the ''existence'' of an opposite sex ruled over by one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the ridiculously gorgeous Boa Hancock; a [[KickTheDog puppy-kicking]] VainSorceress-to-be who [[DoesNotLikeMen despises men]] and has the power to [[TakenForGranite turn people to stone using their own impure thoughts]]. This being a shounen manga, Luffy gets his Hero on in a big way and Hancock winds up falling for him. Interestingly, [[ChasteHero Luffy not only doesn't reciprocate such feelings]], he's barely aware she has them. Even after seeing her topless twice and the second time complaining because he expected food instead. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in that former Empress Nyon implies that this happens to ''every'' Empress of Amazon Lily eventually, and subverted because it's implied that it's killed them all except for Nyon, and now Hancock (who was dying but recovered as soon as she had the chance to help Luffy and stay with him a bit longer) because they were all too stubborn to act on their lovesickness.

* One of the stories in Creator/PhilFoglio's ''ComicBook/XXXenophile'' series involves an amazon who ''can't'' bed anyone but a warrior who bests her in battle, and who is constantly driven to challenge men. The story culminates (ahem) when a man bests her at a chess-like game whose name ''translates as battle''. (The gods backing the man and the woman are, respectively, inordinately pleased and incredibly annoyed).

** Whether the Chinese Amazons gender-twist this trope to "All Herculeses Want Amazons" is unknown. Mousse, a male Chinese Amazon, is most certainly attracted to Shampoo, and being that he is [[BlindWithoutEm comedically poor of vision]], it seems to be that it's her combat expertise that drew him to her. Unfortunately for him, when he challenged her to a marriage match (they were only three years old at the time), she beat him utterly. It's not known whether or not he's tried it again since, but Cologne (who, admittedly, is also Shampoo's great-grandmother and doesn't like Mousse, particularly compared to Ranma Saotome) insists that his initial loss means he can't ever win Shampoo by that method. The fact he's stronger than she is now doesn't really mean all that much, as it's heavily implied that Mousse could never bring himself to really hurt her, and so she will always be able to beat him.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy winds up on Amazon Lily, an island of badass women almost totally oblivious to the ''existence'' of an opposite sex ruled over by one of the Shichibukai, the ridiculously gorgeous Boa Hancock; a [[KickTheDog puppy-kicking]] VainSorceress-to-be who [[DoesNotLikeMen despises men]] and has the power to [[TakenForGranite turn people to stone using their own impure thoughts]]. This being a shounen manga, Luffy gets his Hero on in a big way and Hancock winds up falling for him. Interestingly, [[ChasteHero Luffy not only doesn't reciprocate such feelings]], he's barely aware she has them. Even after seeing her topless twice and the second time complaining because he expected food instead. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in that former Empress Nyon implies that this happens to ''every'' Empress of Amazon Lily eventually, and subverted because it's implied that it's killed them all except for Nyon, and now Hancock (who was dying but recovered as soon as she had the chance to help Luffy and stay with him a bit longer) because they were all too stubborn to act on their lovesickness.

* [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGallery Maxima]] was also passionately attracted to {{Franchise/Superman}} because he is one of the only men in the universe who is as strong as she is and hence, a desirable father to her children. Pity that Supes doesn't give a crap because she [[WomanScorned didn't take it gracefully]]. At other times, she's hit on Comicbook/CaptainAtom and Amazing Man, who are also pretty tough, and even ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'', which suggests that she's drawn to strong people, regardless sex.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy winds up on Amazon Lily, an island of badass women almost totally oblivious to the ''existence'' of an opposite sex ruled over by one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the ridiculously gorgeous Boa Hancock; a [[KickTheDog puppy-kicking]] VainSorceress-to-be who [[DoesNotLikeMen despises men]] and has the power to [[TakenForGranite turn people to stone using their own impure thoughts]]. This being a shounen manga, Luffy gets his Hero on in a big way and Hancock winds up falling for him. Interestingly, [[ChasteHero Luffy not only doesn't reciprocate such feelings]], he's barely aware she has them. Even after seeing her topless twice and the second time complaining because he expected food instead. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in that former Empress Nyon implies that this happens to ''every'' Empress of Amazon Lily eventually, and subverted because it's implied that it's killed them all except for Nyon, and now Hancock (who was dying but recovered as soon as she had the chance to help Luffy and stay with him a bit longer) because they were all too stubborn to act on their lovesickness.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', Den is a 98-pound weakling voiced by John Candy. Sent to an alternate dimension, he transforms into a bald, muscle-bound, loin-cloth-wearing ActionHero, "with his dork hanging out." He rescues a DamselInDistress, Kath, and when they have a moment to talk in peace (Expanded upon in a deleted scene), Kath explains that she brought into that world as well and changed to her delight into a naked MsFanservice ideal and would love to offer her attentions to her hero, and he accepts eagerly. Later, Den is forced to join a small raid against an evil queen's palace only to blunder into the queen in the dark. When the lights come on, he is clearly grabbing her (very much uncovered) breasts. The queen doesn't mind; a few seconds of animated sex later, she proclaims Den her messiah. About par for female characters in that movie.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** On the one hand, Buffy is stronger than all the men she dates, making it a subversion. On the other hand, any man who she's involved with for more than a few episodes is a substantially stronger and better fighter than normal, often unnaturally so (whether due to [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire vampirism]] or to the meddlings of an [[MadScientist evil government scientist]]). Buffy may be stronger than anyone else around, but it still seems she wants a man who can ''almost'' defeat her. It's notable that the otherwise-progressive series ''never'' considered pairing Buffy with someone who was perfectly comfortable supporting her.
** Spike was a LUST interest initially, not a romantic interest. Later episodes saw the two of them develop a genuine, meaningful friendship that seemed more important to them than romance. Many of the things Spike did after realising he was attracted to Buffy ''were'' more selfless than lustful anyway (e.g.: willing to die being tortured by Glory rather than reveal that [[spoiler:Buffy's sister was the LivingMacGuffin the BigBad was seeking]], being protective of Buffy's family, [[spoiler:getting his soul back for her]])... also played with in that he disliked his feelings for her at first, then succumbed to the lustful aspects, and ''then'' proved more meaningful interesting in her... Even then, he rarely came close to beating her.
** Subverted, however, in that Buffy's boyfriends never defeated her. Spike came the closest in their first clash, when he nearly bashed her brains out and only failed because [[spoiler:[[MamaBear Buffy's mother hit him with a fire axe]]]]. By the time they got romantically involved, however, he was suffering from an advanced case of BadassDecay. Angel gave her a run for her money on several occasions but always lost in the end. Riley's occasional sparring matches with Buffy made it very clear that Riley, for all his fancy SuperSoldier augmentations, was nowhere ''close'' to her level. Once the SuperSoldier program shut down and Riley began to lose those augmentations, though, it was also very clear that he was terrified that this trope would come into effect and Buffy would lose interest in him.
** In Season 9, Dawn says Buffy wouldn't go for a guy like Detective Dowling - ''alive''.

** Another major subversion is not only Hancock stronger than Luffy, it isn't his 'manly' traits that attracted her to him in the first place. It was his empathy, chastity (being able to resist her charms), and his general affability. In this case it was more like all Amazons end up with Hercules because they're the only ones capable of surviving long enough to show they're not complete dicks.

* In ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'', Forte Stollen's secret fantasy is to be a damsel-in-distress who has her life saved from certain death by "A Strong Man, A Really Strong Man", who will then carry her around in his arms like a bride. When she encounter just such a man -- one of the galaxy's top criminals, who singlehandedly destroyed an entire planet with his bare hands and was thus imprisoned for life in a pocket dimension contained in an unbreakable boulder -- she actually disobeys her orders by actively trying to get him out and manages to ''free'' him, in order to consummate her desires.

* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', female saints have to wear a mask as a symbol that they've renounced their femininity. Traditionally, if a man ever sees their face without a mask, their choices are to either kill the man, or fall in love with him. This was evidenced in-story by Ophiuchus Shaina, who was seen without her mask by Pegasus Seiya, early on in the series. At first she tries to kill him out of humiliation... but eventually she falls in love with him, to the point where she risks her life for him several times.

** In Franchise/TheDCU, she certainly had no respect for [[ComicBook/HerculesUnbound Heracles]] for doing the above to her mother (a concept which was played with in ''Comicbook/JLAAvengers'', where she gets to beat the crap out of Marvel's Herc), but Herc and the Amazons eventually made peace in modern times. Viciously parodied in ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|2006}}'' vol. 3 #24, where the producers of a Wonder Woman movie have her make an [[BestHerToBedHer "I will only marry a man who can defeat me"]] vow, and get beaten by Heracles. The ''real'' Wonder Woman is '''not''' impressed.

** It's played straight in Creator/FrankMiller's Dark Knight universe. Her attraction towards Superman is a result of this. She even implied in ''Comicbook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' that Superman [[BestHerToBedHer threw her on the ground and made her his own.]]

* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': Maxima (mentioned above) switches targets from Superman to Grayven!Orange Lantern after he killed Klarion, a Lord of Chaos, something only an extremely capable warrior could do. Grayven, who is in a relationship already, and not anymore interested in Maxima than Superman was, ends up convincing Maxima how stupid this trope is, since she's specifically seeking a co-ruler, and a father for her children. A co-ruler needs to ''compliment'' her own talents as a leader, not just be another version of her, and an alien is extremely unlikely to be able to procreate with her naturally, so even if Grayven or Superman were interested, they'd have to create offspring through cloning. She ends up deciding to marry her current advisor instead, who happens to be a woman.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', Den is a 98 pound weakling voiced by John Candy. Sent to an alternate dimension, he transforms into a bald, muscle-bound, loin-cloth-wearing ActionHero, "with his dork hanging out." He rescues a DamselInDistress, Kath, and when they have a moment to talk in peace (Expanded upon in a deleted scene), Kath explains that she brought into that world as well and changed to her delight into a naked MsFanservice ideal and would love to offer her attentions to her hero, and he accepts eagerly. Later, Den is forced to join a small raid against an evil queen's palace only to blunder into the queen in the dark. When the lights come on, he is clearly grabbing her (very much uncovered) breasts. The queen doesn't mind; a few seconds of animated sex later, she proclaims Den her messiah. About par for female characters in that movie.
* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', Hiccup is certain that this trope is only way to get a girlfriend, especially the smokin' Astrid. However, when Hiccup forgets about that while befriending Toothless the Dragon, he eventually is confronted by her learning his secret. To explain the situation, Hiccup and Toothless take her on an amazing flight and she later makes it clear to Hiccup that she's thoroughly won over by him, a boy capable of exhilarating wonders no mere Hercules can match.

* {{Defied|Trope}} in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and the spin-off ''Film/AgentCarter''. Peggy Carter is a British Army Major, co-founder of S.H.I.E.L.D and a bona-fide ActionGirl. So ''why'' does she keep a photo of ''pre''-serum-boosted Steve in her desk? The implication, of course, is that Peggy didn't fall in love with Captain America, the pinnacle of human perfection and the infallible personification of the American way, but [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan she instead fell in love with]] Steve Rogers, the scrawny runt from Brooklyn who [[NiceGuy wouldn't even hesitate to]] pick a fight with a bully who could {{Curb Stomp|Battle}} him to uphold a grieving widow's honour, or dive on a grenade to save people who were nothing but jerks to him.
* In ''Film/TheLovesOfHercules '' Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, wants a piece of Hercules so badly so was willing to change her appearance to look like his love interest Deianera, despite that she apparently believes the loss of features to be the greatest price any woman can pay. But apparently "Hercules is worth it". Although also worth noting she was probably going to turn him to tree once she was bored with him...

* In the German ''Nibelungenlied'', Brünnhilde can only be freed from her curse (of strenght) by being beaten in single combat. When defeated, she falls for Siegfried and... the whole story goes on from there.
** In the Völsung Saga, [[DependingOnTheWriter which is the Scandinavian version of the same tale]], Brynhildr is punished by Odin by being put into a magical sleep until a man woke her, that man she would have to marry. Brynhildr asked Odin that atleast the man would be a worthy hero, which Odin agreed too and put up a magic fire around the mountain where she sleeps so only the best man could pass through. When Brynhildr is eventually married she finds out that the worthy hero, Sigurd, has under the influence of a spell, had her marry a less worthy man. The the tale goes to tragedy.

* Inverted in ''Bethany's Sin'', where the Amazon-possessed women of the town not only browbeat their cringing husbands, but [[spoiler:amputate a limb from each, as they think that being amputees will concentrate the men's fertility and increase their own chances for daughters]]. They don't just spurn Hercules, they deliberately turn their men into his hapless, weakling opposites.

* Played with in the ''Literature/{{Hurog}}'' duology. There is a woman who is as good a fighter as hero [[GentleGiant Ward]]. He has a crush on her. She, on the other hand, appreciates his prowess in battle, but is not in love with him [[spoiler:She falls for him eventually, but only once she gets to know him better ... and his personality his rather sweet and caring]]

* ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' infamously applies this idea to ''all'' women. In the first book Tarl doesn't rape the woman he kidnaps; at first she is [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe offended]], then she decides he isn't a real man and nearly manages to kill him. Once she does get enslaved she's totally into him after some token complaints.

* Subverted in Creator/MatthewReilly's book ''Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves''. Mother, a six-foot-four, [[BaldWomen shaved]] {{bald|OfAwesome}}, foul mouthed [[TheSquadette female marine]], second only to [[TheHero the Scarecrow]] himself in terms of badassery, initially seems like she might have fallen for [[LargeHam Baba]], her French [[DistaffCounterpart equivalent]] who, in his own words, eats like a bear, drinks like a Viking, kills like a lion and makes love like a silverback gorilla. However when it really comes down to it, she realises that, no matter how badass Baba may be, he just isn't her Ralphy (her tiny trucker husband).

* The title part of the trope happens literally in an episode of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''. A group of Amazons show up and want to get it on with our hero. He explains that he's still in mourning for his dead wife. This in turn comes from the myth of the Labors of Hercules, one of which was for him to take the belt of the Amazon Queen. The king who assigned the task assumed that the Queen would never hand it over (as it was a gift from Ares). When Hercules arrives though, the Queen respects his strength and conquests and thinks he's worthy of it. Depending on the legend, they then either swap stories or she wishes to marry him. [[spoiler:Neither case turns out well, since Hera is displeased at Hercules' fortune and manipulates the Amazons into attacking him, killing the Queen by mistake in the process.]]

** On the one hand, Buffy is stronger than all the men she dates, making it a subversion. On the other hand, any man who she's involved with for more than a few episodes is a substantially stronger and better fighter than normal, often unnaturally so (whether due to [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire vampirism]] or to the meddlings of an [[MadScientist evil government scientist]]). Buffy may be stronger than anyone else around, but it still seems she wants a man who can ''almost'' defeat her. Its notable that the otherwise-progressive series ''never'' considered pairing Buffy with someone who was perfectly comfortable supporting her.

* Gender-inverted in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', where the huge and hairy Tormund falls head-over heels for LadyOfWar Brienne of Tarth. Unfortunately, he's completely unable to express his feelings in a way that doesn't creep her out (and her heart is set on Jaime anyway). Not that this stopped shippers in any way, shape or form.
* ''Series/SnogMarryAvoid'' had a female weight lifter as a contestant, and when we see her boyfriend, he was a body builder who was more jacked than she was. They worked out together.

* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', [[TheLadette Kiina]] begins to develop feelings for [[spoiler:Mata Nui. His true form is a 40 million foot-tall Humungous Mecha, he's the ruler of a "universe", and he's voiced by Michael Dorn.]] Can't get much manlier than that. It's also the ''only'' kinda-romantic relationship among major characters in the entire story canon. The thing is, though, [[spoiler:[[AnchoredShip he doesn't ever acknowledge her as more than a good friend.]]]]

* Captain Jordan Lee from ''{{Webcomic/Skins}}''. She leads the team and is a tough, capable soldier but she prefers her men to be ever tougher and exclusively dates werewolves. Scenes and artwork in the comic have also implied she likes her werewolf lover Vinnie to be very dominant in bed.

** Season 6, meanwhile, has a side arc involving series regular Brock Samson falling for a heroine named Warriana, who is an obvious parody of Franchise/WonderWoman. Although they start by [[LoveAtFirstPunch antagonizing one another]], and Warriana then has to get over some [[NotStayingForBreakfast weirdness]] after they do hook up, in the end she is completely protective of "her man"—out of the entire series, probably the character ''least'' in need of protection. For bonus points, Warriana is a literal Amazon (to the point of having only one breast), and she tends to calls Brock "Hercules".

* Saeko Nogami from ''Manga/CityHunter'' [[BestHerToBedHer has vowed to only marry a man stronger than herself]]. Or at least that's what she says: knowing [[MagnificentBastard her personality]], there's a good chance it's actually an excuse to get out of her father's attempts at [[ArrangedMarriage combining her marriage]]... Anyway, the first six aspirants failed the "test" and ended hospitalized, and when the seventh (who was there only because he was a cop and Saeko's father was his boss) actually beat her she wasn't interested in him in the slightest (he fell for Kaori and then left town anyway). We have no news on what happened to the following aspirants, except there was at least a number 8.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', Den is a 98 pound weakling voiced by John Candy. Sent to an alternate dimension, he transforms into a bald, muscle-bound, loin-cloth-wearing ActionHero, "with his dork hanging out." Den joins a small raid against an evil queen's palace only to blunder into the queen in the dark. When the lights come on, he is clearly grabbing her (very much uncovered) breasts. The queen doesn't mind; a few seconds of animated sex later, she proclaims Den her messiah. About par for female characters in that movie.

* Many women lauded for their combat prowess throughout history would reportedly refuse to take a husband unless the husband could beat her at her preferred combat style/weapon proficiency, invoking a variation of this trope.

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' Mitsuri aims for this to an extent, after being rejected by all of her previous normal male suitors who thought her being inhumanly strong was a turn-off Mitsuri then hoped she could meet a man who’s either equally strong as her or more so she can finally marry; as a Pillar this comment of hers ambiguously made it seem she either doesn’t consider the other male Pillars strong enough or she just isn’t attracted to any of them.

** Liessa Wyrmbidder and Hrun the barbarian in ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic''. There's a bit of enlightened self-interest going on too; she wants to use him to gain power.
** Obviously set up as this but played with a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion in ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'' a hairdresser and a barbarian fall in love. The barbarian half is a total nerd who only knows about [[BuffySpeak Barbering]] and is a false action hero, and the hairdresser is the child of CoolOldGuy [[PunnyName Genghis Cohen]] and has sinews of steel.