I hope this is the right forum to post this under. It think it's more relevant to Writing Questions than World Building.
Here's the scenario:
My main character's wife is an escaped slave. She gets kidnapped by a bounty hunter working for her former master. She is by no means helpless; she is a capable warrior but the villain uses less than honorable tactics to disable her. The "hero" (he is by no means an upstanding citizen) is forced to rescue her. He is NOT a capable warrior and gets the crap kicked out of him, then is saved by a 12 year old girl. Together they save his wife.
My question is: Is this too damsel-in-distress-y? This isn't the final act or climax, but it does lead to the finale. My characters are criminals and I don't want it to read "the brave hero saves his true love." I'm just trying to avoid that type of story. Maybe I'm over thinking this.
Thanks reading my ramblings!
Here's the scenario:
My main character's wife is an escaped slave. She gets kidnapped by a bounty hunter working for her former master. She is by no means helpless; she is a capable warrior but the villain uses less than honorable tactics to disable her. The "hero" (he is by no means an upstanding citizen) is forced to rescue her. He is NOT a capable warrior and gets the crap kicked out of him, then is saved by a 12 year old girl. Together they save his wife.
My question is: Is this too damsel-in-distress-y? This isn't the final act or climax, but it does lead to the finale. My characters are criminals and I don't want it to read "the brave hero saves his true love." I'm just trying to avoid that type of story. Maybe I'm over thinking this.
Thanks reading my ramblings!