We all know her.   She’s the action hero who never cries. The emotionally detached detective. The girlboss who works 80-hour weeks, outruns trauma and definitely doesn’t need help from anyone. She’s the “strong female character” we’ve seen a hundred times, and she’s become more trope than truth.  In the early 2000s and 2010s, female characters like Lara Croft, Katniss Everdeen and Olivia Pope were hailed as feminist icons. They were smart, stoic, and fiercely independent. But over time, many of these portrayals have flattened into one-dimensional figures who equate strength with emotional suppression.  Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, for instance, captures the classic “strong female…