What kind of female relationships do you love in a story?

Relationships between female characters in the story include:

1. Family relationship (including mother-daughter, aunt-niece, grandmother-granddaughter)
2. Sisterhood relationship (by blood and/or existential, e.g, older sister-little sister bond)
3. Childhood friend relationship (female friends who grew up together)
4. Friendship relationship (whether classmates, hobby friends, coworkers, etc.)
5. Ideological enemy relationship (e.g., Akame vs. Esdeath)
6. Mentor-apprentice relationship
7. Leader-subordinate relationship
8. Love rival relationship
9. Priestess-follower relationship
10. Public figure-fan relationship

You forgot one: romantic relationship. :)

In general, I prefer reading about relationships that are between equals, at least roughly. One may be more of a leader, and the other more of a follower, but that should trend more toward "You have good plans and I support your goals, so I will follow", rather than a strict leader-subordinate relationship, i.e. it is something that might readily change if that opinion changes.

I personally write a lot of mother figures, ones that are strong, ones that wanted to repent because of their sins to their child and all that, so I picked the first one

I like girls dating femboys.

Of the above, I suppose that falls under sisterhood, childhood friend, or friendship. You're kinda making the story where there's one and half girls just being friendly, and it becomes something more.

Eldoria said:

Relationships between female characters in the story include:

1. Family relationship (including mother-daughter, aunt-niece, grandmother-granddaughter)
2. Sisterhood relationship (by blood and/or existential, e.g, older sister-little sister bond)
3. Childhood friend relationship (female friends who grew up together)
4. Friendship relationship (whether classmates, hobby friends, coworkers, etc.)
5. Ideological enemy relationship (e.g., Akame vs. Esdeath)
6. Mentor-apprentice relationship
7. Leader-subordinate relationship
8. Love rival relationship
9. Priestess-follower relationship
10. Public figure-fan relationship

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I think they are all good, it all depends on how the story is told and how their relationship develops. (Without obscene things, of course )

Zagaroth said:

You forgot one: romantic relationship. :)

In general, I prefer reading about relationships that are between equals, at least roughly. One may be more of a leader, and the other more of a follower, but that should trend more toward "You have good plans and I support your goals, so I will follow", rather than a strict leader-subordinate relationship, i.e. it is something that might readily change if that opinion changes.

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I was going to say "Where is the "Friends ... with benefits" option but this is better... :D

And to answer the actual question: "Any relationship that helps move the story forward, rather than stopping it cold, is a good one, regardless of gender(s), number of characters, type of relationship(s), etc."

That can be the weird frenemy relationship between Eiko and Beko (A-ko and B-Ko in Project A-Ko) [as an aside, that type is not really covered either - the ambiguous rivalry for Seiko/C-Ko's affection - at times it seems romantic, other times straight up friends, other times almost possessive], outright romance, real sisters, sisters at heart, boss and employee, etc. All of them.