Favorite Cold, Calm or Tough FLs

Cold, guarded, hypercompetent assassin FL with a tragic past and a warped perspective on life. Reclaims her autonomy and kicks ass.

Powerful warrior FL. Li Han Yi is tough, cold, and badass as hell. Rarely smiles. Pulls tons of insane stunts. One of my favorite FLs ever.

Calm, shrewd, businesswoman FL who is trying to reverse fate.

Cold, collected investigator FL. Runs the show, ML supports her. She's also very goth with her clinical interest in the gross side of her coroner work, and not shy or apologetic about it. There's also a princess SFL who is a bold, cocky fighter.

Cold, tough warrior FL with a tragic past. Strong and confident, easily matches the ML in combat skills and bloodthirst.

Cold, intimidating, powerful FL. The "toxic possessive CEO" red flag ML character, but played by an FL instead. Boxes as a hobby. Smokes cigarettes dramatically. Makes death threats. Tries to impress ML with her wealth and power. And so on, lol.

Arrogant, flirtatious, cunning lawyer FL. She's your classic charismatic asshole swaggering around like she owns the place. Morally grey and tough as nails. One of my favorite FLs.

Cold, scheming mastermind FL with a tragic past; a conniving master of deception. One of my favorite FLs ever.

Reserved, clever, city lord FL.

Powerful wuxia hero FL; succeeds her legendary grandfather as the Southern Blade. Courageous and relentless. One of my favorite FLs.

Kind, bold, tough FL. She saves the ML multiple times throughout the show in so many iconic scenes, and has other badass moments besides that. Very cute. Wears her heart on her sleeve. I loved her.

Princess FL who is a bold, cocky fighter. Confident, brave, high-spirited, flirty and tough. Never gives up on ML or her own beliefs. Very cute too.

Cold, detached, all-powerful ghost queen FL. Dramatic in the "demon king ML" way, if that makes sense haha, and ML was very much her beautiful consort. Very goth, Dilraba did an amazing job with this role. One of my favorite FLs.

Powerful immortal warrior FL who's been cursed to lose her powers and takes on an identity as a frail fairy to steal the cure for her curse. Calm, extremely guarded, clever, and courageous to the point of self-sacrifice to protect others.

Tough, somewhat cold, middle-aged doctor FL. The whole "toxic with a tragic past and sexy" doctor character, lol.

Stoic, honorable, tough general FL. Kind and somewhat gruff. Canonically not good at scholarly or feminine stuff, her skills are in martial arts and strategy. One of the more masculinely dressed FLs on this list, though she does wear feminine clothing sometimes too.

Collected, mature, intelligent FL with a kind heart. Goes from executive assistant to club manager. I really loved her.

Cunning, pragmatic schemer FL. Somewhat cold, except to the few she truly loves. Tough and brave. Determined to make things right, considers herself a bad person because of her mistakes in her first life.

Just watch part 1 lol. In part 2 they shafted FL so much it's tragic.

FL is a powerful badass and somewhat evil/antagonistic in a charismatic and compelling way that MLs usually get.

Dashing young warrior FL, chivalrous and kind, emotionally reserved. On a secret personal quest. Sweeps ML off his feet.

Powerful immortal general FL. Very tough, elegant and commanding. Canonically not very good at "the emotional side of things" (ie being sweet and comforting, that's more ML's thing). Fights with a spear!

Cool-headed, tough, badass pirate FL.

Calm, intelligent schemer FL. A mistreated princess sent for a marriage alliance who leverages her own life to save her brother and herself from a cruel empress. Kindhearted, but cool-tempered. ML meets his match in her. Rolls with the punches and thinks on her feet.

Confident, clever investigator FL; can be cold or intimidating. She runs the show, ML supports her. One of the more masculinely dressed FLs on this list, though she wears feminine clothing sometimes too.

Bold, brave, clever warrior FL. Kindhearted and good-humored, with a resilient spirit and a courageous heart. Defying the arranged marriage and determining her own fate.