What redditors think makes a female character strong
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In their view, Rance (of the games of his own name) is a good example of a strong male. Ruthless, cast aside many women after banging them, top 4 in his time, and controls vast amounts of land and underlings.
Yet no sane man says Rance is a strong male character. He's a rapey psychopath. They list negative, disruptive, and authoritarian traits and say "that's what makes them strong", which to me says a lot more about the person posting than the character in question.
Deku of MHA is strong: he never gives up, trains in skills aimed at achieving his goals constantly, and is always focused on bettering not only himself, but those around him too.
In fiction narratives, "strong" is a mental trait, not a physical one, because a story will shift and allow for the success of a protagonist regardless of their physical prowess. This is true male or female. Magical Lyrical Girl Nanoha is a strong female, for the exact same reasons as Deku.
Redditors believe men should act like Stepford Wives and women should act like African warlords. They're completely incapable of understanding nuance, so their idea of gender equality is reversing the stereotypical roles and then amplifying them a hundred times.
Nanoha is strong because if you refuse to talk like a reasonable person and instead try and successfully steal part of her soul she'll chase you down to another planet and snipe you from beyond the horizon, and use her devilish weapons to MAKE you listen and talk like a reasonable person.
Oh, she's strong magically/force-output-wise as well, of course. And she has a VERY strict line on how much shit she will take before she says "screw it, I tried, now you better prep yourself, because this staff is six feet long and has zero lubrication", but what makes her strong isn't her ability to put people in hospitals, it's who she is as a person. (Being willing to take SOME bullshit, but not endless bullshit, is also a pretty strong character trait. Turn the other cheek, everyone gets two chances, but fuck 'em up if they take advantage of that because you're empathetic and caring, but not a pushover.)
That sub hates Deku for 2 reasons: He's wiling to forgive his bully without making said bully grovel or suffer abject humiliation and they all still hate their bullies. I'm dead serious everytime it comes up a bunch of losers come out talking about how they're traumatized from high school bullying still
A lot of that is because most of those people would’ve jumped if Katsuki said that shit to them.
That is why Deku is a strong character and a hero, and they are not. Simple as that.
It is fine to acknowledge Deku is more forgiving than the average dub-only-anime-watcher, but that too is part of being a hero.
Nanoha is very based, yes. For her counter-punch, if you are foolish enough to reject the offer of peace and ignore the second chance after you smack her once, will level mountain ranges and put the fear of her into you.