The Word Cloud

So... I've just been reading over the "why are heroines Sassy/spiky" thread, and was thinking away. Just for fun, I thought it might be interesting to brainstorm "new" types of MC. Not fully developed characters, but instead sort of general sterotypes that we think would provide interesting protagonists for a story, but are somewhat underused.

Such sterotypes as "the perfect journalist", "the tinker" etc.
For instance:
"The tinker:
The basic driving force behind such a character is that they are motivated not by an abundant desire to do good, or gain power, but out of simple curiousity. They will break into a government facility not in order to sabotage it, but simply to find out how it works. The tinker is dreamy, dissasociative, and generally fairly relaxed."
Or something like that- I dunno. I'm not actually sure if a tinker would be a smart choice to use as an MC now, as their lack of direction may cause problems. Maybe the tinker would make a better sidekick...

Anyway- I'm interested to know what types we can come up with, and if we can find any character capable of carrying an entire novel. Then again, maybe other people don't think like this, maybe they build their characters from the ground up, rather than sort of starting with a fuzzy image, and the trying to sharpen the focus in order to fit the story.

My guess is that male writers find that kind of female character easiest to relate to. Also, it's logical for the MC to be spiky if she is the typical police / journalist type, and competing against men.
But, frankly, it's a boring stereotype, unless she has other qualities.
The shy, perceptive female character is much more interesting. Of course, ladies will say men can't write that kind of character, and they may be right.
I try, and I love proving people wrong.