Random Jerkface wrote...
Exactly. There was one thread I made quite some time ago expressing confusion about the lore behind the genophage, but I think it's safe to say that, though we are primarily shown what has happened to male krogan (they lose hope for the future, become shiftless mercenaries and deathseekers), the virus was actually something that was done TO the women. And when you look at it from the female perspective, it actually becomes so much more f*cking horrific.
There is no way in all of Ja Rule hell that you could ever justify that level of devaluation and objectification to a woman. Not only have the options of monogamy and family been largely destroyed, they have become, almost literally, *things.* The only reason they are told they exist is to reproduce, and if they cannot, their existence is meaningless. On top of that anguish, they would grapple with the terrible ordeal of multiple stillbirths and deadly deformation. That is a nightmare like I can't even imagine.
Like, what's the suicide rate amongst female krogan?
Well Sheppard shot some guys for 30 minutes and now we'll never have to know.
But this is the exact thing that happens when, as a writer, you can't really see these things from another perspective. And I'm not saying every male writer has this problem. Hell there are some great writers who can write female characters just fine and plenty of female writers who can't actually write good female characters.
If we're getting onto the subject of female characters however, how 'bout we don't make all the characters have gigantic chests this time?
I understand there's a big market for over-cafinated 13 year old boys but I actually don't really care about the sexiness of a polygonal character.
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