| Re: Gender in Halo 2 (response to DanteThePoet) LO |
| Posted By: Wraith7n <Wraith7n@hotmail.com> | Date: 1/11/07 12:17 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: Gender in Halo 2 (response to DanteThePoet) LO (DanteThePoet)
: I'm going to be as blunt as possible.
: The idea of a feminine warrior is absurd, not just in our culture, but in
: every culture that exists now and will ever exist through a time of
: conflict. Being a warrior is a masculine trait, no doubt about it. It
: requires aggression, anger, hate, and the ability to separate yourself
: from the pain you inflict. By it's very definition there will never be a
: "feminine" warrior mid battle, during a time of war. The ability
: to joke about shopping or eyeshadow while taking life requires a true
: sociopath, someone who can completely disassociate themselves from their
: actions. While these behaviors may exhibit themselves in perceivably
: feminine actions, they have nothing to do with the underlying personality
: of the character.
: My paper was more about how the game was not forcibly appealing to the
: teenage boy market by adding typical "fan service" like large
: breasts, massive cleavage or an overabundance of sexual innuendo, instead
: of how the society itself was ran.
: You make a good point Jilly, Cortana chooses a ridiculously sexual form in
: which to display herself, but she is not overdrawn by the artists into a
: "Heavy Metal"-esque form and that is what I tried to point out,
: how a near balance was struck between the two extremes. The viability of
: her form is something that no one can actually speculate on though because
: we don't have a clue what the fuck military life will be like in 500
: years. Do you think any of the Greeks had a clue what tanks were? (Save Da
: Vinci)
: Tj-
I don't think Da Vinci was greek. I believe he's Italian. He wore robes though. If that ties in at all.
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