Guys. This looks incredible. Apparently it was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and early reviews from there are quite positive. The...
This may be a really silly question, but have you tried spelling it Axum when you do searches? I figure that you probably have but since I've only...
Bringing in outside context is of course important--part of the reason I defended Jab is because I've always thought he was pretty darn invested...
This seems unnecessary? I kept it 100% civil in my post and didn't impugn you personally in any way so I don't understand why you are registering...
Tom, I don't think your criticisms are particularly well-founded. Jabrosky's female characters usually do have (often elaborate) backstories, and...
I got into so many arguments with people about this map on twitter. Plus I have a history prof who just gave a lecture he called "a defense of the...
Yeah, and it is fantasy after all! Definitely a nitpick of the narrowest kind.
Nihal, I agree that the issue of a male default is something to combat in one's writing, and I think most of us are susceptible to it regardless...
I'm not sure if this is directed at me, but I think it might be? If so, I just want to clarify that I wasn't suggesting women as a whole deviate...
I don't understand this at all.
Well, if your point is that people should write male and female characters a particular way that is representative of the norm, then it does...
True! Although I do think there's something to be said for having representation of a diverse array of real-world types of people in fiction--even...
I'm not saying that men and women are the same. I was addressing ascanius to point out that the aggregate differences between men and women (and...
More relevant to the OP's concerns, I have deliberately changed the gender of characters to make sure I keep what I see as a desirable...