tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post3170111560528135536..comments2023-06-25T11:24:57.244+01:00Comments on fairyhedgehog: Does sex matter?fairyhedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-12612188418227673242008-05-16T08:49:00.000+01:002008-05-16T08:49:00.000+01:00Hi merc,I hope you'll let us know the result of yo...Hi merc,<BR/><BR/>I hope you'll let us know the result of your test. It should be interesting.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-68748574587698599582008-05-15T20:33:00.000+01:002008-05-15T20:33:00.000+01:00I notice all the time. Well, that is, if I bother ...I notice all the time. Well, that is, if I bother to look at the author's name. ;) <BR/><BR/>I usually see a title, read the blurb, and scan some pages. It sometimes never even occurs to me to see who wrote it until I'm a good ways in...<BR/><BR/>I try to guess the author's gender if I don't know a I read... and pretty much I do judge them on how they do characters regardless of gender. O:) <BR/><BR/>This reminds me, I was gonna do a test to read some stories without looking at the author and see if I can guess. Should be interesting... <BR/><BR/>~MercMerchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164221022350926808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-66631516525369825842008-05-13T20:15:00.000+01:002008-05-13T20:15:00.000+01:00I can see that with fantasy neither reader nor wri...I can see that with fantasy neither reader nor writer has experienced the situation and it's possible to judge whether you think the writer has got it right. I probably do it too.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you've seen the <A HREF="http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html" REL="nofollow">Evil Overlord List</A> which parodies the worst excesses of Evil Overlords.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-16957985337770150952008-05-13T15:13:00.000+01:002008-05-13T15:13:00.000+01:00Well, true, we can be more judgmental about things...Well, true, we can be more judgmental about things we actually know, can't we? Human nature, etc. <BR/><BR/>All I was trying to say was that I do pay attention to how a writer presents a situation that he or she cannot know from firsthand experience, and fantasy or SF is loaded with Evil Overlord situations.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-8895345446445404892008-05-11T10:44:00.000+01:002008-05-11T10:44:00.000+01:00I think I'm quicker to object to sex scenes that a...I think I'm quicker to object to sex scenes that are allegedly from the woman's point of view, than to any scene that is from the Evil Overlord's point of view. <BR/><BR/>For the obvious reason that I've never been an Evil Overlord.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-44657158928156373462008-05-11T01:55:00.000+01:002008-05-11T01:55:00.000+01:00I like seeing someone do a good job with points of...I like seeing someone do a good job with points of view that aren't their own, be it a sex scene from the point of view of another gender to the point of view of the Evil Overlord bent on galactic domination. It's a craft thing.<BR/><BR/>But if they do it badly (and a bad sex scene is a good example, lol) it does stick in my mind. And, yeah, it does set up an expectation in my mind an an attitude of prove it to me that you can write that.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-89630925235693759872008-05-10T20:58:00.000+01:002008-05-10T20:58:00.000+01:00I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing and judging...I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing and judging. I'm hardest on men who write as women but get it wrong - or get it wrong as far as I can see.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes it's quite little things that sound 'off' to me. Anything that makes me think 'women don't do/think/say that' causes me to lose belief in the story.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-78172010194820408492008-05-10T20:46:00.000+01:002008-05-10T20:46:00.000+01:00I always notice the gender of the writer. It helps...I always notice the gender of the writer. It helps me put myself in their way of thinking so I can understand the book the way they intended it to be understood and not just from my point of view. The problem with this is that I judge them. Yes, I do. If they are a man I judge how they portray a female character and vice-versa.<BR/><BR/>It is also in my nature to observe things like this. I enjoy seeing people's thoughts on matters that they normally shouldn't know about. In the case of Jesse you'd think he would had done his research first, right? Or maybe he did.therapy in the makinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16253623514268832714noreply@blogger.com