Fantasy World Meme

[sangate]

You find yourself in front of seven identical doors.
                A voice from above tells you:
"These seven doors lead to seven places:
Narnia, Neverland, Wonderland, Hogwarts, Camelot, Middle-earth, and Westeros.
Which door do you go through?
Why that door? What happens?"I've had a good think on this and realised it's a very difficult

Comments

[quirky_thoughts]

Nope...definitely don't think you're a moron! XD

Ooh..there's a lot of thinky thoughts in there. You've thought about it a lot I see.

I think it's great that there are characters like Sam in TV shows and fiction in general. It wasn't so many years ago when most female characters were there to be a love interest, the sexy siren, or just to shriek at their impending doom! Is that art imitating life? Or does it give females good role models to aspire to? A bit of both maybe. Just like you, it makes me happy to see females that I want to identify with...strong, smart, and likable and having the skills to actually take on the bad guys themselves. But unlike you I had to wait for society to catch up as these kind of female roles models were few and far between when I could have done with them.

As for feminism, I think the more aggressive forms have disappeared because it's not needed anymore...most of the bigger battles have been won. Like you said, not everywhere, but in our own world. But if you believe in equality then I'd have to argue you're a feminist by default.

You're right we have to chose our battles carefully as some things are more important than others(and we only have so much energy!) and mostly, females don't have it too badly these days.

This is an interesting thing to have a look at:

Sexism in the Scifi and Fantasy genres.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21033708

http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com/

Seems like there’s still a bit of work to do. :D (and it's refreshing to see that it's a guy who's making a stand.)

[sangate]

I hear you completely on all you said, I really do. And especially when it comes to fiction, there is a serious lack of females in that world. I remember seeing interviews with Scarlett Johansson and she made a stand when RDJ got really interesting character questions and she was asked if she could wear underwear beneath her suit and what diet she was on. I'd have been furious too! Plus it shows there's still a long way to go, because often people aren't even aware that they do it.

It's part of why I don't read comic books. I find the drawing of female characters often highly offensive. The only problem I have with the hawkeyeinitiative (there's been lots of shit about it online), is that it takes a known comic hero, but maybe that's its strenght.

I completely agree on women in a lot of on screen fiction though. There is a reason actresses moan about not having any roles past their 30. And that's not moaning, that's an actual, logical and fair argument and annoyance. Look at movies these days!

I loved this little comment from GRRM on why he writes such powerful female characters. He answered: "Erm.. they are people, thats why." Voilá. No difference, just equals.

And I hate myself for not having more female icons.. I'm shallow, I admit it LOL