Comments | sapphirebreeze: Since I'm On The Subject of Transformer Gender, Anyway...

sapphirebreeze

Since I'm On The Subject of Transformer Gender, Anyway...

Oct 15, 2007 11:39

... I would totally approve a female original-character from the Marvel G1-verse whose explanation for being female was, "Like all Transformers, he never really understood the concept of gender one way or another, but after going to Earth and meeting Arcee, he decided he, or rather, she, has always been a female but just never realized it ( Read more... )

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sapphirebreeze October 15 2007, 17:52:36 UTC

*blinks. Blinkblinks.*

Does that... mean what I think it means?

earthscorch October 15 2007, 23:46:28 UTC

The introduction of the female Autobots really created some oddness... Though I did like that episode. I think it was the idea of a handful of Autobots barely surviving on Cybertron, though. That was always my favorite part of the show. :)

sapphirebreeze October 15 2007, 23:57:00 UTC

Earthscorch...

...I'm talking about the comic book.

earthscorch October 16 2007, 01:05:37 UTC

Yes, I know, but the comic book never would have had female Autobots if the cartoon hadn't have done it first. They set the precedent! Wasn't it just Arcee in the comics, and only her because she was in the movie?

sapphirebreeze October 16 2007, 12:17:22 UTC

Yeah, it was only Arcee in the comics. Her IC reason for existance was kind of amusing, too. She was made as a PR model to appease female feminists.

I recently went through and read Prime's Rib. Hot Rod's got the hots for her from pretty much the start, but he really doesn't seem to get how being 'female' makes her different from any other Transformer ("She's just a fellow warrior, isn't she?" A attitude towards females that I, as a female, approve of!).

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jazzchyk October 15 2007, 23:50:38 UTC

Don't tempt me. You know I could write one. :>

the_s_guy October 16 2007, 02:17:58 UTC

I suppose it could kind of make sense, in that encountering an alien culture where everyone was expected to be A or B, and noting that many of one's personal characteristics matched up well with one of those alien categories, might lead someone to identify as/with that group.

Especially a Cybertronian - they're very much into tweaking themselves to fit their local environment.

I'm surprised that more Transformers on Earth didn't start identifying with assorted national and cultural groups. Although there were a variety of accents among the Autobots, if I recall correctly.