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WCDT: 2382-2386 (11-15 February, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Valdís:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 19 Feb 2013, 08:55 ---Sorry, had to add that. Because the whole facial features thing is, basically, bullshit. While there are some genetic tendencies towards differences in facial features between the genders, I've seen more than enough faces in my day to know that female faces with male features and vice versa occur regularly, and are well within the realms of normal variation. I have what have been described as very feminine lips and eyes, and of the five males in my family, only one has a discernible adams apple. I knew a woman in college who could've passed for a young Abe Lincoln, and one of my wife's best friends looks like she'd be at home in a garden with a conical red hat.
If you think you can tell, you're wrong.
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Pretty much. I know I have slightly more of a brow-ridge and shoulder-width than I would have if transitioning earlier (and get very self-conscious about it), but I've had several other girls I know in my classes who have more of either. Although it's the fact that a lot of the stuff comes from involuntary testosterone exposure, and wouldn't have happened naturally without it, that many don't consider FFS on par with "plastic surgery". Just undoing that damage a bit. Meanwhile I've been straight-up asked by girls, before transition, if I was wearing mascara and other makeup when I wasn't etc.
Quite similar to voices. Male puberty breaks it some, but the actual difference is on average only half an octave and the variance within the sexes are greater than between them (so any given deepness will generally exist on both sides, just to greater/lesser extents). That is a cause for a lot of trouble when trying to deal with your voice, since just going higher doesn't do it, but many fall into that trap; forgetting the importance of cadence and tone along with habits.
I'll toss in Nick Pitera just for being neat here, even if he's obviously not really transitioning his voice. Just been on a Les Mis kick for a year now (Hey, something had to take over after playing the hell out of Wicked). :lol:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9IWAxSpgKA
Method of Madness:
The voices alone are crazy impressive (except for his Javert, it was good, but he's no Russell Crowe*), but I like how he went above and beyond and filmed himself 9 times for the full 13 minutes of the video, with him patiently waiting for himself to be done singing so the other 8 of him could take their turn (sometimes at the same time, haha). (click to show/hide)Yes, obviously that was a joke, but I didn't think Russell Crowe was awful at all. Yes, there are many better singers, but I thought he held his own.
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