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WCDT Strips 3606 to 3610 (6th - 10th November 2017)
brasca:
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--- Quote from: QuestionableIntentions on 05 Nov 2017, 23:30 ---Oh, hey, another female character.
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While of course this could very well be a nonbinary character (as pointed out by others), at first glance it appears to indeed be a female character.
Just because of that I actually hope she/he is nonbinary, because I'd have a mild preference for any additional characters (if we even need additional I guess?) not to be female. In my list of 20 'main' characters (what I think that is), I had:
-10 female characters (Claire, Samantha, Veronica, Renee, Brun, Hannelore, Faye, Emily, Dora, Tai)
-4 female AIs (May, Momo, Bubbles, Roko)
-4 male characters (Marten, Clinton, Elliott, Jim)
-2 male AIs (Pintsize, Winslow)
Of course there are additional male characters who could become more active in the future (Dale, Steve, Sven, Will, Amir), but they are very much in the background and/or inactive ATM, as are more female characters (Marigold, Penny, Cosette, Raven).
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Well Spookybot isn’t a part of the cast, but I’d classify them as non binary.
zmeiat_joro:
--- Quote from: Milayna on 06 Nov 2017, 12:04 ---RE: gender ratio
I'm reminded of a famous study on classroom participation that found that the dudes in the room thought they were getting drown out when like 30% of the hands called were women. So this comic is approaching a gender ratio that about 97% of all other media/games/stories/etc have, but on the opposite end. And there's some rumbling in the direction of wanting to "balance" the cast out.
Honestly I'm perfectly ok with how it's going and if you REALLY need a banal dude-story that much, may I direct you in the direction of just about everything else? Otherwise, broadening yall's horizons won't hurt. Enjoy the comic for being outside of what you usually see.
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Quoting Charlie Stross:
"The word I've heard is that women account for the majority of fiction consumed, by about a 60/40 split.
Some genre consumer bases are gendered more heavily than others. Genre romance is about 75% female consumers (but note that 25% is bought by men, and it accounts for roughly 50% of all fiction sales). "Hard SF", with its Cambellian overtones of two-fisted engineering stories, and it's spin-off, MilSF, is predominantly read by men — but it's still about a 65/35 split. Overall, SF is supposed to be about 55/45 male/female readers, and fantasy is an even split (skewing towards 75/25 once you get into paranormal romance, which started out as a subgenre within romance)."
TheEvilDog:
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--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 06 Nov 2017, 12:14 ---You know, I don't think this is malicious at all. I think Beatrice just feels that personal assistants are what adults have.
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Why now, in that case?
Hannelore's been an adult for some time now.
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Let's not forget that despite everything about her OCD and issues, Hanners is actually a successful adult. She had her own internet business. She's made strides in dealing with people, professionally and personally. Its not like she's hurting for money. And Hanners has proven that she can beat her mother at her own games.
This just reeks of Beatrice trying to be more controlling of her daughter, or at least an attempt to mould her into an image of herself.
Oenone:
Wild speculation: Tilly is Hannelores cousin or step sib, and this is bizarro familial bonding.
Is it cold in here?:
Is Beatrice getting intimations of mortality?
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