Comments on: Alienating? http://sheakoshan.net/2010/01/15/alienating/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:43:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: DTD http://sheakoshan.net/2010/01/15/alienating/comment-page-1/#comment-529 DTD Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:38:52 +0000 http://sheakoshan.net/?p=560#comment-529 Then don't even mention whether they have gender or not? Let the audience decide? Then don’t even mention whether they have gender or not? Let the audience decide?

]]> By: Shea http://sheakoshan.net/2010/01/15/alienating/comment-page-1/#comment-524 Shea Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:07:29 +0000 http://sheakoshan.net/?p=560#comment-524 I'm just worried about them becoming a little too alien considering that they're going to be interacting pretty closely with humans as well. They're scientists, aristocrats and all sorts of other roles, but since the audience has grown up with things like Star Wars, Star Trek and Shatner screwing aliens, I have to wonder if genderless aliens aren't a little too unusual for the general audience. Gender or no gender, overall it doesn't make much difference to the story itself, though. Traditional gender roles are a little absent in the setting. Heh. Me intentionally writing a romantic subplot. Right. I’m just worried about them becoming a little too alien considering that they’re going to be interacting pretty closely with humans as well. They’re scientists, aristocrats and all sorts of other roles, but since the audience has grown up with things like Star Wars, Star Trek and Shatner screwing aliens, I have to wonder if genderless aliens aren’t a little too unusual for the general audience. Gender or no gender, overall it doesn’t make much difference to the story itself, though. Traditional gender roles are a little absent in the setting.

Heh. Me intentionally writing a romantic subplot. Right.

]]> By: Q http://sheakoshan.net/2010/01/15/alienating/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Q Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:48:20 +0000 http://sheakoshan.net/?p=560#comment-523 I think you should have (biologically) genderless aliens. That leaves you free to mix and match traditionally male or female traits into your characters and allows you to have love subplot. Plus if humans are meeting these aliens it give you some bases for some hopefully interesting character conflict. I think you should have (biologically) genderless aliens. That leaves you free to mix and match traditionally male or female traits into your characters and allows you to have love subplot. Plus if humans are meeting these aliens it give you some bases for some hopefully interesting character conflict.

]]> By: DTD http://sheakoshan.net/2010/01/15/alienating/comment-page-1/#comment-521 DTD Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:33:25 +0000 http://sheakoshan.net/?p=560#comment-521 Well I think it totally depends on what the aliens are doing in the book. I think if you have a lot of the plot worked out already yet haven't figured this into the equation then perhaps they don't need gender. Try and think about which gender each alien character used would be and if its obvious then I think they should have gender. Well I think it totally depends on what the aliens are doing in the book. I think if you have a lot of the plot worked out already yet haven’t figured this into the equation then perhaps they don’t need gender. Try and think about which gender each alien character used would be and if its obvious then I think they should have gender.

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