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Am I a chauvinist
Post by TangoLima   » Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:04 pm

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For me the female characters in the series feel more
real than the males. Alfred, Benjamin & McDallan are
more the exception than the rule.
I know we all read our own version of the books.
Perhaps this is just my perception.
Does anyone else feel this way ?

BTW I am a male
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Re: Am I a chauvinist
Post by Nyssa   » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:02 am

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IMHO major characters are more fleshed out, more real. Tourville, Terakov, Giscard, Scotty, for instance, seem reasonably real.
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Re: Am I a chauvinist
Post by cthia   » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:15 am

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TangoLima wrote:For me the female characters in the series feel more
real than the males. Alfred, Benjamin & McDallan are
more the exception than the rule.
I know we all read our own version of the books.
Perhaps this is just my perception.
Does anyone else feel this way ?

BTW I am a male
I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that you are male.

If I am correct up to that point, then it could be your natural genetic predilection and predisposition. Women naturally seem more real to men, than men. LOL

And, if it's any consolation, one of my uncles has often told my sisters "It is alright to be a chauvinist, as long as you're not a pig." :roll:

He's a real character, a true chauvinist, but loveable.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Am I a chauvinist
Post by PeterZ   » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:20 am

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cthia wrote:
TangoLima wrote:For me the female characters in the series feel more
real than the males. Alfred, Benjamin & McDallan are
more the exception than the rule.
I know we all read our own version of the books.
Perhaps this is just my perception.
Does anyone else feel this way ?

BTW I am a male
I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that you are male.

If I am correct up to that point, then it could be your natural genetic predilection and predisposition. Women naturally seem more real to men, than men. LOL

And, if it's any consolation, one of my uncles has often told my sisters "It is alright to be a chauvinist, as long as you're not a pig." :roll:

He's a real character, a true chauvinist, but loveable.


Not more important, Cthia, more pertinent to anything 97% of males spends a majority of his time considering.
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Re: Am I a chauvinist
Post by cthia   » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:48 am

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cthia wrote:
TangoLima wrote:For me the female characters in the series feel more
real than the males. Alfred, Benjamin & McDallan are
more the exception than the rule.
I know we all read our own version of the books.
Perhaps this is just my perception.
Does anyone else feel this way ?

BTW I am a male
I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that you are male.

If I am correct up to that point, then it could be your natural genetic predilection and predisposition. Women naturally seem more real to men, than men. LOL

And, if it's any consolation, one of my uncles has often told my sisters "It is alright to be a chauvinist, as long as you're not a pig." :roll:

He's a real character, a true chauvinist, but loveable.
PeterZ wrote:Not more important, Cthia, more pertinent to anything 97% of males spends a majority of his time considering.

And the other 3 % with. LOL

I must admit, women feel more real when I feel them too.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Am I a chauvinist
Post by cthia   » Mon Sep 18, 2017 1:14 pm

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To be fair to TangoLima, I do believe that women are given the juicier parts, for the most part, in the series. Honor, Eloise, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Berry. Cathy Montaigne, that copper-plated Ransom, Abigail Hearns as the first gray son, etc.

They are just given the juicier parts in the play. Therefore, the more developed characters. Pavel Young was highly developed, because he was an antagonist. Victor has songs and poems written about him. Giscard was as well, because he played a very important part. Courvosier. Benjamin. But their parts were secondary to the women, as overall top billing. Magnified by that predilection thing. IMO.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Am I a chauvinist
Post by ldwechsler   » Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:32 pm

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cthia wrote:To be fair to TangoLima, I do believe that women are given the juicier parts, for the most part, in the series. Honor, Eloise, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Berry. Cathy Montaigne, that copper-plated Ransom, Abigail Hearns as the first gray son, etc.

They are just given the juicier parts in the play. Therefore, the more developed characters. Pavel Young was highly developed, because he was an antagonist. Victor has songs and poems written about him. Giscard was as well, because he played a very important part. Courvosier. Benjamin. But their parts were secondary to the women, as overall top billing. Magnified by that predilection thing. IMO.


A lot of it depends on the book. There's a whole series that really features Victor and Anton. Most of the other characters pale somewhat. Let's face it: Berry is mostly sweet, cute and very sane. Thandi is really tough and a bit kinky. They are nicely written but the focus is heavily on the two men. They are the protagonists.

As for the Shadow line, Terekhov has quite a bit of fleshing out as has Countess Gold Peak.

It depends on the story. Actually, Eloise is fairly recent as a major character...I don't think she was in the first half dozen books. And Elizabeth only became more central as she became closer to Honor.

Yes, RFC writes great women characters. But the men are pretty damn good as well.
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Re: Am I a chauvinist
Post by Nyssa   » Mon Sep 18, 2017 4:07 pm

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Umm, just thought I'd point out that Eric Flint created Victor and Anton (as we know him).
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Re: Am I a chauvinist
Post by kzt   » Mon Sep 18, 2017 4:24 pm

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It's an interesting change from say Charles Stross, who in "The Annihilation Score" revealed to the world he had no ability to write a convincing female character.
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Re: Am I a chauvinist
Post by TangoLima   » Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:49 pm

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I will admit we got a little more inside Lester in SoV.
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