Unsettling Silence
24th Jul 2016, 11:01 PM
in Season One - Part 6: Edison Endgame
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25th Jul 2016, 12:17 AM
It's possible. They had a lot of fun, weird sci-fi for a show about elite soldiers.
Huh. I never realized how much of an influence that show might have had on me...
Though an episode of G.I. Joe with baseball bats and giant wrenches and claw hammers would be NEXT LEVEL! :)
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Huh. I never realized how much of an influence that show might have had on me...
Though an episode of G.I. Joe with baseball bats and giant wrenches and claw hammers would be NEXT LEVEL! :)
25th Jul 2016, 12:27 AM
Wow, Yuri is dual-wielding police batons! A policeman friend of mine told me once that they take special training with those things so they won't accidentally kill someone. O.o
The gangs of Autumn Bay seem to have some things in common with the gangs from "The Warriors" movie.....
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The gangs of Autumn Bay seem to have some things in common with the gangs from "The Warriors" movie.....
25th Jul 2016, 12:42 AM
She's really good with the tonfa...
That movie is a big inspiration for Autumn Bay. Funny story: when Autumn Bay was first created (a LONG time ago), I hadn't seen the movie. I based the gang culture off of Gangs of New York, S.E. Hnton, and the gangs from Big Trouble in Little China. When I later finally saw The Warriors, I was stunned. The influence of that became stronger. :)
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That movie is a big inspiration for Autumn Bay. Funny story: when Autumn Bay was first created (a LONG time ago), I hadn't seen the movie. I based the gang culture off of Gangs of New York, S.E. Hnton, and the gangs from Big Trouble in Little China. When I later finally saw The Warriors, I was stunned. The influence of that became stronger. :)
25th Jul 2016, 3:04 PM
Actually, since the late 1960s, female participation in gangs and gang violence has increased much more than male participation.
For them, it may not be about the thrill (though I am not going to say that women can't get a thrill out of fighting). There are other reasons to fight like this (and I'm going to say this could apply to anyone, regardless of gender).
Besides the thrill, there is also duty, family, belonging, and defense.
Don't be surprised to see anybody doing things traditionally "assigned" to anyone, regardless of gender identity, in Autumn Bay.
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For them, it may not be about the thrill (though I am not going to say that women can't get a thrill out of fighting). There are other reasons to fight like this (and I'm going to say this could apply to anyone, regardless of gender).
Besides the thrill, there is also duty, family, belonging, and defense.
Don't be surprised to see anybody doing things traditionally "assigned" to anyone, regardless of gender identity, in Autumn Bay.
25th Jul 2016, 10:00 PM
You seem to have mistaken me for my patriarchal Indian colleagues who are hostile to the idea of women capable of personal autonomy. Instead, I'm someone who knows that prison statistics in the US skew more than 10-1 male to female. Anecdotally, I remember gender ratios skewing highly male at punk acts I've seen. That makes a gender-integrated group of punks with high female participation look a little unusual to me, particularly one heading into a brawl.
Because of that, I'm wondering if this gender balance is fanservice/"female empowerment," if it's saying something (socioeconomic?) about the place this story is set in, if it's both, or neither.
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Because of that, I'm wondering if this gender balance is fanservice/"female empowerment," if it's saying something (socioeconomic?) about the place this story is set in, if it's both, or neither.
25th Jul 2016, 10:26 PM
Make no mistake, from my experience, punks have, from their inception, been an integrated group. Perhaps slightly skewed toward males in the beginning, but over time, especially with the rise of the Riot Grrl subgenre, it has increased the female presence.
There is little we do for "fanservice". There may be a slight hint of female empowerment, partially because of the influence of Joss Whedon on our writing.
Autumn Bay is, on the whole, a liberal place. Suffice to say that the city largely voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary.
The brawl is a matter of necessity. Ideally, the Shadowlight League would have sent in a cadre of sorcerers and wizards, but they are spread a bit thin and didn't have time to reallocate assets.
The fact that the Unwanted were called in at all is a matter of opportunity and Pogo's trust in Ghoul and Mercy (neither of which would call them in lightly).
Jennifer is a "guest star", if you will, being the leader of an all-female feminist vigilante gang who happened to be at the Mason house (headquarters of the Unwanted) and who agreed to take the place of a (male) member of the Unwanted who is not exactly brawler material at this point. Add to that the fact that Ghoul is not in the brawl, and we have replaced two males with one female.
TL;DR it is the way it played out. We don't force the plot, we just wind up the characters and they do what they do.
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There is little we do for "fanservice". There may be a slight hint of female empowerment, partially because of the influence of Joss Whedon on our writing.
Autumn Bay is, on the whole, a liberal place. Suffice to say that the city largely voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary.
The brawl is a matter of necessity. Ideally, the Shadowlight League would have sent in a cadre of sorcerers and wizards, but they are spread a bit thin and didn't have time to reallocate assets.
The fact that the Unwanted were called in at all is a matter of opportunity and Pogo's trust in Ghoul and Mercy (neither of which would call them in lightly).
Jennifer is a "guest star", if you will, being the leader of an all-female feminist vigilante gang who happened to be at the Mason house (headquarters of the Unwanted) and who agreed to take the place of a (male) member of the Unwanted who is not exactly brawler material at this point. Add to that the fact that Ghoul is not in the brawl, and we have replaced two males with one female.
TL;DR it is the way it played out. We don't force the plot, we just wind up the characters and they do what they do.
Then again, the Unwanted are used to dealing with "weirdoes". The gangs in Autumn Bay often have themes, like always wearing Halloween masks, or voodoo, or greasers, and what have you.
Up next: we check in on a pair of scientists and discover what has happened to the missing witches.
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