tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489915595496337926.post8091362644106342350..comments2023-10-30T11:58:20.915-04:00Comments on Retconning My Brain: Asari: Bluer than your matriarch's Orion slave girls!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405019346861244737noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489915595496337926.post-46772987211001150852011-07-05T15:19:28.030-04:002011-07-05T15:19:28.030-04:00yes I agree. just mentioned it because it was so p...yes I agree. just mentioned it because it was so prominent... <br /><br />Now let's imagine a Turian in briefs and a tight t-shirt doing a sexy dance... awkward much? ;-)glamgeekgirlhttp://almud.auner.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489915595496337926.post-64078618325624434912011-07-05T15:11:09.559-04:002011-07-05T15:11:09.559-04:00I think I could accept sexy dancers if we had more...I think I could accept sexy dancers if we had more of a balance. But the sexy dancers along with every other feminine-assigned role really didn't help me at all when thinking about the asari gender.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment!retconningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489915595496337926.post-21705864937157440852011-07-04T16:12:40.382-04:002011-07-04T16:12:40.382-04:00I had similar feelings about their depiction. Sexy...I had similar feelings about their depiction. Sexy dancers on space stations with lots of humans aren't really how I'd portray an ungendered species. <br /><br />Interesting observations in general!glamgeekgirlhttp://almud.auner.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489915595496337926.post-61025134428147359592011-06-29T20:20:57.882-04:002011-06-29T20:20:57.882-04:00I actually considered mentioning "The Outcast...I actually considered mentioning "The Outcast", but I like to pretend it never happened. Frakes' comments aside, which were really great, that episode has pretty much zero redeeming qualities. TBH, I thought Trek did better with the Trill (besides the first, horrendous episode wherein Beverly suffered gay panic after her boyfriend became her girlfriend). Having a gender neutral creature rely on binary gendered hosts was super interesting. I wish they'd done more with that species. <br /><br />Yeah, I'd definitely give credit to Cameron for at least owning up. Considering how BioWare has tackled issues of sexuality, it makes me think they at least have a few people wandering around who may have considered the asari gender.retconningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489915595496337926.post-86551541952826727842011-06-29T14:51:30.207-04:002011-06-29T14:51:30.207-04:00This is exactly what's always bothered me abou...This is exactly what's always bothered me about the Asari--with some of the references points too. Bioware is clearly aware of what they're doing--I haven't played through DA2, but whatever the brothel was called in the first Dragon Age clearly covered as many bases as it could.<br /><br />The Star Trek point that it recalls to me though is the Next Generation episode called "The Outcast", where Riker falls for a member of an androgynous race (who in the show are all played by women). William Frakes who played Riker is on record for wanting them to have gone with male actors instead, thinking they weren't gutsy enough.<br /><br />And there's Avatar, where James Cameron says the Navi shouldn't have breasts at all, but he thought they looked better. Well, that wins points for honesty from me at least.hcduvallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489915595496337926.post-49895636936096109112011-06-28T13:57:03.163-04:002011-06-28T13:57:03.163-04:00My pleasure. Thank you for commenting!My pleasure. Thank you for commenting!retconningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489915595496337926.post-77968747858792372182011-06-28T13:56:10.258-04:002011-06-28T13:56:10.258-04:00This was a great post and very thought provoking a...This was a great post and very thought provoking about my favorite games! Thanks. :)Joseph Lutovskynoreply@blogger.com