en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/891376 Comments by Adarel http://greywardens.com/2010/07/shale-and-gender-stereotypes-in-dragon-age/#IDComment90364909 Thank you for all the thoughtful comments, everyone! Do know I never expect you all to agree with me and am much more interested in prompting discussion and insight. :) Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:00:41 +0000 http://greywardens.com/2010/07/shale-and-gender-stereotypes-in-dragon-age/#IDComment90364909 http://greywardens.com/2010/07/shale-and-gender-stereotypes-in-dragon-age/#IDComment90364378 Thanks for the criticism and support, Brin. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:58:50 +0000 http://greywardens.com/2010/07/shale-and-gender-stereotypes-in-dragon-age/#IDComment90364378 http://greywardens.com/2010/07/shale-and-gender-stereotypes-in-dragon-age/#IDComment90363876 As to the last paragraph, if you are a woman playing a male character (or vice versa) and tend to get somewhat attached to your characters as I do, I think it's a bit jarring. Describing Morrigan as "half-animal" is hyperbole. There's a long dialogue the player can have with her about whether or not she turns into an actual animal when she shapeshifts. She doesn't, but the fact that Witches of the Wild are shapeshifters plays into their characterization as wild, socially-outcast folk. From the perspective of a city-dweller, she very likely seems half-animal. I also realized this topic was going to be controversial. It's hard to discuss gender, stereotypes, etc. and not make people uncomfortable. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:57:30 +0000 http://greywardens.com/2010/07/shale-and-gender-stereotypes-in-dragon-age/#IDComment90363876 http://greywardens.com/2010/07/shale-and-gender-stereotypes-in-dragon-age/#IDComment90362225 Hm, I don't think I left out Zevran intentionally. He deserves discussion on his own, certainly, and I wanted to focus more on Shale here. I also have never spent much time with Zevran in my own party so he may have just slipped my mind. Also, I have said the first part to male friends of mine - "Look at her behind!". They didn't see it, for some reason. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:51:52 +0000 http://greywardens.com/2010/07/shale-and-gender-stereotypes-in-dragon-age/#IDComment90362225 http://greywardens.com/2010/05/just-how-human/#IDComment75855743 This I like. Mon, 17 May 2010 18:23:02 +0000 http://greywardens.com/2010/05/just-how-human/#IDComment75855743