At this point, I would really like to see the art descriptions for all these pirates. I want to know why the ratio of female/male pirates is so ridiculously skewed. Did Wotc instruct the artists to make so many of them female (if so, why? world flavor? story reason we have yet to be told?) or did they leave the choice to the artists who then all individually decided to make them female (to be original? to be inclusive? coinflip?)
Would we rather all pirates were depicted as male misogynists?
Is this pertinent to... anything?
The art looks good. I'm more concerned with so many flying pirates. Argh.
At this point, I would really like to see the art descriptions for all these pirates. I want to know why the ratio of female/male pirates is so ridiculously skewed. Did Wotc instruct the artists to make so many of them female (if so, why? world flavor? story reason we have yet to be told?) or did they leave the choice to the artists who then all individually decided to make them female (to be original? to be inclusive? coinflip?)
MaRo said somewhere that they are trying to balance out the genders on card art. Most cards over the years have depicted males so they're playing catch-up. While I'm all for more chicks depicted on cards, I'm not all that thrilled with all the female pirates since piracy has historically been a male-dominated profession.
So...
1. This isn't earth
2. Asking for historical accuracy in a fantasy setting that is not meant to be related to the real world simply doesn't make any sense. This world isn't accurate to history at all. If we're going to examine gender balance in terms of historical accuracy why are we not also questioning why there are dinosaurs in the same time period as pirates and the Aztecs and why there are vampires and fish people? Why are outlandish fantasy concepts more immediately believable than there happening to be more women than we might be used to in the real world?
Well if they created a brontosaurus with wings or pirates that were afraid of water, I would probably agree with your point. But they didn't so I don't.
Well if they created a brontosaurus with wings or pirates that were afraid of water, I would probably agree with your point. But they didn't so I don't.
They had flying dinosaurs though - which weren't a thing at any point in earth's history as far as we can tell, I think. Are you on the barricades about that? Because that's extremely close to what you claim they didn't do.
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Well if they created a brontosaurus with wings or pirates that were afraid of water, I would probably agree with your point. But they didn't so I don't.
They had flying dinosaurs though - which weren't a thing at any point in earth's history as far as we can tell, I think. Are you on the barricades about that? Because that's extremely close to what you claim they didn't do.
The absolute worst part of this entire block is listening to wannabe paleontologists talk down to others as if they think they're Jeff Goldbloom from Jurassic Park. I too have Wikipedia, I don't need your "expert" opinion on what is and is not a dinosaur.
At this point, I would really like to see the art descriptions for all these pirates. I want to know why the ratio of female/male pirates is so ridiculously skewed. Did Wotc instruct the artists to make so many of them female (if so, why? world flavor? story reason we have yet to be told?) or did they leave the choice to the artists who then all individually decided to make them female (to be original? to be inclusive? coinflip?)
MaRo said somewhere that they are trying to balance out the genders on card art. Most cards over the years have depicted males so they're playing catch-up. While I'm all for more chicks depicted on cards, I'm not all that thrilled with all the female pirates since piracy has historically been a male-dominated profession.
So...
1. This isn't earth
2. Asking for historical accuracy in a fantasy setting that is not meant to be related to the real world simply doesn't make any sense. This world isn't accurate to history at all. If we're going to examine gender balance in terms of historical accuracy why are we not also questioning why there are dinosaurs in the same time period as pirates and the Aztecs and why there are vampires and fish people? Why are outlandish fantasy concepts more immediately believable than there happening to be more women than we might be used to in the real world?
Well if they created a brontosaurus with wings or pirates that were afraid of water, I would probably agree with your point. But they didn't so I don't.
So we're just going to ignore the fish people, vampires, sphinx, gorgon and goblins when it suits our narrative, huh? Because I don't recall any of those in earth's history either. Or a giant electric spinosaurus. Or a giant three headed trex. Both of which are basically your flying brontosaurus.
Also it's funny how Secretinfiltrator basically just shot down your flimsy point and you tried to play it off as them being condescending even though that wasn't their tone at all. Even if they were being condescending, your hand waving doesn't address the point that was being made at all. I.E: that's a non-argument and a sign that you don't have one.
Would we rather all pirates were depicted as male misogynists?
Is this pertinent to... anything?
The art looks good. I'm more concerned with so many flying pirates. Argh.
They had flying dinosaurs though - which weren't a thing at any point in earth's history as far as we can tell, I think. Are you on the barricades about that? Because that's extremely close to what you claim they didn't do.
Finally a good white villain quote: "So, do I ever re-evaluate my life choices? Never, because I know what I'm doing is a righteous cause."
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Also it's funny how Secretinfiltrator basically just shot down your flimsy point and you tried to play it off as them being condescending even though that wasn't their tone at all. Even if they were being condescending, your hand waving doesn't address the point that was being made at all. I.E: that's a non-argument and a sign that you don't have one.
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