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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Could one issue be that professional writers, on average, give female leads worse scripts to work with? Not always intentionally.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MostWritersAreMale

I feel like this is a pattern in Star Wars. Not just with Rey, but Ahsoka and The Acolyte too.


As for why this is a tragedy, I would cite the A/B examples of AC: Odyssey and Cyberpunk 2077 where, given the literally identical gender neutral writing, the women VAs utterly nail their scripts.

I wonder what’d happen if TV got the same treatment.

[–] uncouple9831@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

And cyberpunk shows they can still include unnecessary softcore porn in their stories, regardless of gender. Tv writers love that shit.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Same with a Greek epic. Alexios and Kassandra were identically horny.

[–] ProfessorHoover 8 points 2 days ago

Isn't that how Alien was written? Then Signourney Weaver blew them away. 

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Most writers being male doesn't mean that women have to be terrible characters. Shit writers are just shit, and Disney hasn't bothered with finding quality writers in a very long time.