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I'm really not sure where you're getting that from at all. The article is simply about the
number of women in series like Star Wars and LOTR, because that alone is severely lacking. As I stated above, the quote I selected is about how in fiction, the author plays God. The author make all the decisions, and even if there's meant to be some real-world basis for some things, the writer still chose that. And before anybody says this again; if it's possible to say "oh, LOTR's like dark ages Europe, except with elves, orcs, giant hawks, dragons and stuff" then...
why is my original comment in this thread of wanting more female (and non-white) representation so outlandish in comparison to all those other things? The fact that I wish there were some more kick-&&& ladies around is just too discordant with the lore? Which reminds me, who wrote the lore in the first place?
I'm just going to post this part again because it's the most relevant.
Perhaps more than any genre of storytelling, it has no excuse to exclude women for so-called practical reasons — especially when it has every reason to imagine a world where they are just as heroic, exceptional, and well-represented as men.s
And on that note, I'm done with this thread, goodnight.