Recent content by Nihal

I suppose the saturation and vibrancy are more noticeable in digital paintings due the nature of the medium. If you always mix pure colors it'll look very saturated and even muddy. I can't really compare with oils since I've never used oils, but painting digitally takes a little practice to get...

"No quiet way in, uh?" I mutter. "Tarlack, how high is the ceiling at the entrance tunnels and the witch's chamber?" The beginning of a plan starts to swirl in my mind. "Tell me which of her spells, which ones she knows. Before anything, can these elves see inside their conjured darkness?"

No. No, no no no. It boggles my mind that in stories that requires no laborious explanations of why a male character is the best of the world despite not being the hulk it's required that you change an entire gender's physical attributes so it's "believable" to some people. I'm under the...

I purse my lips at the mention of the killing and the knife. Walking by them I glance at Tarlack, "How much time until the next death?"

Yeah! She's not only a fascinating chinese pirate, she's one of the most successful pirates of all the time. She's also a good example of how a woman can operate in an hostile environment and a patriarchal society, playing her role of "being a woman as it's expected", and still achieve...

Did you even read what I wrote? Did I say you called me a girly girl? I reckon not.

The males of the past are the heroes, the conquerors, the builders, the poets, the... (...). There is a variety to them. The women, when they appear are mostly confined to their subservient role. Really? You see no problem at all? And, oh dear. You tried to use me in your example, but...

No, Mythopoet, I'm not dictating how one should write, it was one example of how those accidental male-less/female-less scenarios happen and how relying on those statistics can worsen the problem instead of helping to overcome it. No, I'm not saying that biological differences don't matter at...

It's not directed to a single person in particular, it's a rant about this new sex-deterministic trend. It has been popping up frequently of late. As you said, Nameback, it's at least grossly overstating any weight those "facts" may have. There are so many disturbing issues in relying on...

I have serious questions to anyone who argues that females are biologically different beings that deviate from normal people: What exactly makes you think men are the default? What makes you deny your female characters the right to individual (true) characterization? Why male characters can be...

Hmm... Not sure if I should post "Mauve does nothing", but it's what she'll do. I don't want to delve in her compromising observations right now so I can get a good laugh at you later. Let the brutes do the hard work! +300XP? 451 to go, cheers! *very slowpoke answer* Oh, no, not with...

((Got a bit too caught up in the painting world again, sorry!)) I purse my lips at Baldhart's oath. Only a fool would take unnecessary compromises upon herself, and doing serious promises to untrustworthy creatures just makes it worse. I draw the blade across my hand. This is the difference...

I don't recall playing these with my sisters, but I did with my friends (all-girls group). Though, curiously... We were faeries that went on magical battles and saved damsels in distress. The most prominent mainstream females were Mulan and Anastasia, and they didn't appear until half my...

BronzeOracle, I'd be careful with children's comparison and "natural" behaviour. My house has always been a nearly all-female house. My parents had four girls. We played with dolls, yes, a lot. But we played with balls (a lot!), vehicles, and included in the crap we did as children was...

Isn't it puzzling the use of biological differences, statistics and the like to force dubious preconceived notions on female characters but have none of it for males? -- In any case, regarding the original question: I'd rather have a book without female characters than have artificial female...