The general is ambiguous but the navigator definitely isn't. Not to say that you should absolutely abide by the gender of the portraits but it's better storytelling to write different sorts of characters into a story and gender is a big part of that.

pgroot wrote:The general is ambiguous but the navigator definitely isn't. Not to say that you should absolutely abide by the gender of the portraits but it's better storytelling to write different sorts of characters into a story and gender is a big part of that.

Yeah, definitely going to try to get more female characters in there soon. The Engineer is a promising character to me, so that might come soon.
I've had a ton of fun writing the Assassin (which might say bad things about my mental health). And I wrote a short bit about the Martyr a while back. I forget where I posted it, though.
As a side note about the General, even if I am wrong about him being a him, the archetype of the "hardened general" is a lot clearer with an old man. Not because of any inherent differences between men and women, but because of historical and literary precedents. If I had written the General as a "she," I'm sure it would have been less clear.

v3xt wrote:Ok well the first one could be reworded as "'I...' She had a response, didn't she? The words seemed to..."
And about the second point. The Lieutenant could be a girl. If her hair was up. And you squinted hard.

Possibly, haha. Worst case scenario, maybe I took some artistic liberties.
Went back and fixed the awkward sentence. Thanks for the tips!

More!

square wrote:More!

I will, soon. But I've got family in town, so maybe not in the next couple of days. I am excited to get back at this, though.

This is really good stuff. Ready for more!

New, somewhat brief, section is up! Enjoy!