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posted by [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/-thiefofhearts-/ at 02:00am on 20/01/2010
Weregeek focuses on a gaming group of 5, 3 guys and 2 girls. The two girls (Abbie and Sarah) are rather well written and not "uber-awesome" at everything. There's also the main character's girlfriend who doesn't play, but she doesn't go down the route of "me or the game!" It's also written/drawn by a woman.

I see the two girls in this strip more realistic than Sara Felton, as they remind me of a few of my geeky lady friends.
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 02:07am on 20/01/2010
Is it a comic that's explicitly "this is about a gaming group / an RPG" or is it a more general-geeky comic that has some gaming in it? I find that the second category (which includes Something Positive, Skin Horse, etc.) is, ironically, a lot more realistic.
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posted by [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/-thiefofhearts-/ at 02:13am on 20/01/2010
No, it's specifically about the gaming group and their adventures, both at the table and in real life. The "real life issues" tend to be secondary.
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 02:21am on 20/01/2010
Check. I made the mistake of starting at chapter 1.
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posted by [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/-thiefofhearts-/ at 02:24am on 20/01/2010
Yeah, reality and fantasy seriously blurs in that comic. It moves to more campaign focused stuff after Mark meets everyone.
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posted by [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/-thiefofhearts-/ at 02:11am on 20/01/2010
As for "can they write girl characters?"
I'd say most can, but as I see Sara Felton as a shining example of this problem of worried about offending anyone who isn't like yourself.
It's more of a "we don't want a woman being a bad role model" issue, I believe so they take up more of a role of den mother/saint. The same goes for many a sitcom where the dad is a dummy or just wacky while the mother is the one with her feet on the ground.

Lady writers tend to fall into a reverse trap where they write the main guy characters as those who can do no wrong or put them in situations/solutions that would be more appropriate for women.
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 02:15am on 20/01/2010
Yeah, absolutely.
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