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Need more female NPCs!

[Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0 ✭✭
in Feature Requests #1 latest comment 22 October, 2019, 01:48 pm.

Why aren't there any dark witches in fortresses? There should be female trolls guarding foundables, female vampires, etc. Hogwarts doesn't gender-discriminate, neither should the confoundable spell.

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  • AcumenAcumen Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #211 July, 2019, 03:33 pm.

    My name is @acumen and I approve this message.

  • JoysmineJoysmine Posts: 1 ✭
    #311 July, 2019, 05:17 pm.

    I totally agree! Thank you for sharing this significant fact!

  • CalondywyllCalondywyll Posts: 30 ✭✭
    #412 July, 2019, 01:39 am.

    Why ruin something with gender politics. I don't think a person will improve their outlook on life with a female deatheater or werewolf. There are plenty of female characters in this game. Lots of high level female professors, Ministry of Magic administrators, and students. There is no glass ceiling. How do you know that Formidible Pixie isn't a she? Or the werewolf? Or the Acromantula? Maybe you are just projecting bias. Maybe the game designers left a bunch of characters as gender indeterminant to let everyone determine their own. Who knows, maybe the wizard you battle in the Fortress is really a transgender wizard. Since this game does not touch that part of life, what does it matter?

  • ZookiTabookiZookiTabooki Posts: 637 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #512 July, 2019, 02:21 am.

    Incredibly good points made all around. Why aren't there female human foes? Witches have a very rich history and deserve a significant presence on both sides of the spectrum. Lack of balance here. I would love to duel dark witches.

  • RazorgirlRazorgirl Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
    #612 July, 2019, 02:41 am.

    Sing it Sista!!!

    There are NO female Confoundables! Meaning that women are only ever rescued, not active defenders.

    Niantic have already "Fridged" Penelope to spur Grim into action in their story - I'm really hoping that there is something more complicated going on there.

    Also, what's with calling them "Wizarding Challenges" rather than "Fortress Challenges". 😤

  • SeaTreeSeaTree Posts: 3 ✭✭
    #712 July, 2019, 04:35 pm.

    Agreed.

  • LucoireLucoire Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #812 July, 2019, 04:37 pm.

    Counterquestion: what makes you think that the masked death-eather found in Fortresses isn't female?

  • EowynRioEowynRio Posts: 107 ✭✭✭
    #906 October, 2019, 11:18 am.

    @bonzork I totally agree. I've been thinking about that too. Thank you for pointing that out.

  • JulieJubzJulieJubz Posts: 640 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1006 October, 2019, 05:27 pm.

    I think the only females are the dragons, since we did take their eggs and such. But duuuuuuuuuuude, yes, please give us Bellatrix to fight. I totally aprove this message.


    Also it's cool that maybe pixies and werewolves and all the non-humans might be female as well, but nah, it still leaves a gap that there should be some bad witches out there. Doesn't have to be outright feminine, but would be really nice.

  • DogoutlawDogoutlaw Posts: 1,928 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1106 October, 2019, 05:35 pm.

    There are female confoundables as well. The one with Newt and Graves comes to mind. While I wouldn’t mind the addition, I’m not hung up on this. Maybe just me.

  • AcumenAcumen Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1206 October, 2019, 07:18 pm.

    I think that’s a happy middle-ground, @Dogoutlaw. It’s kind of where I’m at. I don’t think there’s an active effort to subjugate women in the game, but I don’t see a reason to be against stronger female representation either. I’m down to fight a super-bad dark witch.

  • kiheikidkiheikid Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1310 October, 2019, 06:27 am.
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  • BormacskaBormacska Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1410 October, 2019, 06:41 am.

    @kiheikid where did you find that image?

  • kiheikidkiheikid Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2019 #1510 October, 2019, 07:14 am.

    @Bormacska -

    from The Sylph, who is a WU-tuber based in phillipines


    he said in his youtube vid post that he got it in an email from WB


    he is quirky but generally much more tolerable (and accurate) than most of the WU-tubers out there


    i won’t mention the paid shills by name (some might be active here)

  • LucoireLucoire Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1610 October, 2019, 08:44 pm.

    Hm... Gender-Equality and accepting all Wizards (and other magic users) regardless of gender would be fair. What makes you think that Villains and Criminals care about fairness that much?


    Of the "famous" Death-Eaters that were named in the Book, Bellatrix Lestrange is the only female. There were a few other females among Voldemort's followers but the overwhelming majority of Death Eaters were male. Narcissa (Draco's mother) was not a Death Eater unlike her husband Lucius.

  • kiheikidkiheikid Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1716 October, 2019, 06:53 am.
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  • ImantasImantas Posts: 14 ✭✭
    #1822 October, 2019, 12:13 pm.

    Did you just assume Death Eater's gender?

  • LucoireLucoire Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #1922 October, 2019, 01:48 pm.

    And just as a sidenote... WIZARD is a gender-neutral word, derived from WIZARDRY. Whereas WITCH - also a gender-neutral word - is derived from WITCHCRAFT.


    WIZARDRY

    Wizards are naturally adept SCHOLARS of magic, dedicated to STUDY. They gain their supernatural abilities from INTELLIGENCE. They require years of learning and practice but are "relatively" down-to-earth in their magic.

    Source


    WITCHCRAFT

    Witches are naturally adept PRACTITIONERS of magic, focussed on USING magic rather than studying and understanding it. They gain their supernatural abilities from WISDOM and have a strong bond to the spiritual world of ghosts.

    Source


    And for the record: THERE ARE FEMALE WIZARDS AND THERE ARE MALE WITCHES.

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