No, I really think I just like writing for writing's sake - to tell a story without regard to the gender of the character. If you write male characters, nobody's going to examine their motives as men, or their speech as men, or their actions as men - they may argue and examine it, but it's likely going to be in the framework of non-gender motivation, influences, causes, etc. If you write a female character, SO many readers infuse the tiniest thing with a world of gender critique and get lost in it, not really paying attention to the character as a *character.* I think this has happened to Elizabeth Swann in the same way I've seen it happen to plenty of other female characters who become trapped in what they can do - or, conversely, are forced into illogical actions/situations just to prove "a girl can do it." (Interestingly, the only male character I've seen analyzed equally to death in POTC is Jack Sparrow, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's in large part because of his androygynous - meaning, partly female - qualities.)
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Date: 2007-04-15 02:34 am (UTC)