tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833068321597231910.post8356661357134350694..comments2024-01-16T19:15:41.816-08:00Comments on There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road: Adventures in Oz: An Inclusive RPGF. Douglas Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497140550892192807noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833068321597231910.post-2521541471707753832011-07-30T02:42:26.319-07:002011-07-30T02:42:26.319-07:00Nezumi: Yeah, English has some rather odd "gr...Nezumi: Yeah, English has some rather odd "grammar rules" which aren't really rules at all and don't make sentences clearer. Split infinitives spring to mind here.George Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706465827178319046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833068321597231910.post-59374342403051763532011-07-30T02:41:38.203-07:002011-07-30T02:41:38.203-07:00I think using they for general examples and then p...I think using they for general examples and then pulling out he/she for named examples is pretty sensible. That said, for all the fuss they get (including pre-book disclaimers and all that) I don't think pronoun use is really the key issue here.<br /><br />If anything, the pre-book explanations of why the book uses he, she, it, they, zir or wibble almost always come across as a little pretentious to me. I'd rather they just did what they were gonna do.<br /><br />The art is perhaps a more central issue, to me. As you say, there's nothing wrong with a sexy woman in your art - it's when we get to ridiculous cheesecake shot status that it all starts to fall apart, or when no woman in the game world seems to be anything other than 18 to 25 sexpots. <br /><br />Oz is definitely a game world that's gender neutral. I think you have a lot of the heavy lifting in making it "woman-friendly" done already is you just stick to the tone and material therein.George Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706465827178319046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833068321597231910.post-46551735446756306082011-07-29T09:54:29.501-07:002011-07-29T09:54:29.501-07:00Ending a sentence with a preposition is another on...Ending a sentence with a preposition is another one people harp on that's not actually bad grammar at all. It was literally just made up by someone as what they thought proper English should look like, without actually reflecting how the language is used. It was already being strongly questioned by actual grammarians as far back as the 50s.Nezumihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919226245219984292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833068321597231910.post-18498598050712248032011-07-29T09:50:17.932-07:002011-07-29T09:50:17.932-07:00Lots of people say that using "they" as ...Lots of people say that using "they" as a gender-neutral pronoun is bad grammar. They're all wrong. It's been in use in this fashion in some capacity for centuries.Nezumihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919226245219984292noreply@blogger.com