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Re: What OOTS characters Think V Is
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Originally Posted by Wrecan
Male
Roy (#9)
Elan (#87)
Nale (#252)
2 Azure wizards (#306)
Female
Potion seller (#135)
Dwarven assassin (#240)
Sabine (#252)
Unclear
Horse valet (#173)
Belkar (#177)
Score: 4-3-2
Just wanted to point out you list Nale and Sabine backwards from #252. Nale refers to V as "That elf chick" and Sabine calls V "the elf dude". And I don't really see where Elan assumes V is male, he doesn't make comment about s/he being either...except for being half-camel, he just noticed V wasn't going into the restroom.
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV [Official]
I think V is a female because it makes the group more rounded and because #123 wouldn't have been nearly as funny/hot if V were a guy.
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV [Official]
I'm no literary expert, but I find it very telling that I think V's female while my husband is sure V's male. Which basically indicates that we see ourselves in Varsuvius.
Since V is fictional, we are free to use our own interpretations. Which means that V's gender really *doesn't* matter, since we'll all just mentally edit the preposition to match our opinion when we're reading it.
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I guess I can kinda, sorta, see people debating this but, it seems pretty straight forward.
I've always thought V was a female. I mean I didnt even question it. I would guess its due to the hair being anything but short-short and wearing a metal hair circlet/tiera/band thing. She gets grouped with haley in all things. The fact that Haley obviously shares more with her would imply a gender comradery in my mind.
When someone calls she a he, its obviously a tug at the elf's gender neutrality but its always done as a joke.
I really haven't seen anything that makes wonder.
Edit: I would only add that it is only unclear to some characters beklar had mentioned wondering in comic 28 as well.
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I prefer to think V as being a female... No reason.
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Is it me or did V look suspiciously man-ish in the last comic? I dunno if it was a change in the artwork but V's torso looks more stretched/thinner, and as such makes it seem even less likely that there's any woman parts beneath that robe...
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Well look at it this way. If Vaarsuvius were a man, he would be a feminine man. If Vaarsuvius were a woman, she would be a masculine woman. Given that elves are portrayed as generally being pretty feminine, it would be more likely that Vaarsuvius is male. Has anyone ever heard of an overly-masculine elvish woman? Now if Vaarsuvius were a dwarf on the other hand...
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I think Vaarsuvius is really an oversized dwarf who shaves his/her beard every day. In which case, s/he COULD be a woman!
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Sure, "could" be, but V could also be the sensitive male friend that Haley finds non-threatening. We also know that Haley tends to have trouble getting along with other females.
Accually, Haley has trouble getting along with other women that she finds threatining. V obviously isn't that threatining to her 'secret' crush on Elan. That, when she was grouped with Sabine, Sabine had Nale, and this (we can safely assume) really ticked her off.
So, really, I think we should leave the debate to the dust because no matter how much we debate, The Giant will find a way to prove us wrong. ;) Thanks!
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I always saw V as female. Not sure why, just seemed that way to me.
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I always saw V as female, but it occours to me there is something that might conclusively prove otherwise. In comic 9 Roy reffers to V as V-man, I realize that people will point out that this nonly reveals Roy's perception. I am however informed that Rick has said that he had a clear gender identity for V at first, and only added the obscurity after the fan-debate started. Thus if the debate hadn't yet started by comic 9, then Roy's perception of the matter must have been the actual truth of the matter. So the 1 million dollar question is whether the debate had in fact started by comic 9 or not. Are there any veterans of the board who can remember if this is the case?
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV [Official]
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Originally Posted by kerberos
I always saw V as female, but it occours to me there is something that might conclusively prove otherwise. In comic 9 Roy reffers to V as V-man, I realize that people will point out that this nonly reveals Roy's perception. I am however informed that Rick has said that he had a clear gender identity for V at first, and only added the obscurity after the fan-debate started. Thus if the debate hadn't yet started by comic 9, then Roy's perception of the matter must have been the actual truth of the matter. So the 1 million dollar question is whether the debate had in fact started by comic 9 or not. Are there any veterans of the board who can remember if this is the case?
Wait, I know I saw Rich say that he purposely leaves the gender ambiguous, but where did he say that he hadn't had that in mind originally?
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV [Official]
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I always saw V as female, but it occours to me there is something that might conclusively prove otherwise. In comic 9 Roy reffers to V as V-man, I realize that people will point out that this nonly reveals Roy's perception. I am however informed that Rick has said that he had a clear gender identity for V at first, and only added the obscurity after the fan-debate started. Thus if the debate hadn't yet started by comic 9, then Roy's perception of the matter must have been the actual truth of the matter. So the 1 million dollar question is whether the debate had in fact started by comic 9 or not. Are there any veterans of the board who can remember if this is the case?
Um... well a) it's Rich not Rick and
b) Rich has stated somewhere on this board that yes, V had a gender at the start but the debate (and therefore the ambiguity) only started when the first mention of obscurity was made. As Rich said that was somewhere around comic #2 or #3.
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My final argument:
They talk about shoes.
They both have to be girls.
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV
I, personally, think that V is male. I've just thought that way since day one. I noticed this the other day though and checked back on a few comic strips. I've noticed that the female OOTS characters have a curve on their chests to represent their breasts. So okay, I think to myself, maybe the ones in cloaks won't because its a big ol' cloak. So I look back at a few and found some that had cloaks/robes, etc. and there WAS a curve. I even saw the strip with the female dwarf and she had a curve on her chest in the armor. I'm thinking even more now that V is male. LOL Of course there are very flat chested females, however, I've never seen them in OOTS. LOL Anyway, I know its all in each person's perception anyway. Just wanted to share my thoughts on this.
Last Panel, 1st Cell - One female in group:
http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/Gian...tscript?SK=283
The female shop keeper in robe:
http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/Gian...tscript?SK=135
The female dwarf:
http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/Gian...otscript?SK=76
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And V is also drawn exactly like ZZ'dtri, who is male.
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV [Official]
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Originally Posted by Ink
And V is also drawn exactly like ZZ'dtri, who is male.
I agree. I noticed that one too.
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I would agree, except that just because someone is female doen't mean they've got D-cups. V could just be flat.
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Re: What OOTS characters Think V Is
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Originally Posted by Tulnavara
...except for being half-camel, he just noticed V wasn't going into the restroom.
Just after that comment, Elan says: "Unless he's half-dromedary..."
So Elan does in fact perceive Vaarsuvius as a male.
Here's an interesting note: Has anyone who's actually in the Order ever questioned V's gender, other than Belkar? As far as I can remember, he's the only one to have ever actually stated that they saw V as ambiguously-gendered. All of the others have either indicated that they perceived him as one thing, or not said anything about it at all. In fact, now that I think about it, there's only one other character in the whole series that I can recall saying they were unsure about V's gender, and that's the horse parking ticket person. Am I right about that? I think it may be significant--I'll post more about it after I've thought some more.
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV [Official]
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Originally Posted by Heads_or_Tails
Um... well a) it's Rich not Rick and
b) Rich has stated somewhere on this board that yes, V had a gender at the start but the debate (and therefore the ambiguity) only started when the first mention of obscurity was made. As Rich said that was somewhere around comic #2 or #3.
I don't know if he said it on here, but he states it explicitly in one of the books (which are at home, so I don't know which one). I used to be firmly on the side of V as male, since the first few strips to me make it totally obvious that it was so (seriously, read the first 10 or 20 strips knowing that it's one or the other), but once I realized that the Giant was actively trying to confuse the issue the debate became utterly pointless.
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV [Official]
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Originally Posted by Ink
And V is also drawn exactly like ZZ'dtri, who is male.
ZZ'dtri is also an opposite, as well as the new half-elf boy. Dun dun DUNNNNN!!!
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very true-hmm. could it be a foolish mortal has dicovered a carefully hidden secret?
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I think V is gay. Thats why Haley lets him stay in the same room as her. It all makes sence. He's married to a guy and and isn't sure of how the others will react to him being gay. He's told Haley and she has sworn to keep it a secret. ^^ So yeah. V is a guy. That is gay. IT ALL MAKES SENCE!!!
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I think V's female, because in comic #3, he/she/it (depending on your point of few) apparently knows fashion. Plus, Zz'Dtri and the Half-Elf are male.
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You make a good point (though I'm biased, cuz I see V as female). But, not to be a devil's advocate, not all girls have a fashion sense (I know a few at my school....)
[EDIT] 'w' to 'a'
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV [Official]
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Originally Posted by Ramza
I think V's female, because in comic #3, he/she/it (depending on your point of few) apparently knows fashion. Plus, Zz'Dtri and the Half-Elf are male.
Of course, that comment could have been sarcasm, or just nicely listening to someone else despite not thinking what they're talking about is very important.
Anyway, here's something to ask yourself:
Think of people you know who speak and act like Vaarsuvius. Are these people mostly males, or females? Those kind of erudite know-it-all speeches and explanations of everything are way more typical of men than women.
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I stand by my point of V being gay. :P I think that makes it so much easier
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What if V doesn't have a gender?! ???
It's feasable (though unlikely) that pure-Elves don't have a gender in the campaign world, but can reproduce regardless. Of course, that just made my own head spin, so...
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i vote that its not going to be reveild
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Re: V's Gender Debate IV [Official]
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Originally Posted by The Doctor
Having dated someone whose gender I didn't know until we ended up in bed I can safely say it doesn't make a bit of difference.
on a similar note, i was once in an art class with someone named "kelly," who i wasn't sure whether was a girl or a boy. As some of you might know, Kelly is in fact an androgonys name, and although it is mor commonly used for girls, this person sort of looked like a guy. But, on the other hand, he/she had long hair. But, where i live, almost everyone his/her age had long hair. and my friend (who knew because he/she was in his class) would not tell me his/her sex, just to spite me. Eventually he told me, but i have since then forgotten, and so now I do not know.