Re:genderswaping, the other big example is Delenn, who was supposed to be male in the pilot, and up until the Chrysalis.
I'm a big fan of genderswapping, and although I never met the original Starbuck, it does make me wonder how being genderswapped changed her character. At the moment (having seen just 2 episodes) she doesn't seem all that unusual - the crackerjack female fighter with deep emotional wounds is something we've seen before, with Kira and Susan Ivanova. It makes me want to back and watch the original, just so I can see how the characters compare.
My favorite genderswap: a production of Othello in which *all* the characters were female. Truly mind-bending. I also saw a Twelfth Night with a female (and queer) Orsinio, and The Tempest with a female Prospero. These were all with different troupes, so I guess genderbending Shakespeare is socially acceptable.
And now I'm wondering about genderbending female characters. The Merry Husbands of Windsor would be decidedly unfunny. A genderswapped Pride and Prejudice would have to be set in a vastly different society. But a male Arwen could work, if you made Aragorn female (or made canonical MPREG, since they do need to reproduce). Male!Arwen would be in the Elven tradition of artisans, and probably get a lot more respect than female!Arwen does, but could be substantially the same character.
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Date: 2005-02-08 05:55 pm (UTC)I'm a big fan of genderswapping, and although I never met the original Starbuck, it does make me wonder how being genderswapped changed her character. At the moment (having seen just 2 episodes) she doesn't seem all that unusual - the crackerjack female fighter with deep emotional wounds is something we've seen before, with Kira and Susan Ivanova. It makes me want to back and watch the original, just so I can see how the characters compare.
My favorite genderswap: a production of Othello in which *all* the characters were female. Truly mind-bending. I also saw a Twelfth Night with a female (and queer) Orsinio, and The Tempest with a female Prospero. These were all with different troupes, so I guess genderbending Shakespeare is socially acceptable.
And now I'm wondering about genderbending female characters. The Merry Husbands of Windsor would be decidedly unfunny. A genderswapped Pride and Prejudice would have to be set in a vastly different society. But a male Arwen could work, if you made Aragorn female (or made canonical MPREG, since they do need to reproduce). Male!Arwen would be in the Elven tradition of artisans, and probably get a lot more respect than female!Arwen does, but could be substantially the same character.