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Anything that isnt male/female more or lessWhat's ''pangender?''
Anything that isnt male/female more or lessWhat's ''pangender?''
Presumably "all genders". Can't say I've ever encountered anyone with such a label, but, personally, I don't see anything wrong with it.What's ''pangender?''
I think the general term you're looking for would be "non-binary", or perhaps "third genders".Anything that isnt male/female more or less
Well, I mean... that was exactly the point of detailing gender roles -- to explain how the world generally is. Not how your characters must function.Oooh, that does indeed open up a can of worms, doesn't it? Well, way I figure, depends on how you want things to play out. I, personally, am fine with either having general roles, or not having them at all. I reckon it really depends on how medieval/old world society tends to be.
Not really sure why gender roles are hated on so badly. It's a norm. If your characters don't like the norm, they'll just break the norm, and the consequences make the story all the better. The same can be said for norms in things like fashion, speech, not breaking into the heavenly realm to come in contact with the high-gods of your world, etc.
Yes, thank you both. I didn't expect the mere mention of gender roles to be met with this kind of response -- it only seemed like a necessary thing to include in worldbuilding. o_o Hell, even my own 'frothing at the mouth' comment was only there to emphasize how caught up I am in all this worldbuilding and how excited I am to see it all come together, nothing more.The only way to have no gender roles is to have asexual reproduction. As long as nature divides people through small differences, people will treat others slightly different based on said differences. Likewise, if you're god at math, people will be more likely to ask you how to sum up their taxes than someone who is not good at math. It's a pretty simple concept, people have different inherent strengths and talents and some of those are more common amongst a certain sex.
Kaga and Luma are absolutely right in how gender roles function in storytelling. It fleshes out a norm for your character to bounce off of, helping to create a culture with that and a sense of immersion in the world. It also doesn't have to apply to your character and their decision to accept or reject conventions based on gender will help determine their identity and relationships. However, the concept of gender roles are faaaaaar more complicated than 'medieval vs. modern' and just studying the history of multiple countries will give you an insight in how different that can be and how it impacts culture and vice versa. On top of that, you have a creative license as a worldbuilder, so if Kaga felt like it she could go full-blown Amazon on her world or mess with any type of inversion she wants to.
The thing is, the concept of gender roles doesn't get flack, it's the discussion that does. That's more the fault of how certain persons have steered that discussion than the idea itself.
I'M GLAD SOMEONE APPRECIATES THE DETAILS IN WHAT I DO. :D
Aww, look at the cute sea dragon :D
I'm glad you're asking in terms of travel time, because I'm terrible at visualizing and quantifying long distances, so I could never tell you how many miles/kilometers apart everything is (hence why the map doesn't include any sort of scale like that to begin with).On the note of details, what is the scale of the map? For example, let's say you want to travel from Agnai to Vuchala. How long would such a travel roughly take, assuming nothing bad happens to you?
That's an awfully specific denial :PAnd uh, don't worry, I still made a good chunk of progress today. I'm not typing this out just to procrastinate or anything. ^^"