The Carth Thread!

[ArianaKir]

According to the 'canon': Revan is male and the Exile is female. They made it so you can play either of those characters as either sex, but I read that on one of the forums somewhere.

[Sweetie]

Yes, canon states that Revan is male. I personally hate that. I mean, why give the option for the player to have a female Revan if you're going to make canon Revan male? Boo on you, Lucas Arts.

[Verity]

[TwilightNocturne]

Part of it might be because Malak has a canon love interest supposibly. Even if the girl has no interest in him that way.

Most games generally try to make everything gender neutral. Which is a bit of a shame. I wish more games would explore the "pretending to seduce some male to accomplish their goals" type angle. But then again, I tend to play more rogue like characters.

I think there are some games that accurately portray how people would act towards other females. But there aren't a whole lot of them. As much as we like to say that women are treated equal to men, I think we can all agree that the dynamics involved are different.(Like.. Leliana's shoe conversation in DA. But I don't know if male PCs get it too.)

[Verity]

Yes, I agree on that. About neutrality. It may be a fair experience for either a female or male character, and it may save some time for the developers (and thus: costs). But often it is unrealistic. Because in reality, we do treat men and women differently.

Well of course I understand Malak would not see a love interest in Revan, but he would treat a female Revan different than a male, wouldn't he? It seems just so likely to me. Just to draw an analogy: in an office, a male employee would treat a female boss differently than a male boss. And thus, I would have expected a different reaction of Malak to a female Revan than a male. But in conversation, Malak seemed to react as if Revan was utterly male. It didn't feel to me as if Revan was neutral to Malak, it sounded quite male. I don't know if it's just me.

Leliana in DA is actually a very good example. She actually treats you differently whether you're male or female. I can't confirm the thing with the shoes, but as far as I know, she will not compliment on your hair when you're male (or will she? Needs confirmation). Yet such little things make the difference.

[Amaryne]

You get the shoe conversation as a male, but not the hair conversation.

Honestly, I'm not too miffed at the "Revan is male" canon. I don't think it really makes much of a difference, except to who you romance.

As for Malak treating an f!Revan differently in KOTOR - I don't know. I think it'd be a little strange for Malak to treat an f!Revan any more differently than a male. Male or female, both Revans are the same to him at that point - just another person he betrayed.

[Verity]

Hm. Malak seems to treat Bastila as a female. But from your point of view, it doesn't make a difference - because she is just another person he took advantage of.

I didn't mean it has some consequences for the game or storyline itself. Indeed it hasn't. It would only make the game "more" credible than it is now. By which I don't mean the game isn't credible itself.

I know what you're thinking. "It's only a game!" I know.