Huh...

[neotoma]

This story I'm writing for marveloustales is going to fail the Bechdel test at this rate... I haven't managed to write a scene with the two female characters at ALL (I haven't really written any of the Fantastic Four 1602 characters, actually). Maybe Susan Storm can be a silent partner in the trading mission -- it seems like something she'd be clever enough to see the advantages of.

Frankly, I'm running out of time with this, if I want to get it to my betas before I have to *post* it on Friday...

Comments

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

The Bechdel test is a good guideline, but you don't have to have every story comply. Sometimes that's just not the story you're telling.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Hey, my story is *all about boys*. I think I fail more.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Well, I've got Susan Storm (1602) and Wanda (1602) in a scene together, I think. Admittedly, Wanda is serving as Sue's maid, because there really isn't anything *for* an apostate nun to do in Roanoke except wait to get married, but I'm going to have them buy into a trading expedition to the Algonquins, I think -- if I don't fall asleep before I finish that idea...

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Ohh, cool!

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

Many of my favorite movies fail the Bechdel test. Some don't have any conversations between women, about anything (Casablanca). Some don't have any women at all (Master and Commander, Lawrence of Arabia.)

It's a reasonable guideline, but not every story that fails it is a bad story.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

That's true, but I *meant* to have a subplot with the two female characters. It's just that I have so many scenes to finish before the deadline to get these beta'd...