Female Marauder

[Blazur]

Of all the units to consider for a female role the Marauder has to be the least plausible.

[Caliban113]

For some reason i thought, tha the banshee used to be female :S
Edit: Didn't the banshee used to be a female, or was i dreaming?

I remember seeing a shaky-cam replay way back when (before the Medevac) where it sounded like they were using the Dropship voice for the Banshee. I figured it was a placeholder. (?)

[pure.Wasted]

Of all the units to consider for a female role the Marauder has to be the least plausible.

Of all the ways to argue the point that Marauders shouldn't be female this has to be the least sensible.

With few notable exceptions -- resocced Marines and Ghosts, worst-of-the-worst Reapers -- unit voices in no way, shape, or form represent some sort of "standard." It is ludicrous to suggest that Vulture pilots are all rebels straight out of Texas Ranger; or that Wraith pilots are all cocky; or that Goliaths are all calculating and follow orders to the letter; or that Siege Tank pilots are all gung-ho about combat. Each unit would have a roughly equal mix of every personality, but obviously we can't do that, we have to settle on just one.

So they pick it. Randomly. Yes, there are deciding factors, it isn't completely random. But to suggest that the Viking or Banshee is somehow more "plausibly" female-piloted than the Marauder is just silly. Until lore necessitates a gender (or racial) predominance one way or the other, their plausibility factor is exactly equivalent.

[pure.Wasted]

I remember seeing a shaky-cam replay way back when (before the Medevac) where it sounded like they were using the Dropship voice for the Banshee. I figured it was a placeholder. (?)

It wasn't the Dropship voice. She had original lines, like "Thrusters to full power!" and "Ready for some death from above?!"

It was pretty annoying.

[Pandonetho]

Yes, it actually was very annoying. I was horrified when I heard those lines.

[Caliban113]

"Ready for some death from above?!"

It was pretty annoying.

Thats right - I remember that now - oy.

It wasn't the level of "Big Boy....training" - but somewhere up around there...


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[newcomplex]

Of all the ways to argue the point that Marauders shouldn't be female this has to be the least sensible.

With few notable exceptions -- resocced Marines and Ghosts, worst-of-the-worst Reapers -- unit voices in no way, shape, or form represent some sort of "standard." It is ludicrous to suggest that Vulture pilots are all rebels straight out of Texas Ranger; or that Wraith pilots are all cocky; or that Goliaths are all calculating and follow orders to the letter; or that Siege Tank pilots are all gung-ho about combat. Each unit would have a roughly equal mix of every personality, but obviously we can't do that, we have to settle on just one.

So they pick it. Randomly. Yes, there are deciding factors, it isn't completely random. But to suggest that the Viking or Banshee is somehow more "plausibly" female-piloted than the Marauder is just silly. Until lore necessitates a gender (or racial) predominance one way or the other, their plausibility factor is exactly equivalent.

We don't need lore. SC is set 500 years from present day reality, after a sequence of events made up by metzen. Do you think that gender roles would be non-existent 500 years in the future where females would be regularly employed as heavy assault infantry?

And it isn't ludicrous to assume personality based on position in the army. The commander of a ship would act notably different then its gunner. I would say that I picture pilots acting and talking very differently then marines when on duty. Riding a vulture is a high risk job thats really cheap on thrills. Their could probably be a stereotype on people who accept such jobs, as opposed to "safer" jobs. Such as golaith pilots (which are also much higher rank then vulture pilots)

[screw_ball69]

You know when ever the gender issue comes up in sc it always manages to go to the Terran's, but why are there no female Protoss units?

[Eligor]

You know when ever the gender issue comes up in sc it always manages to go to the Terran's, but why are there no female Protoss units?

Because the whole Protoss racial identity is rather "masculine", or at least lacking in feminine qualities. Has to do with the archetypes they represent.

[pure.Wasted]

And it isn't ludicrous to assume personality based on position in the army. The commander of a ship would act notably different then its gunner.

We don't get to see them act -- we act FOR them. We only get to hear the way they talk, and there is a HUGE distinction between these two things.

Just because a person is of a high rank doesn't mean they don't express emotion. The Goliath, Wraith, Valkyrie -- all are high-ranking officers, but they have completely different personalities. Is piloting a Wraith and Valkyrie really THAT different? Is the Goliath pilot going to have a monotone voice just because he's on the ground, fighting off swarms of Zerglings, as opposed to in the air, fighting off swarms of Mutalisks?

I am not saying that a statistical analysis wouldn't yield SOME tendencies... but these tendencies were chosen arbitrarily. The Goliath could have been cocky while the Wraith was by-the-rules and it would have worked just as well.