choken1
2009-02-06, 09:09 AM
#I know this is a bit long winded but please read it through before posting.#
Hey there. I'm a long time reader, first time poster and I'm thinking of suggesting an idea to solve V's gender dispute once and for all. Now, I don't know for how long many of you have been following this comic but I myself have been reading this since before it reached the 100th page. Even back then there was a dispute about V's gender which until now I've completely ignored.
Anyways, if my memory serves me right, there used to be an old "faq" topic back then where the Rich answered the most common questions he received like when he updates, why he's making the comic and the topic of V's gender. I think originally, Rich never intended to make a running joke from this but someone, somewhere, started to ask the question of why it was so hard til tell Vaarsuvius's gender. I think that Rich first started to play along and joke around with it in the strip where V refused to go into the bathroom, during their pit stop where you had the option of a man vs woman stall. If I remember Rich's answer about V's gender in the "faq", it was something along the lines of this: Muahaha! I will never tell you!
Obviously, he intends to lead you on, those who care, with silly scenarios where you'll never quite figure it out. Like I once said to my friends "It's Pat all over again. So here's my suggestion:
Let's say V's a male. Why male?....because.... why not? If you honestly believe V's a female, say he's a male anyways. If you honestly need me to come up with a valid argument, I'll offer you two things: In one of the early strips (number 9 to be specific) Roy calls Vaarsuvius, V-man. This strip was made before Rich started to play along with confusing people with V's androgyny which seems to suggest that he originally planed for V to be a male. Another thing is the fact that V is out there adventuring while V's mate is bringing up their children. That's follows the classic gender roles where the male takes off and the female raises the offspring. I'm sure we'll find female clues as well. If you examine the pages you'll find plenty of clues that suggest one or the other. Thus I consider everything I just said and counter arguments like "actually, in strip # V's clearly doing this, thus I say she's a female" a futile exercise.
Now I'm not trying to convince the "V's a female" supporters that they're wrong but more to play along. My theory is that one of two will happen:
If people start to refer to V as "him" and only "him" and we stop seeing these "Which gender is V?" topics popping up. Rich will finally stop, figuring the joke's dead and announce the gender. He might either say "Fine you're right he's a male" or he might go for the "HAH HA! You're all wrong V's a female" approach in a last ditch to screw with us. In that case the female supporters might be rewarded for playing along.
Alternatively Rich might refuse to back down (especially since he can read this topic) and this whole experiment becomes a big waste of time. However, we'll never know unless we try. So how about it? Whenever someone starts and gender argument, let's quickly silence it by saying "V's a male. It was decided" and follow up by referring to this topic.
Now some may argue that I am only doing this because I am a "V's a male" supporter. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. Maybe I'm a person who generally don't care but wishes for this argument to cease because frankly I consider it to be getting a little to old and wished to offer a solution to the problem. All I'm saying, please don't turn this into a "Which sex is V?" argument because that is not why I created this topic. I will not try to counter argue your opinion so it's futile. However. If you all decide that Rich has to come clean eventually and this might be a way to do it then spread the word and say: "V's a male. It's decided."
So say we all?
Hey there. I'm a long time reader, first time poster and I'm thinking of suggesting an idea to solve V's gender dispute once and for all. Now, I don't know for how long many of you have been following this comic but I myself have been reading this since before it reached the 100th page. Even back then there was a dispute about V's gender which until now I've completely ignored.
Anyways, if my memory serves me right, there used to be an old "faq" topic back then where the Rich answered the most common questions he received like when he updates, why he's making the comic and the topic of V's gender. I think originally, Rich never intended to make a running joke from this but someone, somewhere, started to ask the question of why it was so hard til tell Vaarsuvius's gender. I think that Rich first started to play along and joke around with it in the strip where V refused to go into the bathroom, during their pit stop where you had the option of a man vs woman stall. If I remember Rich's answer about V's gender in the "faq", it was something along the lines of this: Muahaha! I will never tell you!
Obviously, he intends to lead you on, those who care, with silly scenarios where you'll never quite figure it out. Like I once said to my friends "It's Pat all over again. So here's my suggestion:
Let's say V's a male. Why male?....because.... why not? If you honestly believe V's a female, say he's a male anyways. If you honestly need me to come up with a valid argument, I'll offer you two things: In one of the early strips (number 9 to be specific) Roy calls Vaarsuvius, V-man. This strip was made before Rich started to play along with confusing people with V's androgyny which seems to suggest that he originally planed for V to be a male. Another thing is the fact that V is out there adventuring while V's mate is bringing up their children. That's follows the classic gender roles where the male takes off and the female raises the offspring. I'm sure we'll find female clues as well. If you examine the pages you'll find plenty of clues that suggest one or the other. Thus I consider everything I just said and counter arguments like "actually, in strip # V's clearly doing this, thus I say she's a female" a futile exercise.
Now I'm not trying to convince the "V's a female" supporters that they're wrong but more to play along. My theory is that one of two will happen:
If people start to refer to V as "him" and only "him" and we stop seeing these "Which gender is V?" topics popping up. Rich will finally stop, figuring the joke's dead and announce the gender. He might either say "Fine you're right he's a male" or he might go for the "HAH HA! You're all wrong V's a female" approach in a last ditch to screw with us. In that case the female supporters might be rewarded for playing along.
Alternatively Rich might refuse to back down (especially since he can read this topic) and this whole experiment becomes a big waste of time. However, we'll never know unless we try. So how about it? Whenever someone starts and gender argument, let's quickly silence it by saying "V's a male. It was decided" and follow up by referring to this topic.
Now some may argue that I am only doing this because I am a "V's a male" supporter. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. Maybe I'm a person who generally don't care but wishes for this argument to cease because frankly I consider it to be getting a little to old and wished to offer a solution to the problem. All I'm saying, please don't turn this into a "Which sex is V?" argument because that is not why I created this topic. I will not try to counter argue your opinion so it's futile. However. If you all decide that Rich has to come clean eventually and this might be a way to do it then spread the word and say: "V's a male. It's decided."
So say we all?