Two short ficlets, and thoughts on the Bechdel Test

[antelope_writes]

Comments

[verasteine]

I find this fascinating. I´ve always believed that the Bechdel test as it stands is incomplete, because it is so easy to pass, and the truth is shown by the fact that it is so regularly not passed.

Your refinements are interesting, and I think it would take a lot of tests before you could say if they worked. I was immediately thinking of last night's Merlin episode, which would pass without a doubt, but has the character of Gwen, who you can argue is solely adjunct to a male character, although, how would you define that? What is 'well-developed' in this context, or adjunct? I'm genuinely curious about the answers to these questions, because it would solve a lot of the issues that do currently exist with the Bechdel test.

[antelope_writes]

I consider a female character to be adjunct to a male character if the only reason she is in there is to better develop the male character