Bechdel Pass Sampler

[mark_asphodel]

Swiped from amielleon .

The Bechdel test's requirements to pass:
1. It has to have at least two women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man

As I have too damned many stories, I decided to take a semi-random sampler and took the twenty with the highest review count.  This includes popular one-shots and less-popular multi-chaptered dealies. 

Key, as stolen from Ammie
Bold for a Bechdel pass.
Italics for a reverse-Bechdel pass.
Strikeout for ineligibility (No dialogue, less than two characters, etc.)
[F] if the piece primarily takes a female's perspective
[M] if the piece primarily takes a male's perspective

Sleep of the Just [M]
Starchild [F]
To Freely Serve [F]
Another Piece of Blue [M]
Asylum [F]
Anthology [F]
Heaven's Blessings Upon Us [M]
Teardrop on the Fire [F]
The Time Remaining [M]
Until the Sun Cries Morning [M]
Mortal Corruption [F]  (I'm not sure this even is eligible, as it's not really... dialogue)
Motherland [F] (I'm not counting the conversation between Caeda and the dragon, because the thrust of the piece is about her marriage)
Sky Blue [F]
The Generic Lords' Club [M]
Transcendence [M]
While the Springtime Turned… [M]
Eternal Spring [M/F]
In that Dawn to Be Alive [F] (Does Minerva talking to Catria about the need to arrest a man count?)
Love is Not A Victory March [F]
No Direction Home [M]

So, that's 9.5 from a male perspective and 10.5 from a female perspective.  I believe that's skewed, though, as this includes a number of pieces written after I began trying to write more female-centered stuff.  As for passing the test-- four Bechdel passes, with two more in a gray zone, and seven reverse Bechdel passes.  And just about every one of these conversations involves war or statecraft.  Most of the pieces that "failed" were one-on-ones between a male character and a female character.

I think the upshot of this is that I really like politics and I like scenes with people plotting, scheming, or just plain whining about whatever organization they're in.  

I am dubious about the value of this test, but it was kind of amusing.

Comments

[raphiael]

Mortal Corruption [F] (I'm not sure this even is eligible, as it's not really... dialogue)
What do you mean? I thought Ephraim was a sparkling conversationalist here.
*shot*

Uhh but yes.
I think while representation is important, it's more important to me to portray both genders in a realistic fashion, rather than fretting over liking male characters, I guess. And if one is just considering FE, well, typically the men are the ones in the positions I like to write about.

[amielleon]

but it was kind of amusing.

And that is all you need. :D

[hooves.livejournal.com]

I doubt I have any/many stories that would pass this. TBH. xDDD