User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-73.180.57.132-20140806051454/@comment-13471981-20140806141642

Yes, I think a switch from female to male once every game would be a marvelous idea. I'm not crying for a sisterhood all of a sudden, but to have male and female Assassins in equal measure.

''"If anything Ubi is just being historiclly accurate.It's 18th century,sociaty was very different back there.Women had very little rights back than.Killing people and having big impact on history wasn't women's thing." ''

That is such a tired old argument; we have ancient beings capable of mystical things but women killing things and having an effect on history is a step too far for you? Of all things, the Assassins accept members from every station and you know what kind of people are disenfranchised throughout history? Everybody that wasn't a caucasian male was in some form put upon, even to this day, though obviously not in the same measure. It makes perfect sense for women, for people of colour, people of faiths and beliefs that were deemed "unacceptable" to seek refuge somewhere, to want to find a place of safety and strike back at their oppressors. The Assassin's Creed Brotherhood could provide all of that. These people did not need "rights" to become Assassins, they work in the dark remember? Also, even if women typically are not as physically strong, they do not need to be; an Assassin uses stealth and precision; brute strength is handy but not necessary.

By the way, I find it stupid that people need "reasons" for female protagonists, further showing that there's no question about male protagonist, but women are still "special" and "risky". As long as they fit well within the narrative, a female character is fine; Assassin's Creed would have no trouble executing a believable female Assassin, but Ubisoft is too scared to go through with it and hide behind Aveline.

Apologies for the angry tone; I am not angry at you personally, though I do think that, if you're going to say female Assassins are historically inaccurate, you're going to have to come up with better arguments.