Doggy question
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Doggy question
Is Batou's dog Gabrielle a he or a she? Because when I went to a screening of Innocence last month, it consistently said "he" in the subtitles. However, everyone seems to be calling it a "she". Gabrielle is a unisex name, although for some reason I've heard it slightly more on men (but it is a fairly uncommon name anyway). Because of seeing the film (haven't read that novel people talk about), I think of the dog as a "he"...
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Sylphisonic wrote:I just wondered where everyone was getting "she" from (if it was something else I hadn't seen or read).
Just the fact that Oshii's dog, which all these doggies appearing in his films are based on, is female. "Him" is the neutral pronoun, when the actual gender isn't known.
Er... and what's the difference between the spelling? Can't you use either one regardless of sex?
Normally Gabriel is male name and Gabrielle is female. In the case of Oshii's dog, the name is Gabriel but the actual gender is female.
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In the book Gabriel (le) is a she, and he refers to her as Gabu. (which is why I named my emoticon of her gabu) If you havent read it you should, its good.
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simon's ghost wrote:Never noticed he didn't hold the leash, but didn't his appartment hold some kind of indication that he had a dog? Food boxes or cans or something like that...
None that I can remember. We only get a short flash of the place, not enough to see details like that, as far as I can tell. You might be associating it in your mind with Batou's place from Innocence.
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In After the Long Goodbye, the Innocence novel, and as well on the really old site that was up for Innocence, it's said that Gabu is female. Batou calls his dog a she in the novel, and also since it's based on the dog Oshii owns, it's definatelly a she. She even voiceacted for the character.
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