sandiegojones
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A daughter would have sucked. Who needs another whiney b!tch around in an adventure movie? Especially one with a 65 old lead as the hero.
A son makes far more sense due to Indy's relationship to his own father and it allows him to bond much quicker since Indy has time with Mutt to find the skull and Ox (not to mention that Marion having an overprotective son adds a little comedy). The daughter route would have had to have been more like a young version of Willie - worried about her clothes and hair and yelling a lot (since teen girls in the 50's were spoiled and not adventurous) because if she was too much like Marion it'd be a dead giveaway who the mother was. It also could have been more like an anoying tag along versus a tag team like Indy & Mutt. Plus, once Indy realized he was the father, he would have been more like "you can't date that boy" and nag nag nag, instead of the "you're going back to school" as with Mutt. Add all this with a female villain and Marion's return and it would have been like a PMS nightmare.
Indiana Jones and the Menstrual Cycles from Hell
A son makes far more sense due to Indy's relationship to his own father and it allows him to bond much quicker since Indy has time with Mutt to find the skull and Ox (not to mention that Marion having an overprotective son adds a little comedy). The daughter route would have had to have been more like a young version of Willie - worried about her clothes and hair and yelling a lot (since teen girls in the 50's were spoiled and not adventurous) because if she was too much like Marion it'd be a dead giveaway who the mother was. It also could have been more like an anoying tag along versus a tag team like Indy & Mutt. Plus, once Indy realized he was the father, he would have been more like "you can't date that boy" and nag nag nag, instead of the "you're going back to school" as with Mutt. Add all this with a female villain and Marion's return and it would have been like a PMS nightmare.
Indiana Jones and the Menstrual Cycles from Hell