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Jun. 21st, 2008 09:40 pmOn a player to player basis, I would like to state that making your character GAY, generally, is not something that automatically makes them OOC.
Ok, to avoid as much wank as possible, first this is a general rant. There are character that are so painfully straight it IS OOC for them to simply be gay. (Or at least close enough you shouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole unless you have things REALLY worked out and are a REALLY good rper. For example, from what I know of say...Tony Stark, that'd take some damn good character development...)
And this is not related to people who make their characters gay and suddenly they're wanting to play dress up with the closest females, have no problem being super effeminate, and talk with sparkles.
And I also get that what bothers a lot of people is just the general AMOUNT of gay, because it's obviously WAY off from reality. Yeah, fictions usually way off the other way, but RP has more then meet over compensation. But the single rper alone is not responsible for all the gay out there, and it's kinda shitty to call them a bad rper for everyone else rping sins.
But being gay, period, for most characters doesn't not equate OOC alone. Sorry to break it to you but gay (and bi) comes in all shapes and sizes, and being gay doesn't always make you a flouncing pansy (and on the flip side, being a flouncing pansy doesn't alway make you gay. See: Howl Pendragon) I've seen gay men who remind me more of Wolverine then Northstar. Indian Jones then Speed Racer. I could go on, but I think you get the point.
And if the rper is worth anything, unless you want to get in their characters pants, it really shouldn't matter. Friends, enemies....all rping doesn't have to be about romance (And this is from someone who's favorite thing to rp is romance)
I'm not saying people can't make characters gay AND OOC. And I'm more then willing to admit that a lot of times the two do go hand and hand (or, perhaps, gay is just so common and OOC are just so common they over lap enough), but please stop with the assumption that gay=OOC by default. (For most characters)
And I'm trying to decided about posting this to BRPS...
Ok, to avoid as much wank as possible, first this is a general rant. There are character that are so painfully straight it IS OOC for them to simply be gay. (Or at least close enough you shouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole unless you have things REALLY worked out and are a REALLY good rper. For example, from what I know of say...Tony Stark, that'd take some damn good character development...)
And this is not related to people who make their characters gay and suddenly they're wanting to play dress up with the closest females, have no problem being super effeminate, and talk with sparkles.
And I also get that what bothers a lot of people is just the general AMOUNT of gay, because it's obviously WAY off from reality. Yeah, fictions usually way off the other way, but RP has more then meet over compensation. But the single rper alone is not responsible for all the gay out there, and it's kinda shitty to call them a bad rper for everyone else rping sins.
But being gay, period, for most characters doesn't not equate OOC alone. Sorry to break it to you but gay (and bi) comes in all shapes and sizes, and being gay doesn't always make you a flouncing pansy (and on the flip side, being a flouncing pansy doesn't alway make you gay. See: Howl Pendragon) I've seen gay men who remind me more of Wolverine then Northstar. Indian Jones then Speed Racer. I could go on, but I think you get the point.
And if the rper is worth anything, unless you want to get in their characters pants, it really shouldn't matter. Friends, enemies....all rping doesn't have to be about romance (And this is from someone who's favorite thing to rp is romance)
I'm not saying people can't make characters gay AND OOC. And I'm more then willing to admit that a lot of times the two do go hand and hand (or, perhaps, gay is just so common and OOC are just so common they over lap enough), but please stop with the assumption that gay=OOC by default. (For most characters)
And I'm trying to decided about posting this to BRPS...
