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    • tsarT
      tsar @Ashkuri
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      @imstillhere said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

      Not a peeve and I have full respect for demanding RL, and RL coming first.

      But

      I miss Scraps.

      I’m not sure who this is but thank you. It’s been a challenging adjustment on this end too. You can always reach out to me on Cristoph or Porter when I’m logged in if you want to chat, or I answer PMs here when they turn up! I’ve even been known to use Discord.

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      • RozR
        Roz @Roz
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        @Roz said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

        pls read the BGs of rosters you pick up

        this bother is still scratching at the inside of my skull.

        there are very few rosters whose sexualities are made explicit. taking one of those few and then taking action to try and bring them closer to straight because you don’t wanna play gay is gross. just pick up a different character.

        she/her | playlist

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        • bear_necessitiesB
          bear_necessities @Roz
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          @Roz said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

          @Roz said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

          pls read the BGs of rosters you pick up

          this bother is still scratching at the inside of my skull.

          there are very few rosters whose sexualities are made explicit. taking one of those few and then taking action to try and bring them closer to straight because you don’t wanna play gay is gross. just pick up a different character.

          I actually had this conversation with a friend when I was considering playing Jasher. I love his BG and the complications inherent in his story but while I very frequently play male characters, I do not play gay male characters well or realistically. Ultimately decided to not go in that direction because I definitely would not want to play him straight considering!

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          • RozR
            Roz @bear_necessities
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            @bear_necessities said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

            @Roz said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

            @Roz said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

            pls read the BGs of rosters you pick up

            this bother is still scratching at the inside of my skull.

            there are very few rosters whose sexualities are made explicit. taking one of those few and then taking action to try and bring them closer to straight because you don’t wanna play gay is gross. just pick up a different character.

            I actually had this conversation with a friend when I was considering playing Jasher. I love his BG and the complications inherent in his story but while I very frequently play male characters, I do not play gay male characters well or realistically. Ultimately decided to not go in that direction because I definitely would not want to play him straight considering!

            And that seems like a super reasonable response and what I’d consider the best approach! And while I definitely don’t begrudge someone for missing something on their read of a BG, it becomes very different when the response is “oh well I’ll ask to change that” rather than putting down a character you just picked up that you don’t want to play to sheet in such a big way.

            she/her | playlist

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              dvoraen
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              What @Roz says is one reason why I’m so hellbent on never playing roster chars or FCs, book chars, etc. I want to play the character how I want to play them, and an OC is the only way I can have my cake and eat it too without causing problems of identity. Plus, I’m so self-conscious about AM I PLAYING THIS CHARACTER THE WAY THEY WERE INTENDED??? with respect to roster/FC characters that it just becomes stress I don’t want.

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              • RozR
                Roz @dvoraen
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                @dvoraen said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                What @Roz says is one reason why I’m so hellbent on never playing roster chars or FCs, book chars, etc. I want to play the character how I want to play them, and an OC is the only way I can have my cake and eat it too without causing problems of identity. Plus, I’m so self-conscious about AM I PLAYING THIS CHARACTER THE WAY THEY WERE INTENDED??? with respect to roster/FC characters that it just becomes stress I don’t want.

                I think the fairly common concern/stress of worrying about playing a roster/FC “correctly,” or how to put your own spin/interpretation on a character, is kind of a different thing, tbh, than wanting to change fundamental aspects of a character’s identity in this way. Interpretation of character motivation and subsequent actions is way more flexible an issue.

                she/her | playlist

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                • saoS
                  sao
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                  A little ancient history:

                  When I first wrote Jasher in 2016, Apostate thought it would be good to have a gay character in the Thrax royal family and he was actually the first character I got back for revisions because he wanted me to make it clearer that he was gay. There is no way to read the sheet now that is ambiguous as to this fact. When I first wrote it I was a little cute about it because my experience writing rosters began with Firan where queerness had to be subtext or secret.

                  95% of the 100+ rosters I wrote were deliberately vague as to sexuality so that it could be entirely up to future players how they wanted to take a character, but for Jasher it was intrinsic to the conflict of the character and his base concept. There were a few that I hinted more expressly at bisexuality but mostly by deliberately not identifying the genders of partners or flirtations. But I can count the times in roster characters I wrote that that was defined on the fingers of one hand.

                  let it be a challenge to you

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                  • juniperskyJ
                    junipersky Administrators @dvoraen
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                    @dvoraen

                    If you play a roster long enough no one will ever remember it is a roster except the awesome person who wrote them.

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                    • JennkrystJ
                      Jennkryst
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                      Obvious solution: everyone forever is peak disaster bi.

                      Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
                      She/her

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                      • tsarT
                        tsar
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                        Let us take this moment to celebrate Norwood

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                        • SnacknessS
                          Snackness @tsar
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                          @tsar Norwood! Norwood!

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                          • helveticaH
                            helvetica @Roz
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                            @Roz said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                            “oh well I’ll ask to change that”

                            amidala

                            but that’s not happening. right?

                            Street Cred

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                            • RozR
                              Roz @helvetica
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                              @helvetica said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                              @Roz said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                              “oh well I’ll ask to change that”

                              amidala

                              but that’s not happening. right?

                              I think the hope is that they won’t make it to three months to have to deal with it.

                              she/her | playlist

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                              • farfallaF
                                farfalla
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                                people are gay

                                as previously stated, good day.

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                                • helveticaH
                                  helvetica @Roz
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                                  @Roz said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                                  @helvetica said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                                  @Roz said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                                  “oh well I’ll ask to change that”

                                  amidala

                                  but that’s not happening. right?

                                  I think the hope is that they won’t make it to three months to have to deal with it.

                                  Since the intention is obviously known, it would be pretty cool to at least drop a line before the player gets invested in the character. Or before other players feel awkward about being welcoming because of this.

                                  Street Cred

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                                    dvoraen @tsar
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                                    @tsar said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                                    Let us take this moment to celebrate Norwood

                                    He’s Norwood! (Yes he can ride a horse with ease!)
                                    Norwood! (He knows the things to say to bees!)
                                    Norwood! (He uses soup to fight disease!)

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                                    • juniperskyJ
                                      junipersky Administrators
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                                      … do I need to log in to figure out what happened?

                                      NOTHING HAS HAPPENED

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                                      • tsarT
                                        tsar @junipersky
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                                        @junipersky said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                                        … do I need to log in to figure out what happened?

                                        NOTHING HAS HAPPENED

                                        Bahahhaaha

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                                        • SillylilyS
                                          Sillylily
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                                          Feeling aimless. My own lack of inspiration, nothing about the game, just me having no idea how or where to direct my player-bits

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                                          • juniperskyJ
                                            junipersky Administrators @Sillylily
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                                            @Sillylily

                                            Fun fact: I did not at all read player-bit literally. I took it metaphorically.

                                            I have a bad brain.

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