TS - Danger zone
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@Rinel Yeah, I know that. Because I've had a scene with her. But if we imagine a scene in which she didn't pose it, what is the negative outcome if my brain isn't conjuring an image of a cane?
If the argument is I must read descs for some reason, then we're agreeing that I will type "l rinel" at the beginning of the scene, not process any of it, and wind up with the same information I have if I don't even bother.
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@farfalla This means you have no idea that Aureth in some ways resembles a blond, pretty mongoose, and that makes me sad.
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@saosmash I do know that, because you have posed it!
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@farfalla God. I have? When the hell...
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@saosmash I mean probably not the word mongoose, if that's the part you cared about.
Edit: But 'mongoose' doesn't really help me picture him anyway, so it doesn't matter that much.
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@farfalla IT'S THE FUNNY PART.
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@saosmash golden haired weasel.
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TS dangerzone aside or maybe TS can be included... I'll try here we go.
You should never feel guilty about a consistent writing quirk that you utilize between your dialogue. As we have learned from here there is a fair few people who rely on pose/emits to get that information. Furthermore by being consistent in its inclusion when you tweak or play with it that becomes noticable and is a subtle cue you can provide to people you RP with regularly.
I tend to focus on eyes and manner of speech as my persistent 'filler' or quirk. I like people to be able to imagine what this character may be feeling as they talk even if it's a reserved character because then the non-standard responses stand out all the more.
Now for the smutty TS if you're vanilla all the time and you suddenly go into a, where do you want my thumb moment. Then they know either they did something really great or something is different about you!
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Catching up and treating this like @Arkandel survey thread since apparently that's what it is now and why not.
@Arkandel said in TS - Danger zone:
Does the played-by (either your character's or someone else's) matter to you when it comes to TS at all? Does it influence how you play your PC or which characters they pursue or uh, how?
I like attractive
peoplePBs. But I'm never going to say 'hey look hot PB I will try and RP at this person in hope of the sexing,' because, well... stalking aside it seems obviously dumb. Anyone can slap on a hot PB and will probably disappoint on RP. Typically, a pose will catch my attention first and then maybe I'll look up the wiki to see what the character's deal is a bit, not just PB-wise, but overall.So while, logically, I feel like it could be a factor (just in the 'judge level of IC physical attraction), it's rarely come up. The awesome people who stand out in RP usually have good PB taste. My long-term RP partners definitely do, as well.
@Arkandel said in TS - Danger zone:
Okay, so while we're still on the topic of IC appearances in general (whether based on a specific PB or otherwise), if you're about to create new character(s) with another player - in other words they're kind of destined to be in a romantic/sexual relationship (*) - do you ask or provide input as to their looks?
With players who have been ongoing partners on multiple games, I've outright let them pick my PBs because I have a tendency toward picking dull or 'normal' looking ones and I want them to enjoy the fantasy too? I'm not that invested in 'my PB as so awesome and also Chris Hemsworth for the 124th time' thing (I think it has to do with pre-dating the PB era?), and unless there's an obvious perfect fit it's usually meh to me.
In terms of my input, I've helped pick among options but I don't think I've ever gone 'hey I'd really like to imagine boning SoAndSo next so could you use her next plz? thnx.' But again my ongoing partners tend to have good taste that jives with mine already.
(*) While we're at it, would you say you usually create characters more or less knowing in advance who their partner's player will be, or do you wing it once they hit the grid purely based on their RP?
I have players I always play with when I play. Its not always romantic, though.
@Arkandel said in TS - Danger zone:
How do you guys find partners for non-vanilla kinds of relationships and especially when it comes to the more racy stuff out there? Anything from the somewhat more common "50 Shades" stuff that's relatively generally accepted to arrangements which are crimes or completely taboo in the real world - the obvious examples that I have in mind is IC rape or to incestuous relationships on games such as The Reach (or Arx) where PCs from the same families were sleeping together.
For starters, dick drought is a real thing and I get plenty of people approaching me for whatever when I play. So fairly often it's 'filter out the crazy/weird' vs having to carefully approach people for my own strangeness. Not a brag, just true, and this goes way back. I remember some shock as not-legal to be WoDing teen self with the kind of stuff that would come up. 'tee hee, my vampire is permanently a virgin so will you violently and painfully deflower her with your giant werewolf dick every night?' - some lady in THE YEAR 2000.
How do these conversations take place? How do you make sure the other person is okay OOC?
This is going to sound bad, but it's very rare that I discuss anything? But that's generally because either I'm playing with people I have a rapport with OR because people are pretty obvious about what they want. IE If your in-game sister is throwing herself at you, it seems kind of obvious incest is on the menu? So these scenarios don't tend to come up a lot for me.
The one time I had to clarify with people more was when I was ICly in the position to demand a lot of sex (char ran a brothel), so I did always check if/what people were interested in, though more in an FTB vs. TS sense but those convos covered some thematic abuse as well. Obviously, if in doubt, you talk?
While we're on the topic, how (and if) do you keep them from getting out of closed door situations and reaching the grid?
ICly, I imagine it would depends on the characters and situation? OOCly, I don't care.
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@farfalla said in TS - Danger zone:
what is the negative outcome if my brain isn't conjuring an image of a cane
I mean, it's not a huge deal, but it does mean that there will be context missing when Rinel becomes sad during discussions of hiking and travelling, or when she becomes nervous when people talk about mirrors, or when she gets angry when bandits are brought up. I guess my opinion should just be a shrug and a "your loss."
@bored said in TS - Danger zone:
I get plenty of people approaching me for whatever when I play.
I feel inadequate. :<
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@Rinel Are you playing dudes in public? Can you put a literate paragraph together?
I am being honest in that it doesn't even seem to matter if I'm trying to be sexy. The last character I RPed was a balding walking ball of anxiety with a very non-Hemsworth/Momoa PB and he was still neck deep in it, so to speak. I hear this from a female friend who plays men (granted, a bit more attractive ones than I tend for), too.
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Unrelated double post but how did I miss this:
@Salty said in TS - Danger zone:
@Tempest peak Jolie, yes. Current Jolie, no. Think Closer to 2000. Tomb Raider and Alexander.
Hey, I grew up on Hackers. I feel you.
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@bored said in TS - Danger zone:
@Rinel Are you playing dudes in public? Can you put a literate paragraph together?
No, and occasionally. Apparently I'm still used to the (largely accurate) stereotypes of non-MUSH online communities.
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@bored said in TS - Danger zone:
Are you playing dudes in public? Can you put a literate paragraph together?
I play a lot of dudes. And I put together more than a few literate paragraphs.
I've been told that my RP-style is intimidating as hell. I don't know why? I've always thought of my style as being light and somewhat humorous.
Whatever, though. I don't get the crazies either.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
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@Rinel said in TS - Danger zone:
I mean, it's not a huge deal, but it does mean that there will be context missing when Rinel becomes sad during discussions of hiking and travelling, or when she becomes nervous when people talk about mirrors, or when she gets angry when bandits are brought up.
Having read the desc wouldn't automatically make a character have any more insight into most of those things, though. I would gather a lot more based on reading her in-pose responses than simply knowing the fact that she has a limp or scars.
ETA: My character has scars and gets really intense when slavery or thralldom come up, but those two things have... nothing to do with each other.@bored I play a dude in public and rarely get propositioned and never mobbed. I think there are a lot of factors involved.
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I mean, there is also a particular type of charisma involved. It is not JUST dick-drought, though I am sure the targets of such things aren't really aware of why they are targets. Some personalities and ways of carrying yourself are just straight up attractive.
ETA: Let me tell you there was just no non-awkward way of saying this, lol.
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@Sunny Wow, harsh.
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I very very very rarely will read someone desc. Usually only if they mention something in it. I also have brief mode turned on so I don't read room descs either. 99% of the time the short desc/room title and other peoples poses are enough to go on. I also rarely look at PBs and probably the best way to put it is that I visualize a character more as a concept than a person. Dunno, I stopped care about descs probably a decade ago and can't say I noticed a difference. If a game requires a desc for chargen nine times out of ten I'm just reusing one from an old character.
And as others have said there are more factors at play than just playing a dude in public. I played a celibate character for so long that it tends to flavor my RP in a way that doesn't invite propositions unless I'm actively trying to make the dude flirty.
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I play a dude in public and rarely get propositioned and never mobbed.
Some personalities and ways of carrying yourself are just straight up attractive.
I'm charismatic
