Posts made by Arkandel

I've played a range of characters based on their attitude toward sex. What I usually try to do is incorporate the themes into the overall story so they form an integral part of it without taking over.

It essentially depends on the game as much as anything. For something like the World of Darkness where generally speaking everyone is broken in some spectacular fashion (former abductees, undead leeches, etc) it's fun to create equally spectacularly dysfunctional relationships, and for that such elements work really well because what else have these people going for them? While you're struggling to hold onto what's left of your humanity you might as well get a short reprieve between the sheets where something feels right.

However when it comes to actually roleplaying all this the act itself is boring to me since describing the mechanics of thing A going into thing B get awfully repetitive after a while. The setup itself though can be fun since all that other stuff comes into play big time because it gives these characters depth; sure, my guy really wants to stay grounded to keep the Brood out of the city but he's also crippled by jealousy about his girlfriend who took a couple of sips out of the other guy's veins, or yeah, my werewolf happens to equate 'courting' with 'hunting' and he's stalking the hell out of the girl who smiled at him that one time in the subway.

Playing such obsessions out appeals to me, as I've no interest at all in healthy IC relationships. Those can't go anywhere because what's left for the PCs to do after they've hooked up and everything is working out just great for them? It's way more interesting to burden them from the beginning with what comes to irreconcilable differences then watch as everything they try to build based on attraction or lust comes apart at the seams again and again.

In that context I don't much care how deep the dysfunction goes. It's all IC, they are all monsters, and there are no victims. It's not like a happily ever after is in the works for them.

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@Ganymede said:

If we're going to have a discussion about "sexual themes in roleplay," then let's talk about sexual themes. That's not what you presented: you asked, bluntly, why people do or do not engage in TS. In my opinion, that has very little to do with sexual themes in roleplaying.

It was an initial question to get the ball rolling. I apologize if it sounded like it was meant to encapsulate the thread's content. It just seemed less tacky than asking "so what do you think about raep-RP!" which is what spawned it.

(It's irrelevant to this discussion (*) but does anyone get the feeling if @HelloRaptor could stab people over the internet we'd have an unprecedented worldwide bloodbath?)

(*) ... I think. I mean, whatever turns you people on.

Every now and then I hear from people about TS and it's often pretty dismissive of anything outside what we are individually comfortable with.

For example it's said (and often) that "well, it's just a form of RP, there's nothing to talk about" which I think is pretty much where you stand @Ganymede? But then again there's also "what a slut/manwhore <X> is, TSing around when they're married to <Y> iRL", and the opinion of how certain forms of TS are wrong/disgusting has definitely been expressed.

I've certainly heard of "all he/she does is TS" way more often in a disparaging fashion than I have "all he/she does is combat" or whatever other form of RP - in that way it's not even sexist, men are shamed as often as women in my experience. Well, alright, maybe a little less, but not by far.

I think that yes, it merits discussing.

@Bobotron Oh, sorry, it's Werewolf the Forsaken (2nd Ed).

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Game of Thrones posters in Japan.

@Thenomain Okay, fair point. I didn't mean to be defensive (yet it came out that way).

Now can we talk about sex?

I didn't realize I had to be defended. But I figured if we had a thread to talk about this kind of thing (@Miss-Demeanor I think brought up role-playing BDSM in that same conversation) it might as well be about more than just raep-RP.

Is that a problem for anyone?

@Thenomain : Nothing that I haven't already replied in the original thread, unless you're asking about something in particular?

@Glitch You mean the conversation we were asked to take elsewhere? This is 'elsewhere'.

For example I know people who only play ghouls under the condition that they won't TS. If sex ever comes up, it'd be faded to black. I don't see why that makes them morons if it makes them uncomfortable for any reason.

This can span any kind of RP, not just the sexual variety; for instance I don't mind if a character of mine is tortured but I wouldn't have fun posing him as he gets his nails pulled out.

It's a fair question but that's because for some people, it is.

Let's have a clean thread here folks.

This is a generic catch-all topic meant to discuss roleplaying sexual themes whether they're getting faded to black or role played in their every detail.

To kick-start the conversation here's a question: Do you TS? If so, why? If not, why not?

(For the purposes of this, consider TS actually posing things out rather than fading to black)

Azbat. Grrr.

No, I hate this crap. Obviously it's not going to last but it still bugs me to see it since for at least a few months (and it could be a year or two) the character is gone. Poof! Replace by someone who just happens to share a name.

There was a what, two year period for Marvel during which they had several ongoing Spider-Man titles but you'd not find Peter Parker in any of them. <nerdrage>

@Cobaltasaurus Back when I was at the university they ended up having to lock up one of my favorite labs from 8pm to 8am because some absolute idiots went and shaved each other in there.

And that's how I ended up having to get an ISP so I could MUD at night. Dammit.

Okay, what the crap?

https://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/no-caper-bruce-wayne-dethroned-armor-wearing-batman-200923645.html

Grrr.

@Thenomain said:

I have come to hate the Apple Store.

N.b., I am loving my new MacBook Pro.

... Stockholme syndrome?

I played an Assamite on BRoB for a few weeks, months ago.

While I liked the game itself, higher up staff at the time wasn't even trying to disguise their favor for RL friends for something else. I shook my head and moved on, which is a shame since I liked my character there.