(03-02-2015, 05:03 PM)Presidio Wrote:(03-02-2015, 04:58 PM)Domri Blackblade Wrote:It's nearly impossible to tell from IC dialogue, sometimes possible to tell from emotes, and almost always possible to tell from an OOC discussion.(03-02-2015, 04:56 PM)Presidio Wrote: By slapdash I meant not thought out. If you make a character that's intentionally upsetting that's a different thing altogether. I fully support making characters that behave in crappy ways. I guess the kind of RPers I want to be involved with and the kind of RPers I don't can be summed up like this: is the regressive attitude coming from an OOC place or an IC place? If it's the former, I probably don't want to play with you.
And that's okay; I don't expect the world to be shaped according to my wants and desires. Thus my original cavaet of "whether or not this is a problem is up to your personal priorities."
So, how do you distinguish who has thought it out and who has not?
For example, if someone were to emote the following: "Tina tries not to hit Jacob, but is a woman and therefore irrational and punches him anyway" it would be pretty obviously sexist.
How often does something that blatant go on during your IC interactions?
In my time RPing on MMOs, I've found both sexes equally ridiculous at portraying women and men all together because I don't think it's purely a wish fulfillment thing, personally. I think it mostly comes from a range of things including RPing what they think will be popular and appealing in a romantic sense due to how heavily a lot of people weigh romantic interaction, all the way down to they watched their favorite cartoon/tv show/game/book character interact in a way that resonated with them and they emulate it in a sort of personally touched way.
Does that make sense?
Being a woman or man doesn't usually make any difference in levels of how believable RP is from being a female or male character respectively. At least to me. I think wish fulfillment might be a thing, but certainly not the only thing or even the biggest one.
[5]<Kayllen Stormbringer> I'm kinda wondering if Rhalgr and Halone's relationship
is like strong independent warrior queen and her tourettes-ridden father with a drinking problem.