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Sure, I'll keep an eye on it.
We've actually had really solid discussions on contentious topics lately, a trend I hope continues! 
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I feel sexuality is a fairly key element of "heavy" RP, or at the very least RP that focuses on character development. In real life, sexuality is a Big Deal; in RP, why a character chooses to (or doesn't choose to) engage in sex acts, what they do, how they do it, and with whom can significantly alter the character or explore and inform parts of their characterization. Even you don't RP out the actual sex acts, knowing these things about your character and anyone they might be in a relationship with can spark some good RP.
For example, L'yhta is largely heterosexual. She is, however, currently in a homosexual relationship with someone; it grew out of a very close friendship. This makes an interesting point about her, namely that she's definitely the sort of person where strong emotional attachment is a key element for sexual attraction. However, since she's become sexually active, she's been noticing men more, and so now she's starting to have some doubts and urges that are weighing on her. In bed, she's playful, fairly selfish, and a little feral; the latter of these are a source of shame and are why she largely doesn't feel comfortable talking about sex even with her very close friends.
If I'd just ignored her sexuality entirely, I'd have never been able to RP this tension in her life and the door wouldn't be open to her doing some incredibly stupid and insensitive things (like clumsily flirting with people while her girlfriend is around). I'd be missing out on some opportunities for awkward conversations and her seeking out people who might otherwise not have made a particular impression on her.
So, yeah. Sexuality's important in RP, I think. You can ignore it, but I think you get a richer RP experience if you at least consider how a major part of a character's life affects them -- and you can do that without doing a single ERP scene if you don't want to.
Sure, I'll keep an eye on it.
We've actually had really solid discussions on contentious topics lately, a trend I hope continues! </magicAdminHat>
With the magic admin hat off...
I feel sexuality is a fairly key element of "heavy" RP, or at the very least RP that focuses on character development. In real life, sexuality is a Big Deal; in RP, why a character chooses to (or doesn't choose to) engage in sex acts, what they do, how they do it, and with whom can significantly alter the character or explore and inform parts of their characterization. Even you don't RP out the actual sex acts, knowing these things about your character and anyone they might be in a relationship with can spark some good RP.
For example, L'yhta is largely heterosexual. She is, however, currently in a homosexual relationship with someone; it grew out of a very close friendship. This makes an interesting point about her, namely that she's definitely the sort of person where strong emotional attachment is a key element for sexual attraction. However, since she's become sexually active, she's been noticing men more, and so now she's starting to have some doubts and urges that are weighing on her. In bed, she's playful, fairly selfish, and a little feral; the latter of these are a source of shame and are why she largely doesn't feel comfortable talking about sex even with her very close friends.
If I'd just ignored her sexuality entirely, I'd have never been able to RP this tension in her life and the door wouldn't be open to her doing some incredibly stupid and insensitive things (like clumsily flirting with people while her girlfriend is around). I'd be missing out on some opportunities for awkward conversations and her seeking out people who might otherwise not have made a particular impression on her.
So, yeah. Sexuality's important in RP, I think. You can ignore it, but I think you get a richer RP experience if you at least consider how a major part of a character's life affects them -- and you can do that without doing a single ERP scene if you don't want to.
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((about me | about L'yhta Mahre | L'yhta's desk | about Mysterium, the Ivory Tower: a heavy RP society of mages))
