(10-29-2014, 12:19 AM)Tiergan Wrote:(10-24-2014, 09:46 PM)TheLastCandle Wrote: All I'm going to add, aside from the juicy tidbit that was already posted, is: if you decide to pursue an IC relationship at all, but especially if your story ends up going to a sexual place, please ensure that your character's partner(s) are in a healthy state of mind. Be picky as hell. Seriously. Things can spiral out of control very easily, and I consider myself fortunate that when I decided to express my character's romance IC, it was 1.) safe, with a very good friend, and 2.) with someone in a very happy relationship OOC, whose RL partner knew what was going on and what IC and OOC meant, and who would never dream of allowing things to become inappropriate OOC.
THIS.
This this this this this.
90% of the reason why there are so many flat out obstacles to romancing my characters is to ward off the crazies who are going to blend IC/OOC together into a horrifying clusterfuck.
E'yup. I agree with all of this except the second point. Not necessarily everyone is in a relationship in real life, there are people who are sound, sane people who are single (right? Right? No? Okay...) and who are clearly able to set boundaries and differentiate between IC and OOC, and are very particular about it.
Ahem. That aside, Eleni is a virgin (yup, it's true! Don't get any wrong ideas men, or I will poke you with a fork! I will!) and hence, she's immature and inexperienced, and sex in general is a bit of an unknown thing to her. However, she is a woman, and therefore, she does experience sexuality. Ah, and she's heterosexual, well, at least she thinks so!
Now, onto the next bit. Sex in RP is, of course, like in real life, a part and parcel of the characters' lives. It's a deep, precious thing that I guess a character would share with the one they truly love, it's something that builds up after intercations and getting to know another character, it shouldn't be 'oh, we just met, let's get a bed', (yeah, okay, it depends on the character. I'm sure there are highly sexual characters out there who engage for fun's sake only), once again, like in real life. So, no, there isn't anything wrong with it, it's perfectly normal.Â
As for ERP, I really have no clue on what my views on it are as of yet. It's RP, just like all other RP, and if it stays as such, that is, only IC RP (no OOC bleed, cybering blah blah), then it's quite fine. Remember, it's your character, not you (once again, I don't think there will ever be an end to how much one can emphasize on keeping a strong boundary between IC and OOC, and be firm in that matter, no, seriously, be IC 200%, it's called RP for a reason, and prevent bleeds) so I think it should be okay to let your character get into some explicit interaction.
That said, I think most, if not all, of the people in the RPC are very nice and sound of mind, and therefore, trustworthy.Â
My two gil.Â
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