(12-24-2013, 12:37 PM)Ildur Wrote:The privacy part I can agree with... Generally, in cities or crowded areas. I see no issue with it in more secluded zones, because the risk of getting "caught" could add something. Text-based descriptions of sex mean nothing if you don't understand it already as well. Books are in no way age restricted in the UK, nor as far as I know, anywhere else.(12-24-2013, 10:49 AM)Raeletta Wrote: Plus, sex is a part of life, why would you not RP it?
Going to the bathroom is also a part of life. Yet nobody roleplays that. Why? Because the specifics of going to the bathroom (or sex, for that matter) don't add anything to the story or your character.
I have personally never found any reason to have explicit sex scenes because whatever they would tell about the story or characters is always better conveyed by other means. But not everyone shares my findings (or lack of them).
As everyone and their grandma has said: if you are going to do something that has high chances of bothering people, you should keep it on a private channel.
As for the adds nothing to character I think you're wrong. Sex adds a lot to a story. Theres a pretty short sex scene in a series I read recently (The First Law books by Joe Abercrombie) and whilst it's quite horrible to read (Not badly written in any way, it's just uncomfortable to be there) (initially both characters are unsatisfied to say the least) it added so much to both characters, that it affected their interactions significantly for the rest of the series. With said scene swapped for a fade to black... I don't think the rest of the books being affected by it would have meant as much at all. In fact, they wouldn't really have made much sense. Used well I don't think there's any issue with it.
The whole "cybering" sort of people that erp seems to get lumped in with are a different thing, and sadly it's hard to deal with. I guess all you can do is blacklist those you don't judge to be erping with any kind of "class" (Couldn't find a better word).
Character: Raeletta Delqit on Gilgamesh.
