My primary character (Amethyst) is a soft butch lesbian woman,and her half-sister (Deidra) is bisexual but mainly interested in males. Among my alts, Jon is a straight male, D’sire is a pansexual drag queen, Streiss and Vivixa are asexual females, and Uta… I don’t know her well enough to say just yet.
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I feel that my characters have been well-received. Even whenD’sire, a male character with a female miqo’te model, was given the nickname “the trap†and had his performance walked-out on by a couple of folks when he first revealed himself as a drag queen, the players behind those characters made clear distinctions between IC behavior and OOC feelings, so I didn’t feel personally offended even as I felt sympathy for my character. Later, one of those characters became a fan and admirer, and another actually approached D’sire to entertain at their wedding reception and have a song written just for them.
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As a genetically male, pansexual, genderqueer, kinky person livingas a single mother with a full-time government job (wrap your heads around that, folks!), fellow RPers who have learned of the player behind the character have been nothing but supportive of me. I have not once received any discriminatory comments directed at me by RPers I’ve met on Gilgamesh or Balmung. Non-RPers are a different story; I’ve encountered my share of jerks among them.
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Ironically, having to tell old PvE friends I’m an RPer now hasfelt like a second coming-out:
“Dude, let’s spam T10 today, c’mon.â€
“Sorry, I’m in an RP scene right now.â€
“Wtf? Wait, you’re an RPer now? Man… fine, w/e."
“*sigh*â€
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I feel that my characters have been well-received. Even whenD’sire, a male character with a female miqo’te model, was given the nickname “the trap†and had his performance walked-out on by a couple of folks when he first revealed himself as a drag queen, the players behind those characters made clear distinctions between IC behavior and OOC feelings, so I didn’t feel personally offended even as I felt sympathy for my character. Later, one of those characters became a fan and admirer, and another actually approached D’sire to entertain at their wedding reception and have a song written just for them.
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As a genetically male, pansexual, genderqueer, kinky person livingas a single mother with a full-time government job (wrap your heads around that, folks!), fellow RPers who have learned of the player behind the character have been nothing but supportive of me. I have not once received any discriminatory comments directed at me by RPers I’ve met on Gilgamesh or Balmung. Non-RPers are a different story; I’ve encountered my share of jerks among them.
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Ironically, having to tell old PvE friends I’m an RPer now hasfelt like a second coming-out:
“Dude, let’s spam T10 today, c’mon.â€
“Sorry, I’m in an RP scene right now.â€
“Wtf? Wait, you’re an RPer now? Man… fine, w/e."
“*sigh*â€