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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8292625" data-attributes="member: 6915329"><p>So if a straight person plays a straight PC, are they playing a stereotype? Or a gay person can only play a gay stereotype? Are you saying that people are <em>only </em>capable of playing stereotypes? Do you disapprove of people playing characters of a different sex then they are as well--men can only play male characters, etc., because they might play a stereotype--or do you disapprove of assigning any sort of sex to their characters at all? </p><p></p><p>Is it somehow wrong to have characters flirt or get into relationships with each other or with NPCs? Are <em>you </em>incapable of doing such a thing without it turning into porn, and therefore assume that everyone else is like that as well? Or can you imagine that other people know how to keep it a rating appropriate for and approved by their group?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Imagine someone who is transgender, or who is wondering about their gender identity, but can't be open about it with their family. Getting to play a transgender person in game might be their one outlet.</p><p></p><p>Or imagine it as a motivating goal: A character is transfemale and really wants to change biologically into a woman, not just rely on clothing, illusions, temporary potions, or <em>alter self </em>spells. Or she might want biological kids. Well, she's off on a quest to gain the approval of the deity who monitors such things, or to find the fabled non-cursed <em>belt of gender changing but only if you want to. </em>That's why she adventures. It's a simple motivation, and perhaps a cliché one, but no more cliché than probably most motivations for adventuring.</p><p></p><p>Or it doesn't even have to be that sort of thing. If there's no difference between a ciswoman and a transwoman, then there's no reason why you can't play either one of them, regardless of your own gender identity. </p><p></p><p></p><p>You seem to think that people have to rely on stereotypes. Why is that? Is the idea that someone can just play a person who happens to like people of the same sex, while not filling some stereotype, that alien to you? Or have you been unfortunate enough to have only gamed with jerks who use stereotypes? Because from my own experience, it's quite possible to play someone of any sexuality without relying on stereotypes, provided you aren't a jerk while doing so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8292625, member: 6915329"] So if a straight person plays a straight PC, are they playing a stereotype? Or a gay person can only play a gay stereotype? Are you saying that people are [I]only [/I]capable of playing stereotypes? Do you disapprove of people playing characters of a different sex then they are as well--men can only play male characters, etc., because they might play a stereotype--or do you disapprove of assigning any sort of sex to their characters at all? Is it somehow wrong to have characters flirt or get into relationships with each other or with NPCs? Are [I]you [/I]incapable of doing such a thing without it turning into porn, and therefore assume that everyone else is like that as well? Or can you imagine that other people know how to keep it a rating appropriate for and approved by their group? Imagine someone who is transgender, or who is wondering about their gender identity, but can't be open about it with their family. Getting to play a transgender person in game might be their one outlet. Or imagine it as a motivating goal: A character is transfemale and really wants to change biologically into a woman, not just rely on clothing, illusions, temporary potions, or [I]alter self [/I]spells. Or she might want biological kids. Well, she's off on a quest to gain the approval of the deity who monitors such things, or to find the fabled non-cursed [I]belt of gender changing but only if you want to. [/I]That's why she adventures. It's a simple motivation, and perhaps a cliché one, but no more cliché than probably most motivations for adventuring. Or it doesn't even have to be that sort of thing. If there's no difference between a ciswoman and a transwoman, then there's no reason why you can't play either one of them, regardless of your own gender identity. You seem to think that people have to rely on stereotypes. Why is that? Is the idea that someone can just play a person who happens to like people of the same sex, while not filling some stereotype, that alien to you? Or have you been unfortunate enough to have only gamed with jerks who use stereotypes? Because from my own experience, it's quite possible to play someone of any sexuality without relying on stereotypes, provided you aren't a jerk while doing so. [/QUOTE]
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