Feminist adventures?

[Herobizkit]

I'm going to second the suggestion to parallel the Prof X/Magneto paradigm. Two brands of feminists... one who wants equality and equal representation for women, the other wanting men scraped into a barrel and flung into the Sun, save those useful for procreation, like cattle.

[snark]It kinda mirrors the real world... [/snark]

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

... wanting men scraped into a barrel and flung into the Sun, save those useful for procreation, like cattle.

How did you know the secret plans of Ms. Evilopolis?!?!

 

[Janx]

Which is why I put in that caveat about knowing your players...even with Nazis.

I had the pleasure of gaming with 2 different Jewish gamers in supers games that featured Nazi or neo-Nazi villains. Both had relatives who were survivors. One guy took to it like a duck to water, getting jazzed about classic golden age, 4-color Nazi-busting. The other had to take a hiatus from the group because he kept getting agitated- it dredged up memories of his grandmother's stories. A single neo-Nazi villain was OK, but a Boys from Brazil-esque storyline was too much. (The GM cut that story arc shorter than he had intended once he realized what was going on.)

I've run into stuff like this in a lot of campaigns- homosexual PCs or NPCs, racism, religious fanatic types in modern games, etc.- game long enough and you'll see someone's feelings get hurt.

Heck, I know GMs who get antsy if you play a PC of a different gender than your own. REALLY antsy.

This is a good point. 1 in 5 women in America are raped according to some statistic I read. it's a topic that should hit close to home fo everybody as everybody probably knows somebody that it has happened to (even if you're unaware).

It's actually yet another reason I avoid capturing PCs, particularly when it leads to smart-capture practices like stripping a PC naked, which leads to, while they got them there....

A GM can't know every hang-up or dark history of their players. But they can be cognizant of what might be hot buttton topics.

A good GM wants to present issues their players can get invested in, not ones that bring up traumatic memories.

 

[Umbran]

the other wanting men scraped into a barrel and flung into the Sun, save those useful for procreation, like cattle.

Given some recent work on creating artificial sperm (which aren't yet perfect) the need for keeping men around is a tad more questionable...

 

[nogray]

Astro City

Since no one mentioned it previously, let me throw in praise for Astro City's Winged Victory. She has some standard kick-butt stuff, and she runs women's shelters that also teach self defense and act as schools. She prioritizes rescuing female victims of crimes (this is contrasted against the Samaritan, who prioritizes based on time and efficiency). If you can pick up the issues (or trade paperbacks) where she appears, they might have some more ideas for you.

 

[NewJeffCT]

Given some recent work on creating artificial sperm (which aren't yet perfect) the need for keeping men around is a tad more questionable...

That could be part of the evil woman's plot - get rid of all men because they can manufacture/create female children through artificial insemination with artificially created DNA.

 

[jefgorbach]

of course she might be fighting the very real threat of sharia law becoming "acceptable" in other places (france, usa) where women are voluntarily rejecting their hard-won equality, before cultural/legal changes revoke those rights?

Perhaps the Evil Mastermind is working towards speeding that process by mass mid-control during the pending election to ensure pro-Sharia candidates get elected in order to pass the necessary legal changes ... thus she needs to prevent it, or failing undercover evidence of how/why the election was rigged in hopes of having it declared void??

 

[Tonguez]

of course she might be fighting the very real threat of evangelical law becoming "acceptable" in other places (france, usa) where women are voluntarily rejecting their hard-won equality, before cultural/legal changes revoke those rights?

like this Purity Balls

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Purity Balls

Apropos of nothing, I have decided this will be the name of my hard drinkin', twin .45 totin' female gunslinger, the daughter of Rev. Jebedaiah Victory Balls in the next Western RPG campaign I play.

 

[billd91]

Apropos of nothing, I have decided this will be the name of my hard drinkin', twin .45 totin' female gunslinger, the daughter of Rev. Jebedaiah Victory Balls in the next Western RPG campaign I play.

Spell it Baals like Harry Baals.