jdrakeh
Front Range Warlock
STARP_JVP said:I'm just curious here; this was sparked by a conversation I had just recently. Without editorialising homosexuality itself, has anybody here had a gay or bisexual PC in their game, or a gay or bi NPC? I'm just curious to see how common it is. It's never actually happened in my game - not for any particular reason, I'd like to stress; it just hasn't.
I ran a Victorian Age adventure game, wherein the main villain was a wealthy, hashish smoking, London business magnate who had his hand in a number of criminal activities that spanned the globe from Britain to India. He was an affirmed homosexual, as well - but he wasn't a stereotype in that regard, and his sexuality didn't come into play but once that I can remember.
I think stuff like that is perfectly acceptable - what I find to be in poor taste is the PC or NPC deliberately created to turn homosexuality into a running joke (i.e., the flaming gay character that turns every line into some kind of 'in joke' ripped from old episodes of Will & Grace) or some other kind of walking cliche.
In short, sexuality as a definining aspect of a character is fine. Sexuality as the sole defining aspect of a character is balderdash. That said, YMMV.
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