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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Mistress" data-source="post: 5704635" data-attributes="member: 11816">I have seen it done only once. A male PC that took over half the campaign to come to terms with his sexuality. It was well done.I think the problem for why many don't do it is simple. That is something it would be very easy to get wrong if you have not experienced it yourself and most players I think would be nervous about screwing it up and offending others. I have seen straight guys play gay characters and vice versa, just as I have seen cross gender play of all sexuality. Sometimes it is done well and sometimes badly.As for the later question about sexuality and romance. Yes most games I play in has had it in them. Not as a focus of course but as some side personal stories for PC's.As for romance I once played a cold hearted assassin who was raised to only know how to do her job. Before the game began in the prelude she found stuff out that made her flee. She ended up in a really weird relationship with another PC, a PI. He liked her but was sickened by her casual look on death and killing. She was conflicted cause she didn't know how to make emotional commitments. They went back and forth, as friends to dating to not liking each other and back again. Finally at the end of a 2 year campaign they ended up together.On a related topic, I have seen people play out characters who have very strong emotional reactions to things and take a long time to recover. Same game as above. The PI (this was a space master game) was tracking down some people. He cornered them in a van and during a firefight. A guy was in back with a automatic weapon. Having already shot several other PC's no one could get a good shot at him. The PI stuck the nose of a auto shotgun around the door and unloaded the full clip into the back of the van. Killed the guy but what he did not know is they had kidnapped a kid and he was in the back too and was killed. The PI freaked it took about 3 months of RL time and about 1 year of game time for him to get over it. It was very cool and well done.</blockquote>

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