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<blockquote data-quote="Mycanid" data-source="post: 2878406" data-attributes="member: 40370"><p>ahhh el-remmen. Apologies. Didn't mean to say what I said the way you say the humor in it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The ancient Greek word for the type of friendship we strove to develop (and had to a certain degree) between each other was not "eros" but "philia". Philia is very different from just "friendship" of "having friends" too.</p><p></p><p>There's a HUGE difference between them, of course (i.e. eros and philia). Somehow people today think that just because a bunch of guys like to spend time together means they are somehow sexually interested in each other, but for us this was farthest from the truth. Same thing exists between women among women.</p><p></p><p>Amongst men and women it can pop up but is pretty rare. If it does pop up it usually develops into other things soon.</p><p></p><p>This was one of greatest results of the rp'ing experience amongst us all - the growing of this reality amongst us all towards each other. When the ladies came amongst us they just didn't mesh with the dynamic. However, one of my friends (my best friend) recently got involved with a lady who herself is an intense rp'er, and while I cannot speak for the dynamic amongst them all out of the game setting, within it they seem to all get along very well together.</p><p></p><p>But again, I am addressing a specific situation and a specific dynamic. Not everyone has that same type. But in this type of rp'ing dynamic the question of sexuality just was not terribly important or high on the "hierachy of values" I guess.</p><p></p><p>In general, though, I would agree with Shadow Denizen's summation:</p><p></p><p>"That said, I don't think including gay characters necessarily makes a world more "believable"; world-building is dependent on many things, and sexuality is (IMO) a very miniscule part of that."</p><p></p><p>It has a place - but there is so much more to make it believable and more real, in my experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mycanid, post: 2878406, member: 40370"] ahhh el-remmen. Apologies. Didn't mean to say what I said the way you say the humor in it. :) The ancient Greek word for the type of friendship we strove to develop (and had to a certain degree) between each other was not "eros" but "philia". Philia is very different from just "friendship" of "having friends" too. There's a HUGE difference between them, of course (i.e. eros and philia). Somehow people today think that just because a bunch of guys like to spend time together means they are somehow sexually interested in each other, but for us this was farthest from the truth. Same thing exists between women among women. Amongst men and women it can pop up but is pretty rare. If it does pop up it usually develops into other things soon. This was one of greatest results of the rp'ing experience amongst us all - the growing of this reality amongst us all towards each other. When the ladies came amongst us they just didn't mesh with the dynamic. However, one of my friends (my best friend) recently got involved with a lady who herself is an intense rp'er, and while I cannot speak for the dynamic amongst them all out of the game setting, within it they seem to all get along very well together. But again, I am addressing a specific situation and a specific dynamic. Not everyone has that same type. But in this type of rp'ing dynamic the question of sexuality just was not terribly important or high on the "hierachy of values" I guess. In general, though, I would agree with Shadow Denizen's summation: "That said, I don't think including gay characters necessarily makes a world more "believable"; world-building is dependent on many things, and sexuality is (IMO) a very miniscule part of that." It has a place - but there is so much more to make it believable and more real, in my experience. [/QUOTE]
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