A Different Sort of Question. (Touchy subject matter ahoy!)


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Yes, it does. I won't discuss the details in public however, it's rather lewd. D:
*snrk* Goodness, no. But it will be something to keep in mind if any of my intersexed characters find themselves in that sort of situation. That's all I really wanted to know about it.

As for 'Intersex' itself... It's back to my original question about the term, then. Would it really be the correct one? It's a real-world medical term, and I'd be applying it to what is - so far as I know - a completely unrealistic concept. Deformed/unformed genetalia? Certainly. Fully-functioning male anatomy on what is, barring the lack of female genitals, otherwise a woman? Fairly certain not. Somehow using one for the other just seems... indecent, and wrong to those who truly are intersexed.


 

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As for 'Intersex' itself... It's back to my original question about the term, then. Would it really be the correct one? It's a real-world medical term, and I'd be applying it to what is - so far as I know - a completely unrealistic concept. Deformed/unformed genetalia? Certainly. Fully-functioning male anatomy on what is, barring the lack of female genitals, otherwise a woman? Fairly certain not.
At this point, I'm pretty sure you're overthinking it. Otherwise we need to find a new term for the little wrinkly alien turds currently called monkeys.


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At this point, I'm pretty sure you're overthinking it. Otherwise we need to find a new term for the little wrinkly alien turds currently called monkeys.
You've known me for... about a week now, right? "Overthinking" is kind of my standard mode of thought, if you havn't noticed. :P


 

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Yeah, once you get to that stage thinking on it further is going a bit too far. It's a fictional race, and intersexed fits the definition as close as you'll get. Terms such as transgendered, etc, aren't terribly applicable - the character isn't transitioning as such. I don't think anyone'll give you hell for using this specific term at the cost of something else, really.


 

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You've known me for... about a week now, right? "Overthinking" is kind of my standard mode of thought, if you havn't noticed. :P
I have noticed, which is why I'm pointing it out.

And I'm insulted. Two weeks at least. World of difference.


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I have noticed, which is why I'm pointing it out.

And I'm insulted. Two weeks at least. World of difference.

See? I've been so busy thinking that I've lost track of time!


 

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Don't mention it. The shock when a gentleman caller reaches out and touches base is so delicious.
((From an rp standpoint, I think this is the way to go. ))


 

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((From an rp standpoint, I think this is the way to go. ))
You know, I don't want to inflict that kind of surprise on folk.. but when Eisregen worded it that way.. and seeing his avatar... I just couldn't help but imagine it in the most gentlemanly voice I could conjure up; and now it won't go away.


 

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You know, I don't want to inflict that kind of surprise on folk.. but when Eisregen worded it that way.. and seeing his avatar... I just couldn't help but imagine it in the most gentlemanly voice I could conjure up; and now it won't go away.
Don't be fooled. You see that wine glass? The man is obviously a villain.

On a more serious note, I think the level of openness ought to be based on the character and driven by the RP. Take Eribelle; she's an alien, and so to a certain degree talking about the different physiology is to be expected, although it's not central to the character. But if you have a shy character who's otherwise human, it may not come up at all. While your RP partners wouldn't know about the differences, the character would, and it would drive her actions correspondingly. If you have a brassy, bold character whose extra attachments mattered for a (non-sexual) turning point in her life, then it might get mentioned in the natural course of the bio.

Context is gonna matter. If you really do want it to be a non-central, non-sexualized aspect of the character, you need to treat it as such; only mention if it's relevant in some way.


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Good thing you don't know me. Keep it up.

Now mind you, all or most of my characters exist in some state of deviance, and well, it's Pocket D where the favourite game is 'who has the ***** now?'. So finding extra junk in a girl's pants is hardly surprising. Hell, in the CoH setting it's probably a recurring category on Jeopardy. 'Additional Appendages' or somesuch.

My line of thinking was more that if you didn't necessarily care for a Futa-centric kind of RP (ie. smut - and no that's not a judgment) going on all around you, then it doesn''t matter. Because it shouldn't be a meta-factor people use to judge your 'worth' or 'attractiveness' as a RPer. And it really only is to those looking to get e-laid.

The goddess of role-playing wears a blindfold because she already destroyed her sight with too much bleach. She doesn't want to know what you look like under the hood until it's time for the great reveal.


"If you're going through hell, keep going."
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Good thing you don't know me. Keep it up.
Eh?


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Eh?
I was replying to Catministrator who claimed to have heard my post in a distinguished voice. There aren't very few people who'd do that after having read some more of my posts I presume. I just forewent a direct quote cause I didn't anticipate anyone posting in between.


"If you're going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill

 

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I was replying to Catministrator who claimed to have heard my post in a distinguished voice. There aren't very few people who'd do that after having read some more of my posts I presume. I just forewent a direct quote cause I didn't anticipate anyone posting in between.
Aha. Sorry, I'm ninja like that.


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Before everything, I'm glad to know people can have a mature discussion about such a topic publicly. I haven't read most of the replies to the original post. So I'm just gonna reply to that.

I personally am very neutral to the whole topic. However, if I were to put myself in your position, I would just not think about it.

Personally, I find the idea of "tags" or "warnings" to be silly. Yes, I used to have them on one of my characters for a while, but then I realized why it's silly. And the reason for that is that instead of serving as "warnings", tags generally tend to filter out your interactions. What's wrong with that, you may ask?

Well, if I were to make a character such as yours, and I wanted to incorporate that personal detail about her in all the layers of my RP (not just the sexual parts), I would prefer to receiver unbiased reactions towards it.

In fact, I'd prefer to not give any warnings or any tags, just to experience the interactions of characters who approach my character without any prior knowledge. Then, if appropriate, I would try to give subtle hints for the person I'm RPing with. For example, if I was playing your character, and a male character comes up to me, starts flirting, and eventually asks my character for her number or a date or something, I would have my character react accordingly. I'd have her possibly fidget, blush, or try to give him subtle hints that "I'm different..." or "...I don't know if that's a good idea...".

That way, the actual "finding out" part is embedded into the RP...just like in the real world. Which makes things far more interesting as you get to experience ALL the aspects of playing such a character, both the negative and the positive, THROUGH RP, not through the players.

So, my personal "solution" would be to just remove tags all together. Maybe put some background in your character description and make a subtle hint about it. But no more.

As I always say in RP: Let it flow naturally!


 

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I was replying to Catministrator who claimed to have heard my post in a distinguished voice. There aren't very few people who'd do that after having read some more of my posts I presume. I just forewent a direct quote cause I didn't anticipate anyone posting in between.
Well, while I'll apologize for assuming... I fear that first impression is just going to be tough to shake; no matter the content!


 

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Well, while I'll apologize for assuming... I fear that first impression is just going to be tough to shake; no matter the content!
Could be worse I'm sure. And I should note that the gent in the picture is Vandal Savage.


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Winston Churchill

 

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Could be worse I'm sure. And I should note that the gent in the picture is Vandal Savage.
Supervillain or no; that's the kind of face you want to have around! I'll have to try and get ahold of some material involving him, now.

On a more general note, though, it seems like I'll be back at the drawing board with some fresh perspective... But you know. The whole thing actually received a little discussion. That's more than I expected going into this, and that alone makes the effort worth it.


 

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The whole thing actually received a little discussion. That's more than I expected going into this, and that alone makes the effort worth it.
If it makes you feel better, we can have a round of lolfuta?


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If it makes you feel better, we can have a round of lolfuta?
Hah, no. I'm going to do more research on the real-world condition in the meantime. Maybe there's something I can do to help, if I'm going to go and bastardize the term with my flights of fancy.


 

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After speaking with Cat I can safely say she's not futalol, heh. The concept has been given a lot more thought and depth put into it than you might have thought.


 

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After speaking with Cat I can safely say she's not futalol, heh. The concept has been given a lot more thought and depth put into it than you might have thought.
Aw, Boss is just picking at me like friends do. We've actually had conversations on the matter prior to this.


 

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Oh, it was more a general declaration than anything specific. Just rambling for the most part.


 

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On a more general note, though, it seems like I'll be back at the drawing board with some fresh perspective... But you know. The whole thing actually received a little discussion. That's more than I expected going into this, and that alone makes the effort worth it.
If Virtue wasn't already the RP server it'd be the Perv Server. We do have a habit of stuff like that popping up. In our laps for some.


"If you're going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill

 

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If Virtue wasn't already the RP server it'd be the Perv Server. We do have a habit of stuff like that popping up. In our laps for some.
Three cheers for the boob slider!


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