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Olivia Chase
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Dr Chase seems to be in a race with Kay Scarpetta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Scarpetta as to how many bad things can happen to her. I don't do it on purpose you know...
As to Cosmo McTavish? You will see her next year unless something happens to Livvie. She actually came about while watching 'Within the Serpents Grasp'. Her inspirations include Abi from NCIS, Pamela Stevenson, Rodney McKay(bless him), Marianne Faithfull, David Tennant's Dr Who and many,many more. I am already buying her kit, have a telescope and getting music I think she would like. I know bugger all about comms or astrophysics, never mind satalite and radio telescopes, her speciality! However I am reading small bits, have some books and will read them accordingly, especially after the event next April. Hopefully then she will feel more 'formed' and shouldn't take too much time to settle in.
Oh, and never forget the power of your character's name. The name does make the character and it takes me ages to get it right.
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thirteen7
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On related not I would like to ask a question that is, with the best will in the world, quite sensitive. For this I apologise in advance.
I recently asked this same question on Rules7 and got some interesting answers.
I would like to ask about In Character sexual orientation. Basically various things I have been watching on TV have gotten me thinking about the choices that I make when i design a character. Up until recently 'Sexual preference' was never something I considered.
The question I wish to ask then is this;
Do you/have you ever played a character with a different sexual orientation to your own? If not, would you mind me asking why not? (I have been made aware that not everyone considers this question so I am not implying anything by the question 'why not')
If I may also ask what peoples thoughts are regards to people who choose to play a character with a different sexual orientation. Is it something that offends you? or do you not mind that much or, again, is it not something that really occurs to you?
Again, my apologies if these questions come across as rude, insensitive or otherwise annoy you. It's not my intention rather I'm genuinely interested in peoples opinion and, seeing the roleplaying thread, I figured this was as good a place as any.
Thanks for listening, and see you all soon.
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Olivia Chase
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Well you are not offending me, and I very much doubt you would offend many, if any others. I know of two players who's characters either are, or were of a different orientation from their own.
In another system I played a bisexual, not the whole hog true but still different enough.
I think they key to doing this well, is to decide to play a character, who happend to be gay/bi/straight, not a gay/bi/straight character, if you get the difference in emphasis. It was ages before anyone twigged about Flash, he wasn't a charicature.
I remember a couple of years ago someone joking that if Stargate SG1 is Dr Who, then the SEF is Torchwood, not for the snogging, but because it is that little bit more adult and mature in nature and themes.
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bandit
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tbh i don't think it makes any difference really if you consider it in your back ground thats cool i just don't or haven't
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Fenric
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All bar one of my characters I've played are straight - and the one who isn't straight is so far in the closet that he might as well be, and I'm gay.
Kincaid is straight/homophobic almost - which is pretty much the opposite to what I am - so yes, it does happen. And bear in mind that I've had to make semi-homophobic jokes to a gay character played by a straight bloke... To be... it's irrelevant - the character is important, irrespective of whether the character is gay/straight/black/white/male/female... I of course would never play a gnome - i've got a hatred against gnomes.
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Jacqueline
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We roleplay to be a bit different to our normal lives, so I see no trouble at all with any aspect being there. You just need to judge whether it should be something that you mention up front, or just let it come out in time.
I mean, look at Capt. Jack Hotness.. sorry Harkness. from Torchwood, played by a gay chap, but his character is effectively omni-sexual, if it's got reproductive organs, he'll have a go. It's an acting job for him, and fun for us to watch, but it's the same thing.
The only real trouble I can see, is if you play a character the same orientation as yourself, and you get rude IC comments about it, it could be very hard to remember they're IC and not aimed at you...
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sm0keyb
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Not a problem, I just don't think I could play a gay character without being incredibly camp & silly, which in the SEF wouldn't work at all.
My son played a bisexual fairy in another system. That didn't bother me at all. It's roleplaying & the nature of the character enabled it to be played in a very amusing way.
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thirteen7
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| Fenric wrote: | All bar one of my characters I've played are straight - and the one who isn't straight is so far in the closet that he might as well be, and I'm gay.
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If I might ask then, as a gay man what are your thoughts about someone who is straight attempting to play someone who is gay? |
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Fenric
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| thirteen7 wrote: | | Fenric wrote: | All bar one of my characters I've played are straight - and the one who isn't straight is so far in the closet that he might as well be, and I'm gay.
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If I might ask then, as a gay man what are your thoughts about someone who is straight attempting to play someone who is gay? |
Doesn't bother me one little bit at all - I suppose I would be less happy if it was a stereotypical camp Julian Clary or Alan Carr style gay person, but then again, those people wind me up as a human being irrespective of roleplaying or not.
But I would have ZERO reasons for being concerned by someone straight playing someone gay, as I'm gay and play someone straight, it would be hypocritical in the extreme for me to say anything else.
In my LRP experience, I've only ever known one gay character played by someone who was straight (Flash) and to be honest, it was excellently portrayed by Dom.
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Jean-Pierre
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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In my LRP experience, I've only ever known one gay character played by someone who was straight (Flash) and to be honest, it was excellently portrayed by Dom. |
Yes and you thought my straight character was gay curse you! 
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