lol whut?
Remember this person? Yeah, she roleplays about how you'd expect. She's not horrible at the rp itself, but her concepts are...how to put this nicely? Ah, kind of ridiculous.
Anyway, her character was introduced last week and she had a chance to rp with a couple of us due to the party having to attend this huge ball in order to gather information. The new girl shows up at this ball in what she said was "the Victorian equivalent of dental floss" (it's a Steampunk-ish setting). Yes, I was rolling my eyes, but I went with it, after all I played Selene the hooker/stripper/assassin/totally scary bitch once upon a time. This being a ball with plenty of rich people and nobility, obviously the new girl drew major attention to herself. My character, a Paladin named Darja, made a comment questioning the legality of such clothing, and opted to ignore all the fuss. My character's love interest Alexander was of much the same opinion and offered to get Darja a drink while they waited for someone to show. While Alexander was getting the drink, he was accosted by the new girl and carted off to chat with a large group of noble girls who were all oogling him because he was a foreigner in their lands. Darja noticed all this and was quite understandably fuming, particularly because Alexander had her tea. That coupled with something else, forced Darja to leave early, feeling insulted and hurt - this is all in character. Out of character I was over here laughing my ass off because I knew it meant there would be silly roleplay to follow in which Alexander would have to apologize profusely and try to make it up with his girlfriend. Standard stuff, and it's character conflict I like - stuff I can laugh about OOC along with the other players. No harm done, and Alexander did apologize and even finally fumbled out an "I love you" after months of silliness wherein he could barely hold her hand without nearly passing out (no, that's not an exagerration - they're so prim and proper it's absurd).
So yes, I'm having fun, Jon (Alex's player) is having fun, and the GM is laughing about it and finally happy that after some manipulation on his part, two characters in his party are on their way to happily ever after...or something. In fact, Darja and Alexander's relationship is the one thing that has kept me in this particular campaign, because the interaction is just that funny and enough to keep me from raging over some of the rampant stupidity. It's all good, right? Apparently not. Tonight, the newbie's player PMed me to warn me of something.
[23:08:37] Incidentally, I was apologising a lot last week for stealing Alex OOC because I've had VERY BAD EXPERIENCES before involving my character apparently "stealing" another character's boyfriend.
[23:08:48] A lot of female roleplayers have issues with other female roleplayers here in Sydnye.
Oh no, her character is going to steal my character's boyfriend! *clutches pearls* Whatever shall I do?
I have to admit that this came off to me as a "I'm so awesome, I get other characters' boyfriends chasing my character!" Yet, I'm perplexed at female gamers hating other female gamers because they're female. Of course, there's an admittedly tiny number of female players in my little corner of roleplaying on the 'net, so maybe I'm missing out on something. There is one female player I have issues with, and all my issues have nothing to do with her gender, so I'm still perplexed.
At the same time, I'm wondering why she thinks I'd feel threatened or that I'd even care that my imaginary character's imaginary boyfriend might take a liking to her imaginary character. I'm not threatened by her appearance into a campaign I've been in for the better part of a year, nor am I threatened by the presence of another woman in the community I've been a part of for three years (that's, like, at least a decade in internet time).* All her little head's up serves is to make me giggle. A lot.
She also went on to warn me that her character is blunt and mean, which could mean potential character conflicts, but again that's what makes rp fun. I get the feeling she's trying to pump herself up and establish herself as a great player, which I can understand. It can be intimidating being the new kid in town, and you want to look good to the regulars. Still, I can't help but laugh. Maybe I'm a big meanie, but I'm not impressed so far. Really not impressed. It could change when my character actually interacts with hers this week. Maybe she'll surprise me and I'll eat my words, but I'm thinking her little warning was all bark and no bite. ;)
* = If anything, I'm happy to see another woman 'round these parts. We need more women in gaming, or at least more visibility as the gaming industry needs a few whacks with a clue-by-four.
Anyway, her character was introduced last week and she had a chance to rp with a couple of us due to the party having to attend this huge ball in order to gather information. The new girl shows up at this ball in what she said was "the Victorian equivalent of dental floss" (it's a Steampunk-ish setting). Yes, I was rolling my eyes, but I went with it, after all I played Selene the hooker/stripper/assassin/totally scary bitch once upon a time. This being a ball with plenty of rich people and nobility, obviously the new girl drew major attention to herself. My character, a Paladin named Darja, made a comment questioning the legality of such clothing, and opted to ignore all the fuss. My character's love interest Alexander was of much the same opinion and offered to get Darja a drink while they waited for someone to show. While Alexander was getting the drink, he was accosted by the new girl and carted off to chat with a large group of noble girls who were all oogling him because he was a foreigner in their lands. Darja noticed all this and was quite understandably fuming, particularly because Alexander had her tea. That coupled with something else, forced Darja to leave early, feeling insulted and hurt - this is all in character. Out of character I was over here laughing my ass off because I knew it meant there would be silly roleplay to follow in which Alexander would have to apologize profusely and try to make it up with his girlfriend. Standard stuff, and it's character conflict I like - stuff I can laugh about OOC along with the other players. No harm done, and Alexander did apologize and even finally fumbled out an "I love you" after months of silliness wherein he could barely hold her hand without nearly passing out (no, that's not an exagerration - they're so prim and proper it's absurd).
So yes, I'm having fun, Jon (Alex's player) is having fun, and the GM is laughing about it and finally happy that after some manipulation on his part, two characters in his party are on their way to happily ever after...or something. In fact, Darja and Alexander's relationship is the one thing that has kept me in this particular campaign, because the interaction is just that funny and enough to keep me from raging over some of the rampant stupidity. It's all good, right? Apparently not. Tonight, the newbie's player PMed me to warn me of something.
[23:08:37] Incidentally, I was apologising a lot last week for stealing Alex OOC because I've had VERY BAD EXPERIENCES before involving my character apparently "stealing" another character's boyfriend.
[23:08:48] A lot of female roleplayers have issues with other female roleplayers here in Sydnye.
Oh no, her character is going to steal my character's boyfriend! *clutches pearls* Whatever shall I do?
I have to admit that this came off to me as a "I'm so awesome, I get other characters' boyfriends chasing my character!" Yet, I'm perplexed at female gamers hating other female gamers because they're female. Of course, there's an admittedly tiny number of female players in my little corner of roleplaying on the 'net, so maybe I'm missing out on something. There is one female player I have issues with, and all my issues have nothing to do with her gender, so I'm still perplexed.
At the same time, I'm wondering why she thinks I'd feel threatened or that I'd even care that my imaginary character's imaginary boyfriend might take a liking to her imaginary character. I'm not threatened by her appearance into a campaign I've been in for the better part of a year, nor am I threatened by the presence of another woman in the community I've been a part of for three years (that's, like, at least a decade in internet time).* All her little head's up serves is to make me giggle. A lot.
She also went on to warn me that her character is blunt and mean, which could mean potential character conflicts, but again that's what makes rp fun. I get the feeling she's trying to pump herself up and establish herself as a great player, which I can understand. It can be intimidating being the new kid in town, and you want to look good to the regulars. Still, I can't help but laugh. Maybe I'm a big meanie, but I'm not impressed so far. Really not impressed. It could change when my character actually interacts with hers this week. Maybe she'll surprise me and I'll eat my words, but I'm thinking her little warning was all bark and no bite. ;)
* = If anything, I'm happy to see another woman 'round these parts. We need more women in gaming, or at least more visibility as the gaming industry needs a few whacks with a clue-by-four.