[quote=Strawberry425]
Awww thanks Haggis <3But yeah, all of the characters so far have made me reallllllyyyyy happy. Especially since I'm a bisexual WOC. I crave diversity, and many people, even if they are LGBT choose not to create characters that represent them in rp. Personally, I can see myself with a man or a women in my future ,and I wanted characters that represented me, which I have so rarely made in the past. Also, its iffy; if one out of every ten people you meet is LGBT then I feel like rps should have us more; we're pretty normal. And I don't blame straight people for not rping or writing about us. For some, it's hard to put themselves in the shoes of something they feel so alienated from, especially since the media implies same-sex relationships are so vastly different from "normal" relationships, and that bisexual women are sexual fiends that prey on innocent virgin girls and "turn them". It's also sad that many LGBT people chose to rp a character of the opposite gender, so the character is straight, and the rper can have a romantic interest of their gender preference, just to avoid being judged. I've found, recently, if at least one brave person takes the step to introduce an LGBT character, then other people will shyly join in. The fact that out of those of you who applied, many of you chose to go with characters who are things other than straight, makes me super happy. It also makes me happy people chose to go with straight characters. Like, yassssss, let's represent the , , world here. . But anyway, I'm ecstatic.On another note, at this point if you asked me, I'm craving a girlfriend right now; went to a restaurant today, hot, hot, hot, waitress, and I kept giving her the eye. God, she was a hottie. And at one point, I think she realized I was checking her out, and kept looking back to see. Such a hottie.Okay, but enough of that. I decided to play it safe and study. Midterm went alright. I'm going to write up a post now. We can get started. Also to answer your question Sixsmith, I think when we've got a nice established group, I'll be open to more characters from our present rpers. It would be weird if we didn't introduce new faces at some point. And eventually, we'll open back up to new rpers.
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Yeah, I've started to see a lot, a lot more LGBT characters in RPs that I've joined in and I think I instigate it sometimes because I almost always have at least one LGBT character that I play and it's always a gay male 'cause I myself am a gay male and that's my preference when I write. Though I diverge a lot and I like playing badass ladies; I've yet to try a hand at a bisexual/pan or lesbian lady. But that's probably because I'm not attracted to ladies myself and aren't positive I'll have any interest in any romance femslash romance that blossoms forth, sadly.

As well, I don't usually like playing females in straight romances just because of my sexuality, so a lot of my females are asexual, lol. I mean, I understand what that means, but I also understand that a lot of people who go looking for romance in group RPs are usually looking for the sex part of that romance. >_> I actually don't think I'd mind an asexual lady who prefers to romance women in a non-sexual, actually romantic romance. The kind where it's a lot of the emotional intimacy and none of the physical sexy time acts.

And when I feel like RPing some side plot romance in a roleplay I'm in but don't have anyone to partake in that romance, then I actually pair my characters off together. It gives me practice in character development both dependent on a partner, as well as working on individual character development and focusing on relationships and how they work in stories. I think RPguild, unless you drift off into the kinkier side of the 1x1 section has a lot of its romance, should they happen in an RP, be one of those quick look-at-the-person-you-made-your-character-to-romance-and-hop-to-it-like-fucking-bunnies, but aside from that they're very straightforward, typical romances that don't necessarily delve into how such relationships can work in one way or another. If you all understand where I'm getting at. Putting all of that in my own hands allows me to dissect the relationship a lot better without having any random variables that constitute most RPs and relationship between player characters. It gives me a better grasp on how certain relationships work and lets me pace it a lot better in the story (which often means that the characters I've decided will do the smoochies don't actually get together because the RP dies before then...). And it also lets me play out some romance fantasies (the nonsexual kind) out on paper without thinking how the other person feels about it or whether he/she is enjoying how the relationship is turning out or how slow I intend to take it.

I don't know why I'm rambling about this, but it interests me a lot. I like delving into the minds of characters, mainly relationships between other characters, whether platonic, romantic, or other. I enjoy it a lot and I have absolutely no idea why. Maybe something to do with psychology or philosophy, or something... I mean, I intend to switch my major to something in either subject as soon as I get enough money to jump back into school. I've been refraining from taking out any student loans and I honestly have no idea why I didn't apply for any scholarships during high school... probably something to do with low self-esteem and the fact that I'm pretty sure I'm anything but a leader or super-citizen like a shit ton of my classmates were. >_> I was the book nerd who was quiet for like 2 years and turned out to be extremely hilarious, but never the person do actively partake in a lot of public things 'cause he was an introvert and preferred the solace of his room, video games, a lot of movies, and some nice books.

Oh, and I also fully intend to introduce at least one new face into our motley crew! But, only as soon as it's relevant to the plot and when you say it'll be a-okay. :o

Gonna stop myself there 'cause I'm starting to talk about myself in the third person.

[quote=McHaggis]
*Regrets putting in characters before all the LGBT ones came in.* Oh well, I consider both of their sexualities fluid-ish anyway.Already getting ideas for Eddie Thornton, mostly 'cos there's a severe lack of characters who can actually shoot a gun ;)
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By the time we get any guns in this RP, I'm certain the TWD gun-syndrome is gonna go into effect, you know, the one where no one misses headshots and don't run outta bullets in the name of the plot and badassery. lolol

EDIT: I was not lying, at all, when I said that I ramble and ramble and ramble and ramble. I'm tempted to put my hands in a pair of mitts and have someone duck tape 'em until I lose the urge to write so much about something random. ;_;

EDIT OF THE EDIT!: Like, whoa, look what I found.

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Because I thought it relevant to this conversation. <3 In a way, I guess. Not being asexual myself and not understanding (but being open to understanding) asexuality, I see it more a general sexual scale than just an asexual one.