[quote=@Mr Allen J]
[@Strawberry425] I think the [i]real[/i] problem is that there's no [i]real[/i] standard or guideline for advanced or casual. Only subjective guidelines. Personally, if I ran things, I'd split the site in two: a section for the people who make one liners, and a section the people who write paragraphs.
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I think my big beef right now, to be more specific, is character and plot depth. I've never really been a big supporter of the length standard. Depth is what matters to me, and it's so very frustrating to see players who write without depth now joining Advanced in such high numbers. And sure, I'm sure some of them actually are totally willing to improve and learn and will probably make awesome, thoughtful, writers someday. But there's a whole other hoard of them that believe they've reached the pinnacle of perfection, and having to deal with those people is frustrating. Never mind the fact that these people will bring in, er, similar allies to help them in their quest to eliminate what I think is a critical part of Advanced roleplaying. I am just very frustrated with this right now....
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On another note, I have another, more personal, rant, but this one goes in hiders.

[hider=A very queer rant.]As a bisexual woman, I'm sure I know what some people would call me. Like, I would probably get some pretty horrible names.

I like to RP bisexual women, heterosexual women, and heterosexual men. I feel like I can connect with all of those. 

But I've seen people wield my sexuality in that really...cliche way. The sexually insatiable bisexual woman that's pining for attention from every sexually active character within the vicinity...I have seen that in copious amounts on tumblr, in movies, and even here on Guild. It's annoying and saddening, and its bothering me beyond anything, because whenever I see it...I don't even know what to do. How do you confront someone and say, "I know you're faking it because you're creating the exact definition of a bisexual cliche?" when they can just retort "Wow you're so presumptuous and elitist, how do you know I'm not bisexual?" And the answer is, I don't definitively know, but god, the cliche is a pretty fine indicator of you not being a bisexual.

And its so, so, so frustrating to write a bisexual character without feeling like someone is going to mischaracterize them as extra "slutty" and supermodel attractive, when really, I like modest characters in general, because I am not this big sexual thing. I'll make dumb pervy jokes, and I'll love those jokes, but I myself am not this hypersexual, insatiable being that can't keep her hands to herself, or has super seductive powers. I'm not a cheater. And to be frank, I'm very happy with who I am, and the way I live my life, and I know lots of other bi women live similar lives and feel similarly hurt by these poor portrayals of our community, and specifically, our women.

It's just really saddening to see writers of our generation, who are supposed to be some of the most progressive people in this world, write characters in a most shitty way and misrepresent my people so greatly.

My other rant is pertaining to general queer characters. 

I'm glad to say I saw a Casual RP that revolved around queer characters, but disappointed to see that the GM said something relatively biphobic, even if his or her intentions were not so. The only thing is I believe this, just like the queer pushing agenda on tumblr, will only serve to solidify the idea that there are too many differences between queers themselves and queers and straights for them all get along. 

And I'd be really happy if people did like I did and utilized their queer characters in regular roleplays with other straight characters. What I don't like is that there are a few instances where I've seen a homosexual person come in and create a gay or lesbian character that is borderline sexist. I find that to be disgusting, but like I said, I've only seen a few instances of that. Either way, it would be nice to see a more realistic mixing of sexualities, instead of these big dividers... [/hider]