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Y'know, this thread reeks of negativity. I'm taking a couple days off.
It wasn't meant as criticism. I think a little OOC discussion in the interest check might generate more players.
Assallya said However, knowing the fact that 1 in 6 women (and 1 in 30 men) experience rape in their lifetime I am quite careful before going that route.
That's the "empathy" part.
No, I'm not an activist. I do, however, have enough experience to know that certain issues in online forums are dangerous topics. For example, I enjoy rape fantasies in my fiction. However, knowing the fact that 1 in 6 women (and 1 in 30 men) experience rape in their lifetime I am quite careful before going that route.
Also, in your tirade, I think you missed out on the "uncomfortable" aspect I mentioned, that someone might not want to discuss such things.
Also, in your tirade, I think you missed out on the "uncomfortable" aspect I mentioned, that someone might not want to discuss such things.
The first step to something like this is just to list out available technologies.
Ah! I stand elucidated. Thank you. I won't say that you are welcome. That particular honour belongs to Cyanide. If you are accepted we have a large number of blasters, skirmishers and flankers. We are lacking a brick, a telepath and a technically oriented person if that helps.
United We Stand?
Well Crimson, I could do on at length about "Suspension of Disbelief" and various other writer's tools but I rather figure it to be pointless. Simply put, you're really pissing me off and forcing me to abandon subtlety.. You don't seem to get the fact that I'm shielding someone else from the blatant insensitivity you're expressing. Not everyone is comfortable sharing their experiences. How about I create a character that has "pleasant" epileptic seizures and seeks to trigger them as often as possible and we see how that wigs you out?
Well Crimson, I could do on at length about "Suspension of Disbelief" and various other writer's tools but I rather figure it to be pointless. Simply put, you're really pissing me off and forcing me to abandon subtlety.. You don't seem to get the fact that I'm shielding someone else from the blatant insensitivity you're expressing. Not everyone is comfortable sharing their experiences. How about I create a character that has "pleasant" epileptic seizures and seeks to trigger them as often as possible and we see how that wigs you out?
The first of the cutters attempting to get in through the hull finally finished, the heavy durasteel plate capable of holding in the atmosphere clattered to the deck plating with distinct ring of metal against metal. It was not unlike that of a church bell in the confines of the cargo bay, the sort that would be sounded should a call to arms be made. Arla moved in, a long steel pole in her hands, while the first man through was still blinking rapidly, blinded as he tried to adjust from brilliant sun baked desert to the dim interior. The butt end of the long pole slammed into his stomach then Arla danced back, twisted and brought the other end of the makeshift spear. She wasn't sure what the thing she held was but it was the proper length and heft for a staff or spear.
The first man down, Arla withdrew as several mercenaries outside peppered the hole with crimson hued blaster bolts. She suspected they'd do such. She rather suspected they'd throw in one of their fire spheres and was rewarded when it clinked against the deck plate some moments later. Concealed behind a cargo container she heard it detonate, the pressure wave rebounding off of the walls resonating in her lekku, those sensitive head tails twi'lek were born with. There was enough force to cause her to wince her eyes in pain.
Shimmying up a creature cage she leaped back up into the rafters, her bare feet dangling before the light of an emergency light for but a moment before she pulled herself up into the shadowed recesses of the support frame.
The first man down, Arla withdrew as several mercenaries outside peppered the hole with crimson hued blaster bolts. She suspected they'd do such. She rather suspected they'd throw in one of their fire spheres and was rewarded when it clinked against the deck plate some moments later. Concealed behind a cargo container she heard it detonate, the pressure wave rebounding off of the walls resonating in her lekku, those sensitive head tails twi'lek were born with. There was enough force to cause her to wince her eyes in pain.
Shimmying up a creature cage she leaped back up into the rafters, her bare feet dangling before the light of an emergency light for but a moment before she pulled herself up into the shadowed recesses of the support frame.
*grins* If you're going to post a bump do so in the interest check :)
I do hope you're being obtuse. Maybe you simply don't realize that you're doing the equivalent of telling a rape victim that at least he or she "got some" or pushing a person in a wheelchair over and laughing because they can't get up or writing a story about Nazis beating Jews and claiming that it's slapstick. It's a dangerous and treacherous footing, glorifying another person's problems for amusement.
While I'm not going to stop you I can understand where other people might get upset. I have a great aunt in the asylum and my parents never let me meet her. I even came close to developing such a disorder myself. When I was young and being bullied I blacked out and "someone" took over and chased away the bullies. My mother claimed it was an angel. Luckily, being the intelligent sort I refuted this, figuring a real angel would have conspired to prevent the event taking place at all rather than resort to violence. As it was, I recognized the possibility of going insane and was terrified. If I hadn't, if I had taken my mother at her word and didn't doubt the angel aspect, I might very well have created the alternate persona that enjoyed beating up people and probably, eventually killing people all in the name of God.
I can't begin to tell you how terrifying it is to awaken somewhere else, having no memory of what you've done in the past or what it's like being told by others what you had done. A mental illness is created when the brain tries to protect itself and something goes wrong. It's where the brain sacrifices its future health in order to survive the present.
The truly deplorable part is that you want to portray someone that is sick... but in a world where that sickness is cultivated, cherished and protected by those that should be trying to heal such a person. That's fairly depraved. That's why I was suggesting some other means of possessing an alternate persona rather than being insane.
While I'm not going to stop you I can understand where other people might get upset. I have a great aunt in the asylum and my parents never let me meet her. I even came close to developing such a disorder myself. When I was young and being bullied I blacked out and "someone" took over and chased away the bullies. My mother claimed it was an angel. Luckily, being the intelligent sort I refuted this, figuring a real angel would have conspired to prevent the event taking place at all rather than resort to violence. As it was, I recognized the possibility of going insane and was terrified. If I hadn't, if I had taken my mother at her word and didn't doubt the angel aspect, I might very well have created the alternate persona that enjoyed beating up people and probably, eventually killing people all in the name of God.
I can't begin to tell you how terrifying it is to awaken somewhere else, having no memory of what you've done in the past or what it's like being told by others what you had done. A mental illness is created when the brain tries to protect itself and something goes wrong. It's where the brain sacrifices its future health in order to survive the present.
The truly deplorable part is that you want to portray someone that is sick... but in a world where that sickness is cultivated, cherished and protected by those that should be trying to heal such a person. That's fairly depraved. That's why I was suggesting some other means of possessing an alternate persona rather than being insane.
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