Lesley_Roberta
05-22-2012, 07:24 PM
I am flustered, been thinking of it a lot today (along with other things).
Some of my friends are on my Facebook, some not. Some thus likely SHOULD know sooooooomething of my reality (unless they are dense enough to hide uranium up the butt safely). But I am able to email all of those not on Facebook.
It's just that I am basically not finding some of their actions all that fun. And it is likely because they haven't had the red herring slapped up the side of their head and been told to knock it off.
Your friend Leslie is not bloody well here damn it, my name is Lesley, say it slowly so you hear and feel the difference, add Roberta if it helps. I AM A GIRL in any way worth mention as I see it. I'm sorry if I am not wearing a skirt yet to help remind you I am Lesley not Leslie.
But I'm working on it (the skirt).
I was at the game last night (role game paper n pencil type and funny shaped dice). My character (Joan d'Arc a cleric) has just suffered a bad result from something mysterious that has reduced all her stats drastically. Her 7 Intelligence score (which is sadly the same as being a high school drop out), has been reduced to 3 (which makes her currently something of an idiot).
It's called role gaming for a reason dummies. The numbers are a guide to tell you their strengths and weaknesses. The idea is you try to act those out to some extent (although no human can really actually mimic an 18 Intelligence score, Stephen Hawking would be lucky to rate a 16, maybe a 17 on a good day.
So I was attempting to portray my cleric as a 17 year old girl, in plate armour and wielding a mace and shield, and a devout warrior of Saint Margaret (made her up), but currently possessing no real common sense or real critical thinking skills.
And all I get was annoyed looks. Maybe we should throw him down a well.
They play these role games sometimes as if all they were playing was a video game, and they tend to ignore anything they can, and tend to focus on nothing but kill kill kill. Typical male behaviour too.
I'm doing my best to enjoy about the only outlet I have, and they are doing their best to be miserable about anything I do. And it is just one example after another, that as they see it, role game character don't need names, and don't need genders, they just need numbers and so long as they are all put in the combat stats, because Charisma doesn't really do anything. My PC only has a 9 stat which in normal jargon makes her no better than a 6 on the scale most would normally know. It wouldn't matter if she was an 18 or put another way you'd call her an 11 and the best woman you'd ever seen.
Not sure how I'd word the email.
Guys, this is important to me, it's time I said it as blunt as possible and in terms only and idiot couldn't understand.
I AM A GIRL AND EXPECT TO BE TREATED AS ONE!!
It's not my fault I am stuck inside Leslie's very not female body. It's not my fault you always her Leslie's voice when I speak.
I will not be playing male characters if I don't wish to. Not in this game or the next design will play or the next. If this PC dies, there is no reason to expect me to not play a female character.
I am transgender, look it up, don't wait for a punch line. Transgender, not gay, not weird, not Rocky horror picture show, just transgender. If you can't handle that it is NOT my problem to solve!!
Yeah something like that I think.
If they can't cope, well I have enough hells in my life, I don't have room for more.
I'd like some thoughts on this. Anyone is welcome.
Some of my friends are on my Facebook, some not. Some thus likely SHOULD know sooooooomething of my reality (unless they are dense enough to hide uranium up the butt safely). But I am able to email all of those not on Facebook.
It's just that I am basically not finding some of their actions all that fun. And it is likely because they haven't had the red herring slapped up the side of their head and been told to knock it off.
Your friend Leslie is not bloody well here damn it, my name is Lesley, say it slowly so you hear and feel the difference, add Roberta if it helps. I AM A GIRL in any way worth mention as I see it. I'm sorry if I am not wearing a skirt yet to help remind you I am Lesley not Leslie.
But I'm working on it (the skirt).
I was at the game last night (role game paper n pencil type and funny shaped dice). My character (Joan d'Arc a cleric) has just suffered a bad result from something mysterious that has reduced all her stats drastically. Her 7 Intelligence score (which is sadly the same as being a high school drop out), has been reduced to 3 (which makes her currently something of an idiot).
It's called role gaming for a reason dummies. The numbers are a guide to tell you their strengths and weaknesses. The idea is you try to act those out to some extent (although no human can really actually mimic an 18 Intelligence score, Stephen Hawking would be lucky to rate a 16, maybe a 17 on a good day.
So I was attempting to portray my cleric as a 17 year old girl, in plate armour and wielding a mace and shield, and a devout warrior of Saint Margaret (made her up), but currently possessing no real common sense or real critical thinking skills.
And all I get was annoyed looks. Maybe we should throw him down a well.
They play these role games sometimes as if all they were playing was a video game, and they tend to ignore anything they can, and tend to focus on nothing but kill kill kill. Typical male behaviour too.
I'm doing my best to enjoy about the only outlet I have, and they are doing their best to be miserable about anything I do. And it is just one example after another, that as they see it, role game character don't need names, and don't need genders, they just need numbers and so long as they are all put in the combat stats, because Charisma doesn't really do anything. My PC only has a 9 stat which in normal jargon makes her no better than a 6 on the scale most would normally know. It wouldn't matter if she was an 18 or put another way you'd call her an 11 and the best woman you'd ever seen.
Not sure how I'd word the email.
Guys, this is important to me, it's time I said it as blunt as possible and in terms only and idiot couldn't understand.
I AM A GIRL AND EXPECT TO BE TREATED AS ONE!!
It's not my fault I am stuck inside Leslie's very not female body. It's not my fault you always her Leslie's voice when I speak.
I will not be playing male characters if I don't wish to. Not in this game or the next design will play or the next. If this PC dies, there is no reason to expect me to not play a female character.
I am transgender, look it up, don't wait for a punch line. Transgender, not gay, not weird, not Rocky horror picture show, just transgender. If you can't handle that it is NOT my problem to solve!!
Yeah something like that I think.
If they can't cope, well I have enough hells in my life, I don't have room for more.
I'd like some thoughts on this. Anyone is welcome.