And I’ve run into players who degrade your character down to their sexuality/gender/race only to pick on it as well 
My character’s defining trait was that he smiles a lot, so I suppose you’d hate Nerathion actually, sorry.
However, I’m very much sure most who interact with him don’t notice it as much as they might when someone now and then makes a mention to their sexuality, such as I’ve written above - mention to their partner, or some event they went to etc.
Oh no.
He is /that one/ guy by the coffee machine in the office break room. The smiler.
Ive personally encountered alot more straight characters having that as their defining trait or flaunting it around everywhere compared to any gay ones.
ALOT more.
Man ya’ll remember when the plot critical broadcast sent by Palpatine was only available in friggin Fortnite?
the last thing your character sees before they die
that smile, that damned smile
And i’m not saying those don’t exist even thow they should not and its a shame that they do.
Well yes. Smile all you like. But if its a constant situation why not putting it on your TRP? So you don’t have to write that he smiles every two posts. At least thats what i do with basic behaivor of my charakter.
that smile…that damned smile.
Edit: Damit you where faster!
If someone spams the same thing at that frequency regardless of the content of the message i’d probably hit the report spam button.
I don’t think it is TRP worthy. I’d rather discover that trait through RP. Especially because as soon as I see it written in TRP, emoting it becomes excess information.
Unfortunately I can’t’ find any footage of Palpatine rocking Orange Justice so here’s the next best thing
I urge anyone who likes that kinect game to watch Jesse Cox dance off vs Dodger.
That man can’t dance.
Where is the long cloak / overcoat of the Imperial Guards?? This is cheating.
Daily reminder the Star Wars dance game came out the same year Disney bought the franchise, and since it wasn’t part of the “Star Wars Legends” stuff that they declared non-canon, there’s every possibility that Luke genuinely walked in on Palpatine throwing out some Degobah Drops.
I’ve never seen a straight character, or gay, or bi, having their sexuality as their defining factor.
Except in Goldshire, but they’re their own, weird bubble.
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Saber_Guard
They’re saber guards iirc
Hope you don’t mind me chiming in with an LGBTQ+ recommendation but Boys Don’t Cry is a fantastic movie centered around the life of a trans man and the struggles of being transgender. To this day it remains one of my favourite dramas and can not praise it enough.
I must warn those interested that there is depiction of sexual violence and murder. So if someone absolutely can not stomach that (which is understandable) then give this one a miss for the time being.
Since you where pretty mutch the only one actually rationalising your position and talking to me without insulting me would you still call me a phob or do you get where i’m comming from? I appriciate that you did actually take your time to hear me out unlike some other peoples who obviously where just trying to make me a villian and homophob so they can ignore any argument i bring up.
I’ve heard about the movie before, but at this point I’m slightly over watching hate crimes etc, and rather have a more sappy love story instead. But I’ll keep it in mind if I ever see it on TV in my country!
Unfortunately, where you’re coming from is where many homophobes are coming from. For them, the only good way a character is LGBTQ+ is when it’s not mentioned at all. The moment a mention is made is when they feel like it’s forced down their throats and so on.
I don’t always agree with immediately dismissing someone as homophobe and making no other arguments, since that doesn’t always help changing one’s opinion, but most do that because they’re tired of having to explain over and over the same things all the time.
Sort of like this entire thread, including your points.
Well i’m sorry for those who have to deal with this. I just look at this from a very rational point of view. When its not currently the thematic that is talked about why would you mention it?
I for the other hand prever to show it with my charakters actions if she/he is interested in somebody. Like for example one of my charakters never told anybody that she is a lesbian. She just kissed her girlfriend like any couple would give each other a kiss and then went on. Its something normal and should be treated as such and not something that needs to be mentioned.
I’ve had to go through a lot of WoW zones where I’m reminded of the love one character have for another (Val’sharah, Twilight Highlands), and before the SL-revamp, I had to go through those zones every time I wanted to level a new character.
On topic; there exist characters who are reserved about who they love, and there are characters who love openly and freely. My death knight only talks about love when referring to his dead husband, whilst another might actively have relationship RP ongoing.
A person’s sexuality is actually an important thing to them, and can shape their personality. In a world where heterosexuality is the norm it can be hard to see that every person, straight or not, can be shaped around their sexuality. The myth of “The Down-Low Gay” is a conservative talking point that doesn’t hold much basis in actual queer history, because for a lot of queer people it is very new for their existence to be so much as accepted.
Saying “I don’t mind gay characters, I just don’t want it in my face” is the equivalent of saying you’re fine with gay characters so long as nothing they do is, well, gay. It’s the same as the strawman argument of claiming “I don’t hate gay characters, I hate all relationship RP/stories”, despite the Warcraft series being dominated by dozens and dozens of romance storylines.
I don’t think you’re a homophobe in the slightest Dalefug, but I think it’s worth looking at things from the opposing point of view, and recognising why a lot of people feel their sexuality is important to them.
For many people, they cant do this IRL, let alone talk about it. So it can feel liberating to be able to be more open and front about their sexuality in roleplay.
relationship rp /stories 
