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[Xigo]

I don't expect people to roleplay pregnancy realistic. If they can pull it off, I applaud them.

A guide might help people roleplay it realistically, but I do not expect it to be perfect.

So long as the person makes the effort to keep it real, sticks it out for the nine months, and doesn't turn it into a joke, I'm fine with it.

[Wuvvums]

I actually wouldn't mind if someone overly idealized the pregnancy either. While it's certainly a peeve to see in movies, cartoons, and everywhere else, I don't think I'd have a problem for someone personally to make a pregnancy that's happy and easy-going and enjoyable to rp.

[Harmonic]

It's just my opinion that it comes off as awkward. But that's the difference of opinion, if a majority thinks it's okay when I often find it offputting, well...

Heh. More power to you lot. Just expect Sin to call people "Preggers" a lot.

And Wuvvums, the movie that got pregnancy right? Knocked up. I love that movie.

[Cressy]

As a sidenote: Pregnancy actually mellowed out my hormones and as my husband said, was like someone put me on ecstasy. I was extremely easy going in comparison to how I was before. Pregnancy is incredibly different to all people though.

Well... there are already people who, if I may say many people I know have a problem with their characters, but this one was pregnant a while back, and apparently they thought it would be fun to, while pregnant, go and join an arena tournament!

P.S. I won that tournament.

But trying to say a person wouldn't do extremely dangerous to their unborn child is..unrealistic. Have you seen how many child are born addicted to meth/cocaine/heroin? Or how many mothers continue drinking through out it?

Not that I am justifying people doing stupid things while they are pregnant, but some people can rationalize it or even justify it. I had a character who was pregnant, she fought in brawls, tournaments and got herself into a bunch of messes while she was eight months pregnant. She ended up dying because of this, as well did her unborn child. But the reaction after she was brought back, changed who she was. Some people react as if their world had shattered, that they realize their flaws, and some continue to do it.

I know someone who has done that. Got pregnant, did drugs, lost the baby only to do it again six months later.

Which is sad. But this isn't what the thread should be entirely about.

I am going to ask that people act respectfully, not point out people and just follow the rules.

Or else I'm going to lock this thread.

[Piroska]

I don't care what you lot say, women DO get freakin' psychotic during pregnancy sometimes. I'm -living- that truth right now. My wife will attest to it too... after she has the baby. Hopefully.

Oh, I do understand the whole hormones things and that it's cyclical. I have no qualms with portraying that. It's just that it's often exceedingly over-the-top and used to justify certain actions rather than as a dynamic of the current status of the player. And perhaps it's overwhelming prevalence in roleplay, as if it's the only thing that happens (or matters) when a woman gets pregnant. It's a matter of preference more than anything. It just frustrates me when I see things similar to "Psychotic Pregnancy!" written in a character description or title. I cannot tell you why. All I know is that it's like an instant-rant button for me.

People also forget too, it's a two person dynamic most of the time, and there's so many subtle differences in relationships that happen during pregnancy.

It may tie into this, but I'm certain that there are other reasons why I react so strongly to this topic. It would be lovely to see this sort of roleplay occur, in all of its gritty glory.

[Harmonic]

I agree with Cressy, which is again why it's hard to make a guide or say someone is RPing it wrong, because there are so many danged differences.

That's also why it feels awkward to me. I'm not saying it shouldn't be RPed (That's up to personal choice, I often choose to avoid it), I'm saying a guide is another way for people to say "This is the right way."

I don't feel there is a right way. There's a lot of comedic things that can happen or sad things, happy things, stupid things... the list goes on. So, saying "You have to be serious about it!" doesn't cut it.

Here's the guide for pregnancy.


"Pregnancy lasts 9 months."


There we go.

[Cressy]

There's a lot of comedic things that can happen or sad things, happy things, stupid things... the list goes on. So, saying "You have to be serious about it!" doesn't cut it.

I once peed myself because I got stuck on my couch. I was eight months pregnant and my husband thought it would be funny to watch me struggle like a tuddle.

Comedy.

[JTJP770]

Cressy, you are my hero for posting that. <3

[Cressy]

I have many comedic stories about pregnancy. Most involve either getting stuck, crying over something, puke or peeing myself.

Good times.

[Piroska]

I once peed myself because I got stuck on my couch. I was eight months pregnant and my husband thought it would be funny to watch me struggle like a tuddle.

Comedy.

You're married to a sadist. I'm fairly certain that boyfriend wouldn't do something like that to me, but mostly because he wouldn't want to clean up afterwards. For all of the enjoyment he derives out of making my life miserable, he's not interested in messy results.

Here's the guide for pregnancy.


"Pregnancy lasts 9 months."

But, Rensin, with all of the differing lifespans of all of the races, who's to say that it had to last somewhere around nine months?! There's no lore on the matter! Whatever shall we do!

[Harmonic]

Nine months! Nine months!


Other than that, we don't know. Blizz doesn't expect us to RP that stuff, heh.


Edit: Also Cressy is married to a normal guy, sounds like to me! I troll my wife by cooking things with onions frequently.

[Aadora]

Man, I must have been playing all my characters all sorts of crooked wrong for years according this rant.

I heavily disagree with a lot of this, personal choice should dictate how people play characters, not "This is how we do it".

It's also why none of us ever WANT to RP someone that's pregnant/got someone pregnant.

Quite a few things wrong with this... So I will just go by paragraph.

#1 If you have been making characters, putting them in important positions and then stopping playing them, then yes.

#2 This is a thread about how those personal choices affect other people. Not about what those personal choices should be.

#3 I'm sorry, but who exactly is us?

I don't feel there is a right way. There's a lot of comedic things that can happen or sad things, happy things, stupid things... the list goes on. So, saying "You have to be serious about it!" doesn't cut it.

Saying that taking something seriously means you can't have sad, happy, stupid or anything else like that is pretty off. Taking something seriously means you look at what it means and how it will affect your character.

Not:

Spoiler:

Very well.

Don't call people out over the forums. It's rude and degrading.

So was what someone said and how they once acted towards me when I tried to talk to them about it privately.

But really, this whole thread has gone downhill since we started COMPLETELY focusing on the pregnancy aspect of it.

[Cressy]

It doesn't give you a right to still disobey our rules when we ask you not to do it. Do not justify it by saying 'they did it first'. That is extremely juvenile. :/ Instead, be the bigger person and talk to the staff about it.

But I should also say this.

Do not dictate other people's roleplay. You can encourage people, because sometimes approaching it in a level-headed way is the only way to have anything be done.

As a sidenote: CotH has a meme for themselves in the wow-roleplaying community.

Don't coth on me, bro.

[Harmonic]

I think you miss my points completely and substitute it for what you want to see.

What I'm saying is telling people how to play their characters, whether through their IC choices or their personalities is very single-minded and comes off as a want to have control over who can play what, while telling them "This is how it should happen".

Us was referring to people who have children. Granted, Cressy has played a character pregnant before.

I honestly feel Aadora, like you are trying to mold things according to your personal playstyle, and force that on everyone else rather than looking at the bigger picture; not everyone likes to play the same way as you. Notice how I never said that being serious means you can't be happy, sad, or stupid. That was something you injected in there because you assumed that I meant that being serious means being emotionless.

What I'm saying, is that if you RP your characters as generic and cookie cutter, you miss the dynamic of how real people work. You miss out on the uniqueness of individuality, which is something player characters are intended to be. Honestly, RP isn't about playing Mr. Generic elf, because if it was we'd all be the same darned thing just with very boring differences between us all, and I'm very sorry to tell you... pretty much none of us want our diversity taken away. Characters will always be different, there will be upbeat death knights, pregnancy will still come off as derpy to me, and I'm going to continue to play my characters my way because honestly, if you don't like them OOCly then don't be around them.

I can't stress that enough. I have fun with my guys, and I'd invite you to have fun too, but nit-picking people's play styles is -not- fun.



Edit: Funny thing is, CoTH is more player centric now than I've ever seen it, aside from a few standpoints. It's great.

Don't CoTH on me bro.

[Aadora]

It doesn't give you a right to still disobey our rules when we ask you not to do it. Do not justify it by saying 'they did it first'. That is extremely juvenile. :/ Instead, be the bigger person and talk to the staff about it.

But I should also say this.

Do not dictate other people's roleplay. You can encourage people, because sometimes approaching it in a level-headed way is the only way to have anything be done.

As a sidenote: CotH has a meme for themselves in the wow-roleplaying community.

Don't coth on me, bro.

Firstly, I didn't still do it when told not to.
I did not say that it should be justified because "They did it first". I was saying that the player deserves it in my opinion but won't go any further because asked not to.
I can't talk to the staff since I have no proof...
And lastly I'm not dictating, I am simply saying what in my eyes makes a bad RPer.