She challenged me to write a gay black woman as one of my characters for this project. And an elderly character.
Yah, but here's the thing. A lot of times, when gamers (who are usually upper-middle class white dudes) try to play against type, they fuck it up. I stretch things a little sometimes, but mostly I try to play within my experience, or at least within my second-hand experience (my character in Shadowrun is Puerto Rican, for instance).
Not saying that you can't or shouldn't play against type, of course. It's just difficult to do it and do it well. I look forward to your old gay black lady character. :)
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Date: 2008-07-22 06:19 pm (UTC)Yah, but here's the thing. A lot of times, when gamers (who are usually upper-middle class white dudes) try to play against type, they fuck it up. I stretch things a little sometimes, but mostly I try to play within my experience, or at least within my second-hand experience (my character in Shadowrun is Puerto Rican, for instance).
Not saying that you can't or shouldn't play against type, of course. It's just difficult to do it and do it well. I look forward to your old gay black lady character. :)