Being white means nothing in this situation. Here was one human being trying to earnestly relate to another human being of a different culture, and then said other person went on to be a two-faced ass about it for no reason.

Totally how I read it too.

I’m having difficulty understanding Margaret Cho’s perspective here. It sounds like Tilda was up front about the issues, expressed her desire to do something about it and sought advice from someone who is in a good position to provide it. And Cho’s responses were thoughtful and measured as well. Not sure what got lost…

It’s funny you mentioned Dragonlance. My introduction to the fantasy genre began when I was nine-ish, we were given watered down Greek mythology in our reading class. I specifically remember going to the teacher and telling her how much I liked those particular stories. She pointed me in the right direction as any…

What do you mean? I am not sure how what she said is anti-feminist but maybe I’m missing something.

I’m sad that I can only recommend this once! I’m a female adherent of the fantasy genre myself, I want my men to look like Conan and my characters to look like Belit or Sonya - and not new PC Sonya, the Sonya that still appears on the covers. It’s one of the things I disliked in World of Warcraft too in the past…

Fascinating. I always play characters that start out with as non-descript a set of skills and attribute as possible, while making the personality something either foreign or directly off-putting to me, so i can explore a person who’d very much not be me and make decision in their head space, including bad choices…

I just never said I played the obnoxious center of attention character though. You’re projecting. An overtly sexual character does not need to be the drunken bimbo that races into every scene and starts babbling about her sexual conquests.

I actually answered a bit of this to another commenter that was looking for advice about writing female characters, but I do consciously avoid going full out with power in my characters. I usually incorporate some severe limitations / flaws into my characters for balance purposes.

This is fantastic. Really well said.

Whenever I gamed with a group, I made a point of “accidentally” destroying male characters who hit on my female character in game, which was always a lame attempt IRL. It was never a purposeful kill of an ally, it was more of a “in character, she simply did not care that he got caught within range of her attack.”

Note she said she was a feminist, countering with a more inclusive interpretation is not “destroying feminism” it is raising a counter point. Also given the elements of feminism that espouse control over sexuality like “Sex-Positive Feminism” it looks like your definition of feminism is particularly narrow sighted.

Good on you. Have a star.

And that’s the magic of role playing in a nutshell. A pinch of imagination and a touch of cleverness and you can make any type of character interesting.

No, she did not “destroy” feminism. She has brought a different feminist perspective to the table.

Feminism isn’t opposed to a man or woman designing a character that’s sexy. It’s opposed to that being their only option. OP here didn’t “destroy” feminism any more than she supported it. It’s her preference.

she signed her comment as a hardcore feminist, you knob.

I am a feminist. My comment doesn’t “destroy feminism”. My comment says that females are capable of wish fulfillment stories too.

My role playing addiction has gone many directions, and I’ve done quite a bit of overtly sexual characters. The one I’m most known for online is actually a prostitute. I’ve played her off and on now for sixteen years. In this arena, I generally can spot a male role playing a female miles off. I just don’t know how…