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hehe, yes i am -in fact it's a new job now, very happy with it. calling me an adult feels kinda strange to me lol. but i'm not here for banter, let's get to the meat of the discussion shall we? ah, good times. i completely concede this point, at least the part about the concept. dcw irl was always kinda weird for me, because it did tend to make the player a little too attached to the character - the character is him, after all. this is why i never completely acknowledged it as roleplay in the strictest sense of the word, as there aren't predefined roles, and consider it more impromptu theatre. well, that's unfortunate, we really need the new ppl you know. honestly, we didn't stop the original post because it got big, we stopped it because it got too messy. the rounds after were created after the original players from the original topic came up with a set of rules (such as the limited time span, which you did compliment, thanks!) and started a bunch of topics. but that's just pedantics, move on? if there's ooc in the ic? i'm a little confused by this, so i'll put down how i interpreted it and respond to that, and you can correct me if i'm wrong, alright? i saw this as "the banter" overlapping with "the story". i believe that iu and i did both recognize the possibility, and we did come up with a rule to clearly distinct the ooc from the ic. as for why make two separate forums, there really shouldn't be a need to as long as the two are kept distinct, which i have generally noticed that they are. if you take a look, there are a few forums with a lot of activity, and then some with little activity. keeping things too spread out has its own issues and while it does keep organization its often not practical. but now i want to address something that you seem to be latching onto: RP using DC roles. it's very very important to make the distinction (and you make this and it should be fairly obvious anyway) that DCW IRL does not really follow the standards that most RPs go by. i certainly don't consider it an RP, but i do consider it to be fun. you also make a few points about people needing to "deserve" something (an RP forum, a BO role) and simply neglect the fact that DCW IRL doesn't really take itself that seriously and it isn't really meant to be taken seriously. that's partially why the one month round rule is in place, so that if something goes down the drain there's always something new to start soon and we don't linger too much on mistakes. the fact that we don't take it seriously, that dcw does have other things to prop itself up (like a very extensive wiki) may contribute to the decline of dcw irl but remember that dcw irl was never the focal point of the forum. as for the fact that this forum isn't dedicated to RP and that dedicated forums are better at RPing and have a more conducive environment, i totally agree. dcw was never a rp forum and it never was meant to be. dcw irl just happened to sprout up in dcw instead of our neighbor dctp or something and that's why it's called dcw irl. and once again, dcw irl isn't something we take terribly seriously, which i mentioned before, so, and this might seem harsh but it is true, we really don't deliver on the whole rp experience because we really don't need to. dcw irl was kinda meant to stay within dcw and it works with dcw members in general, and trying to compare dcw irl to rps out there is like trying to compare the strait of gibraltar to the indian ocean - it's different in terms of scale and purpose and all sorts of differences. remember that we aren't really trying to make this an rp forum and we really shouldn't. i do kinda blame the decline of dcw irl on myself- after all, i hosted the last few rounds, none of which i felt i handled properly and all died before the time alloted for the round. kirsch does make a point that people have lives outside of dcw, and i once again add that dcw isn't meant to be a rp forum and was more of a side experiment - that worked pretty well but didn't stay. plz, don't point fingers - i honestly don't think this is a fair accusation. i don't think belittling us was his intention, though i believe his criticisms are a bit out there considering the nature of dcw irl. it's a situation i believe we are perfectly willing to keep. i did have a few ideas about branching off dcw irl to a different forum back when dcw irl was quite active, but after some discussion we decided it wasn't the right move. it's not a matter of not caring more as we seem to have come to the conclusion that it wasn't really meant to be. also, you managed to get the attention of the head mod of dcw irl so i guess that's something?

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I'm admittedly pretty salty at the moment so the following will probably be fairly biased so just a heads up Indiana's governor did sign the religious freedom bill. I feel I should clarify that this law doesn't directly discriminate against same sex/gender couples or the LGBTQIA+ community but as this is the main group taking action against this bill and similar laws in other states, and is the main concern for businesses in Indiana or have conventions in Indianapolis it's what I'm focusing on as well. I honestly don't have any idea how much of an effect this will have because I doubt any large chain businesses will use this new law to discriminate as that would likely drive away a good amount of their consumers. As for small, locally owned businesses, it's hard to say. It's just...infuriating and very worrisome. The town I live in is near a college so majority of my local yik yak feed is from college kids. The yik yak feed is... well it's not uncommon for there to be a racist and other bigoted posts (usually it'll die down after a day or two, go back to mundane and comedy posts and then go back to being hateful a week later) and currently there's quite a few homophobic and transphobic posts on there. These college kids are from all over the country and not just local so it's not exactly a reliable source of how my town might feel towards the religious freedom bill but it nonetheless is kinda unsettling knowing there's people in my vicinity that already hold a negative opinion of my friends and I despite never meeting us. article here: x Three days ago on March 23, 2015 transgender teen and overall LGBT advocate, Blake Brockington, 18, committed suicide. There's not very much information on the thing as a whole but it sounds like Blake had been suffering from depression for quite a while. Last year, Blake became the first openly transgender homecoming king in his town. Blake came out as trans as a sophomore in high school and was shortly after placed in a foster home. Though his birth family was unaccepting, judging by how Blake had started hormones and was living full time the way he felt most comfortable it fortunately sounds like his foster family supported him. It's heartbreaking to see another trans teen take his own life, especially considering all the things Blake did for the trans and LGBT community along with participating in police brutality protests. RIP Blake, you won't be forgotten article here: x First and foremost two things happened I'll start with the overall good news: 14yr old transgirl, Jazz Jennings, is a fairly well known LGBT activist in the trans community and not only recently became the spokesperson for the Clean & Clear campaign, Jazz and her family are also getting a tv show on TLC! Considering just how young Jazz is and just how much she's done for trans and LGBT awareness in general this is really exciting! (article here: x) And the not as good news: A conservative politician in Canada named Donald Plett (some politicians in the US are trying to do this as well) is trying to make it so trans people have to use the public restroom that correlates to their birth sex regardless or whether they're transitioning, post transition, or pre transition. As trans folk already using public restrooms is already a safety issue, forcing already transitioned trans folk to use the restroom that coincides with their birth sex by law is very ? ?? ??? ?? ? It's just really ridiculous and sets up a lot more potentially dangerous situations because even if a trans person is obligated to be law to be in that restroom, it doesn't mean they won't be confronted and/or attacked by any people in there. Some trans people on social media are showing just how impractical this proposal is with the #PlettPutMeHere and #WeJustNeedtoPee hashtags (and article here: x) Yeah other gender identities can be a little hard to grasp. They're not like a new thing but they weren't really talked about and somewhat socially acceptable until very recently. Androgyny is actually the combination of male and female traits! To stick with the a- theme you were going with you might've meant aromantic as that's the lack of romantic attraction. Asexuality and aromanticism sometimes go together as they're the lack of attraction that's involved in your typical intimate relationship. The reason they're specified by people who identify as such is because asexuality and aromanticism especially are huge spectrums and those identities can greatly differ from person-to-person. (there's gray aromantics/asexuals, demi aromantics/asexuals, cupio-romantics/sexuals*, akio-romantics/sexuals**, just aro/ace people, autochoris-sexuals/romantics***, etc etc) There's also people who identify as asexual but not aromantic and vice versa. (I'd say only about half the asexuals and aromantics I've run into identify as both asexual and aromantic) As an example, (though this doesn't exactly have to do with asexuality it's the same idea) I've run into a couple guys that are bisexual and say they would hook up with guy but would never date another guy. *cupioromantic/cupiosexual - individuals who want a romantic/sexual relationship despite not feeling romantic/sexual attraction **akioromantic/akiosexual - also known as lithromantic/lithsexual is when someone feels romantic/sexual attraction but has no desire of those feelings being reciprocated ***autochorisromantic/autochorissexual - some of these people feel romantic/sexual attraction, others don't but the term specifically means that the person has a disconnect when thinking about romantic/sexual situations. The scenarios the individual fantasizes about won't have them in it, they'll see the thing happening from a 3rd person perspective. These more specific labels all fall on the aro/ace spectrum and are sorta like additional, lesser known labels. They're not as... necessary to know (I know there has to be a better way to word that,,) but I thought I'd mentioned them anyways. And gender roles are pretty interesting. There's a lot to them and it's really interesting just how long they've existed, how they vary from culture-to-culture, and what roles they've played in the formation of modern society. It's also really interesting how they're ingrained in us. I saw a really good example of this and just how much the gender binary's ingrained in us as well on tumblr where the post had a picture of a screenshot from twitter (which I unfortunately can't find orz) but it pointed out how in Wall-e, Wall-e and Eve are obviously robots and robots are robots. Robots sexless and genderless yet we all assumed Wall-e was a boy and Eve a girl. Eve definitely has a feminine voice which was probably one of the reasons why we all assumed that but nonetheless... And even when Wall-e's assumed to be a boy and Eve's assumed to be a girl the traditional relationship roles are switched! man I love that movie I guess if one's not quite fully aware of what transpeople are (ex: thinking it's simply crossdressing) or maybe if one grew up in a very homophobic and/or transphobic environment seeing a transperson could be a little unexpected or awkward looking (hence why raising visibility and acceptance are important!) but it's not exactly hard to keep any rude comments to yourself. Even if the transphobic lady didn't have horrible intentions she didn't handle the situation very well and wasn't apologetic about it either. But yeah it's really nice to see a no judgment policy that doesn't seem to have an invisible asterisk attached to it! If I'm not mistaken Planet Fitness has locations all around the country so maybe with enough time the no judgment policy will be expected at all gyms and later other public places! sO THiS happened ,, , , , Indiana's governor is probably going to sign in a bill, called the religious freedom bill, that will make it so business can deny service to gay couples. I heard on the local news that a group of LGBT advocates went to the deliver 10,000 letters in opposition of the bill either Monday or today (Tuesday). Gen Con which is a really large gaming convention that takes place annually over the summer in Indianapolis sent a letter in to the governor saying that if the bill does get signed the con will likely leave in Indiana once their contract is up in 2020. As Gen Con brings in some 50mil each year this isn't exactly a small threat so hopefully that'll mean something to the governor. Though the statement his spokesperson released when asked to comment on what Gen Con said is a little... ohmygodwhy as they said he was looking forward to signing it. dammit Indiana article here: x And a homophobic lawyer in California is trying to make the murder of LGBTQIA+ people legal. There's a petition on change.org with 40K+ signatures to disband his practice. This one most likely won't actually become legal but due to some recent events I'll include this story as well. petition here: x I'm determined to keep this thread updated even if no one really cares Today, March 31st, is Trans Visibility Day! This seems to mostly be happening on social media like Tumblr but a few news websites have also posted little articles on the topic. This day's really important as for a lot of people it's about coming out to their friends and followers on social media, seeing other trans folk all at various spots in the coming out and transitioning process, and also being supportive to other members of the trans community. There's also been a few posts going around about how to pass better with common household objects for people who could be in danger if they don't pass well but don't have the money to transition or their family abuses them because they're trans and aren't able to buy things to help with their dysphoria. I just think it's really cool to see this large group of people come together to help and support one another all the while raising awareness for their cause. A really important thing happened! This is a huge step in the right direction regarding young trans people's safety and wellbeing!

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