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Figging Mint:

--- Quote from: Enjorous on October 31, 2010, 04:15:36 PM ---True, but that doesn't stop us from wanting and expecting people to behave predictably.

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Is this another way of saying "We the readers want the characters we read about to be more consistent than ourselves?"

 :D

LizW65:

--- Quote from: (FM) on October 31, 2010, 04:49:51 PM ---Is this another way of saying "We the readers want the characters we read about to be more consistent than ourselves?"

 :D

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Come to think of it, we probably DO want this.  After all, writers tend to come in for a world of criticism when they make a character act OOC; whereas if we do something OOC in real life, more often than not people around us just shrug and say, "Oh, (s)he must be having an off day."

But to get back to the original question, I think the point to keep in mind is that people are people first and not necessarily defined by their sexual orientation (unless it's really, really obvious, in which case you run the risk of stereotyping...)  For example, Tanya Huff's Diana Hanson is very much an average teenage girl who just happens to be a lesbian and a powerful magic user--but you wouldn't be likely to pick up on either through casual conversation with her.

Figging Mint:

Pigeonholes are always too small to fit real people.

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: (FM) on October 31, 2010, 05:50:41 PM ---Pigeonholes are always too small to fit real people.

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Well, pigeons are kind of smaller than people.

Enjorous:

--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on October 31, 2010, 09:35:36 PM ---Well, pigeons are kind of smaller than people.

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The hell you say!!

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