Do Pregnant Characters make you uncomfortabe?

[BloodThunder27]

I dunno why, but lately I have been craving to play as a pregnant character, or a Mother to be. Does it make you feel awkward or uncomfortable when an expecting character is brought in? Figured I'd ask because I'm a little curious.

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[Myla]

No, it doesn't. Cx Although, I will say they are a more difficult to RP as.

 

[BloodThunder27]

I've never had any trouble with it though. Guess not very many people know how since pregnant characters seem to be rare in Roleplay.

 

[Lexielai]

Honestly, I've never felt a desire to play one, and I really haven't seen many at all (even after 7+) years of roleplaying. I think it's just so remote for a lot of the roleplaying demographic that it's not something they're comfortable with.


I don't mind them, but I'm always taken aback when I see one. Like "Whoah, haven't seen that in a long time!"

 

[Myla]

[QUOTE="Shimakage Thunder]I've never had any trouble with it though. Guess not very many people know how since pregnant characters seem to be rare in Roleplay.

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They're not that rare, I've done many RP plots that have had pregnant characters. Although to find one, it usually is only found if it's involved in the plot before the RP starts. However, I try to avoid the baby making part(Hence why I mentioned the plot part). e.o


 
@Shimakage Thunder Also, I'm also toying with some ideas in my mind dealing with pregnant characters for the plots if you'll like to hear them. (I don't mind if you play the pregnant character cx)

 

[BloodThunder27]

They're not that rare, I've done many RP plots that have had pregnant characters. Although to find one, it usually is only found if it's involved in the plot before the RP starts.
 
@Shimakage Thunder Also, I'm also toying with some ideas in my mind dealing with pregnant characters for the plots if you'll like to hear them. (I don't mind if you play the pregnant character cx)

Please PM Me and let's see what we can work out. I have a few characters set up and ready to go if you don't mind ^^

 

[The Gunrunner]

Huh... Thinking about it, I'd actually like to see that kind of character. It's been a long, LONG time since one's been brought into an rp. Far as I've seen, anyway.


So, no. No discomfort here.

 

[Poison Ivy]

I've actually never role played as a pregnant woman or seen it done before. It's refreshing. Maybe some people would be uncomfortable with it, but I think as a whole with the role playing community it would simply add more spice to a storyline. There's just so much potential with it. I will be checking in to see how this goes.

 

[Pine]

In all my years of role playings, you're the only person that has ever expressed interest in role playing a pregnant lady.


(Not meaning this in a derogatory way, it's just... incredibly uncommon.)


I remember seeing you pose a similar question a long time ago.


Needless to say, I don't have any qualms with it... IF executed properly, just like anything else with writing.


More than anything, it might annoy me.


As it happens, TV shows ALWAYS seem to have that one pregnant lady that ALWAYS gives birth at the MOST inconvenient of times, and the birthing scene that they ALWAYS show is ALWAYS blown seriously out of proportion.


As long as people avoid this absolutely obnoxious trope, I would be delighted to see more people using this kind of character, considering NO ONE ever does.


There's just too much unplanned sex for there to be absolute zero pregnant ladies.


I guess it might just be a kneejerk reaction to cringe away from something like that, and not necessarily for my personal reasonings, either.

 

[JayTee]

Pregnant characters don't make me uncomfortable, but I don't see any value in playing one in anything other than a highly niche RP.


If the character is pregnant, one of two things happen: 1: Either nothing comes of it, and I am left questioning why you even bothered mentioning it. OR 2: your character goes through the birthing process, forcing everyone else to drop everything and deal with your plot or come off as incredibly callous.


Ether way, I'd prefer not to see them, as they are either pointless or force a portion of the RP to be all about them.

 

[RosesAreBlue1234]

No, they don't make me uncomfortable. I would love to roleplay as one, however I would have to do it so the whole character's being did not revolve around their pregnancy.

 

[Poison Ivy]

Pregnant characters don't make me uncomfortable, but I don't see any value in playing one in anything other than a highly niche RP.
If the character is pregnant, one of two things happen: 1: Either nothing comes of it, and I am left questioning why you even bothered mentioning it. OR 2: your character goes through the birthing process, forcing everyone else to drop everything and deal with your plot or come off as incredibly callous.


Ether way, I'd prefer not to see them, as they are either pointless or force a portion of the RP to be all about them.

Considering this, I'd have to agree that in a large scale role play they may come off as attention stealers. I still think it could work in many different scenarios with a 1x1 role play, or just a few people.

 

[Lil Shirou]

It doesn't bother me and it really how it's done.

 

[Geun Sae]

I love pregnant characters in disaster/horror scenarios. The idea of putting your baby in danger before it's even been birthed just add so much to most stories.

 

[Kian Romanov]

For some odd reason, roleplaying with a pregnant character makes me uncomfortable and I've avoided doing so for about 7 years. Unless, of course, it's a group RP and the pregnant character and mine aren't particularly close. I especially avoid it when it's a romance- oriented 1x1 RP.


Surprisingly, pregnant women don't make me uncomfortable IRL at all, I was even on rotation at the obstetric/maternity ward for about 2 months. Super weird stuff that hopefully I'll eventually get over.

 

[Red Sinfonia]

I think the only thing that's ever made me uncomfortable about pregnant characters in a 1 x 1 role-play is that the person asking me about it wanted my character to be the father and they're married. I always feel weird about role-plays that imply our characters have been having relations before they've actually "met", you know?


Otherwise, I think if a person wanted to play as a pregnant person in a role-play just because, I don't see the issue. Because I do fantasy, I think the image of a badass mama-to-be is pretty cool.

 

[Feldschlacht]

I think it's fine. I do agree with most when they say it's rare. I've yet to see a roleplay with pregnancy in it. I would like to though just to see how the character deals with it in their given situation.

 

[CamelliaCross]

No, it doesn't make me uncomfortable at all in spite of how rare they might seem. I personally think that it's an adorable addition if the whole thing doesn't become the all-focus of the plot itself. :3


I had seen a few roleplays that had successfully pulled this scenario off, and since that some of my OCs are mothers, it only made me hope that my writing performance regarding the matter was as good as that. xD

 

[TheRiverSings]

only if the mother to be is like drinking or doing drugs.

 

[BloodThunder27]

only if the mother to be is like drinking or doing drugs.

Luckily my Characters are never like that, not even the males. The furthest I've ever gone with any of my Expecting Characters is having them as Adventurers, Mages, Archers and even Angels. Sounds extreme, I know, but its better than Drugs and Alcohol ^^

 

[TheRiverSings]

so much better. I once saw a person rp out a pregnancy and their character was doing hardcore drugs and I was all "whoa whoa whoa....not okay! that is not cool"

 

[BloodThunder27]

so much better. I once saw a person rp out a pregnancy and their character was doing hardcore drugs and I was all "whoa whoa whoa....not okay! that is not cool"

Ouch. Well, with me, you will literally never see that ^^

 

[Lexielai]

Arguably adventuring is more dangerous xD

 

[BloodThunder27]

Arguably adventuring is more dangerous xD

Not when you have a bunch of protective companions ^^ Adventuring alone, is an entirely different story.

 

[TheRiverSings]

Ya but they can choose the adventure and, can not RP dangerous moments