I suppose everyone has seen the trailer for the new Harry Potter movie coming out tomorrow, well... today, but watching it for the first time last night gave me some interesting ideas for the story/roleplay which i have in DS. It would extend the story arc i am working on now, and turn it in another direction altogether, but could, i think be very interesting and worth the effort. I would like to talk it over with the players and ask what they think and if they think it would effect the RP.

It doesn't in a direct way, but in an indirect way it is fairly brutal, but i think it could make for an interesting change, of course as long as the other players feel it is worth considering.

I have written up a very rough arc of points that will need to be filled in with story and details, and will pm UE_Carbon, Draak, Stant, Ryat, Bison, mdman and Alpha and SivCorp to get some feeling of what they think. If i have overlooked anyone, please pm or pop a post and i will answer.

I didn't want to say too much here, and it may not be something the players want, so it may all be just a strange idea that never goes anywhere, but i thought i would like to give a try at writing it, if anyone is game.

Talk to you soon and thanks for listening.

-Teal

tldr

-Exiled Possum

((Yeah, cool that we're having a civil chat here: no one's blaming/insulting no one- 'suppose we're all mature enough to use 'bad' names in context without rasing a fuss..a nice change IMO))

I'm French-Canadian, White, christian, straight, between 18-35, so everyone listens to me!

But yeah, Canadian is a Limey without the funny accent and canned laughs, so that makes me Frog-Limey.

So,

I'm French, so I think I'm better than everyone else.

I'm English, so I know it's a fact!

Side-Note: And the only real Americans seems to be the white ones: since everyone else sounds like some half breed, either African American, indian american, chinese american etc etc...so I'd say the efforts made to make the name calling Politically correct still ends up as passive/aggressive 'name calling'

Im English-Irish-German-Native American-American and I married a Spanish-Irish American woman. Therefore our kids are mutts.

I'm German-French-English-Irish-Iroquois, if we have to split blood here

Not really, its just for fun.

Only true Americans are Native Americans. And I would never aim for political correctness. If you want to see my approach to things, watch Gran Torino.

PC should only mean Personal Computer.

Amen to that.

We got it bad in Quebec, a blind is no longer blind, but 'non-seeing' (loose transdlation), a deaf is a person with a 'hearing deficiency', a person in a wheelchair in no longer a person in a wheelchair, but a person with 'reduced mobility' etc etc...

Like my french teacher used to say 'A cat is a cat'

-Exiled Possum

Rightly so!

and another four tesb's die, the first was to a blind bat, the second could not hear  the warnings and was SQUASHED, the third was stuck in low mobility and also SQUASHED, and the fourth just gave up after is's three friends died in the same incident while towing a trailer with a sticker labeled 'leader 2'.

harpo

Jealous huh?  I would be too were I you.

-Exiled Possum

Wow, Leader. If I didn't know that was sarcasm, I would swear you were the average Quebecer (?) that I run across when playing Left 4 Dead. For some reason they're always douchebags.

And another thought: white people couldn't be classified as a lump in America. When the Italians came in, they were the hated minority. When the Irish came in, they were the hated minority. When the Jews (largely German in this case) came in, they were the hated minority. Compared to African, Asian, and whateverthefuck-Americans, they look an awful lot alike. So much for us all looking the same.

-Exiled Possum

Not only that, but calling fair skinned ones Caucasian is lame because Caucasions have dark colored skin.

-Exiled Possum

got you again in my devious trap

-Exiled Possum

yeah sure, if that is what makes you feel better

*pats the little minion of Draakjacht on the head*

patronizing asshole...

anyway, yes, modern Caucasians are dark, but white people migrated out of that area and so many groups have moved through there since that it's impossible to say that any concept of regional purity exists any longer. Of course, Indians (from India) are partially Caucasian, but people are usually ill-informed on what the term even means.

most simply because they want to be and it tickles their ears and makes things pleasant for them

it never existed in the first place from a scientific standpoint. there are very few places where there was no migration.

-Exiled Possum

hmmm

Had no Idea America had such diverse ethnic background

In the Caribbean we do not have races. We have classes. We segregate and judge people based on what they drive where they work, who their friends are, and what clothes they where.

-Exiled Possum