PMS?

[GloriousSalarri]

Do women in Zalanthas PMS... if so I've never seen a nice char be pissy because of stomach cramps..

[Samira]

I have two, but 0 are new.

[GloriousSalarri]

lol

[Qzzrbl]

I have two, but 0 are new.

Hah! Good one.

As far as the OP, I'd imagine Zalanthan women go through a menstrual cycle.

But in a world where an orgasm is reached -every time- during mudsex, and nobody notices the horrible crotch-odors from years of never bathing, most people just don't wanna play it out.

I'd throw some big kudos to any women IG who goes through this though.

[Lizzie]

I have two, but 0 are new.

Hah! Good one.

As far as the OP, I'd imagine Zalanthan women go through a menstrual cycle.

But in a world where an orgasm is reached -every time- during mudsex, and nobody notices the horrible crotch-odors from years of never bathing, most people just don't wanna play it out.

I'd throw some big kudos to any women IG who goes through this though.

Except for one that I stored shortly after she became pregnant, all of my characters have been sterile, having no eggs, with ovaries that have ceased to function, and therefore they don't get periods. Or get pregnant. Or have any particular interest in sex, due to lack of hormonal fluctuation. It's a trend I'll continue indefinitely.

[Nahara]

Do women in Zalanthas PMS... if so I've never seen a nice char be pissy because of stomach cramps..

It's not actually all that much worse than the pain from being ripped to ribbons by a gortok, so...

Any case, I've found roleplaying such things to be more trouble than their worth - I tried a little - but, ah. Given Zalanthan women being, typically, stronger of constitution and more prone to exercise than I might be, with decent access to relatively cheap birth control, and so many days spent offline, it's easy to come up with an excuse not to be particularly effected by it.

That, and if my char's being pissy she's probably not going to be admitting exactly what it's from. 

[Dakota]

I always RP a little more bitchy and emotional ever few IG weeks. Do I RP cramps and things like that? No. I prefer to take it out on men IG as I do RL

[LauraMars]

Do women in Zalanthas PMS... if so I've never seen a nice char be pissy because of stomach cramps..

Why do you ask?

[Dar]

Do women in Zalanthas PMS... if so I've never seen a nice char be pissy because of stomach cramps..

Why do you ask?

I think he actually encountered a woman IG who "does" play it out, or atleast ... he hopes it's that.

[Cutthroat]

When it comes to the entire populace, virtual ladies included, I'd say "most likely, yes", just going off of the idea that they probably have a menstrual cycle.

When it comes to PCs, I can't say I've ever seen anyone play this out, or if I did then I didn't catch onto it. But I also think that it is really easy to avoid playing this out and no one's going to blame you either way.

[Mazy]

I think I used it as an excuse for bitching on my Byner before. I didn't RP going to get cotton and stuffing it in places though. Or even folding my scrap of cloth and putting it down there. Some people don't really care to see that sort of thing. For other people people, they might find the RP entertaining. Either way, it's not something I'd like to roleplay about with other players.

[jstorrie]

Female characters in Zalanthas experience PMS, but only while their players are offline. CASE CLOSED.

[spawnloser]

jstorrie, that's ridiculous.

However, consider this... in a real life year, a woman will menstruate 12 times.  Since maturity in the real world is paralleled in game, that's 12 times in an IG year, which is roughly 6 weeks in RL time.  That's twice a week.  Does anyone, seriously, want to try playing that out realistically?

[LauraMars]

Female characters in Zalanthas experience PMS, but only while their players are offline. CASE CLOSED.

I'll drink to that.

[GloriousSalarri]

Do women in Zalanthas PMS... if so I've never seen a nice char be pissy because of stomach cramps..

Why do you ask?

I think he actually encountered a woman IG who "does" play it out, or atleast ... he hopes it's that.

You hit the nail on the head! Lmao jk, just heard about it in game the other day and was curious is all..

[Aaron Goulet]

I'm inclined to agree with the rest of you in that (for women with normally functioning anatomy) it exists, but I would never, ever call it that in game.  PMS, aside from being an abbreviation, is short for premenstrual syndrome (duh), which sounds a bit too modern medicine to carry over to the game:

"What do you reckon's her problem, Amos?"
"Feck if'n I be knowin'!  Mus' be premenstrual syndrome or somethin'."

[manipura]

This post got me thinking about Zalanthan sicknesses in general.  Other than the odd case of Scrub Fever or Krath's touch, I've never had a character afflicted with a Zalanthan illness.

I'm curious to know if others have had characters who have experienced any Zalanthan illnesses other than Scrub Fever or Krath's Touch?

[Ampere]

tell amos (tossing a knowing wink ^amos way) I'm thinkin' th'red moon's caught up with'er.

[Thunkkin]

This post got me thinking about Zalanthan sicknesses in general.  Other than the odd case of Scrub Fever or Krath's touch, I've never had a character afflicted with a Zalanthan illness.

I'm curious to know if others have had characters who have experienced any Zalanthan illnesses other than Scrub Fever or Krath's Touch?

I've RPed having a cold or fever a few times when I had one in RL that was so bad that I could hardly think about anything other than coughing and blowing my nose.  It made it easy, since I'd cough/blow my nose in RL and then I'd just do it ICly and moan about how sick I was.

[boog]

This post got me thinking about Zalanthan sicknesses in general.  Other than the odd case of Scrub Fever or Krath's touch, I've never had a character afflicted with a Zalanthan illness.

I'm curious to know if others have had characters who have experienced any Zalanthan illnesses other than Scrub Fever or Krath's Touch?

I've seen raza raza. It was creepy. 

[spawnloser]

Heh.  I had a character almost kill that guy with raza raza.  My character was convinced he was a nilazi or corrupted by a nilazi.

[valeria]

PMS affects all women differently.  Some women don't have noticeable symptoms at all.  Not all generally nice women RL turn into raging bitches for a few days a month.

I suspect the answer to 'why' is the same reason why I rarely see people RP out Zalanthan illnesses that you'd think most characters would get from time to time.  Either it doesn't occur to them, or they don't want to.  Or they do it behind the scenes, and then just talk about it when they get back.

[IntuitiveApathy]

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> say Say, are you PMS'ing today, or are you just happy to see me?


[manipura]

So, I started thinking more about this thread as I re-read some of the posts...

I'm not so sure that the majority of women in Zalanthas -would- be menstruating.  A woman's body does, after all, require a certain amount of nutrients and fat etc for menstruation.  When a woman's body percieves itself to be in any sort of starvation mode, one of the things it does is stop menstruating in order to hold on to as many calories and fat/nutrients as possible.  Unless the woman in question is a noble woman or affiliated with a House, then I would argue that most women in the Known World actually would not be menstruating...

[Vanth]

I think a more interesting question would be, 'if female muls are sterile, do they still have menstrual cycles, and if so, do they get PMS, and if so, how much hazard pay do their handlers get?'

[Sephiroto]

Physiologically I'd say yes.  But, just like going to use the bathroom, bodily functions that are almost never roleplayed unless the act supports some other bit of unrelated roleplay.  In ten years of Arming I don't think I've ever seen someone roleplay the bathroom process more than once or twice on any IC day other than Nekrete.  All the Bynners know what I'm talking about.

The two instances mentioned above were: 1) My own PC attempting to lay a turd sandwich on Byn Lieutenant Iltrin in the middle of the Gaj and 2) Kronibas's aide PC dipping his "tea bag" into a Borsail noble's tea cup while relieving his prescious bodily fluids.  I've -pretended- to go away to the bathroom IC many times, but this was usually just an excuse to get away and do evil things away from prying eyes. 

[spawnloser]

One of my early characters, an aide to a Nakki noble, got drunk all the time, and I would regularly have him excuse himself as he drank down copious amounts of booze without getting too drunk since by this time he had an awesome alcohol tolerance.  Still, a natural reaction to drinking copious amounts of liquids is having to get the excess liquid out of your body, so I roleplayed it, often in fact.  He'd actually leave the bar, go find an alley and pee on a midden heap with one hand on the wall and one on his wang.  I'd toss out a few emotes about all this and then walk back to the bar.  It was fun.

[Aaron Goulet]

One of my early characters, an aide to a Nakki noble, got drunk all the time, and I would regularly have him excuse himself as he drank down copious amounts of booze without getting too drunk since by this time he had an awesome alcohol tolerance.  Still, a natural reaction to drinking copious amounts of liquids is having to get the excess liquid out of your body, so I roleplayed it, often in fact.  He'd actually leave the bar, go find an alley and pee on a midden heap with one hand on the wall and one on his wang.  I'd toss out a few emotes about all this and then walk back to the bar.  It was fun.

I respect you for this, and am now tempted to try it myself sometime.

[Morrolan]

Cross-cultural research has shown that only women in some cultures get PMS, and that when women from non-PMS cultures move to America (for instance) they begin to have symptoms.  They are rarely very happy about this.

It's probably based on diet or some other cultural factor.

Morrolan

[Wolfsong]

I think you're confusing PMS with menopause.

[flurry]

I think people should incorporate it into roleplay as much or as little as they wish.

Exactly how much do you expect female characters from other works of fiction (books, movies, television) to do this?

[Aaron Goulet]

I think people should incorporate it into roleplay as much or as little as they wish.

Exactly how much do you expect female characters from other works of fiction (books, movies, television) to do this?

I think it's less a question of whether or not people should roleplay it and more a question of whether or not it even exists in terms of the game world.  People aren't required to roleplay through urination, defecation, or sleep, so I highly doubt that anyone is actually suggesting female PCs roleplay out "that time of the month".

[bcw81]

As a side note, males generally have 'that time of the year.' Or so says Discovery channel.

[Dakota]

As a side note, males generally have 'that time of the year.' Or so says Discovery channel.

This explains a lot to me.. I know a few guy friends I have I could tell that too.. Thanks.

[Reiteration]

Zalanthian woman are always pissy, it's nearly impossible to discover the reason.

[Zoan]

Auntie Utep is coming to visit.

[FiveDisgruntledMonkeysWit]

I've seen raza raza. It was creepy. 

I played a character with raza raza once. It was a lot of fun, emoting about pulling worms out of his skin.

[Marshmellow]

FDMW, with a previous character, I stalked that character (I'm supposing unseen) a few times and almost decided to kill your character at least one of them just for being so disgusting.

[IAmJacksOpinion]

I would say PMS is like a bowel movement. You can play it out as it suits you, but no one's gonna say you SHOULD.

Man, I've seen pee and poo questions, sleep questions, but I've never even considered this one. I'm surprised by (and extend congrats to) the number of people that actually do this.

And, just to close on a gross note,

>hunt
You crouch down and look for tracks....
Bloody footprints of a short strided humanoid lead off to the west.

[FiveDisgruntledMonkeysWit]

FDMW, with a previous character, I stalked that character (I'm supposing unseen) a few times and almost decided to kill your character at least one of them just for being so disgusting.

Is it weird that I think that's kind of awesome? And that it makes me feel kind of proud?
I may have to reprise that role...

[Malifaxis]

As a side note, males generally have 'that time of the year.' Or so says Discovery channel.

This explains a lot to me.. I know a few guy friends I have I could tell that too.. Thanks.

As opposed to me, who just has a year.