PMS?

[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.