They really do analyze EVERYthing
Jan. 30th, 2006 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elabyIn the book I'm reading for my Folklore class, there's a chapter on the meaning of "text." Aside from being so abstract that it makes my brain juices curdle, there was a neat quote about virtual reality.
"...examples are multi-player game sites in which World Wide Web surfers take on the attributes of various characters and interact through role-playing. Channeling their energies into virtual reality, where cyberpunk ideology reigns, this virtual class challenges the hegemonic discourse without risk..." (Titon, in Feintuch, 90).
So THAT'S what we're doing as we roleplay. Challenging hegemonic discourse without risk. I'm not being sarcastic here, either... Seriously, in my experience, people who roleplay make characters that embody things they wish they were or something wish they could express freely (like being gay, for just one example) but are unable to by the constraints of their society. This isn't to say that all roleplayers with gay characters are secretly repressing their gayness (gimme a break e_e) but that usually, they're able to express something in some aspect of their character that they don't feel comfortable expressing in real life.
Er. Going back to my homework now ^^;;
"...examples are multi-player game sites in which World Wide Web surfers take on the attributes of various characters and interact through role-playing. Channeling their energies into virtual reality, where cyberpunk ideology reigns, this virtual class challenges the hegemonic discourse without risk..." (Titon, in Feintuch, 90).
So THAT'S what we're doing as we roleplay. Challenging hegemonic discourse without risk. I'm not being sarcastic here, either... Seriously, in my experience, people who roleplay make characters that embody things they wish they were or something wish they could express freely (like being gay, for just one example) but are unable to by the constraints of their society. This isn't to say that all roleplayers with gay characters are secretly repressing their gayness (gimme a break e_e) but that usually, they're able to express something in some aspect of their character that they don't feel comfortable expressing in real life.
Er. Going back to my homework now ^^;;
