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Unfortunate Implications
This one tends to be rather perceptive to them (as unlikely as it might sound to some), being able to spot then in fairy tales at an age of four. But most of the times it is something this one does not pay attention to unless she wants to. But after reading too much TVTropes, they tend to surface everywhere and spoil all fun. What's more important, this one sees her own thoughts as full of Unfortunate Implications.
That's what goes in this one's head as she (tries to) play Sims
Well, I'll make a lady (alright so far)
With red hair, green eyes and - wait, am I only making white sims?
Alright, make her black. As for career, let's makeher a cook, they get a free fridge - wait, am I implying that cooking is all women are good for?
No, of course not. Sign her in the army instead. Make her tough, sport loving and more than a little belligerent - Bingo, 2 implications for the price of one 1) Real Women Never Wear Dresses 2) Black people are physical and angry
(sigh) Alright, make her CEO, even though that is the most boring career track. Off with belligerence, make her a workaholic instead - Because the only successful businesswomen are workaholics with no life
Fine, fine, make her talented but easy-going and lazy instead. Speaking of which, slacker trait is useful... - Good job implying that women are less motivated workers than men. And that blacks are lazy.
Right. Make her vain instead - Because women are vain and think of nothing but their appearance
Rrrrright. Make her unkempt and overweight - Because successful businesswomen are compensating for lack of attractiveness
She's not unattractive! Besides, she has a boyfriend who... - Because no woman is happy and fulfilled without a tough male - shoulder - to lean on?
Ok, no boyfriend then - Successful women are bitter and alone, eh?
Who said anything about being alone? She has a lots of friends - All of whom are strictly platonic. Noone wants an amazon, eh?
With benefits - Yep, women are lustful. Speaking of friends, are said friends white?
Well, yes - You just can't have a game without white character, can you?
Ok, they're black - Because black person should not associate with white people, right?
1 white, one black, one asian. And one ghost, for a good measure. Blue ghost. - Tokens
Oh, blast it. Anyway, she is smart, tough...You know what? CEO is really boring, with that combination I'd rather make her a ghosthunter - Magical Negro!
Damn you. I'd go with the original pale redhead idea - Tsk, tsk
That's what goes in this one's head as she (tries to) play Sims
Well, I'll make a lady (alright so far)
With red hair, green eyes and - wait, am I only making white sims?
Alright, make her black. As for career, let's makeher a cook, they get a free fridge - wait, am I implying that cooking is all women are good for?
No, of course not. Sign her in the army instead. Make her tough, sport loving and more than a little belligerent - Bingo, 2 implications for the price of one 1) Real Women Never Wear Dresses 2) Black people are physical and angry
(sigh) Alright, make her CEO, even though that is the most boring career track. Off with belligerence, make her a workaholic instead - Because the only successful businesswomen are workaholics with no life
Fine, fine, make her talented but easy-going and lazy instead. Speaking of which, slacker trait is useful... - Good job implying that women are less motivated workers than men. And that blacks are lazy.
Right. Make her vain instead - Because women are vain and think of nothing but their appearance
Rrrrright. Make her unkempt and overweight - Because successful businesswomen are compensating for lack of attractiveness
She's not unattractive! Besides, she has a boyfriend who... - Because no woman is happy and fulfilled without a tough male - shoulder - to lean on?
Ok, no boyfriend then - Successful women are bitter and alone, eh?
Who said anything about being alone? She has a lots of friends - All of whom are strictly platonic. Noone wants an amazon, eh?
With benefits - Yep, women are lustful. Speaking of friends, are said friends white?
Well, yes - You just can't have a game without white character, can you?
Ok, they're black - Because black person should not associate with white people, right?
1 white, one black, one asian. And one ghost, for a good measure. Blue ghost. - Tokens
Oh, blast it. Anyway, she is smart, tough...You know what? CEO is really boring, with that combination I'd rather make her a ghosthunter - Magical Negro!
Damn you. I'd go with the original pale redhead idea - Tsk, tsk
Comments
On the bright side, this can make for an interesting mental exercise on your part. Further, you shouldn't worry about unfortunate implications unless you are actually writing something for the public (or doing something to that effect).
"Obviously, the cleric is a woman--wait, that plays up to the stereotype that women should only be in supportive, nurturing roles, right? Oh, better make her a fighter instead. But she's supposed to be shy--wait, isn't being a shy and reclusive girl something done to appeal to man's protective instincts, and again reinforce the ideal that women should be supportive to their masculine friends? Oh wait, better--"
My cure came in a combination of rational thinking, reading this article and banging my head against the wall until the retarded part of my brain shut up and quit being a griefer. Because really, that's all it is. Unfortunate Implications only exist if you look for them, and if they seriously bother you, it means you need to get over yourself.
True, but never the less they do
I always just cheated for money and never bothered with SimJobs. Staring at an empty house is boring
Heh, for this one the most fun comes from interesting job and from leveling up skills
Further, you shouldn't worry about
unfortunate implications unless you are actually writing something for
the public (or doing something to that effect).
True, but wouldn't writing for public have the same problem?
"Obviously, the cleric is a woman--wait, that plays up to the stereotype
that women should only be in supportive, nurturing roles, right? Oh,
better make her a fighter instead. But she's supposed to be shy--wait,
isn't being a shy and reclusive girl something done to appeal to man's
protective instincts, and again reinforce the ideal that women should be
supportive to their masculine friends? Oh wait, better--"
Oh so familiar.
You guys could just not give a fuck. Characters can be whatever the hell you want, just make sure it's not painting their entire gender that way.
I try to avoid the most obvious / serious ones, but much beyond that it becomes impossible and you've just got to go with it.
One trick I like is to have Loads and Loads of Characters so you can have more than one Token Minority character, so if one minority character has a steriotypical role, another has a different role to show diversity. For example if you have a middle east terrorist as the villain, you could make the lancer a muslim.
I also like lighthearted / affectionate parodies and fanfics with no OCs, or an OC that is a mysterious background character, so you aren't really intoducing Unfortunate Implications not already present in the origional.