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Exalted yesterday again. You'll recall there were certain problems with the previous games that really stressed our ST out, but since the timeline continues to move forward and the game moves into a more conventional direction, the whole issue seems to have leveled out somewhat. This game saw our forces assault a Solar stronghold - The Thin White Duke mobilized the majority of our forces in a direct assault while the rest of us focused on repelling reinforcements sent from Great Forks.
This isn't a recap, really it isn't. Anyway, it was my first Mass Combat action in 2nd Ed. and it worked fine. The Thin White Duke was cut down by Eight Line Poem* and our forces were stranded in Creation. It was the first game with really good dialogue and, for me, the first game that actually had involved my character as something other then a set piece. I think that one or two of our other players may have been cut in on the action in previous games, but if so, it was behind the scenes.
I don't have too much to take away from this. I can't begrudge my ST in trying some new things with running the game, and we're always debating running style of Exalted as a game, anyhow. These attempts didn't pan out 100%, but few things do. Anyway, last game was great. Our characters made a massive mistake, I botched a Whispers roll, and the Walker in Darkness pulled me Liege and is out to get me. Everything else was prologue; I just wish this is the game I could have started with because the difference is day and night.
In other news, I was reading rpg.net here at work on my lunch break, and there's another discussion on Lady GaGa. I like GaGa because her work is 100% intentional and because at first glance, she looks like a generic pop star but any further attention demonstrates there's a lot more at work then that. RPG.net is probably a better place for discussion then most places, but even there, you see a discussion on the validity of her appearance. This is something that I've been thinking about a lot, because her appearance is very meticulously crafted, but I have to wonder about the privilage that comes with feeling that you can make a value judgement on her appearance. There's this whole gaze thing that, when I try to put it into words, seems like a veritable minefield. It's so complicated, but from what I hear of GaGa's scholastic career, it's very likely that the whole 'thing' is intentional.
Should I put a Lady Gaga tag on my journal?
* I don't know. Maybe you can see a trend in character names.
This isn't a recap, really it isn't. Anyway, it was my first Mass Combat action in 2nd Ed. and it worked fine. The Thin White Duke was cut down by Eight Line Poem* and our forces were stranded in Creation. It was the first game with really good dialogue and, for me, the first game that actually had involved my character as something other then a set piece. I think that one or two of our other players may have been cut in on the action in previous games, but if so, it was behind the scenes.
I don't have too much to take away from this. I can't begrudge my ST in trying some new things with running the game, and we're always debating running style of Exalted as a game, anyhow. These attempts didn't pan out 100%, but few things do. Anyway, last game was great. Our characters made a massive mistake, I botched a Whispers roll, and the Walker in Darkness pulled me Liege and is out to get me. Everything else was prologue; I just wish this is the game I could have started with because the difference is day and night.
In other news, I was reading rpg.net here at work on my lunch break, and there's another discussion on Lady GaGa. I like GaGa because her work is 100% intentional and because at first glance, she looks like a generic pop star but any further attention demonstrates there's a lot more at work then that. RPG.net is probably a better place for discussion then most places, but even there, you see a discussion on the validity of her appearance. This is something that I've been thinking about a lot, because her appearance is very meticulously crafted, but I have to wonder about the privilage that comes with feeling that you can make a value judgement on her appearance. There's this whole gaze thing that, when I try to put it into words, seems like a veritable minefield. It's so complicated, but from what I hear of GaGa's scholastic career, it's very likely that the whole 'thing' is intentional.
Should I put a Lady Gaga tag on my journal?
* I don't know. Maybe you can see a trend in character names.
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The "Gaze" thing that I think you might be referring to is the one in her music videos and public appearances? From what I understand, what she does is theoretically "Make Love" to the camera pretending that it is her sexual partner, which gives her gaze the sexual perception.
Yes you need a tag. Gaga is here, she's amazing and she's not going anywhere. Her work is intriguing, her music is getting much better and she's just fun as hell to follow.
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In this case, I'm talking about the gaze as it stems from one person looking at another, and objectifying the other. I'm reading back up on my Foucault and Sartre as a means of facilitating my writing, but I picked up my concept from what they say. Basically, the person who dons the Lady GaGa persona is doing it because she understands she's being viewed. She spent some time doing women's studies as well, I believe, so there's the feminist reading of the gaze concept for me to consider.
When a bunch of people online start debating about if Lady GaGa is attractive, my stomach turns a little. They're clearly talking about her as if she were an object; but as a star, they'll likely not get a chance to interact with her on a personal level. Plus, Lady GaGa knows people are viewing her, so everything is done with that in mind. I want to know what she thinks, but I probably won't get to know for a few years.