(08-05-2015, 04:58 PM)War Siren Wrote: Right, right. But again I'm not talking about your average woman.  I know those affects. I'm talking about these users of these forces that are very much kept under control by mental states and emotions.

Which yes you did cover in your first post!

Really what I'm trying to get people theorycrafting about is what effects this time period would have on those powers. 

and I agree with you I do think a Dark Knight would find it easier to channel during this period, and based on how she's affected mood wise by this period, would go to play into her personality and personal reactions etc.

Example, War Siren who is already a bit cynical and moody in my mind would be slightly more on edge and easier to anger. That part was never in question, where as say Nicoco Coco (my alt.) would get weirdly more happy and have weird food cravings. etc.

(08-06-2015, 04:04 AM)Flickering Ember Wrote:

(08-05-2015, 04:58 PM)War Siren Wrote: Right, right. But again I'm not talking about your average woman.  I know those affects. I'm talking about these users of these forces that are very much kept under control by mental states and emotions.

Which yes you did cover in your first post!

Really what I'm trying to get people theorycrafting about is what effects this time period would have on those powers. 

and I agree with you I do think a Dark Knight would find it easier to channel during this period, and based on how she's affected mood wise by this period, would go to play into her personality and personal reactions etc.

Example, War Siren who is already a bit cynical and moody in my mind would be slightly more on edge and easier to anger. That part was never in question, where as say Nicoco Coco (my alt.) would get weirdly more happy and have weird food cravings. etc.

I think theorycrafting on how menstrual cycles affect these powers goes off of a few posts already written here. Specifically, that emotional instability is a negative stereotype and an exaggeration. I feel like choosing to make periods as anything more than a footnote can be irrelevant at best and offensive at its worst. To call attention the effects of menstrual emotions on super powers inadvertently implies that women are irrational at this time. (Even if you're looking at it from the 'not an average woman' perspective)

That may not be your intention, but I would suggest treading lightly here.

I would say RPing menstrual symptoms linked to job superpowers as anything more than 'subtle' would be over doing it. It's a biological function, not a mental illness. I'm only half sure of what you're going for in RP with this. I would recommend not using periods at all and instead go for mental illness or an emotional temperament. 
Unless the period is a tie in to a theme of your character's. (For example, a coming of age story where said character is grasping what the idea of 'womanhood' means to her)

(08-06-2015, 09:50 AM)Kiur Wrote: I've already said my piece but I'm just gonna go ahead and toss out the fact that I really like this thread. 
Discussions like this help break down the silly "Taboo" of the subject. It's no more or less gross than talking about some other bathroom-based bodily functions.

(08-06-2015, 12:02 PM)Kiur Wrote: Kiur isn't much of anything ICly yet. She'll need some kind of mentor before she'd be able to evolve into anything. Right now she's mostly in Mad Scientist Mode with heavy armor. (I do main a Dark Knight, though).

Would be interesting to go all-in with Dark Knight lore.

(08-06-2015, 12:03 PM)Reiner Dorn Wrote: When it was brought up last night, Reiners reaction was. -Did she just...yeah...she did- Herp-derps off around the table. I've been married, this isn't gross to me anymore, who cares.

(08-06-2015, 12:12 PM)Kiur Wrote: I tried ingame, are you on an alt or anything?

(08-06-2015, 12:21 PM)Erik Mynhier Wrote: So this is the topic that gets a post out of me........

<NURSE ERIK TO THE RESCUE>

The emotional ups and downs of a woman on her cycle can be uncomfortable, but often times are exaggerated as a stereotype. "The crazy woman!!!!" To the question of would it effect emotion-based job skills..... Unless we are talking unnatural hormonal levels due to say ovarian cancer, thyroid cancer or some other form of medical mutation or condition such as pregnancy, normal emotional outcrops I do not think it would effect much. This isn't the late 1800's, we know better then those who coined the term "hysteria".

Disclaimer: I am no lady, but am a medically trained professional, as well as a former service member who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with women in combat situations. As far as I could tell their cycles were never an issue to their performance or professionalism either at rest or under fire..... Now to lighten the mood.