#bc on one hand I do not want white guy roleplaying about scalping indians and shit but it also feels so weird to pretend that that-

[ratjay]

every so often I'm hit with the feeling I am out of place in circles that like cowboys. Like. I have experiences with horses. Multiple people in my family have ranches and work with horses and livestock for a living. I did rodeo stuff when I was younger (and likely would have kept doing it if my family hadn't had to move for work). I like the western/cowboy aesthetic and I have a southern accent that comes out if I don't enunciate properly.

but then i see people talking about things such as online rp things using the American West as a setting (vs Fantasy world with the aesthetics) and I look at the rules-

and i'm struck with the question of 'how would this group ever handle a native character?' I like playing indigenous(coded) characters because I am native! I'm an Indian!! but i would never feel welcome in an RP group where the American West was free land for the taking.