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Hmm, after reading this thread . . . you know, I play both male and female characters. Most of the people I rp with play both male and female characters. It doesn't matter to me.
That said, coming at someone and telling them or insinuating that they're weird, and creepy, and wrong for preferring one thing or another is doing the exact same thing to them that you feel they're doing to you. You'd likely get much better results pming the person and asking why they feel that way, did they have a bad experience, and just seeing why they feel that way (as Melkire said -- could just be he feels that female writers write better female characters and vice versa) as opposed to making them feel unwelcome and harangued.
Like, this isn't even really a discussion about which is better done from an objective perspective -- it reads like people reacting defensively to a statement he made and then him trying to defend himself and back out of the argument. Not really great grounds for an open and productive discussion, imo.
That said, coming at someone and telling them or insinuating that they're weird, and creepy, and wrong for preferring one thing or another is doing the exact same thing to them that you feel they're doing to you. You'd likely get much better results pming the person and asking why they feel that way, did they have a bad experience, and just seeing why they feel that way (as Melkire said -- could just be he feels that female writers write better female characters and vice versa) as opposed to making them feel unwelcome and harangued.
Like, this isn't even really a discussion about which is better done from an objective perspective -- it reads like people reacting defensively to a statement he made and then him trying to defend himself and back out of the argument. Not really great grounds for an open and productive discussion, imo.