(02-27-2015, 05:04 PM)Sastra Wrote: I have both a male and a female character, and I am a female irl. It's however more of a "recent" development to my RP, as previously I've always been like, me? Playing a male? Nooooope. Can't do that! Based on lack of knowledge on how guys work.ÂI've actually wanted to make a post on this for the longest time, just haven't gotten around to it.
And I know a chunk of other female rpers who have felt the same way or even still do, where as it seems more common for men to play female characters.Â
Frankly, I think it speaks to broader issues about societal notions of gender that this comes up so often. "I can't play [the opposite sex]! I don't understand them!" Well, you don't understand them because you're thinking of them as their sex or gender first, and not as people. That's really what it comes down to, really. I won't go more into this here, because it really deserves a thread of its own, but I've always thought this line of thinking to be profoundly silly, especially considering that fictional writing has a history of great stories written by people who are most definitely not the same sex as the principle characters.
(02-27-2015, 11:35 PM)Advent Wrote: And ima be honest. . . If I play females it's only so I can admire their bodies while I play.
Haven't on final fantasy because the women have no bodies, but I know I cant be the only one that's done this?
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Edit: Just realized I never added to the informal census.
IRL I am an AMAB genderqueer individual, and I, unsurprisingly, tend to play genderqueer characters in games, but all of them are biologically female. They tend to range the gamut from the completely androgynous (T'rahnu) to the sickeningly sweet and effeminate, but I never, ever play a male character or a really macho, masculine character, though I do admit I would consider playing an Armstrong-style (FMAB) character for shits and giggles. I don't do alts, however, so that will probably never happen in FFXIV, at least.
The thing is that I tend to think of my characters in terms of what I would like to be, rather than simply characters in a play or a novel. It's probably a bad habit, but it's what I do, hence my characters tend heavily towards what I find attractive in that sense. Unlike a lot of folks, you can pretty much assume that, yes, I would want to be whoever I am playing as at the time, not just because I happen to like the look or whatever. That doesn't mean they're always going to be likeable, however. After all, I'm not that likeable myself.
