I've... actually never played a female character. I've written for some in various stories (including a younger sister mechanical genius and a stressed, overworked apartment owner/college student), but never actually tried to play one in an tabletop RPG or in an MMO. I'm... not entire sure why.
I guess it just never occurred to me. I'm a guy, so I play a guy. Simple, straightforward. But this thread actually has me looking back on it and going "well, why not?" Can't come up with a good reason, either.
Maybe I'm just worried I'd screw up somewhere. That can stop me dead easily enough. Worry that I'll make a mistake and/or upset people by playing the character... wrong, somehow. Or perhaps it's the stigma that's been attached to the idea of a guy playing a girl character for so long that detracts me. I dunno.
I guess it just never occurred to me. I'm a guy, so I play a guy. Simple, straightforward. But this thread actually has me looking back on it and going "well, why not?" Can't come up with a good reason, either.
Maybe I'm just worried I'd screw up somewhere. That can stop me dead easily enough. Worry that I'll make a mistake and/or upset people by playing the character... wrong, somehow. Or perhaps it's the stigma that's been attached to the idea of a guy playing a girl character for so long that detracts me. I dunno.
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