Thanks everyone for the answers so far. All very interesting reads. 
Nothing wrong with playing a character of the opposite gender! There's no need for people to have an issue with it, but I think when they do, maybe some of them sort of bond to the person playing the character, as if that person is the character, too. In some ways, we are our characters because -some- parts of us do shine through them, but it's not to the point where people can be disappointed if the person behind the screen isn't the same as the character on it.
I had fun playing my female character waaaay back but was inspired to give a male character a try by... I actually can't remember what it was. That first character didn't go anywhere, but then I watched Beyblade in 2000 (xD) and Kai Hiwatari totally floated my boat, so I created a character based off him. Over the years, Krice (my silver-haired OC in my avatar image) has developed to become his own man who doesn't resemble Kai even one iota.
Krice has essentially played himself throughout the years. I haven't made a female character since him, actually.
And wow, Cocotsu, it sounded like you totally described my OC right there. xD Minus the god-modding. <3 I haven't RPed in MMOs before so I haven't had the pleasure of hearing people's shock when discovering that your female character is played by a guy, but that sounds hilarious.
Nothing wrong with playing a character of the opposite gender! There's no need for people to have an issue with it, but I think when they do, maybe some of them sort of bond to the person playing the character, as if that person is the character, too. In some ways, we are our characters because -some- parts of us do shine through them, but it's not to the point where people can be disappointed if the person behind the screen isn't the same as the character on it.
I had fun playing my female character waaaay back but was inspired to give a male character a try by... I actually can't remember what it was. That first character didn't go anywhere, but then I watched Beyblade in 2000 (xD) and Kai Hiwatari totally floated my boat, so I created a character based off him. Over the years, Krice (my silver-haired OC in my avatar image) has developed to become his own man who doesn't resemble Kai even one iota.
Krice has essentially played himself throughout the years. I haven't made a female character since him, actually.
And wow, Cocotsu, it sounded like you totally described my OC right there. xD Minus the god-modding. <3 I haven't RPed in MMOs before so I haven't had the pleasure of hearing people's shock when discovering that your female character is played by a guy, but that sounds hilarious.
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