There are a number of reasons I could I name for why one of my characters is a Hyur Midlander. A few of them are purely aesthetic. I thought the face I chose was pretty, I liked the hairstyles I could pick from, I liked being able to put moles on her face, I like the Midlander animations, I like the way the armor fits their body. (I tried making her a Highlander at first... Didn't like her aesthetically anywhere nearly as much. I hate the way they stand and their emotes are really weird to me.)
As for background/story? Not everyone wants to play something over-the-top and fantastical. I consider myself a medium-heavy RPer, so I like RPing out the mundane day-to-day activities a lot of people would skip. Likewise, I like RPing characters that are mundane themselves. The idea of a more realistic (or "normal") person in a crazy world full of magic and beasts has appeal to me. (It's one of the reasons why I love urban fantasy novels.) I like taking characters with bland and/or humble beginnings and seeing how I can build them up and make them interesting with their personality or their reactions to things.
TL;DR Version: It's less about what race I play, and more about what I do with them. The race I choose is not much more than just a pretty outer shell that's being draped around my concept.
What is boring to you is not boring to everyone else. *shrugs*
As for background/story? Not everyone wants to play something over-the-top and fantastical. I consider myself a medium-heavy RPer, so I like RPing out the mundane day-to-day activities a lot of people would skip. Likewise, I like RPing characters that are mundane themselves. The idea of a more realistic (or "normal") person in a crazy world full of magic and beasts has appeal to me. (It's one of the reasons why I love urban fantasy novels.) I like taking characters with bland and/or humble beginnings and seeing how I can build them up and make them interesting with their personality or their reactions to things.
TL;DR Version: It's less about what race I play, and more about what I do with them. The race I choose is not much more than just a pretty outer shell that's being draped around my concept.
What is boring to you is not boring to everyone else. *shrugs*
