(01-20-2017, 10:33 AM)Kilieit Wrote: <snip for length>I understand the dilemma yeah. I know someone who actually uses a female highlander model to represent an underaged male highlander. They still sometimes get the confusion, but the character has a male name, doesn't look super feminine (because you can make super androgynous highlander ladies), and has it their search info.
That said, shark face doesn't make them look utterly old? Then again if you're looking for a super young appearance aka midlander and elezen super boyish face, then yeah, you're out of luck with male highlanders.
Anyhow, I personally feel you're best off picking the race you're meant to represent to avoid confusion, especially if you do not want that confusion to happen IC or OOC. Because it is bound to happen at some point. Most people I've known who picked another model while still roleplaying x do know this and they handle it gracefully when it comes up IC or OOC.
However I've seen people handle it very badly as well. Not so much about the topic at hand in this case, but rather about what Parth Makeo described above.
