I was literally playing as a girl before it was cool in the early-00s (as a straight cis guy). My friends called me gay or thought it was weird and so did other gamer guys. Now all my friends do it and it's popular in general (again, in relation to straight cis guys).

I sometimes want to play as a guy now because it's too mainstream and I'm a hipster asshole. Only half kidding.

[–] PineRune 61 points 8 months ago

Them: "You play a girl character? That's pretty gay."

Me: "I'm not the one staring at man-ass for several hours each day."

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

I also play girl characters when avaliable, I like how badass is having a girl gunning down or slicing enemies.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

They have a smaller hitbox! Probably!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've also always played female characters simply because it's more aesthetically pleasing. If I'm going to be watching the rear end of that character for hours after hours, rather have something nice.

I do get why people thought it weird though, if you think about the character as your avatar.

[–] TheControlled 3 points 8 months ago

I enjoy roleplaying as a woman, it's not only that my character is hot AF. Especially if there's different dialogue options available for female characters, I get a kick out of it. I've always been really in touch with my feminine side, but totally comfortable in my sex/gender. But I've never been very comfortable with the expectations and assumptions about men, thus I role-play! So in a way they are my avatars, but not in a egg way. I guess I can see why people might think that's weird, but they didn't know about that part.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I relate 100%