• callouscomic@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    I always wanted to see anything else. I’m a human male every day. Give me a female and/or an alien or some other strange thing. Let’s be different!

    I never understand this need for people to mimic themselves.

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      10 days ago

      Same, non-cis white guy but I usually pick the not-me main character when given a choice. In Pokemon I’m a chick, in Stardew valley I’m a black chick, in Orcs Must Die 2 I’m the sorceress.

      What kind of egotistical fuck chooses the “me” character every time

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        10 days ago

        I typically play female characters in games too. Always have. They’re something outside my world experience, I can experience the story through a lense I may not have seen otherwise.

        It’s nice to see yourself represented but like… Shiiiiiiit dude. I’m reading a book or playing a game to be immersed in the story. Why people put so much stock into who or what a character is; it’s beyond me.

        I just want some good stories with good characters. I can’t fucking wait to kick ass as Cirilla in the Witcher. I loved being Girlboss V in Cyberpunk, Senua was stellar.

        Open world RPG? Bet your ass I wanna be goth mommy in plate armour ripping out a dragon’s throat.

        Also sometimes games had smaller hitboxes for women and little me fucked with that more than anything.