Viewpoint Do you ever play the opposite gender? Do you prefer it?

[Dead Private]

I'm female in real life but I tend to make and roleplay male characters more often. On occasion I make a female character but I think male personalities have a farther range depending on their interests and stuff, which makes them more fun for me!

 

[awkwardparakeet]

I'm a guy but usually have a relatively even split between male and female characters, though sometimes leaning more towards female characters. Funnily enough I think the opposite of the above and think female personalities have an easier range to work something new with. I suppose part of it is also having that difference to separate myself from the character and make myself think from their perspective.

 

[hadal]

I'm a woman, but I almost always play male characters. I just prefer it and find it more natural in a way. I don't know why.

 

[Tolvo]

I'm a trans woman, like others before have said it's a nice form of escapism from my body and my life. I tend to play women but sometimes I do play a different gender like men. I guess because of my experience trying to live as a man and living as a woman help me with writing both.

 

[Pilot-66]

I ID as a woman & although I'm comfortable writing for any gender, I find myself leaning towards male or nonbinary roles more often than not. Not sure why that is or where the habit started.

 

[Emotional Enigma]

I’ve tried it and like it, but I have a hard time creating connections with other characters and it feels like people try harder when there’s an opportunity for romance and that kind rubs me the wrong way

 

[WaitingCynicism]

I don't feel like I could play a woman very well, my characters are pretty much always gay men.

 

[Ottered]

I've only had one character who was a female, but even then, they started out a backstory character for a male character, and then sort of became their own thing. I generally like to stick to male.

 

[Zeraora]

I'm comfortable playing either a male or female character. I've just had a lot of practice with both over the years.

 

[Red Forest]

As I'm gay, I just overall prefer playing a male character, but I have been known for playing female roles if needed, like as a secondary character. I just prefer playing male, if it was up to me.

 

[acsgon]

I tend to play female characters, if only because I often cover personalities or archetypes that aren't seen in the same light for male characters.

For example, a child-like woman is seen as good and pure, but a child-like man is seen as weird and creepy.

I have yet to encounter anyone who thought my female characters were Mary Sues, or had flat personalities. I haven't had anyone come up to me for romance, even.

 

[annabel]

I've always been kind of shy about playing the opposite gender, just because I wasn't sure if I'd do it right. But lately I've been playing males a lot and haven't had any complaints. And I'm enjoying it tremendously. I don't know if I would say I prefer it, but maybe. I think it's more fun in a way, maybe because it's a challenge? And the sort of personalities I end up playing are just fun characters in general.

 

[glitched file]

i love playing as a girl in fack i love it so much i changed my gender in the real world -w-

 

[TRYHARD]

I'm open to playing both male and female, and have characters for both! I don't perfer one over the other, but female is easier for me because, well, I am female ^^

 

[AnimeGenork]

For a while, I usually just played female characters since I'm female and I'm pretty used to that. But since I like writing stories with multiple perspectives, I started to take on more and more roles as a male character. There was actually a time when I was making more male characters than female XD For some reason, I'm better at playing flirty characters when they're male??? Haha.

Now I try to keep it pretty balanced, if only because I like playing multiple characters and therefore like to keep the sexes/genders of my characters balanced.

 

[Mo-The-Unicorn]

I love playing as both.

 

[im jess saying]

First of all, gender isn't real.

but to answer the question, I like to be masculine characters a lot because irl I'm a hetero-flexible cis gender female and loves mermaids and unicorns and rainbows and pink. It's nice to play something totally different.

 

[Hans Johann]

Honesty it 100% depends on the mood of the campaign and character chemistry. I love developing fully complete characters.

My current Pathfinder character is a female gnome witch.

As far as books go, I love reading about strong female protagonists (or even antagonist or anti-heros).

 

[Rad Geek]

I play characters all over the gender spectrum.

 

[Hyomi]

I usually play female characters because I am one myself, but as of lately, I've been trying my best to try out more male characters!

 

[Nostalchiq]

I find that I have a lot more fun writing as the opposite gender. It allows me to experience life from an entirely different perspective, in situations that I'll most likely never be in myself.

 

[Truthblade]

I always played a male. I never have done a female that wasn't an NPC, though I am opened to the idea.

 

[cosmoticsunflower]

I usually play the opposite gender! But I'm also used to writing mxm fanfiction, so it kind of makes sense!

 

[BriiAngelic]

I play either, usually I choose based on what has the least in the rp. Hell sometimes I flip my character after being done with them if the balance is off. All those pronouns are a lot to catch lol. Usually very little needs to change personality and background wise when I do as it's one in fifty times I'll specifically code my characters as having been heavily gender role socialized.

 

[Seaspine]

I play both genders, but there are moments where I prefer to play one gender for a generous amount of time. It really all depends on my mood.