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Reize · 05-02-2008, 10:32 PM

For the longest time I played male characters entirely and couldn't ever understand the point of view of other males that chose the other path, barring the usual assumption of some kind of perverted preferences that's usually joked about. That line of thinking ended somewhere after I stopped playing FFXI and began to play WoW. I played the former from NA release to around July 2006 (just picked it up again more recently, not positive about getting truly back into it yet), and the latter I've played since around October 2006 and still do, though at the moment I'm on a bit of a hiatus.

When I started the character in FFXI, I was 13 years old, so I picked the one that looked closest to how I really did, seeing it as an avatar, a personal representation of yourself, and left it at that. Likewise, when I began WoW, this time 16 years of age, I chose a male, and made it look similar to myself, at least, as far as you can go with undead, which pretty much stops around the hair. I played him for a while, then decided I wanted to venture out into different types of classes, so I made a Druid. I wanted to be one, to try it out, but I didn't want to be a Tauren, thus began my foray into the world of pixelated feminine figures.

I created a girl because, honestly, the males looked atrocious to me, and I couldn't get over the angry scowl or the overly muscular body. After playing as her, I found out how much more fitting it sometimes can be. In games, especially those with character customization, very often the males and females fall at the far end of their own stereotypical spectrum. That is, muscle-bound, viscious, brusque, very serious males, and mysterious, graceful, playful females. As people vary greatly in their own preferences, I found the latter more similar to my mindset, and thus, converted, in a sense.

Ever since then, I've only made female characters, I do this for not only simple aesthetic pleasure; though indeed, from my point of view, the female body is more appealing. From an artistic point of view, the curves entrance the eyes more pleasantly than the edges often found on males, of course that could just be the hormones talking. I feel more comfortable as a female character, and it allows freedoms I didn't enjoy in roleplaying and such before. Beautifying my character is also fun. o.o;

First post on the forum bringing masculinity into question for the win?

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05-02-2008, 10:32 PM	#33 (permalink)
Reize Human Join Date: Apr 2008 Race: Undecided	For the longest time I played male characters entirely and couldn't ever understand the point of view of other males that chose the other path, barring the usual assumption of some kind of perverted preferences that's usually joked about. That line of thinking ended somewhere after I stopped playing FFXI and began to play WoW. I played the former from NA release to around July 2006 (just picked it up again more recently, not positive about getting truly back into it yet), and the latter I've played since around October 2006 and still do, though at the moment I'm on a bit of a hiatus. When I started the character in FFXI, I was 13 years old, so I picked the one that looked closest to how I really did, seeing it as an avatar, a personal representation of yourself, and left it at that. Likewise, when I began WoW, this time 16 years of age, I chose a male, and made it look similar to myself, at least, as far as you can go with undead, which pretty much stops around the hair. I played him for a while, then decided I wanted to venture out into different types of classes, so I made a Druid. I wanted to be one, to try it out, but I didn't want to be a Tauren, thus began my foray into the world of pixelated feminine figures. I created a girl because, honestly, the males looked atrocious to me, and I couldn't get over the angry scowl or the overly muscular body. After playing as her, I found out how much more fitting it sometimes can be. In games, especially those with character customization, very often the males and females fall at the far end of their own stereotypical spectrum. That is, muscle-bound, viscious, brusque, very serious males, and mysterious, graceful, playful females. As people vary greatly in their own preferences, I found the latter more similar to my mindset, and thus, converted, in a sense. Ever since then, I've only made female characters, I do this for not only simple aesthetic pleasure; though indeed, from my point of view, the female body is more appealing. From an artistic point of view, the curves entrance the eyes more pleasantly than the edges often found on males, of course that could just be the hormones talking. I feel more comfortable as a female character, and it allows freedoms I didn't enjoy in roleplaying and such before. Beautifying my character is also fun. o.o; First post on the forum bringing masculinity into question for the win? ._.;