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noldolanteDay 02 – Favorite gender to play
Well, I usually play men. But this has nothing to do with them being my "favorite" and everything to do with a society that only gives men the interesting roles to play. I've played some women in my time in RP, but I really have to fight against the prevailing RP culture that wants them to pair up, fall in love, have sex, get pregnant, and live happily ever after.
I...just don't want to play that stuff.
Listen, I like shipping. It can be fun, if done with good writers who want to do more than write smut (I kind of hate writing smut. I suck at it). I've had an awesome time doing ships with people (shout out to![[insanejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/ij-userinfo.gif)
venezia and sycorax and iggykins and whoever else I'm forgetting). And I don't mind shipping at all! But I don't really want my entire line to BE shipping. And when you play a woman...a lot of times that feels like what it's all about.
Likeiggykins said, I've gotten so sick of it some places that I won't play a character who isn't already in a committed relationship, or whose significant other isn't already played by someone I trust in game. I RP for character development, not shipping.
And I think that female characters, like females in society, are expected to fit into this mold of OMG SINGLE WOMAN NEEDS A SIGNIFICANT OTHER more than men are. I mean...I don't want children in real life...why am I going to want to go through that in RP? And yet it seems that the pinnacle of life for a female character is to get herself pregnant with ALL THE BEHBEHS. Like. Um, no thanks.
I could rant on this for ages, but I think that answers the question. I hope. XD
Well, I usually play men. But this has nothing to do with them being my "favorite" and everything to do with a society that only gives men the interesting roles to play. I've played some women in my time in RP, but I really have to fight against the prevailing RP culture that wants them to pair up, fall in love, have sex, get pregnant, and live happily ever after.
I...just don't want to play that stuff.
Listen, I like shipping. It can be fun, if done with good writers who want to do more than write smut (I kind of hate writing smut. I suck at it). I've had an awesome time doing ships with people (shout out to
venezia and sycorax and iggykins and whoever else I'm forgetting). And I don't mind shipping at all! But I don't really want my entire line to BE shipping. And when you play a woman...a lot of times that feels like what it's all about.Like
iggykins said, I've gotten so sick of it some places that I won't play a character who isn't already in a committed relationship, or whose significant other isn't already played by someone I trust in game. I RP for character development, not shipping.And I think that female characters, like females in society, are expected to fit into this mold of OMG SINGLE WOMAN NEEDS A SIGNIFICANT OTHER more than men are. I mean...I don't want children in real life...why am I going to want to go through that in RP? And yet it seems that the pinnacle of life for a female character is to get herself pregnant with ALL THE BEHBEHS. Like. Um, no thanks.
I could rant on this for ages, but I think that answers the question. I hope. XD
