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Myriad Reality

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*Sloth overwhelms it*
Oooh, sin powers. How very creative. Too bad those are emotions, too.

@Yatagarasu

*Wrath burns sloth, allowing the greed to settle in once more. Once again I grab you*

Myriad Reality

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*Sighs as I become intangible*
Seriously? Delusional too...

@Yatagarasu

*Manipulating the seven deadly sins, I impart a greed for tangibility into your flesh, before taking hold once more*

Myriad Reality

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*A burst of power pushes you back several feet*
Really? A hellion thinks they're strong enough to do literally anything? Nice one, edgelord.

@Yatagarasu

*I barely budge, though my hand does move away a bit as my grip is broken*

Why yes, yes I do. Now come along.

*Grabs you again and resumes our journey*

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

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Sir this is a discussion about asking men why they RP as women lol

@Crazytrini85

>I'm aware, but the assertion that one always writes from the perspective their gender or sex imparts is one that might not be entirely true, not to mention the fact that it fits into the primary topic of discussion. So again I ask, is it possible to divorce oneself from said perspectives and biases? And if so, could that not be a potential reason as to why a CIS man might play as a female character?

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

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Well that's kind of the point of this thread; we're discussing the various reasons why men might roleplay as female characters lol. Technically, if you are a cis man, you will always write from a male perspective. And the same goes to women writing male characters. I guess the question would be, why do some cis men (both inside and outside roleplay) feel a intrinsic preference to selecting the female icon in character creation, so to speak.

@Crazytrini85

>Well to that I can't help but ask if it isn't possible to divorce oneself from the perspective that biological sex and gender impart, and in a similar vein, human nature as a whole?

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

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If it's just a character, then why make a woman? You can still make a male and write it from a more genuine perspective. Most people can't do that as woman because it's simply just a perspective that cis men typically don't do well with.

I've noticed that men who almost exclusively or predominantly play as female characters often do it outside writing as well. As other people in the thread have mentioned, they will play as female characters in videogames. This topic is a common one among roleplayers/writers because humans notice patterns and like to draw conclusions. Maybe not everyone fits the generalization, but I find it very hard to believe that everyone is an exception.

@Crazytrini85

>A fair question, and one I personally answer by generally making characters who can either shapeshift or just aren't human but basically walk around in our skin. Not in the Skinwalker way, just the appearance way. But at that point I suppose I've largely written myself out of the discussion perspective wise, since gender to me isn't an issue so far as fiction is concerned, not to mention the fact that I tend to stray away from the human experience if possible.

>As for the rest, that makes sense. Though while not everyone is an exception, everyone also isn't necessarily a fit to the generalization either.

>When it comes to characters out of writing, I don't particularly mind what gender they are, although it's been a while since I've played an RPG.

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

I think that's a poor analogy because species/races are NOT the same 1:1 as roleplaying as a specific gender. The backlash often comes from CIS men overusing tropes that often sexualize female characters in a setting, and even the motivation behind certain actions done ICly can be seen from a male perspective; aka ooga booga me see boobies. In fact, there are like entire twitters dedicated to women shitting on male authors writing female characters because even they notice the male POV/bias. The same can be said vice versa about women playing as men too.

@Crazytrini85

>While that does happen, is it not just as easy to treat either gender like a character first and foremost before focusing on the traits conveyed to them by their physiology?

>Like it isn't a real person. It's a figment of your imagination. A tool.

Myriad Reality

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*Continues talking*
Weaksauce, dude.
*My body raises up to connect with my head again*
Like, seriously. Grow up. Stop being a try-hard.

@Yatagarasu

*Stares at you for a moment before shrugging and dragging you back to Hell wholesale*

Quite a curious amount of regenerative capability. I wonder if your nervous system is the same? If so, I've got quite a lot of experiments in store.

Myriad Reality

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*My jaw rips off*
Ee, ie ie ecakee ah ie eain aou.
*I grasp your wrist, gripping it hard enough to shatter diamonds and take my jaw back from you, placing it back in place as it heals quickly back into place*
Ack. Like I said, I've seen plenty of losers like you in my time.

@Yatagarasu

*I shake off your grasp as one might shake off an unruly child before taking hold of your head and, with the barest application of force, pulling it free from its fleshly moorings*

Myriad Reality

>Lucifer was fun evil, and Bolgareth is Berserk/40k evil.