Attn: gaymers. Do you always opt for female video game avatars when you get the chance? Consider this tweet your validation.
Me choosing female characters in every video game pic.twitter.com/hCtKyZyB0b
— ?hentai sensei (@lustforgay) May 15, 2018
The tweet quotes Deputy Raineesha Williams, Niecy Nash’s character in Reno 911!: “You can’t fight crime if you ain’t cute.”
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And the Twitter user isn’t alone:
gay culture is always choosing the female characters in video games
— Joe ????? (@JoeReadman) January 17, 2018
I knew i was gay back then because i always choose female characters in video games lol https://t.co/rVUHx8E3bG
— Taylor Shift (@gaiusben_) January 18, 2020
Yes, I am a gay and yes I will play all female characters in a video games over male ones. pic.twitter.com/iuJ8t7N0in
— iamBrandon (@iamBrandonTV) January 11, 2020
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The straights do it, too, but for decidedly different reasons:
I was explaining why I always choose female characters in video games and now im lame apparently pic.twitter.com/f9sRb1GDJU
— ? (@suprsamu) September 10, 2017
People always ask why I choose the female characters in video games. Psh, like I wanna look at some dudes ass the whole time.
— Dustin Rumbaugh (@TKEThetDelt997) March 1, 2013
Sigh. But if straight folks’ (sometimes misguided) rationales for choosing lady video game characters can increase the demand for quality female representation in games, so much the better.
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WillParkinson
“Always”? On occasion, maybe. Hardly always. I have a straight friend who plays female characters far more often than I do.
Doctor Benway
Again and again and again, clichés…
I never choose female characters in game, that’s completetly absurd. I choose male and the less clothes he wears, the better.
Max
i pretty much like my gamers the same way… LOL
Scribe38
I’m guilty of this and I don’t care
Prax07
Been a gamer my entire life and the only time I choose female characters is when there are no male options. Games like the Tomb Raider series. Otherwise I always choose the male. I’m a guy, I love guys, why would I want to force myself to “be” the female?
scotty
Ludi Lin for the win please.
Tempus
It’s a bit of a stereotype as it’s definitely not always for everyone. The first time I recall picking a female character was back when Pokemon Crystal was released as it was the first time it was possible to be a girl in that series so I was curious and a few people actually noticed asking me why I was playing as a girl. lol That was the only time in that series I ever chose a female character as I mean if it’s optional I almost always pick male characters as I’m a guy unless it’s a game involving some special skill/ability unique to the female character like…I dunno Super Smash Bros.
lord.krath
I’ve created one character that was female Out of the dozens I’ve created in SWTOR, WOW, LOTR, ESO, and all console non-MMOs I’ve played. I’ve never understood it as a “default” for my partner, but I suppose I can appreciate the fantasy of he can appreciate me wanting to be a Lord of the Sith hell bent on bringing order to the galaxy.
Ricanthony
Hell yea!!! Sindel and Kitana in Mortal Kombat ALWAYS.
theafricanwiththemouth
OMG, YES!!
Kitana is the greatest of all time especially.
dustashed
I can relate to some straight guys who play female characters.. I play male characters that I want to sleep with and enjoy looking at. Or want to emulate