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[–] laserm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

How do I actually do that? I mean the becoming a girl part

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Not for me! I'm fairly gender affirmed and confident on it. Tho, I'm the very definition vanilla, incredibly cishet.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 11 hours ago

Yeah, I always play characters who are not like me because I don’t want to watch my onscreen character sit at a desk for years and slowly wither into a bitter husk.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Problems with IRL:

  1. Trump admin will throw me to el salvador

2 My family of origin is ethnic Chinese... very anti trans, bigoted af, they'll call me a "變態" ("pervert", "sick-minded person", or something like that)

I want be BORN as a girl, transitioning is dangerous af.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Do it while on vacation in Montreal during pride. You don't have to transition to have some fun on occasion. 🤗

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 8 points 15 hours ago

Why? The character on the screen is not me. I do not relate to them. I would never play myself.

I play tropes. Something that is different from what I know in real life. Like I would never pick human if there is an option. Because humans are boring.

Next playthrough it might be something completely different.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

If I am gonna look at my character's ass for half the game, I'd like a lady bum please! The female form is more visually appealing in my opinion, and I love a good bad ass chick that can kick ass and take names but look divine on Saturday night.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 11 points 18 hours ago

I sometimes play as a girl in videogames because if I'm going to be staring at someones ass for several hours it might as well be one I find attractive

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 15 hours ago

Don't dream it, be it

[–] PowerfulTurtle@lemmy.ca 16 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Nah I like playing girls in games because they're cute and feminine but in real life I want to be a boy who is cute and fem. I don't want to be a girl.

It's actually a kind of a bummer most games don't let you play as a femboy where you look like a girl mostly but people refer to you as a boy in-game.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

It’s actually a kind of a bummer most games don’t let you play as a femboy where you look like a girl mostly but people refer to you as a boy in-game.

I felt this. Most games don't have any options for more slender, fem looking men at all. It's always hairy or muscly.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PowerfulTurtle@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Link never struck me as a femboy, at least not in the games I played. Newest Zelda game I ever played was Skyward Sword and I didn't play it very much.

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Playing as a girl IRL <<< Playing as a Dragon IRL

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[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 17 hours ago

Oh your god, that is a cute kitty!

[–] GR4CELESS@lemmy.zip 14 points 23 hours ago

Instructions unclear, got my gender stuck in the toaster and now it's all burnt and useless

I love playing as a girl even more in real life than in the games.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 85 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I like to play as a girl because i like to look at girls. I don't think that makes me trans.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Plus, we don't all want to be the object of our fascination.

Fascinated with race car drivers? Have you tried actually being one?

Fascinated with criminals? Have you tried actually being one?

Fascinated with doctors? Have you tried actually being one?

Fascinated with hitmen? Have you tried actually being one?

Fascinated with serial killers? Have you tried actually being one?

Yeah, not the best ideas.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Become a girl and start carrying a mirror

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

I dunno, I don't think Garrus Vakarian would jump my bones if I was a girl or guy irl.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago

Yeah I have for Halloween several times, it’s fun but I’m as cis-het as they come. I play girls in games because I like the way they look, and I do mean sexually.

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[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I like playing as a dragon in video games. If only there was a drug that would let me grow wings and breathe fire in the estates of billionaires.

[–] Focal@pawb.social 15 points 1 day ago

Well... There are drugs that'll let you THINK you're doing all that, and that's almost as good, right?

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I liked horizon. Im trans now.

[–] madjo@piefed.social 52 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Nah, that's not my reason for playing as a girl in video games. I just don't like hearing dudes grunt. And I prefer to look at a pretty girl kick ass.

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[–] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I mean I would totally play as a girl IRL if it would be as easy as in videogames and without the negative consequences (thanks sexism and transmisia) ...

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[–] mech@feddit.org 44 points 1 day ago

Bruh this character creator sucks worse than that from Oblivion.

[–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 3 points 19 hours ago

So much objectification in these comments

[–] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Playing as a girl irl sucks pretty hard though. At least in games being a female character doesn’t often have major implications on how much you can do and how interactions play out.. it’s just a full-on 1-1 replacement that has no bearing on anything but aesthetics.

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

that's true but cyberpunk is an exception, that games story is amazing

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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 18 points 1 day ago

I typically play as a girl when given the choice but I don't think that's anything to read into lol

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