Do you play protagonists outside of your gender/sexuality?

[Hudzon]

I'm curious what it's like for everyone else.

Do you usually play a VN where the protagonist is either of an opposite gender or an opposite sexuality of you?

[papillon]

I'll play men pursuing women. I'd rather not play men pursuing men. I want *some* girliness involved...

[yummy]

Generally, I don't. It's really difficult for me to identify to the protagonist if the main character is from the other gender: I tend to try to understand better their way of thinking and I don't really know how a girl's mind works on a set situation.

[Cybeat]

I don't mind playing as a female in other kinds of video games (Samus), but for visual novel, I have to be playing as a guy. I don't feel good playing as a girl....chasing guys.

[Wintermoon]

I will play either gender (and actually prefer playing a girl) so long as I'm pursuing girls. If the visual novel is not romance-oriented, I still prefer playing as female but don't care about sexual orientation.

GxG > BxG > GxB > BxB
Gx0 > Bx0

[Vatina]

I'll play men pursuing women. I'd rather not play men pursuing men. I want *some* girliness involved...

Same here.

I play more VN's with male protagonists than female. I usually don't put myself that much in his/her place in the first place, so as long as the overall story and the characters are good, then I'll play it.

[Blue123]

I'll play men pursuing women. I'd rather not play men pursuing men. I want *some* girliness involved...

Same here.

I play more VN's with male protagonists than female. I usually don't put myself that much in his/her place in the first place, so as long as the overall story and the characters are good, then I'll play it.

Same here, I guess.

[lordcloudx]

I would, but I can't really say that I have yet. I don't think it's any different from reading a typical Eroge story wherein the male protagonist usually feels far detached from my own personality, so I can't really put myself in his shoes anyway.

I've read a few stories told in first-person from the female protagonist's perspective if that counts. (and "The Last Client" manga .)

[Ellie]

I almost always enjoy b pursues g, which is the opposite of my sexuality...Probably because...I feel like it's easier to create female characters that vary, and can be very emotional...
;~; And...they're cuter. (<-- Poor reasoning...xD Also, I feel like it's easier for many people to draw females~ So they often turn out looking better...)

(It's rare to find male characters that I go like...Daw, he's cute...Harvest Moon More Friends of Mineral Town, may be the only game where I found it enjoyable to play as g pursues b...Rick is the only one I wouldn't try to pursue...Can't say I was ever able to like that one...=P Of course, it was more fun to play the original Harvest Moon which was b pursues g...But...Oh...And Dream Savior Gakuen was lovely too~)

[LVUER]

I don't mind playing both gender, as long as it is not BxB. GxG is still alright and GxB is no problemo.

[azureXtwilight]

I'll play men pursuing women. I'd rather not play men pursuing men. I want *some* girliness involved...

Same here.

I play more VN's with male protagonists than female. I usually don't put myself that much in his/her place in the first place, so as long as the overall story and the characters are good, then I'll play it.

Guess me too,
but I don't know if I can handle GxG.
Never played it.

[gekiganwing]

I'm a guy. And yet if I said I wasn't obsessed with shoujo, then I'd be lying. Seriously, I'm fascinating with lead characters who are different from me. I've found that to be true with series with female leads who are ordinary girls, tomboys, and even otaku.

[Saori]

Well, I guess at some points it can't be helped. The otome games aren't as common, though there are a lot, it'll still be overpowered by the BxG games. It's not really something I find unnerving, unless the female character the protagonist pursues is someone I find annoying. You just get used to it after playing numerous RPGs with male leads xD

[GraMana]

I don't mind playing both gender, as long as it is not BxB. GxG is still alright and GxB is no problemo.

Why is there such a double standard for BxB and GxG? This just irks me to no small extent, even though I'm straight.

[Wintermoon]

Why is there such a double standard for BxB and GxG? This just irks me to no small extent, even though I'm straight.

I like girls. This is a matter of deep-seated instinct, not of rational thought. It's part of who I am. Call it a "sexual orientation" if you will. I don't feel like I have to justify, or apologize for, my instincts.

To me, the ideal love is between two beautiful beings of equal status. This can only be love between two girls. Any hetero love is tainted by the presence of the male, and unbalanced because the female's status is inherently higher than the male's. BxB love is balanced, but tainted twice by the presence of two males.

I don't disapprove of BxB relationships, in fiction or in real life. If a male character has to have a love interest, it might as well be another male. It's just that I disapprove of focusing on male characters in the first place. More often than not, male characters simply irritate me. The more focus there is on female characters, the better.

I realize that this is completely irrational, but this is who I am. I cannot simply choose to be someone else. To deny my instincts is to deny myself.