Do you prefer to write a specific gender?

[Xerca 0]

I've never been forced to play one or the other gender and can't say that I really choose the gender of my characters either. It often "chooses itself" when I get a character idea and start to just write out what comes to mind and I go with what I get. I think the majority of my characters in the past have been men, though, with a few women here and there. I currently have one of each, but my inspiration is way more hooked on the woman at the moment. But that is completely due to personality and current interactions with other characters and not because of the gender.

[FaR0E 2]

I'm someone who, for some reason, can only really feel comfortable writing men. I've tried writing females in the past, but I just don't vibe and they always seem to come across as bland. I just tend to write men better than I do females, which I weird for me because I am female. 

[lynncia 1]

When I started rping, I only used to write women since I am one myself. However, as I grew up, I felt comfortable writing in other genders too, so I do not have a preference.

[Daisy 0]

I've noticed recently my comfort levels are changing when it comes to gender. I love playing non-binary males but not really comfortable with heterosexual males. Females are flipped for the most part. More than likely due to lack of willingness to play lesbians in the community.

Edited May 28 by Daisy

[Katie Bell 1]

In the past I used to be an exclusively female-character writer. I'm not sure what it was but that was what I was the most comfortable writing. It wasn't for romance-potential reasons or anything, my writing tends to focus on the non-romantic parts but it was something I had a hard time getting past. Maybe I didn't feel confident, like I could do the character justice? 

 

Then one day I just kind of forced myself out of my comfort zone and started writing men. Now it isn't so much of an issue, the genders I write just depend on the character ideas I have or what I have inspiration for. They kind of create themselves. 

 

I'm glad I was able to get over this hurdle because some of the male characters I've written are now some of my favourites I've created.

[JuliLouWho 0]

I have done both Female and male characters. I don't play male characters well in my opinion. Though I do have fun playing male characters, I prefer to play a female character. 

[birdorcages 0]

I've written both male and female characters in the past, but as I've gotten older I've found myself leaning more toward female characters. I feel like I just understand them more than male characters, being female myself. I'm also a little unsure if I'm even getting the right tones when I write for males. 😅

[Shade 0]

I think I've started with male characters more often, but play about even numbers of both to mix it up, and enjoy characters that go against gender tropes. 

[Aztrophel 0]

I predominantly play male characters, even though I am female myself.

 

As I only usually play between one and three characters at a time and for long periods too, I've only really had around seven primary characters in all my time writing, and all of them have been male. When it comes to minor characters — mainly those that I have taken on to help somebody else further a plot — I do also usually stick with males, but I have a few times played females in those scenarios as well. The only other way in which I have strayed from my norm is that I currently have a primary character who is genderfluid.

 

I'm not sure why I prefer writing males, but it has almost always been the case. When I first started writing, I would do a few females, but they tended to end up very one dimensional and lacking. It wasn't until I switched to males that I felt my ability to design a realistic character actually appeared, and since then, I've found males to be a lot more comfortable to write. People have also always preferred my male characters, and I tend to get a lot more of a positive response to them. 

[huntandmoon 1]

I used to have a VERY heavy male bias -- it wasn't deliberate, just something I noticed happened. Nowadays I tend to be more balanced, but still lean male just because I recycle old characters onto new sites and such. 

[Malikgrippen 0]

I like to mix it up!