Discussion- Roleplaying the Opposite Gender

[The Legendary Joe]

In game, I play girl characters for??the shallowest reason's (I don't like looking at the butts of guys and I hate their clothes, and the girls are cute/hot depending on class) and I laugh my butt off when it comes to those awkward times when someone does actually try to hit/propose on/to me, but due to my??passive (passive/agressive) and bitchy personality,??more than a few people??are surprised or suspicious when I tell them I'm actually male. I guess when i play??Girl chars, I come off very Tomboyish-ly. Whereas??when I play male characters, noone ever thinks anything of it. (And the fact I only have to describe my actions in game is a big plus if I choose to RP. @me ftw~)

On paper, when I RP??I generally RP males, Spoiled, Arrogant, bitchy and oftentimes Narcissistic. Anywhere from a 5 year old to a drunken geezer. The few times I did RP girls, on paper, it felt plastic and stiff when describing??appearance. Hell I didn't want to sound dirty/funny when I'm writing something serious. As a guy, I hear a lot of things about them, but I have NO Idea what it's like to be a girl, and??it's hard to??describe something you do not know. Too much detail can be just as bad, or worse than not enough detail, and I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist.

Personally, I view all of my characters as having a complete lack of character, and I've no choice but to fill the gap with whatevers on my mind at the time when I need to RP, and I guess that means their closer to me than my own persona.