of course i dont play girl characters because only girls would do that and clearly i’m not a girl

Different people have different degrees of willingness to take risks. Personally I played the girl characters and made constant excuses.

i had so many excuses loaded, but i was so unaware of why i felt so strongly about it, that they were mostly for me. some examples in no particular order:

• she actually has a smaller hit box, so it’s strategy
• no i’m trying to get all the content out of this game
• um i want to look at this pretty woman because i’m so straight obviously
• her moveset is better for how i like to play
• no i’m doing this as a fun joke because i’m silly
• listen, i’m a feminist, so…
• i can enjoy a story told from a woman’s perspective. my brain is gigantic

My boyfriend just says he likes them better or “why the fuck not”, essentially, with no real explanation, and then bullies anyone who says any different. I feel you guys are overthinking this.

That’s kinda the point of the post: only someone who’s genuinely got gender-related issues would feel self-conscious about it and feel the need to hide it or make excuses