As a male gamer, thank you for not oversexualizing every female NPC

[Zyrusticae]

Indeed.

Well, apparently the common wisdom is that any female character running around in anything that deviates from the conservative/demure/classy/covering classification is suspected of being a GIRL (Guy In Real Life). Also, the use of bikini armor, or short skirts is - from what I can gather in these topics and discussions - essentially a 100% confirmation of a GIRL playing a girl...and an affront to right thinking males, and all females besides. God help me, Kos wears a bikini a lot, as does my partners avatar. At least one of us is female in real life, and neither of us has a problem with the bikini clad Miqo'te.

The Great Straw Man appears again!

If you wish to learn more, I will point you to a previous post I made on the topic.

One thing I've never been sure of, is quite how someone wearing a more revealing outfit than another can in any way ruin fun, or the game world.

Different people have different thresholds for their suspension of disbelief.

What's difficult to understand about that?

I mean, if you have people engaging in mortal combat and one person is wearing full body armor and the other is wearing a bikini... how is it not natural for someone to question how the person wearing the bikini isn't getting scratched to hell and back? That's something you learned to accept and suspend your disbelief on. Not everyone is like that.

I feel like I need to post this comic here:

As a male player i always created female character who matches my female's fantasy.
Strong, sexy & feminine, but sexually desinterested.

Seriously it's sso weird to create character that looks like ourself XD
I already know what is a wonderful man ! i'm one ! So i play a super woman to change ! And i'm not gonna make her wear a yellow anorak because it's raining in the game. She's half nude and the best warrior ever !

It seems to me like you treat your character more like an idol.

Which is fine, really, just so long as you understand that not everyone regards their characters the same way. And that this type of thinking really should not be applied to NPCs.

Personally, I find the dichotomy between "sexy & feminine but sexually disinterested" to be a real head-scratcher, but then again, the whole thing about idols is that they're something you admire but never touch anyway, so I suppose I will just have to accept that the appeal will forever be lost to me.

I don't have boobs /cry

To be honest, I would be much happier without boobs. But I don't want to be a walking popoto, so....