RPGs, be they tabletop, online or LARPs, are such a good way of exploring gender * - * They helped me understand myself in many different ways (gender-wise included), and I suspect a nonnegligible quantity of trans and/or nb people cracked their "egg" with the help of similar opportunities. And the other way around, too: fictions in which you can embody someone else (including drama, writing...) probably draw a lot of trans/nb people to actually explore facets of their own self.
All this being said, it's more of an empirical statement among people I know, but I'd be curious to have figures about the trans/nb & RPG intersection. Because this self-exploration is on some extent also true for LGBT+ people, and even people in general :) But, still. The exploration of your own gender through fictive worlds can be so particularly good and revealing.
I love DnD for this reason. Getting to explore different aspects of myself. I'm actually playing a non-binary character for the first time, which has been really cool. I also play lots of hobby board games that I think you would love. Totally recommend Legacy of Dragonholt! It's rpg-like and was designed by a non-binary person who includes all kinds of sexualities and genders in the story, which is really groundbreaking for the board game hobby
Just played DND for the first time this weekend and I loved it so much. my poor River…. Suffering from we rolled a bad spread dumb as bricks syndrome. No they don’t perceive it don’t even bother making me roll
I’ve been thinking a lot about this a lot lately though. When I was younger, I had a character in one of my stories named Achilles (not the Achilles just named after him). I had had boy characters before but for some reason this guy really stuck with me and became a huge part of my stories and I like started pouring all the parts of myself that I felt reflected the boyish parts of my life. And then I was like huh… am I the drama?
Oh man, I feel this! After having played as an amoral, casually violent rogue for a long time (I still love her a lot), I started playing as a well-intentioned bard recently, who I was also surprised to discover, as we played, will do anything to prevent a fight. It drives my party crazy, but it's really interesting to play!
Me, making *yet another* character with shapeshifting abilities: "Yes, I am totally cis."
Go Kodi go! Koo-dii goooo!! <3 <3 <3
RPGs, be they tabletop, online or LARPs, are such a good way of exploring gender * - * They helped me understand myself in many different ways (gender-wise included), and I suspect a nonnegligible quantity of trans and/or nb people cracked their "egg" with the help of similar opportunities. And the other way around, too: fictions in which you can embody someone else (including drama, writing...) probably draw a lot of trans/nb people to actually explore facets of their own self.
All this being said, it's more of an empirical statement among people I know, but I'd be curious to have figures about the trans/nb & RPG intersection. Because this self-exploration is on some extent also true for LGBT+ people, and even people in general :) But, still. The exploration of your own gender through fictive worlds can be so particularly good and revealing.
"Just want to play a dude this time. No reason."
guilty as charged 😅
I love DnD for this reason. Getting to explore different aspects of myself. I'm actually playing a non-binary character for the first time, which has been really cool. I also play lots of hobby board games that I think you would love. Totally recommend Legacy of Dragonholt! It's rpg-like and was designed by a non-binary person who includes all kinds of sexualities and genders in the story, which is really groundbreaking for the board game hobby
Why are all the characters I play ladies? No reason >.> could be any number of things <.<
me and my violence-despising gnome are the bane of my DM’s existence
Something similar happened with me. It's very cool that you were able to express it so well :)
Just played DND for the first time this weekend and I loved it so much. my poor River…. Suffering from we rolled a bad spread dumb as bricks syndrome. No they don’t perceive it don’t even bother making me roll
I’ve been thinking a lot about this a lot lately though. When I was younger, I had a character in one of my stories named Achilles (not the Achilles just named after him). I had had boy characters before but for some reason this guy really stuck with me and became a huge part of my stories and I like started pouring all the parts of myself that I felt reflected the boyish parts of my life. And then I was like huh… am I the drama?
Oh man, I feel this! After having played as an amoral, casually violent rogue for a long time (I still love her a lot), I started playing as a well-intentioned bard recently, who I was also surprised to discover, as we played, will do anything to prevent a fight. It drives my party crazy, but it's really interesting to play!