My story with the game is that I didn’t want to get made fun of for playing as a girl, so I roleplayed as black instead of playing a self insert.
I chose the boy character while thinking to myself “I wish I could choose the girl.”
Just do it.
i didnt hesitate, i picked the fukin girl
on an unrelated note, i cannot believe it took so long to realize this about myself
This, but with the boy, and the name I chose for the character… Oopsies.
Finally chose the girl character when I was away in college and figured it was less likely people would know. Of course next time I see my best friend, he wants to trade pokemon and teased me for using a girl character with a feminized version of my name. Was almost a decade later when I considered I might not be cis.
One of the things about the trans masc experience. Nobody fucking questioned me playing as boy… ever. They were also still surprised Pikachu face when I came out as trans despite me dressing like a male poke-protagonist since the moment I got to choose my own clothes and not wear hand-me-downs.
I wholeheartedly wish to take a bat to the patriarchy so that our AMABs can finally be free and girl option is not looked at as some kind of innately less cool failure state. I hope future gens of humans will never need hesitate about what poke-protagonist they wanna be the very best like no one ever was with …for any reason other than debating the preference of outfits.
I hesitated so long before picking girl😂 .
My issue was always the ‘bag’. Boys always got some lame backpack. Girls got a cool fanny pack or messenger bag. It’s a fantasy game, I don’t want to wear the same thing I carry my books to school in, I want cool gear!
i picked the girl one because i liked the look of the girl character more, and my brother made fun of me
that was when the first brick in the wall was laid
Pokémon X: Boys can’t wear the cool trenchcoat, it’s a dress and dresses are for girls
Ach, I wasn’t really using that masculinity anyway.
“Do I play what I actually want, or what my family won’t make a scene about if they notice?”
