03-06-2011, 09:11 AM
I've always been contemplating this about WoW and it made me think how hard it is to toy around with different gender identities. For an example, if you were to play a character like Mulan, I still think it'd be assumed by others that your character is a female because of the model. You could emote it and put it in your RSP, but I think a lot of appearances are often judged by the model.
So I was wondering, could it be possible to make a character the opposite model? Even if the human male and female look drastically different in WoW, I would think that there are some human males that could make themselves look like a female and vice versa, if only because humans in real life can do this too. I think the same can go for blood elves, gnomes, dwarves, and undead. Would it be allowable for one of these races to roll a male character but use the female model?
My biggest worry is that someone may get offended by the notion, but I see this as the best way to play a character who wants to express their gender. I also think it would be a rather unique experience, and one that hasn't been touched upon much, perhaps because of the fact that it seemed impossible to make a character that has an androgynous model. What are your thoughts and ideas on it?
So I was wondering, could it be possible to make a character the opposite model? Even if the human male and female look drastically different in WoW, I would think that there are some human males that could make themselves look like a female and vice versa, if only because humans in real life can do this too. I think the same can go for blood elves, gnomes, dwarves, and undead. Would it be allowable for one of these races to roll a male character but use the female model?
My biggest worry is that someone may get offended by the notion, but I see this as the best way to play a character who wants to express their gender. I also think it would be a rather unique experience, and one that hasn't been touched upon much, perhaps because of the fact that it seemed impossible to make a character that has an androgynous model. What are your thoughts and ideas on it?