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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I prefer to be a plain jane human because I like my character to be the mundane yardstick to which all fantastical things around me can be judged. This is exactly how most main characters in movies and books are structured, so I imagine a lot of other people do this too.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Tbf that is more in popular fiction than fiction in general, where sometimes there is more artistic interest in the character not being a self-insert.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I always play the weirdest thing I can legally. Treant? yeah. Undead? Hell yeah. Weird tiny bird? Sign me up! Human? No thank you. I'm playing a human IRL, why would I want to do that again?