If I’m playing a game set in a place, time, and culture that makes sense for a black protagonist, then I’ll play as a black protagonist. Feudal Japan is not an appropriate setting for a black protagonist.

Female protagonists are trickier because I’m not interested in playing as an insufferable feminist self-insert. I’m also not interested in romancing men. So the only female avatars that work for me are traditionally feminine, family-oriented, and somewhat asexual/autistic. Even overt sex objects are not particularly appealing to me if they are at all sassy. I just find feminine sass to be intolerably obnoxious.

Sex object female protagonists do, however, function as a reliable marker for the absence of leftist values in any product.

If I’m playing a game set in a place, time, and culture that makes sense for a black protagonist, then I’ll play as a black protagonist. Feudal Japan is not an appropriate setting for a black protagonist.

Female protagonists are trickier because I’m not interested in playing as an insufferable feminist self-insert. I’m also not interested in romancing men. So the only female avatars that work for me are traditionally feminine, family-oriented, and somewhat asexual/autistic. Even overt sex objects are not particularly appealing to me if they are at all sassy. I just find feminine sass to be a insufferable.

Sex object female protagonists do function as a reliable marker for the absence of leftist values in any product.

If I’m playing a game set in a place, time, and culture that makes sense for a black protagonist, then I’ll play as a black protagonist. Female protagonists are trickier because I’m not interested in playing as an insufferable feminist self-insert. I’m also not interested in romancing men. So the only female avatars that work for me are feminine, traditional family-oriented, and/or somewhat autistic.