That's crazy ppl are constantly saying becuz I have a female character I'm gay...WTF...last time I checked I had free will to choose what I wanted regardless of my sexual orientation...and besides it's not like this game has ANY type of relationship or sex in it so y does it matter unless u play video games t hook up, and if so there's TONS of online sites for that....my metroid I.inspired female Warlock can still kick THEE ass of any foe that approaches, can handle any weapon, and can squeeze into small places becuz of her stature...Grow Up! .#HappyGaming ppl Update: @ScribeTheMad has explained it Very well indeed. So if anyone else is also looking for an answer to this ridiculous mindset check out his comment. Thanks again.. #HappyGaming folks! [spoiler] See, it largely comes down, I think, to a difference of perspective. You create a character that is separate from yourself and then control that character, sort of like a third person novel writer. And as such you see nothing strange about controlling a character that is different (race, gender, species) They on the other hand create, in essence, themselves (or the themselves they'd like to be) in the game. This is me, *I* am running around killing things. More like a first person novel writer. (A friend of mine would call this the male power fantasy character, representing the ultra manly person they wish they were.) I've had people comment that anyone who plays any race/gender/species but exactly what they are is a freak/furry/etc. And then they see you create a female character, and looking through the lens of their own mind, see that as you creating a female character *as an avatar of you* in the game, and think, why would a guy want to roleplay as a woman? They are a guy, why would they want *themselves* in the game to be women? From this perspective it makes sense to reach the conclusion that such people wish they "were" women, or want to be attractive to men, etc, etc. The problem is that people assume everyone thinks the way they do, so therefore their logical conclusion is the only possible explanation. Plus some people are just jerks anyway. It's the difference between saying "Look at my character, he/she is awesome", and "Look at me, I'm awesome" I've talked to a lot of people about this and they usually fall into one camp or the other, usually without consciously thinking about it, and neither camp is actually "wrong", it's just that the difference causes a lot of grief [/spoiler]