I am very much female and identified as one. However because I read a lot of shonen, yaoi, shonen ai manhwa/manga, my taste geared towards playing as male ocs. Not only that, barring otome games, I would 100% choose male mcs just so I can admire and accumulate data for my future ocs.

Some ocs I would reuse old fcs, but most would have new fcs from whichever series I fancy.

this is just my personal pet peeve, but i dislike the breast propotion on females. Some are too big for my taste. Some, not all...

for someone who doesn’t like the color pink, I play a lot of female characters with pink hair.

I totally understand a lot of animanga face claims are young by default, but when someone uses a super young looking faceclaim (im talking like 12-15) for a character that is 18+, i feel SUUUUPER uncomfortable. Especially because, in most cases, they're always women. 

does anyone else have a tendency to draw/doodle (or picrew!) ocs first when you really get their Vibe down, and Then find a faceclaim to match what your brain comes up with? every day i suffer bc i came up with a perfectly good little guy in my mind but then i have to find a doppleganger who looks just like the brain image i already have of them...

I keep using book face claims, of all things. My characters are predominantly female and I find that anime/manga FC's don't really work for me. They usually look far too young.
Also because I am clearly a glutton for punishment when it comes to consistent artwork. 

Female fcs in suits expand my lifespan by 30 years.

the succubus coming for me looking like they’re going to a business meeting

It’s funny how ppl can use mainstream gacha games as fcs and it’s widely accepted but when ppl use mainstream anime as fcs it’s cringe

idk your rp circles but I’ve personally never heard this.

maybe times have changed (or are slowly are) but mainstream anime fc rep gets bad reputation bc non-para rpers pick them as their first choice. Anime is easily how people learn about rping and they naturally gravitate to using the cool protag who is either very kind and brave or sasuke.

I belatedly realized my post may have came off as a gripe lol. I got used to posting random thoughts everywhere in this site but tgat was just a random thought. No one said i was cringe for using mainstream fc. Tho i am def cringe 100%%

Meanwhile I pick FCs like Red and write them into a nervous wreck. 8)

90% of the time I pick FCs I don't even know what they're like in the source material, I just like the vibes they're giving me fitting the vibes of the character I want to write tbh

yaa some ppl are v conscious of the source material of their fc, like fearing they may be too alike or yhe oc may end up offensive to the source. I watch a lot lf anime so i end up using fcs i know the source of. But my radar is also open to those i don’t know of as long as it fits the bill or i just like the aesthetics

I'm just...
 
I have no idea who Oscar Pines is nor what RWBY is supposed to be, but he's got brown skin, freckles, black hair, and a vibe that makes me want to write him as a dorky mechanic.


EDIT: Honestly, I think it's fine if the FC and character have some similarities. If you're looking for an older lady with those "I may be old and infirm but if you don't shut the fuck up I am going to whoop your ass into 1932" vibes, you'll probably wind up having to find an older lady who may canonically be just that in the source material.

But it's also fun to intentionally play around with expectations, kind of like casting an actor renown for his romantic roles into the main role for a horror murder film.