[quote=@BangoSkank]
Try doing an unusual race Saiyan.

There are folks who hyper sexualize any female being but it might be easier for you if you write as like an Argonian, or Khajit, or Dwarf, or Halfling woman.  I did a similar thing to stop writing block head bad asses by writing a lot of doctors and reporters and detectives and just general non-warriors.

Turns out they're a lot of fun to write.

The female character I want to write is a combination of both those things - non-combatant and a non-human non-sexpot woman.  Nice to explore new territory.

Or take it to an extreme and do a basic parody/exploitation/deconstruction of the sexpot bad ass fantasy girl.  That could be fun too.
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I respect that.  Attempting to explore new territory is always a good idea, even if it falls utterly flat.  I've tried a few times, most of my characters are one-offs, I only have about 6 or 7 who've appeared in more than one universe.  I've never played a non-sexpot female lol I'm not the best at this writing schtick, and my creativity is just as bad.

I like your style though. And it's very true that non-fighters are a lot of fun (more fun oftentimes.)

I could [i]not[/i] write as an argonian or khajit lol it'd be too weird for me.  I can't even create them on Skyrim, my muse just refuses to flow whenever I've tried.  Truth be told, I'm just not smart enough or skilled enough to get past having a tail lol.

I'll leave the super creative and mature stuff to the rest of you, and stick with my little box of unimaginative BS.  I have a lot of fun with it, it's all good :)

But finding pictures, holy crap - artists! I implore you!  Make more blockheads please!

I forgot to mention also, [@PatientBean]I understand OP's story about his friend looking at him weird.  I think someone's mentioned this already, but normies who aren't super into creative writing, often just don't understand the appeal of creating a character - in videogames or stories - who is of a different race, species, gender, sexual orientation.  They just don't get it.  I once had a cousin laugh at me for creating a sexpot female on Fallout 4.  I felt a little ashamed tbh, but my cousin is not a creative writing kinda guy.  He makes characters close to himself in appearance and demeanour (he doesn't even try out a different hair colour to himself lmao.)  So yeah, I understand OP a lot.  All I'd say to people who've ever encountered a similar situation to OP is; just remember that your average-joe is not enlightened to the beauty of storytelling from a creator standpoint.  They are the audience, and they often don't know the author personally, so they don't think about it.  You're not weird.  You're just on the other side of the curtain.  Be proud of yourself.  This is absolutely the best side of the curtain to be on!