Male protagonists or female protagonists: which one do you prefer?

[Gray_Mann]

Male. I'm burnt out on that girl-power nonsense.

 

[Deleted member 166465]

There is a problem in this question: couse you dont say if you prefer a male or female MC as reader or if as a writer...
THere is quite a diference.
You see as a reader I dont care, as long as the story is good and the character is well writen.
As a writer I prefer males, why? Becouse I am a man... I dont know how to be a woman, there is stuff that just scape my grasp.

Male. I'm burnt out on that girl-power nonsense.

That is just bad writing. No one shit on Samus (metroid), Rippley (alien), B2 (nier automata), Rebecca (black lagoon) all the psycho girls from Claymore... etc etc etc.

 

[Gray_Mann]

B2 (nier automata),

Am I the only guy in the world who preferred A2? The long-haired version of course.

I've never liked the short-hair or pixie-look as some call it, on women.

 

[Bigfootmech]

Honestly, at this point, I'm sick of how many stories have a poorly written female protagonist.

Don't get me wrong, some are excellent eg: "My Disciple Died Yet Again" (YOUR SISTER is "Desire")

But others... I just have to pretend that it's a poor translation, and the gender got mixed up. Case in point: for "A Cat, a Thief, & a Wizard" - I just read the MC cat voice as a male 2-bit gangster from the Bronx, with a 47.5 IQ

 

[Lark_Devon]

So long as they’re fun and non broody, right?

 

[Deleted member 166465]

Am I the only guy in the world who preferred A2? The long-haired version of course.

I've never liked the short-hair or pixie-look as some call it, on women.

I just mentioned characters, I really dont care what they look like, I am not into erotic fantasy with some imaginary character... I am not into anything, I am too old for that crap.

 

[DaelyxLenAuphydas]

In a perfect world, genderless.
Imperfect world... Thinking on my favorites historically I think more were male on average? But only slightly, so I don't think its that substantial.
The less I have to think about the main characters gender the better generally, unless theres some redeeming quality of the interactions.

 

[UPineapple]

I can't seem to stick with a story with a FMC have tried but even if the premis and world are good they just dont draw me in.

 

[GwynLordofTinder]

Futanari, best of both worlds.

 

[Okram]

Male protagonists or female protagonists: which one do you prefer?

Both are fine but leaning more for girlies.

 

[RainyLiquid]

Usually female because girls are pretty.

 

[Snake99]

I don't care much as long as the protagonist is entertaining, the story is fun and has sex appeal.

 

[venomoussilence]

I write mostly male main characters.
Reading it actually depends on the story. I read both.

 

[Okram]

Usually female because girls are pretty.

you get it

 

[Daitengu]

I prefer the ladies, but looking at my reading list it's more guys. I'm aromantic, so I steer clear of romance heavy and harem stuff. Which doesn't leave much on the table to pick from.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

I write fmc, but I read a bit of both. Sex matters, but it's not as important as the actual characterization of the MC. There are horribly annoying or poorly written FMC and MMC.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

I don’t mind either as long as they are not a dragon, monkey, vampire, or cat.

 

[KidBuu699]

Male. I'm an immersive reader. I always like to imagine myself in the character's shoes and ask, "what would I do here?"

 

[Wenlock]

Male mainly because I can't relate to the female ones in most of them. The stories then revolve around romance or drama. But I do like reading those Jane Austen kind of books. The female pov feels unique there. I hope there would be better stories with female protagonist. There are good shows though.

 

[Max02]

I generally prefer male, except when the female character is well developed, as in the case of Marnie, by Winston Graham.