• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    The fact that Geralt has a penis is not enough to make me forget that he is not me. Throughout the series, you’re constantly learning stuff about a character that isn’t you, that you aren’t writing. I doubt they have examined their feelings.

    • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
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      8 days ago

      The thing that always got rid of immersion for me as I ride my noble steed across the countryside to defeat mythical monsters from a mythology not my own was (1) geralt sounds too much like Gerald (2) his magic is trash/boring and (3) his crossbow is weak af. Never had a lot of difficulties with whether he had a dick or not.

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      8 days ago

      They probably project themselves over the character and feel like they’re really the one getting the rewards.

      • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        7 days ago

        I knew someone who was utterly baffled that when I watched batman zip around in his batmobile, I never once thought “what if I was batman, tho…? 😲” as if I had some kind of film-watching disability.

        So yeah, I believe it.

    • Ridgetop18@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      Imagine trying to claim that you should be able to freely self-insert onto a character that had an entire game about losing their memory and rediscovering who they are lmao.