Free Write 22

I've never been much of one for fashion, which I think I've mentioned before, and while I would argue that I'm still not, I have begun to learn the value of nice clothing. I'm not overly concerned with my appearance, though I have started putting some level of effort into it, but rather I'm concerned with comfort. I never had a problem being comfortable with the clothes that I have worn in the past, but one I found ones that were more comfortable, it was hard to go back. It works out - I need to get new clothes anyway - it's just been kind of a different experience for me.

And it's funny how little I worry about my clothing in the real world, because in video games it's very important to me. I will intentionally elect to wear armor with less value if it looks better than other, better stated armor. I will spend ages collecting materials to get good looking clothing, spend all of my money to make it a good color, and force myself to get better at the game to accommodate for wearing worse off armor. It's funny, too - there are terms for that, depending on the game. Fashion Hunters in Monster Hunter, Fashion Souls in Dark Souls... And I will unquestionably join those ranks.

To be honest, I don't know why that train of thought doesn't cross over into the real world. I guess maybe because I'm not doing crazy cool stunts and running across fields and mountains? After all, part of what makes fashion hunting so much fun is seeing your character in extravagant, beautiful clothing flipping through the air to stab a sword in their opponents throat. Or something equally as crazy and badass.

And then there's probably also the fact that I usually play girls in games. Always have. Never really thought about why - just prefer it that way. There's the age old line of "If I have to look at a character's ass for forty hours, I want it to be a girl's," which I suppose is true, but I think there's something else to it. And I've never really desired to be a girl in real life, so I don't think it's some kind of buried secret desire or something. I've thought about it, sure, though I think most guys have, and usually in the context of wanting to play with themselves or get free drinks or something equally silly.

Though, to be fair, I am considering buying myself a skirt. So I suppose I'm not exactly one to be talking.