Sex-dynamics wise I play switches because I enjoy playing both sides (I play a lot of m/m, but I also play m/f on both sides and a little f/f too, and this applies across the board).
Personality-wise I tend to play the sexually/romantically aggressive characters. I'm drawn to characters who are sexual and characters who are easily attracted to people, or characters who harbor a one-sided attraction, in canon or in-game. I also love playing the comfort side of hurt/comfort, the partner who spoils the hell out of their lover, and the outgoing types who drag the taciturn, reserved characters out of their shells (whether for friendship or romance).
I gravitate this way just because it's what's fun for me. If I had to analyze myself about it, I'd say that charitably, IRL I also love offering people affection and making them feel happy, so I have fun doing it in RP too with CR I like. Uncharitably, I'd say I probably also enjoy the sense of power and being "special" that comes with playing, for example, one of the few characters a prickly dickhead character will smile at or open up to, or in smut, the only person who can make them lose control. I mostly don't get possessive or weird over it, but there's like 5% of me that always wants to be the one the grumpy character loves best and most.
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Personality-wise I tend to play the sexually/romantically aggressive characters. I'm drawn to characters who are sexual and characters who are easily attracted to people, or characters who harbor a one-sided attraction, in canon or in-game. I also love playing the comfort side of hurt/comfort, the partner who spoils the hell out of their lover, and the outgoing types who drag the taciturn, reserved characters out of their shells (whether for friendship or romance).
I gravitate this way just because it's what's fun for me. If I had to analyze myself about it, I'd say that charitably, IRL I also love offering people affection and making them feel happy, so I have fun doing it in RP too with CR I like. Uncharitably, I'd say I probably also enjoy the sense of power and being "special" that comes with playing, for example, one of the few characters a prickly dickhead character will smile at or open up to, or in smut, the only person who can make them lose control. I mostly don't get possessive or weird over it, but there's like 5% of me that always wants to be the one the grumpy character loves best and most.