>>58020270 (OP)I really don't get the whole "your character's gender should match your own" argument, but I also don't get the whole self-inserting thing either, so that might have something to do with it.
I also think it's a dumb choice to lock the rival character to the opposite gender; I'd much rather have multiple rivals as opposed to just one (though I suppose that could still happen, with other NPCs being rivals that are more on the minor side and just haven't been shown off yet).