JMich: Let me ask you this, would reversing the genders make any significant change to the plot/storyline? Would it be that different if Cassima went looking for Alexander instead?
And the most interesting question, why do we assume it's natural for the male to go looking for the female? Take a look at Costume Quest, one sibling is on a quest to help the other sibling, no matter if you play as the brother or the sister. Game/story is still the same.
Regarding (1) - in this case, it wouldn't. Vasilisa the Wise frequently kicks ass and takes names rescuing various hapless dudes. A funnier reversal is to change everyone's gender, not just that of the protagonist and the love interest. There’s a web script that performs it for texts. Many highly regarded dudebro fantasy novels are indistinguishable from mommy porn.
When Project Eternity was just announced and they were hyping up and asking for input, someone requested the ability to choose the protagonist's gender. And someone else replied that it'd be too much work and require a complete rewrite of the plot and wouldn't be as good and deserving of the brand Torment anyway, what with lacking the interplay between the protagonist and "the Female Other".
"The Female Other".
For realz.
Can anyone link, er, girl Link?