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YES.

ash from fantastic mr fox is for the trans guys that have brothers close in age to them that get different treatment than them

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I finished rereading the first three books here is my summary

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more artemis. ft Holly

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Trans Artemis Fowl is of course an S-tier headcanon already but I just thought: what if he transed his gender during the three years between Fowl Senior going missing and being rescued. Senior just gets rescued by his new son and absolutely no one mentions it at all.

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This may be weird to post about seemingly out of the blue, but I've seen discussion about this so many times over the years- I just wanted to say that not a single thing has to be changed in any of the Artemis Fowl books for it to be 'canon' that he's trans.

Artemis Fowl (with the books exactly as they are) lives a life full of danger, yes, but a life where all the people he cares about (Butler, his parents, his brothers, all of his friends) fully recognize that he's a boy. Even his enemies, cracks about his name aside.

There's an (unintentional, I think) expectation sometimes that a trans character is required to meet resistance in regards to their gender, but there really doesn't have to be! In fact, I think it's beneficial to have stories where a trans character meets no resistance to their identity, especially for younger readers.

While stories where dealing with transphobia are also necessary (people often need to explore their experiences and trauma in fiction, as writers and as readers!) I feel it's important that there are also stories a character being trans has absolutely no effect on their adventure and their relationships.

As a young trans man, before I even knew what being transgender meant, I related to Artemis in a way that would shape who I am today. Artemis was always trans to me, and he always will be. Nothing in his story has to be changed for that to be true.

TL;DR - Not every trans character's story needs trans-conflict. You don't have to change a story to interpret a character as trans unless you want to!

Well wishes to anyone who reads this- I'm so lucky to be able to share a space with people who also love these stories and characters.

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Holly, trying to convince Artemis in the early books of the af series that he wasn’t all that bad:

Artemis:

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To be fair Artemis was doing math to save Holly. I just find this funny.