#...however. “Moss is trans” is a funny phrase out of context to be fair

[transmandrake]

Conflicted sometimes because a lot of the characters I, I guess 'headcanon' as being trans guys, yknow, are pretty 'stereotypical': short, feminine or failing at masculinity, high pitched, yada yada

Yet I absolutely hate seeing other people headcanon characters like that as trans guys

And it feels hypocritical, but chewing on it more, its like... I'm viewing their traits as being like me, or other trans people I know. 'Theyre just like me fr'-esque feeling

But. If a non trans person is like "This character is short, squeaky, effeminate... he must be a trans guy!" then it hurts yknow?

Vice versa for trans women, if anything the issue is more apparent (So I feel I see it less, its more eyebrow-raising. But the eyebrow does raise)

"This character is tall, masculine, has a deep voice... she must be a trans woman!" Like, you see how that implies you think trans women are a sequence of masculine traits wrapped in girl flavouring, rather than. Just. A person. Who can look like anything. Yknow.

So I do not feel as ashamed for seeing myself in characters like this, because... I see myself. I do not pick out 'female' traits and tendencies, I do not see failing to meet a gender's expectations as a lack of that gender. I just see me.