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nezumasa · 26 days ago

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I think the concept of F!Osvald is fun since it also shifts the perspective if Osvald is still an academic (ie. Academia is notoriously sexist and the idea that Osvald is a chosen name to get through censors and biases), gets sent to what seems to be an all-male prison (Frigid Isle) as the first woman deemed horrific enough to be tossed there, and also the expectations that people have for women, especially mothers.

Like that rigged trial probably ended up nastier since a father killing his wife and daughter is obviously horrific, but a mother killing her husband and daughter??? There’s nuance there.

And also the male-female friendship between Osvald and Harvey and the implications of a male academic being “inferior” to a female one (and Harvey’s envy at that) and the acknowledgement (even if “false”) of a male academic to a female one. Just massive hater energy from Harvey no matter what sex Osvald gets born as.

Also I want massive scholarly muscle girls.

#octopath traveler #In a hypothetical situation where Osvald is born a woman #I still think Harvey would equally still be a hater #it’s funnier if he’s gender progressive but in a Bad Way (read: killing a woman’s entire family #and brainwashing said woman’s daughter for experiments)#also I like it paired with FTM!Temenos for obvious reasons #ie. shipping but also it’s a nice contrast #since their areas are so close together and I see Temenos #as the first traveler in my personal canon #but also there’s so much gender stuff at play #’a woman who chooses to be a man out of desire rather than necessity’#the discomfort at being with someone who has a woman’s body #when you previously thought you were a straight woman #like obviously that’s a loaded statement but I do think Osvald would be biased but willing to shift beliefs #and also the physical differences and stereotypes (ex. a woman muscular and large enough to be a man #and a man feminine enough to be a woman)#it’s a lot of gender stuff that would be interesting to me #also the *assumption* that would come at first of Temenos ‘pretendinng’ to be a man #since a single female traveler going by ‘herself’ is dangerou #upon first meeting #also Temenos still being into religion while being queer #the Sacred Flame is not one to one to real life religion #but the connection is still going to be there because of how stories work

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