#Mmmm Butch Tesoro.....

[fantastic-mr-corvid]

thinking about what would happen if celia and co were changed, afab<-->amab. given their storys are so heavily influenced by [stupid] gender politics, its interesting to think about how different or similar they would be, and in some cases how they switched roles...

after i finished, its funny to me how they range from, actually happier as born the 'other' gender, dont care either way and just present the same way, and this character is a certain gender in whatever universe, cis or trans.

Tesoro- Butching it up. does celia/muros: im gonna live as a man but with a lot less angst, cause would be happy as a very masculine he/him butch, whereas Celia does like being feminine, just never gets the opportunity to. Mmmm butch Tesoro....

Elena- Ironically works out the same, with an even better incentive to leave and pass down leadership, as she would be a trans woman, taking the scholarship as a way to go somewhere more accepting- or even just start over as a trans woman instead of as the boy from down the road. Her art career would be less popular and prolific than when she is cis, but she manages to get by and in just how she feels abou herself as an artist, she struggle a lot less with feeling like shes selling out. [and while she will get the money for surgeries, her strong preference of loose clothes really helps her out]

Celia- kinda ends up switching places with Conficcare, becoming the bitchy little guy that's slightly to feminine to avoid being harassed as 'gay'. if given the opportunity would probably be openly genderqueer like Rametto but 'its not paranoia if they are out to get you'. unfortunately never gonna be free of toxic masculinity. rip.

Conficcare: he would transition. or wouldn't and be really unhappy about it for a long time. traded homophobia for sexism and is generally unhappy about it.

Cecio- wow hes cis now! him n Elena swapping! he would be having a lot more sex. other than that? hes pretty strongly a man and given he transitions so young, it doesn't affect him as much. he may even not become a fucking pig because the money Celia pays/owes for hormones and later surgery cant be held over his head.

Rametto- pretty happy as a girl! definitely still genderqueer but her femininity isn't [quite] such a dangerous statement.

Amelia- pretty happy as a guy! definitely enjoys being a ladies man without the homophobia, but would pay for it in feeling even more pressure to provide for family.

so thats:

better off: Cecio[now cis man], Rametto[now more closely aligned with presentation]

neutral: Tesoro[butch], Elena[look transmisogyny is a major downside], Amelia [man]

worse off: Celia[cis man], Conficcare [trans man]