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calypsolemon · 6 days ago

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they'd also rather make the male characters transfem than make the female characters transfem and then talk a lot of crap about how the male characters being misogynistic was a necessary step on their journey to realizing their womanhood. which could mean nothing about people's perception of trans women.

Ppl would rather make a man character transfem than show even the slightest bit of attention to women characters

#which you know i do have my reservations about talking about ppl making transfem hc's of male characters being misogynistic on its own #bc i think it frames the characters in terms of ''real female characters'' vs ''fake made up female characters'' and it can get dicey #PARTICULARLY im saying this as the guy who witnessed ppl getting very angry at a trans woman hc-ing their fave male char transfem #bc it wasn't a very popular hc in the fandom and ppl got WEIRD abt it #(re: laios dunmeshi)#but i do also think there's an element where ppl can more easily see male characters as transfem then existing female ones BECAUSE #they don't see trans women as capable of experiencing misogyny #as much as they see them as capable of perpetuating misogyny #particularly i see this in the way ppl talk about transfem jay #like nothing wrong with the headcanon on its face but so many ppl seem to make his behavior towards nya like a core part of it #like cracking jokes about how being gross towards nya was actually about jay's repressed femininity or somethnig #and the attitude ppl take abt this is very silly and dismissive #as if it doesn't imply that misogynistic behavior is some core part of the transfem experience #meanwhile i hardly see ppl hc nya or pixal as transfem like #and ive seen people basically say as much that they can't see it that way exactly bc nya experiences misogyny #like it doesn't make ''sense'' or something #as if trans women can't experience being seen as incapable. or having their identity chosen for them. or having people feel entitled to the #idk #sorry im a transfem nya truther so liekkkkkkk i have thoughts about this #necessary disclaimer for anyone reading this whose not a follower that im tme

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