#im tme so forgive me if any of this is weird or wrong

[lesboygamzee]

hi! regarding your post about transfem/transmasc headcanons, i think i'm having a tumblr reading comprehension moment but i'm not sure what you're trying to say, it seems you might be expressing frustration about people not considering or respecting transfem headcanons? i would love to hear more abt this take (sorry if this comes off as annoying but unfortunately i do have to know everything all of the time)

hi im a little sleepy so i cant make a full like . essay but yeah its just how transfem headcanons arent taken seriously . its a small n fandom specific subset of like . in community transmisogyny . people do not like the ideas of rheir favs being trans women ( esp their male favs ) but will slap transmasc onto any character bc its treated like a fun quirk . its a reflection of more serious transmisogyny where in trans circles you see a lot of people treating ( notably mostly white ) transmasculinity as a natural progression wheras transfemininity needs to be earned or explained or apologised for . so yeah while im talking about fandom headcanons here it is undeniably a part in a greater and more serious issue

transmasc headcanons , like transmasculinity , are treated as a fun flourish regardless of how much they make sense . i even do rhis w like . gamzee n shit . for transfem headcanons youre expected to have a full essay prepared and even then it will be ignored in favour of ' coexisting ' with a nonsensical transmasc headcanon . ill be using dave and roxy as an example bc theyre both some of the most mind numbingly argued over examples despite there being a significantly more textually coherent ' side ' to it

dave strider is a character whos arc revolves around coming to terms with the abuse they faced at bro striders hands . bro strider is considered both a figure of toxic masculinity and daves idea of a hero . these concepts are undeniably intertwined . there is multiple pieces of evidence that dave is ' supposed ' to become a man i mean hero throughout their land , their land rhat they despise because it reminds them of everything horrible that they associate with bro , and they choose to deny it . they do not call themselves a hero and deny the fact that they will be one . they break the sword in hslf instead of pulling it out of the stone .

dave strider , textually , is transfem .

dave strider being transmasc is also one of the most popular headcanons in the fandom , because tboys like to project onto her and apparently feel dysphoric at the mere idea of relating to a woman ( which is your problem . somehow )

roxy lalodne is canonically a trans woman . im not even elaborating read the fucking comic

because of a deeply transmisogynistic move in the epilogues , many people are either vehemently anti - transfem roxy or belives theyre equally canon , that tarnsmasc roxy is MORE canon , or that they should coexist bc god forbid a canon trans woman is actually treated as such

tldr transmasc projection is more important than textual or straight up canon transfems

its all very tiring . i also do not have the energy to finish this post