#that doesn't mean that trans/queer headcannons can't exist

[walterthemelon]

So like I (walter) started rewatching Voltron (2017) with my friends (who haven't seen the show before)

and like we haven't gotten past the first season but I first watched Voltron pre egg-cracking and watching in now with my (queer) friends I realized just how relatable Pidge is to me? like even if we keep everything cannon Pidge still reads trans masc to me they just haven't realized it yet.

They didn't have to crossdress to go to the garison they did that willingly. There are also many other ways that they could have disguised themself (hair dye for example) without trying to appear as a guy.

And yes, they assert that they are a girl to the team! But this could be for a variety of reasons! I thought that my desire to transition was something perfectly normal for most cis girls. I thought that wanting a binder and wanting to take testosterone was a perfectly cis feeling (I was delusional). So one could argue that Pidge just hasn't bothered to explore their gender yet? I was a child who would in fact assert that I was a girl. The fact that Pidge does that doesn't mean that they can't be trans masc.

and this isn't to say that pidge is 100% trans masc! they aren't but i think that trans masc pidge is just as valid as a reading as trans fem reading.

Also if you are going to say that this is taking away rep from young girls kindly fuck off. I was pressured to not transition because I would be taking away a good role model for young girls wanting to get into STEM. Young trans boys also deserve to see themselves in media.

[bells-of-black-sunday]

Who was the first person you came out to? Did they accept it? + Tharos

Trans Headcannons | Accepting

Tarhos is interesting, because there wasn't even a label for what he is back in the 1300s, trans is something very modern even if trans people have existed all throughout history as I'm sure everyone is well aware. The best way I can describe it from what student papers I have read is gender was more of an obligation to church and society than it was to your government like it is over here in modern day U.S. if that makes any sense. They're very similar in that the man was the head of the house, but a lot of work was shared back then. I mean- washing clothes in itself was an all day labor intensive job that was done every week.

That being said: I feel like his captain and his most trusted 3 that he was raised around were probably the first people to know, but anyone would look stupid trying to call him a woman even when he was going through puberty. He's 6'10 and a wall of muscle there's nothing traditionally feminine about that.

I feel like it was a very known fact and those that did disapprove it was more of a "Oh that's the devil's work!" than it was a "You're a woman why are you here?" thing. And lets be honest, medical knowledge at that time wasn't great he probably could've just said it was a war scar and people would accept it. I feel like at the time if he were aware of that kind of label he wouldn't have really cared, because he is a man and he's treated by society as one. He doesn't feel like he needs a label when there's nothing wrong.

Of course in modern based verses it's extremely different. Tarhos probably had to keep it a close as a secret for a long time just due to his military status and the way he was in the foster care system we all know how neither systems are really that kind to queer people in general. He also doesn't have a family left and tends to keep to himself in and out of work. The most trusted three Durkos, Sander, and Alejandro were probably the first people he told when he realized there was a label for his feelings and all of them are very relaxed about everything. They don't judge.

He's not one to hide the fact that he is trans though and all of the people close to him know. In fact Robin did pay for his bottom surgery and has probably been the single most overwhelmingly positive force in his life. Mostly due to his own faults with toxic ideals he does have just due to the environments he's been in, there's just certain things he can't bring him to tell Haru, but being trans isn't one of them. It's something he's been very open about from the beginning and he's always been super supportive.

[just-patchy]

About your unpopular opinion of Vil and his sexuality, I would both agree and disagree. 

First things first, the boys of Twst are meant to have an ambiguous sexuality, meaning you can imagine them being either straight or gay. While I'm OK with people headcannon Vil as a Femboy or a Trans, it doesn't have to mean that it has to be assumed as canon cause that will ruin the idea of the NRC boys being sexually ambiguous. Not all fans are fujoshis like me and most people like the idea of sexual ambiguity of the characters cause it can lead to many possibilities. Same as with MC being gender less and faceless so you can insert yourself however you want whatever your gender are. Also I hate to say this but Disney is very sensitive with the topic of LGBT romance for some reason and I can't tell how many shows that features couples like this that got cancelled. 

As for Vil, I always see him as the revolutionary of gender stereotypes. He is the type of person who wouldn't fixate himself in just one gender, he can be confident in both his masculine and feminine form, he believes that there's no gender in anything. It certainly makes him an icon in the LGBT community, especially towards the queers and the trans. 

Also, looking back at the relationship between Vil and Rook, I don't particularly see anything romantic in between them, but if that's what you imply then I'm fine with it. To me their relationship is seem more like soulmates. Rook has always fashioned himself as the Hunter of Love, dramatic and eccentric in every way, it wasn't just Vil that's his center of attention, Rook always fawns over people who he deems as beautiful and I can't count how many people he fawns over (including MC), but out all the people he fawns over, other than his idol, Neige, Vil is always been his jewel. Having to be friends for 3 years, Rook saw the true beauty that Vil have and he sworn to protect it. Yet deep down Rook also cared for Vil as a person, his beauty is part of him as a person so he cares for him wholeheartedly. Rook has his own way for caring for someone so it makes alot of both romantic and platonic implications, depending on your point of view of them. 

As for Vil, after reading his backstory and the part in the robes story where he told how Jack was protecting him from others who prejudiced him for being a celebrity back as a child, hints about how hard his life was that we don't know. Growing up being a child of a celebrity and become a celebrity himself, plus being typecasted as a villain, it make sense why Vil holds Rook (and probably Jack) that dearly. If you think about it, we never heard about Vil's childhood outside of showbiz, and the fact he received hate from kids due to being typecasted, it's easy to say that OTHER THAN JACK AND ROOK, VIL HAS NO REAL FRIENDS. Vil knows how it's like to have people fawning him cause he's beautiful and popular so he knows that fake friends also exist. So having to meet Rook, the one who sees his real beauty as a person, as himself and who cares for him as his true friend, it's why his relationship with him is so significant and so deep, in spite of having to put up his eccentricity, Vil still holds on to Rook as his support cause he is the only person who can understand him as much as he understands himself. 

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Solid points anon! Yeah, I think the closest we’ll get to any sort of confirmation on sexuality and whatnot is RookVil since their lines can be interpreted as romantic, and maybe Ace since he’s mentioned about having a gf before. EN Twst already censored the line about Cater joking about dating Vil, people forget that Disney doesn’t like minorities that much.

Vil’s definitely a really good character in subverting the usual “onee” stereotype in anime, manga and games. You rarely get characters like him who’re taken seriously without being villains (even the overblot was due to him resorting to desperate measures and he’s one of the only ob victims who actually apologises and compensates for his ob).

I think Rook’s adoration for Vil was likely why a lot of people had a hard time stomaching his vote in the VDC in Chapter 5, because they expect him to support Vil in everything, but true friends should call you out when you’re not doing something right. If NRC had won, it would’ve only reaffirmed Vil’s mindset that led to his overblot in the first place. It’s also why Trey was criticised by Ace (I believe) for coddling and enabling Riddle despite that Riddle was obviously out of line. He knew Riddle was in the wrong but didn’t make a move to stop him, and I think that’s more insulting that being a fake friend honestly, because you’re essentially watching someone you care about set themselves up for failure. RookVil have one of the healthiest friendships/relationships in twst in my opinion.

Overall I agree with you anon! My disagreement with the transfemme/trans woman Vil hc is just a personal dislike for the underlying implication that Vil isn’t manly enough or that people only hc him as such because his behaviour is more traditionally feminine. It just doesn’t quite sit right with me cause it feels like they’re hcing him as transfemme based on how feminine he is rather than his relationship to gender identity and labelling as a whole.

If people hc it and acknowledge that canon and other hcs can exist without their permission, I honestly don’t care, do what you want. I just hate it when people say things like “this is canon and if you disagree you’re something-something-phobic”. I feel like it’s an incredibly toxic and harmful mindset to have to equate fiction to reality.