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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-06-25 06:55 pm

[ SECRET POST #2731 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2731 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2014-06-25 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
- Does the character identify as male (or female) in canon? (Are they referred to by male or female pronouns?)
- Does the reader/watcher clearly see that they have a male body (or a female body), or is it otherwise made clear that they have traits of the male (or female) anatomy? (As in a sex scene.)

Then the character is cis.

(Anonymous) 2014-06-26 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Though to be fair, if you watch a show where a character's already an adult how do you know they didn't already go through a transition. Unless there are flashbacks. Plenty of media doesn't go into a character's genitalia.

(Anonymous) 2014-06-26 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Even with medical transition, you won't get a fully formed, fully functional cis body. The bone structure will be visibly different, and GRS in the 21st century can cosmetically reconstruct genitals, but not give them the functionality of a cis person's genitals. Besides, in many cases, it's deeply implausible for a person to have had the resources to transition at a pre-adult age. (Especially in live-action TV canons, where most actors are cis, it should be evident that the characters' bodies are those of cis people; I feel like it's both unrealistic in terms of expectations and disrespectful to the actor to point to them and say "Oh, that's obviously a trans body.")

Of course, in futuristic science fiction canons, anything goes.

(Anonymous) 2014-06-26 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Transitioning is a very expensive and lengthy process, which makes it prohibitive for a lot of people even in real life. And unless the canon is a modern-day or futuristic one, the process probably doesn't even exist in the canon world.