[ SECRET POST #2933 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2933 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Lovely Complex]


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03.
[Giada De Laurentiis/John Mayer]


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04.
[Dragon Age 2]


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05.
[John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme]


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06.
[Robert Smith of The Cure]


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07.
[WWE]


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08.
(Agents of Shield)


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09.
[Rookie Blue]


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10.
[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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11.
[Dragon Age Inquisition]


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12.
[Sailor Moon]


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13.
[Stargate: Atlantis]


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14.
[Pern]












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Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #419.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think people are a little quick to make anime/vidya characters trans when they're more a critic of Japan's rigid gender roles (Persona's Naoto and Dangan Ronpa's Chihiro come to mind) or a fetish object (traps!=trans), but there's definitely good potrayals of trans characters out there too.

[(Anonymous)]

Seriously. Japan is really retrograde on a LOT of gender and sexuality issues, and if you want to enjoy anime you just have to go in with that in mind. Yes, it's improving and that is a very good thing, but let's not pretend things aren't what they are.

[(Anonymous)]

trap is a slur, please don't use it

[(Anonymous)]

It isn't.

[(Anonymous)]

that's the literal hentai category that's used

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I'm aware of its usage, but considering it's commonly used by cis men who crossdress to refer to themselves and there's no precise substitute, I think the use here is apt.

[(Anonymous)]

You don't need to bring cis men here. This is an anime context, if we are talking about anime, trap means 'male character who looks like a girl'. That's all. There's nothing wrong with it.

[lb_lee]

Y'know, I'm desperate enough for trans characters that I'm happy to read Naoto and Chihiro that way. It's that or more of the damn tragi-trans narrative where they end up sitting around transing all day.

(Seriously, I get it writers, you want to show trans people go through shit, but don't they ever have to scrub the floor or save the world or SOMETHING? I have more shit to do than gender all damn day!)

[(Anonymous)]

Other than Wandering Son, the trans* characters I remember from manga are kind of...comic hero sidekick types?

Like Aoi in You're Under Arrest, who was an eccentric bishie crossdresser cop or something (and not at all central to the book).

They're meant to be funny, mostly.

I get what you mean about "serious" works kind of moping along. I liked a lot of Wandering Son anyway.

[lb_lee]

Yeah, Wandering Son just moved a little slow for me. I can't handle the trans joke characters, and I can't stand the tragi-trans narrative.

Basically, these days, the only trans characters I like tend to be in speculative fiction (either prose or comics), mostly written by trans people. And even then, it's a close call.

Seriously, sometimes I just want to read about a trans person going about their life, and not being a huge joke or tragedy about man's inhumanity to man.