[ SECRET POST #3076 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3076 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I feel this. I like reading fic that involves characters who are actually trans, but I get kind of annoyed when those fics are like 90% angst. I'm not saying that I've never struggled due to being trans because I've definitely experienced turmoil but in general I'm a pretty content person and when I'm angsting, it's usually not because I'm trans. I've got other problems too, jeez.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT
It feels a lot that when a character is written as trans all their problems have to revolve around that. I guess because otherwise the people would forget?

And I'm here like, nah, I've got the treatment I've wanted, and I'm cool right now. Let's angst about those social anxiety problems now.

There isn't much appeal.

And I guess happy trans-characters are out of the question in the first place? Admittedly I haven't done much looking, but usually fics labeled with trans-characters aren't going to be happy ones.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Yeah, I think it's kind of like how when gay characters first really started appearing in media, pretty much their ENTIRE storyline was about facing homophobia, generally struggling with their sexuality, sometimes contracting AIDS, and pretty much nothing else. We still see that of course (because it's not like people in real life don't struggle with those things), but they're also a lot more likely to have other issues and storylines that aren't related to their sexuality because it's become a bit more normalized. Hopefully the same thing will happen to trans characters both in fandom and outside of it

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It feels a lot that when a character is written as trans all their problems have to revolve around that. I guess because otherwise the people would forget?

This. It annoys me so much. And it's not just in trans-headcanon fic. When a fic is tagged with "Female Character" and "Women Being Awesome" 99 times out of a hundred you can be sure that everything in that story will revolve completely about their female-ness and their not-a-male-ness, instead of "here is a great character who is also female."

And I will never understand the compulsion for slash fans to make every single thing about two characters' lives revolve around their repressed homosexuality and their repressed/unrequited love for each other or their domestic problems. Apparently, gay people do not get stressed or burnt-out by their jobs, do not have difficulties with personal issues that have nothing to do with being gay, and do not have normal human reactions to traumatic events and morally-difficult situations -- any angst or character development or dark attitudes they may show are "actually" solely because they are in love with a guy. Bleh.

[(Anonymous)]

I kind of understand the "it's all about gayngst" thing because it gives the story a forbidden love, Romeo and Romeo sort of vibe. "The whole world is against us!" I mean, teenagers eat that shit up.

I can't say anything about trayngst, though.

[(Anonymous)]

"It feels a lot that when a character is written as trans all their problems have to revolve around that."

This makes me so angry. So so angry.

Not only is it offensive because it boils people down to a single trait, it's sloppy writing!