[ SECRET POST #3658 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3658 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Put simply, I want to know what makes Fem!Cassian inherently more interesting than male Cassian.

For one thing, as someone else already said, Jyn and Fem!Cassian would have made really neat mirrors of each other - Jyn choosing to go it alone and rejecting the cause in favor of personal survival, while Cassian chooses very much the opposite. Yet they both appear to feel, in different ways, that their choices have caused them to lose themselves to some degree - Jyn because she stands for nothing, and Cassian because (s)he has done terrible things for the cause. But the events of Rogue One - and the influence Jyn and Cassian have on each other - causes them to eventually meet each other in the middle. It's a dynamic that works perfectly well with Cassian as Male, but the mirror quality of the two characters gets somewhat diluted by their being of different genders.

For another thing, I think the delicacy with which the narrative developes the possibilities of romance and attraction between Jyn and Cassian would be a really beautiful thing to see written for an F/F pairing.

Thirdly, for all the cop movies, and bro movies, and brother movies, and hero vs nemesis movies out there that feater dual male leads, there just aren't many movies out there with dual female leads that aren't pigeonholed as "chickflicks" and marketed specifically (near exclusively) to women. And because there's such a massive dearth in this area, it makes good movies that do fit the description all the more interesting and exciting.

I'm sure there are more reasons why someone might feel that Fem!Cassian would make for a more interesting story than male Cassian. There are just the first three that spring to mind. Personally, I like the movie as is and don't really want to say that I think one Cassian or the other would be inherently more interesting. But I also don't have any problem understanding why someone might feel that Fem!Cassian would make the story more interesting, and frankly, your refusal to consider why someone might feel that way makes you seem like something of a reactionary jerk.

[likeadeuce]

Thank you for this, it's basically what I was thinking but more articulated. Person is either a reactionary jerk or a troll.