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fandomsecrets2023-07-16 02:59 pm
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(Anonymous) 2023-07-17 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)And that's the thing, PIV is what I care about least. This secret isn't about the sex acts, it's about the characters. To me, making a character trans shouldn't really change who they are. But in these fics, when a cis male character is made into a trans male, they're also feminized to a point where they don't read as male anymore. It's the way they're described and how their personalities get softened to be more feminine. The only fics I've seen trans men presented as masculine are non-smut ones. Smutty ones like to lean a lot into the femininity.
And then there's also the fact that the only body transmen are allowed is a fully 100% female one. No one has a flat chest with surgery scars, they must have boobs. And there can't be any body hair asides from pubic, definitely not any facial hair. And vaginas are absolute must, not even strapons are allowed, not to mention bottom surgery. Trans men must look as feminine as possible. And while not everyone wants to fully transition and many settings don't have it available, this is a thing in all of these fics. Smut fics I mean, again trans men non-smut get to look masculine.
And yeah, the PIV, the cherry on top, the only option trans men have for sex. Put this all together and you've got a masculine character vaginally fucking a feminine character. How am I not supposed to read it as het. It doesn't read as a cis male character made trans male, it reads as a cis male made cis female.
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(Anonymous) 2023-07-17 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)This is fascinating and I think you're making an excellent point very clearly.
I wasn't seeing it before, but I certainly am, now.