[ SECRET POST #6344 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6344 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

People got real squirrely about writing genderfuckery fic. I get it, but I liked a lot of those fic.

[(Anonymous)]

Some people wander around just looking for an excuse to lose their shit, and prove how right minded they are. I wish they'd stop. Our resident anon will be around to preach at us in a while over it, I have no doubt.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt - oh I'm sure! I actually debated even replying because of that nutty anon. But fuck 'em.

[feotakahari]

It’s now original fiction on itch.io. Often about catgirls for some reason. Usually “cozy,” which I cannot fucking stand.

[(Anonymous)]

My favorite kind of gender swap fic is the kind where the character is confused but intrigued and explores their new body and their perceived-gender in the outside world, and comes away understanding a little better what it's like to *be* that gender. It sounds like what you're talking about could be described as a "trans all along" plot, possibly with a side dish of "and didn't realize it (fully) until The Change." I don't think I've ever encountered a fic with that premise.

[(Anonymous)]

See, I think there is a difference between "trans all along" and "learning to live in their new body and ends with being happy with it" fic. I like both, and have read both, but it is hard to find the latter these days.

[(Anonymous)]

I've seen "learning to live in their new body and becomes happy with it" in the kind I mentioned, but op specified *happier* after the gender swap, which sounds to me like "trans all along." Being happier with your body after a magic sex reassignment than you were before very much seems like a trans all along plot. Being *ok* with it, or learning to be ok with it, aren't the same as "wow this is much better than my previous physical configuration and I never want to go back" imo. Like I said I've never encountered the latter, I'm kinda curious which fandoms have this going on. I've seen gender swap fics in a lot of fandoms, but never that particular iteration

[(Anonymous)]

I think you're overthinking it.

[(Anonymous)]

DA - but isnt that what fandom is all about? XD

[(Anonymous)]

I've read that scenario and they're happier not just because of the body, but because through the process of learning to adapt to their new body, or the events that transpored, they've formed new relationships (or strengthened the ones they had) and learned new things about themselves, like being more in touch with their body and emotions etc etc. So I still wouldn't consider that trans all along.

I know I've read the trope multiple times but the only specific fandom I can recall is Stargate Atlantis.

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, I'll have to look for some of that fic from that fandom.

I've always thought that if my sex was changed by magic or a weird alien device I'd be fine with it. It would be interesting to live half your life one gender and then get to experience the other side.

AND I GET TO SKIP MENOPAUSE. NICE.

[(Anonymous)]

I could get behind these kinds of plots. I have no objection to them deciding they’re happier as their new gender, but I also have no problem with the character exploring further, playing around with various forms of gender expression, until they find something that feels right to them.

My fear when it comes to genderswap fics is that the male-to-female swaps would result in the newly changed character embodying all the worst femmey stereotypes. They can decide that they actually enjoy traditionally feminine activities like wearing dresses, but please, please, don’t turn them into a complete caricature of femininity.

It’s one of the reasons I take a dim view of MPreg fics. Unless the person involved is a trans man, it feels like a reiteration of all the worst stereotypes about relationships where you can’t have one without someone playing the part of “the woman.” Nope, two men can’t just love, support each other, and make a life together without one of them being the Strong Masculine Male™️ and the other playing the Weak, Womanly, Female™️.

[(Anonymous)]

If "happier post-SRS" is the bar, then a damn lot of trans people don't appear to actually be trans.

[(Anonymous)]

That image is perfect for the secret, thanks Secret Maker.

[(Anonymous)]

Mood

[(Anonymous)]

Turned into implies that it's a forced change. There's some fics where charcters learn to live with it, as another commenter said, but they always get turned back in the end.
Some fics treat it as means to get around character's internilised homophobia.
I cant recall any fics with characters being happy about their gender change, and I've been in a fandom for a long time.

[(Anonymous)]

Knew you'd show up to preach eventually. Preach somewhere else, please.

[(Anonymous)]

What in the world was preachy about AYRT's comment?