[ SECRET POST #6353 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6353 ⌋

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


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Inspired by a conversation on Secret #6

[(Anonymous)]

This won't be happening for quite a while, but I'd like to gauge current perspective for when it does.

I've got a long anime-flavoured AU I've planned out, which includes two NSFW side-stories to be published separately from the main one, both of which are from the POV of a trans guy character. One of them, however, I intend to write and publish before the relevation that he's trans happens in the main AU (there, prior to being outed, he's trying to pass/be stealth about it - as stealth as he can be when he can't currently financially afford to transition, anyway). Do I still tag that one as 'trans character'? On one hand, it'd technically be a spoiler for its accompanying story, and I'd probably make the penetrative sex act in it anal anyway; on the other, even if the vagina doesn't come into it explicitly I still don't want it to feel or look like I'm tricking my readers into cis M/M when it's not 100% cis.

Thoughts? TIA

Re: Inspired by a conversation on Secret #6

[(Anonymous)]

Are you tagging your main story with "trans character" as well? Then it wouldn't be a spoiler but also for me, fics are not like books. With a fic I want to KNOW these things regardless of if there is sex or not cause I read them to see my favorite characters in (specific) situations.
Is the trans part a big part of the fic's plot or not? Would it take away from it somehow if the reader knew from the beginning?

I'd personally definitely want to know and I would feel tricked if it wasn't tagged.

Re: Inspired by a conversation on Secret #6

[(Anonymous)]

Yes. You should tag it. For the people who don't want to read it, for the people who DO want to read it and for the trans people who don't want their dysphoria triggered by surprise trans in an untagged story just because the author decided to be precious about it.

Re: Inspired by a conversation on Secret #6

[(Anonymous)]

That is a tricky one. I would be tempted not to tag, and then go back and add the tags after the other reveal story had been published, but I know that would annoy many people.

If it legit does not come up in any way, I wouldn't tag it. I'd actually be pretty annoyed if I were searching for trans characters and I read a fic where there didn't seem to be any. But if it is mentioned at all or hinted at, tag it. Because then I'd be annoyed if I were someone wanting to avoid trans characters.

It is a tricky situation and I don't think you'll please anyone any way you go, so in the end go with your gut.