#like how kinning was originally people who thought they were cis creating neopronouns

[toxiccaves]

with the recent discourse on genderbends, i think people should seperate the terms.

genderbend: that thing cis ppl do when theyre forcing gender stereotypes on characters to make them sexually appealing to them

trans or gender hc: playing with different identities or presentation on a character while avoiding stereotypes

though i think its interesting how terms online can either be forgotten or lose their meaning when something else is introduced (in this case, the introduction of trans hcs), while some people only know it as what it was, and others only know it as what its become. and i think thats where conflict arises.

#not that the latter cant be sexually appealing but yknow. you know the scumminess or misogyny with the former when you see it #but yeah idk its interesting how things change while not changing the word #like how kinning was originally people who thought they were cis creating neopronouns #or on a lesser note all the emos on youtube calling melancholic dnb breakcore when breakcore is loud annoying hardcore techno clown music #theres nuance but u can think of it like a scale. with 0 being finn vs fiona (EXAMPLE) #and just seeing megatron and going “what a woman” as 100 #or another good one being when u change a characters presentation or sex but not their gender