#trans masculine character

[goatpaste]

Sunburst and his husband??? 👀

To all those who have been here since my mlp days, they know whats up lol

Two nerdy teachers my beloved <3

#if i had a nickle for everytime i had a ship with an extra large masculine character that i said was trans and carried their baby #id have two nickles which isnt a lot but weird it happened twice #mlp #mlp g4 #sunburst #rock hoof

[nanowired-lover]

i don't personnally want to hc Chilchuck as a transguy bc i feel like it's too easy. But he's still helping me, a very short young-looking smooth-faced transmasc, to do basic "gender related" groceries, cuz im just picturing his annoying ass buying period pads and face-shaving tools while looking like a lil dude, and being exasperated by the cashier confusion bc he knows more stuff about the period pads than the face-shaving tools (bc he has 3 daughters and can't grow a fucking beard to save his life), but that's okay bc he's still a dude anyway, and yeah just bc i know my pussy size but not which razor to buy doesn't mean i'm not a guy like Chilchuck

#dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #me looking at the most easily character to hc as transmasc : mh now #me looking at the most masculine built old(ish) strongman : yeah trans guy #nano.txt

[mintacle]

The one consistent thing about Batman/Bruce is that he will always represent the ideal of masculinity. In every era the one thing that remains the same is that he is a representation of a patriarchal understanding of supremacy.

He is always intelligent, rich and strong. Depending on era, he will work alone because true men don't need anyone, or he will work with a number of people with less authority than him. Being strong can be portrayed as highly skilled in martial arts, or as physical prowess in size and figure. He's either a paternalistic carer for the poor and downtrodden or a frightening presence to intimidate the criminals meeker than him - coincidentally, these petty criminals are also the poor and downtrodden, just a different type.

It's not about whether any edition of Batman is good, better or worse, it's about him in every instance being what the author thinks of as an ideal masculine representation.

#Bruce as a symbol of the patriarchy #Bruce Wayne #meta #this isn't Bruce hate though it is Bruce critical #rambling #I'm having thoughts today #anyway Bruce being this extreme masculine character is EXACTLY why he should be trans and in this essay I will-

[hidingoutbackstage]

Listen-

#sid rants #sid edits #sgt frog #keroro gunso #giroro #I BELIEVE SHE IS #epitome of masculinity characters being gay and/or trans my beloved

[bulbagarden]

Do yall do headcanons? If so, give me some Paldea Pokémon characters hc's please. Thank you! ❤️

they're all gay

#being a biiiit more serious here. rika and grusha are together in some way. #iono is trans bc *points at fifteen billion signs* #uhhhh sure penny is trans too and her eevee backpack is great #what else. oh yeah nemona is aggressively bisexual. like idk if it's the same for people who play as masculine characters in sv but. #everyone is gay and i mean this literally #bulbagarden #bulbalisia

[nerves-nebula]

*voice of exhaustion* you guys are like, so moronically white

#nnstuff #rambling #this is about the murderbot fandom. dont talk to me about it but y'all annoying as hell sometimes #but im black what did i expect #had one critical thought about murderbot casting #and then decided that its actually groundbreaking that its being played by a white man because... why exactly? #thats literally seen as the default. there's nothing challenging about a white man playing a characater who has no gender #white men have played all kinds of characters including women and minorities #specifically because being a white man is seen as the default experience. so of course a white man can play a genderless robot #its not groundbreaking. no one is gonna be shook by a white man playing a robot saying that it has no gender #you guys are sooooo easily swayed its embarrassing #you know what would've been really cool and played into the themes of un-personhood within capitalism? #a trans black person. or even just A Black Person #a black man would've been doubly good imo because black men are seen as hyper masculine and aggressive #so it having no gender would push against that #and a black women could make the audience think about what traits they see as gendered #and both would make u think about how race plays into being owned under capitalism #and why it would unexpected to see that kind of face on a badass security construct #that would've been something at least

[snowshinobi]

do soft male characters know how important they are. do they know how soothing it is to watch them tirelessly demonstrate how gentleness and caregiving are pivotal to their masculinity. chicken soup for my weather-beaten soul right there ...

#this applies to real life dudes as well. if you express kind and gentle feels with ease i admire the fuck out of you. wanna hang out #and obviously this applies to trans and cis dudes alike #snowswords #masculinity #gentle #characters are people and stories are real! not quite but almost #time to tag blorbos #rengoku kyojuro #rengoku #rengoku senjuro #senjuro #if i think about Sen too much i will cry ... he's so tough and so kind both at once

[northern-passage]

genuine question for my fellow trans people:

when you talk about or refer to your younger self, how do you do it? i’m transmasc and personally i kinda alternate between calling my younger self a girl or a kid.

this is for something i’m writing, and i’m really curious to hear some other opinions/perspectives.

#the character im writing is a trans woman so i would love to hear some perspectives/opinions from anyone willing to share #or other binary trans people #as someone who is nb i kinda go back and forth about how i like to be called #i dont mind if certain people called me a girl now #but wouldnt like it if just Anyone called me a girl. if that makes sense #and in general i do prefer more ‘masculine’ terms for myself #but i was wondering how others may feel about it especially irt your younger self vs now #also i am literally in bed to go to sleep so i won’t be responding right away mdksjjf #personal

[yardsards]

the fashion car scene in infinity train is refreshing because a boy wears a dress in a generally comical scene without it being a Man In A Dress Joke. the humour comes from

1: these are two awkward teens wearing fancy clothes over their everyday clothes, like two children playing dressup

2: the eldritch abomination deer wearing human clothes

3: the host making relentless puns

also the little detail of jesse (a boy who was shown in the previous episode to be harmed by toxic masculinity) having fun with it, in contrast to lake (who can be read as a masculine girl or as nonbinary/transmasc/etc.) being unenthusiastic

#eliot posts #intr #infinity train #lake infinity train #jesse cosay #this show is just. so Gender. #i could go on for hours about it #the way you can interpret lake's arc as a trans metaphor. the way toxic masculinity plays into jesse's arc #as a microcosm of his main struggles as a character #how many fans were able to extrapolate on that and tie it specifically to *white colonialist* gender roles

[klingercollection]

listen. simon petrikov is already trans ok? hes a trans guy and he used his magic to chop them thangs off and hes weird and small and he is waaay off his T schedule

#the daily reports need to be signed #adventure time #i feel like if a fictional character is even slightly feminine then yall girlify him. what about us trans guys who see ourselves??? #makes me feel like if i dont perform masculinity then people will try to girlify me too :( #this happened with hunter toh and link botw and i just. want my trans guys #theyre already trans! let them keep their masc!

[feline-evil]

Dick or no dick confirmation Pickles was always going to be trans to me anyways; if he's swingin' somethin that's phallo babes, if he's not then his t-dick fat. What's not to get.

#metalocalypse #jay talkin #I'm sorry they wrote that awful gross little man far too likeable and relatable to on a trans level #for me not to hoot and holler and cheer for the trans pickles agenda #changes nothing about his character arc or any of the show anyone is capable of being the kind of person he is #don't make the mistake of thinking thats exclusive to cis men #his transness wouldnt change that #only adds on an extra layer to him that i think works fantastically. #Listen that dude was rejected by his family driven to drink and drugs young to escape that ran away to be in a band #is called fucking Pickles of all things and refuses to tell anyone his real last name; #over the span of four seasons and two movies he slowly starts to learn to be for others what he never had #he becomes more caring more supportive #it's not a stretch to say he undoes some of the toxic masculinity he's been keeping himself shielded behind #and learns how to be a kinder man. #all of which have no contradictions with him being trans! #In fact it doesn't take much extra thought to find ways a lot of this can line up with some trans masculine experiences #i mean. Did no one else have a younger phase where they swung as far as they could into crass rude and uncaring ways #to try and assert their masculinity only to grow and realise that you can be a man and be more caring. #Did no one else have father issues. 1 800 come on now i know those are both shared experiences a lot of us have had LOL. #at the end of the day this show aired nearly 20 years ago and is finished. we're not getting more of it #so nothing is altered nor changed if pickles is canonically trans or not ok. its fine #i mean hell i dont even need canon confirmation hes trans to me and thats all i care abt #but i think if yr getting suuuuuper weird abt needing him not to be canonically trans you have some issues #and bio essentialist ideals of gender if you think only a cis man can act like he does #again. anyone can be like that. its not exclusive. him being trans would not change him in any way shape or form lol #AND ALSO GODDDUUUGH for once i love getting to see a guy pushing 50 whos depicted as trans #do you have any idea how dire and barren it is out here. we never get to see a trans guy older than 30 and whos not a pristine model #I WANT MORE OLD SHLUBBY SHITHEAD TRANS GUYS IN MEDIA

[cardentist]

Context: [Link 1, Link 2]

the conversation about how we talk about marginalized men aside, this really is just inherently flawed from a conceptual level.

if you take a character that embodies traditional femininity as dictated by gender norms and you make that character a man that is, quite literally, Inherently subversive of those gender norms.

if you took cinderella and you made her a man that would Easily open up the opportunity to explore and comment on gender, gender roles, And cinderella as a character.

the framework assumes masculinity as non-subversive when the reality is that the form of masculinity that is accepted is highly specific and easy (and Necessary) to challenge.

#discourse #sexism #transandrophobia #thinking my thoughts #shinji ikari was written to intentionally subvert other (largely male) protagonists in the genre #and while I won't say that shinji is a paragon of gender non-conformity #I Will say that there's a reason why people gravitate towards headcanoning him as trans #both in terms of trans masc and trans fem #he's not so much a textually feminine character #as he is an intentional choice to Not embody a very hypermasculine ideal for characters who act as protagonists in the genre #and you know what? #A Lot Of People Hate Him For It #a character that I wouldn't call textually gnc is (nevertheless) singled out as not performing masculinity to the standard that he should #and that failure to depict a male power fantasy is translated into a hatred for the character #I do definitely understand that the hatred that women get in fiction is obscene #but I Do think it's worth baring in mind that people couldn't even handle when shinji ikari was scared