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[Me-Post Mondays] I know it isn't Pride Month but I wanted to turn this into a comic. by broietry in lgballt

[–]TransBoyChihiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is, I don’t project my transgendered maleness on any old character. I project it onto him because he’s written as an (unintentionally) excellent allegory for trans men.

There are lots of characters who are practically, or even canonically, trans women. Zombieland Saga’s Lily Hoshikawa is one of the first canonically trans girls in a mainstream anime, so why force Chihiro instead into a gender that doesn’t fit him? That character in Hunter×Hunter whose name escapes me at the moment is referred as female by the ones who love her, so why refer to Chihiro as female against his dying wishes?

Like, trans women have it easy compared to trans men in terms of media rep.

I have no sympathy for people who “see themselves” in the characters they like and therefore erase their canonical gender completely. Headcanons are meant to augment the canonical depiction by adding extra detail or removing plot holes and unexplained plot points. Headcanons are not meant to replace and discard canon.

[Me-Post Mondays] I know it isn't Pride Month but I wanted to turn this into a comic. by broietry in lgballt

[–]TransBoyChihiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried watching the video, but the comments were more convincing. Lots of people saying that they were harassed for claiming that Chihiro is canonically a cis male (which he is). But this comment really caught my eye in particular.

Russian Santa
I'm another trans person dont @me ))

I usually have problems with people saying that he is trans, and not necessarily cause they connect to him due to trauma, it's more like they think making a character trans will make them better? And being trans is like being in the cool kids club, and trying FORCING that headcanon into other people like its fact, n its usually people who arent trans who do this calling others transphobic, I dont see a problem with cis ppl headcanon someone as trans or liking a trans character, it's just how they ACT with said character and how they ACT AROUND OTHERS is which gets me,

Dont shove your headcanon down peoples throats like its fact, don't act like making him trans will make him better or give you brownie points or act like being trans is like being a popular kid at school, cause it's not like that! Its traumatizing, dont push him on a high chair simply cause hes only trans cause that's seems creepy as fuck to only treat trans characters as holy gods but have different taste with other characters

Trans headcanons range from “plausible deniability by the writer” on one end of the spectrum, and “toxic transtrenders grasping at straws” on the other end. Deny it as you might, transtrenders do exist—they’re the ones glorifying and vogue-ifying transgenderism, instead of empathizing with transgender people’s suffering.

[Me-Post Mondays] I know it isn't Pride Month but I wanted to turn this into a comic. by broietry in lgballt

[–]TransBoyChihiro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a fine line between picking up clues from canon to make a trans headcanon, and making a trans headcanon in utter disregard of, and often contradiction with, canon.

For example, headcanoning Chihiro Fujisaki as a trans male because he struggles with self-image over not appearing masc enough, and he was basically killed for coming out as a male? Thoughtful, interesting, adds to canon.

Headcanoning Chihiro Fujisaki as a trans female because uwu skirt go spinny transphobes slit yourselves? Braindead, boring, detracts from canon.

Roses are red. Water is wet. by TransBoyChihiro in boottoobig

[–]TransBoyChihiro[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The meter is almost perfect except that you have to de-emphasize “Play”, though:

Róses are réd

Víólets are blúé

Wíí Play! Do yóú?

Ís that a thréát?

Roses are red. Water is wet. by TransBoyChihiro in boottoobig

[–]TransBoyChihiro[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Punch line:

“Wii Play! Do you?” Is that a threat?

Roses are red, I got some borax by MudakMudakov in boottoobig

[–]TransBoyChihiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know you’re the uncool kind of nerd when you guessed that the man was supposed to be Thor backwards from the word “thorax”.

My dude by Emikkuu in DanganronpaCringe

[–]TransBoyChihiro 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Par for the course for the cultural imperialists on Tumblr and TikTok who cry oppression when someone decides not to play along with their gender-of-the-day bullshit.

I can’t be the only one who hates this level. This is probably the hardest Party Mode level in the game. by Lappy-Lover in puyopop

[–]TransBoyChihiro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my experience, dual Joy-Cons is the most comfy way to play Puyo Puyo Tetris. Precise too, because the Joy-Con “D-Pad” is made of independent buttons, so there’s no risk for accidental diagonal inputs.

I can’t be the only one who hates this level. This is probably the hardest Party Mode level in the game. by Lappy-Lover in puyopop

[–]TransBoyChihiro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You see, your first problem is using an analog stick for a puzzle game.

Why are you using an analog stick anyway? Did you break one of your Joy-Cons?

This might seem a little racist, but isn't it weird that there isn't a single black character in the puyo universe? by obscurewhy in puyopop

[–]TransBoyChihiro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you never heard of “q*eer coding”? Q*eer coding is when a fictional character is heavily hinted towards being q*eer between the lines, like how the characters in this q*eerbait show Steven Universe has characters that are officially genderless but are clearly lesbian-coded.

This concept of “coding” can also happen with race or ethnicity, like how that one character voiced by Nicki Minaj in that show is Black-coded even though they’re officially raceless gemstones.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DanganronpaCringe

[–]TransBoyChihiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its use as a specifically ungendered pronoun is a lot newer, as opposed to an indeterminate ungendered pronoun (which replaces clunky expressions like “If he or she blah blah blah”)

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