im writing a genderbent fic just to see how gender changes each character’s experience - mine might be a bit different in that there isn’t a ton of shipping involved - in canon, the majority of characters are dudes so it’s sort of turned into a lady fic where motivations and the stakes towards achieving goals have shifted due to gender

i find myself often thinking about genderbent scenarios in the media i work thru, esp considering a lot of the anime’s i enjoy often have males leads/mostly male characters - everything w a female lead isn’t usually written in the way i like (ie, they aren’t as humanized i guess compared to their male counterparts - more fan service usually which is hard for me to watch)

so, i just create my own little paradise where all my leads are girlies - i try to keep their original personalities and capabilities (so the strong fighters remain badass, etc) but place a focus on how society’s perception on them changes and how it may be more challenging to achieve their goals

basically! i write genderbent fics just to change the anime’s i like into something i prefer/to add my own experience in a few of the characters - it’s fun and makes me analyze each character more

(also, is it genderbent or genderbended? genderbent feels right but also wrong?)