This came from an Arcane fanfiction Reddit. I posted all of it in the Arcane multimedia thread, but these were relevant to this one.
Answers:
1. Because he is pretty
2. He isn't 'traditionally masculine' so he must be feminine
3. You're using an 'outdated version of woman' and muh patriarchy
4. Characters that are 'softer' looking are uwu trans boi coded
"People associate femininity with female genitalia"
No, we associate SEX with that.
"It can be a trans allegory when you put your goggles on because he's trying to change himself and that's what we're trying to do...also we want to be seen as perfect and beautiful"
"It's not clear if he chooses his new form fully himself" - Spoiler, no he doesn't. It's all done against his will.
2. Long hair = sexless, apparently
3. 'Fandom spaces have become less transphobic', no, all the old guard was pushed out in favour of autistic pooners who latch on to these male characters and then infect everything else around them. MTFs have that with programming and nerd culture; pooners do that with fanfic culture. Same shit, different methods. These same people have reactions like these when you gently correct them on something:
1. That doesn't happen
2. That definition is simplistic and also doesn't happen. A partially formed scrotum is not labia and vice versa, and a boy with a small penis is still a boy
3. Casually admitting you have insecurities while projecting a genetic disorder you do not have on them
4. Asking someone to 'read it more carefully' when they barely understood what a DSD is to begin with
Yeah. THAT right there is the bulk of your fandom culture: retarded young women who cannot be bothered to do any research unless someone tells them on TikTok.
