BlackHeart Biohazards

Okay. I did it. I figured out the pattern between what trans headcanons bother me and what trans headcanons don’t.

For the most part, I like trans headcanons that disgaree with the character’s canonical gender, and avoid trans headcanons that agree with the character’s canonical gender.

For example, if a character is presented in canon as a male, I’m more likely to enjoy headcanons where they’re actually trans femme.

And a character who is presented in the canon as a male, I am more likely to be uncomfortable or avoid headcanons where they’re portrayed as trans masc.

I think a lot of this probably has to do with my own dysphoria, and desire to have been born cis. To me, I think it probably feels like making a male character secretly a trans man is taking something away from that character.

But beyond that, I also think it’s uncomfortable that a lot of trans headcanons– especially ones where a character is trans to the gender they’re presented as in canon– is a lot of the reasons people decide that these characters are trans is based on stereotypes of trans people of that gender, and things that trans people of that gender are often insecure about.

For instance I find it uncomfortable to headcanon that a male character who is short, small, weak, pretty etc is secretly a trans man, because those are stereotypes about trans men and things we’re often insecure about.

However, headcanoning the same male character as a trans woman doesn’t have the same issues, and thus doesn’t cause the discomfort.