“how can you look at this short man and think that he’s cis?”Congratulations on hitting a common insecurity many cis men have! The idea that if you’re not tall enough, you’re not *man* enough! Only people born female can be short and insecure!Or the opposite, looking at a tall, strong, badass woman (think Samus Aran) and immediately going “yeah no she has a dick there’s no other way <3" oh thanks for implying women can only be tall and strong if they have testosterone in their body.I get that a lot of trans headcanons are based on little more than “they’re just like me fr fr”, but sometimes the implications are a bit unfortunate. And sure, one person doesn’t make the difference… but when it starts to become popular fanon, I’m sorry but I start to side eye.I’ll be even more controversial: the way I see many fans headcanon only the prettiest/shortest men as trans brings me back to the era of seme/uke, where it was just assumed that the cheerful, more sensitive guy had to be the “woman” in bed.Anyway, sorry for the rant, and even more sorry that you were made to feel uncomfortable :(
Thank you for your support, anon.
You’re absolutely right that a lot of it does seem to circle back to the same type of regressive, restrictive role-based headcanons like categorizing partners as seme/uke, top/bottom etc and forcing them into a personality mold.
Again, I totally get it when trans people relate to characters like this (I can relate too as a trans man) but the way it gets handled and talked about by the larger fandom is not gender affirming at all. It’s humiliating and stereotypical.
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