One of my favorite examples of a trans character in media is Victor from The Umbrella Academy. After Elliot Paige came out, they decided to make his character trans in the third season so as to elevate potential dysphoria. His coming out scene is super casual and he has literally no problems transitioning, which is awesome because we need more characters with plot lines that have nothing to do with transphobia. Even when his siblings get mad (and I mean REALLY mad) at him, they never once misgender or use his identity against him.
Being able to hear someone spend over 40 minutes talking about both transfeminine AND transmasculine characters was a surprise and a joy. Our community really has such a long way and I hope that we’ll only be able to keep moving forward from here. There are so many moments you included here that I’ve never even SEEN before and that’s an absolute marvel to me. I clicked on the video because you included Kiku in the thumbnail and was extremely happy that you also covered Yamato. He is one of the highlights of One Piece for me and his inclusion in the series has brought me to tears several times. I can’t wait to see more, you’ve gained a new subscriber
@@WritinRealSlowThanks again for covering Yamato in your video!!! God, I love him so much. I‘ve actually been working on my own video essay about him for a while
She's also a bully, a racist, an anti-Autism ablest, and potentially a sex offender. I was baffled at just how immature and toxic it was when she admitted to intentionally getting small bits of info wrong so she could bait people correcting her into eating a ban.
@@alreadyblack3341 I am unable to tell if you’re being transphobic or not, please specify what this tone is so if you are transphobic you can continue dehumanising us (intentionally or not) and if you aren’t I can go on knowing that this isn’t another encounter with a transphobic person
I’m totally with you on the Dragon Prince. I love that show, but it always bugged me how the first canonical gay couple was killed off in a flashback, and how they kind of did it again with Runnan and Ethari by having Runnan sentenced to a fate worse than death and Ethari left sad and alone. So I was so glad to read about the time and care that the writers took not only into Amaya and Janai’s relationship, but also Terry’s design and characterization. Especially since his voice actor, Benjamin Callins is a trans man, and he also suggested having Terry be mid transition. And apparently there’s even a piece of concept art showing Claudia helping Terry tie up his binder. Please tell me they’re putting it in the next art book!
@@WritinRealSlow I haven’t actually seen it, but the actor talked about it in interviews and on his Twitter, and how that art piece literally made him cry! Hopefully they’ll release an artbook of the second saga and we’ll get to see it!
Ironically I never found The Dragon Prince’s early lgbt representation bad because it wasn’t just limited to them. The first three seasons has shockingly few adults couples where both are alive and together. Callum and Ezran’s mother is dead long before the series starts, Claudia and Soren’s parents are no longer together, Rayla’s parents received a similar fate to Yunnan, Avizamdum is dead leaving Zubeia alone, etc. I saw it less as bury your gays and more everyone is having a bad time. Either way, glad we got some good couples, gay and straight.
That’s one of the most perfect descriptions of being transmasculine with a relationship with anime I’ve ever seen, honestly. The bones we’re thrown are few and far between, waxing and waning with how respectful those portrayals are like phases of the moon
I didn’t know there was a trans character in one piece, makes me wanna watch it. Especially since I’m trans masc but am still feminine. It’s nice to see that kind of representation
I'm one of the writers of the third-biggest One Piece fanfic in the fandom. Can confirm, Yamato is wonderful representation for non-passing trans mascs. Even our protagonist Luffy, who is asexual and dumb as a brick, takes one look at Yamato's chest, hears him say "I'm a man," and immediately responds with "Right, YamaBro it is," no questions asked. Later at the end of the arc, Yamato gets in the men's bath while trans woman Kiku joins the women in the women's bath and the author publsihed the chapter this happened during Pride Month! We have other LGBT characters in One Piece, too. Nami is either a lesbian or bisexual, Inazuma is genderfluid, and literally no one in the fandom dislikes Bentham.
Alluka from Hunter x Hunter is a trans girl and Killua’s little sister. In case ppl didn’t know. The author is super pro trans and added some other trans characters in previous works but he didn’t fully understand how it works, so those characters aren’t the best representation. But he gets better each time
31:27 Minor correction: The Japanese version said that she used to be a Karate King (which is pretty more clear then just black belt) The text above is from the English translation, which is more vague but could still be seen as implying she's trans with the "quite the transformation" line. (It's not as clear as saying medical science is awesome, though.) But I would still say it's implied.
I love how you talked about Kiku and Yamato, two of my favourite trans reps in media. Being genderfluid myself, I do want to add that while the earlier representation can be problematic, I do genuinely like the character of Inazuma, who is genderfluid and has no confirmed gender at birth so no one can actually point out which, and they swap between male and female without anyone calling attention to it, integrating into the narrative really well. They're also really cool as a character. I know people talk a lot about Bon Clay, so I just wanted to bring up Inazuma as well since I think they feel most similar to my own identity and how I want to be treated. A character you may not have heard of is Opera from Mairimashita Iruma-kun who is canonically non-binary and uses any and all pronouns but is usually referred to as 'they'. They also don't have a confirmed gender at birth which I love. In flashbacks of them in high school, they wear both the male and female uniforms and look fairly androgynous. They're also super powerful and have both agency and an interesting personality which I think is key for representation.
I actually love Mairimashita Iruma-kun, and opera is indeed one of my favorite characters! Since my focus was on binary trans people in this video, I hadn't thought to bring them up, but I'll definitely talk about them in my nonbinary representation video!
This definitely showed up at the perfect time. I'm writing a trans Cinderella story and seeing ways I could make it work and things to avoid really helps
Another good example of a trans anime character is aunt Nao from Skip and Loafer. She is directly mentioned to be trans, and there are a few heartwarming scenes of her niece being very comforting when some randos make offhand comments (little scene, but was touching). As far as i know, in the manga later there's a chapter fully dedicated to Nao's past and how she transitioned.
I actually like what they did with May. If her first lines in the show were "hello im trans!" it would be much more "cis men writing their first trans character". I'd rather the confirmation is pushed back to a thematical moment than randomly insert it and make it seem like her entire character is just about being trans. I like that we had one season to show her as a character before confirming she's trans, and it was in an organic spot. I know that's how I would insert a confirmation. (Also funny how Nora's outfit in this season is a trans flag!) I know some people are ridiculously convinced that there's absolutely zero planning in the show, but it can't be improvised this much, they have a general draft in advance. I'm so glad you mentioned Dead End, it's so underrated! I love how celeste is unintentionally trans in the most amazing way, Maddie Thorson based the game on her own struggles, but ONLY AFTER FINISHING THE GAME realized she is trans herself. So the game is literally unintentionally trans :D
To be clear, the problem wasn't that they waited a season to have her reveal it, the problem was that they revealed it on twitter first. The presentation was mucked up. Otherwise, I really do like how they handled her coming out! And yeah, I love dead end! I really wish more people were talking about it! The unintentionally trans thing was honestly really cool, and it's proved to me I need to do better research, because I had no idea until people brought it up in the comments.
@@WritinRealSlow This is probably a naive reading of the situation, but to me it looks like Kdin was just too excited to talk about voicing a canon trans character (and who wouldn't be😅I'd be happy too, and people put her in a tough spot asking for confirmation, I don't see a good outcome) that she also helped create (she mentioned in a livestream she gave a bit of feedback). I mean this show is a mess all over the place, like how casting your buddies is a regular occurrence. This show only makes sense if you consider it was built as a amateur project by a bunch of friends who wanted to make an anime together. Amusing detail: All the Happy huntresses are genderbent from male characters except for May who's based on Maid Marion giving a wink that she's amab. Did you know they wanted to make Weiss' season 4 pilot be confirmed gay, but then realized "wait, he dies after one episode... let's not do that cliche". Also how is Sallie May's twitter confirmation different from May's twitter confirmation if you don't mind me asking? Another thing about nonbinary representation in Dead End: in the comics Courtney uses they/them pronouns, but for the show they had an open casting and since a cis actress got cast they had Courtney use she/her. One to avoid a cis actress play a nonbinary character and two to avoid the "nonhuman queer character trope" And not only was Celeste created by a trans woman (who realized she's trans in the process), it was composed by a trans woman, Lena Raine (who also did Minecraft, Chicory, Guild Wars 2 and Deltarune), and artist Gabby DaRienzo says they're queer and use she/they. So like half the people working on the game 😄 I mean, you should definitely double check all this information if you share it further, but I thought I'd share what I know. Sometimes youtube comments can be helpful haha
I am really bad about misgendering people, I even misgender cis people semi regularly. For this reason I tend to refer to people by name rather then by pronouns, it doesnt really stand out too much either because I do talk weird anyways. Its not a case of intended disrespect its a case of my neurodivergent brain being inflexible, I tend to default to "she" with people and "he" with animals.
It's honestly okay to use people's names instead of their pronouns if you struggle with it. The fact that you're trying is already a good sign that you care.
Just fully finished watching, really love the video, a lot of people put it down but having someone like you represented in a show you enjoy is really an incredible feeling, as an achillean trans guy seeing someone so similar to me in Barney from Dead End was amazing, it really makes you feel less alone. Cool to see the other examples I didnt even know about too, I really think you did the topic justice.
I really enjoyed this video! Id label myself as demigirl or graygender, so essentially NB umbrella. I lived under a protestant rock for most of my formative years, so I missed out on some of these examples so it's nice to find trans rep that isn't a joke. And while we have differing opinions (I didn't like RWBY after season 3, and I have different feelings about Rocky Horror (not gonna argue! its definitely not great)) I am always glad to see other lgbt+/queer creators out there. Keep up the good work! Edit: OMG I recognized some of the background song after I finished lmao, I loved that of monsters and men album. found myself humming it without thinking. and GOOD KID! i saw them IRL a while back and I can attest to ephoria. I just dyed my hair for the first time and picked out an outfit for an event. I usually barely have a feeling of gender for myself (im just me) but looking in the mirror while testing it out, it felt right.
The only rule i disagree with is "stop writing trans women as sex workers" I know u probably mean this for cis writers, but putting a blanket ban on that as a trans woman writer and former sex worker is really unrealistic we live in a world where sw is sometimes the only option for us. I have had to take up sex work on two separate occasions when i have lost jobs and people refuse to hire me, because i am a trans woman. Saying you cant have a sex worker trans woman character is really short sighted,
It brings tears to my eyes everytime I see a trans person In good light on tv. I've had to suffer so much because of transphobia. I wish the next generation doesn't have too😢
This was honestly a wonderful video, honestly representation isn’t seen as a ‘big deal’ for a lot of people. But it really, REALLLLY is and I feel like this video helps explain why. I appreciate how you developed this and executed your video.
I love writing fanfiction, I actually made a fnaf fanfiction with a supporting character being a trans-male. The main character was gay. In the chapter where the trans character came out the main was completely supportive. The story was a 'diary' type and afterwards the main always used the right pronouns, supported there friend, and even when the main character and supporting character stopped being friends and it was even implied they hated each other the trans character was NEVER misgendered. How can I make fucking FNaF fanfiction with respectful representation and assholes making some shows can't!?
It's actually called 'the diary of Michael Afton' by GCM_fandoms. It's on AO3 and I would send you the link if I knew how to do that on phone. Though I do want to warn that before he comes out to Michael, he is referred to as 'she'.
The lad doesn't have boobs, he's got big man pecs, obviously, sooo silly to think they boobs, but it is cool that the community is getting more rep, I'm not one myself but i got trans friends who'd laugh & feel happy for this vid, & enjoy it~ great vid fr🤗
Ok so I know back street girls looks real bad but hear me out as a trans woman who kinda loved it. It explores enforced masculinity by imposing a gender swap on the main characters. One of them rejects the forced feminisation which becomes a vehicle to discuss dysphoria, one embraces it essentially revealing they've been a closeted trans woman all along and the main character gives a first person look into the whiplash of going from be perceived as male to perceived as female (men trying to monopolise her time, not taking her seriously, 'friends' trying to get into her pants etc) I'm saying I know how it looks, I watched it prepared to hate it but give it a chance because it genuinely has something to say.
I’m transfem so this doesn’t apply to me, but the thing on the One Piece character reminded me of a thing I saw, saying: “God gives his biggest bazongas to his guyest of dudes.” and more people should have that in mind when interacting and talking to trans men
Holy shit one piece has pre-op transmasc rep!? Ive heard so many things about one piece and this has been the first time I’ve actually felt like I should start watching
Hi! I'm one of the writers of the third most popular One Piece fanfic in the fandom. I can confirm! The artist even drew a pre-op transmasc character in the men's bath in the same panel that he drew a pre-op trans woman character in the women's bath, and published the chapter it happened in during Pride Month. There's lots of other LGBT characters in One Piece, too. Literally no one in the fandom dislikes Bentham, our favorite genderqueer bro. If you'd like a good video about the LGBT representation in One Piece, I recommend "One Piece: A Queer Retrospective" by MelonTeee. :D
i cannot stress this enough, READ THE SKIP AND LOAFER MANGA!! nao is probably the best trans rep i've ever seen in a piece of media, the anime is amazing too obviously but it only has one season thus far and the manga has a particular scene of nao pre-transition that made me actually cry
You're the second person to recommend that to me today, so I'm adding it to my reading list as I type. Thanks for the recommendation, I really appreciate it!
Also second win for The Dragon Prince, season 6 gave us Astrid, a star elf who’s a trans woman! Also confirmed with a nice line, and there’s a good change we’ll see her in season 7 given the first teaser featured her.
Now before I say anything else, I will preface this with that I identify as trans/genderqueer myself... but I think a big reason representation is important is that the official definition of trans is terrible. Unless you already believe that gender and sex are different things, its useless. The one and only thing that made me call myself male is my dick. Nothing 'on the inside' told me I was male. I wished I was born female, but that didn't make me less male than my peers. Only hearing trans people explain it in their own words made me understand it, and discover that I felt the same. Representation in fiction is the next best thing.
@@one-onessadhalf3393 yes, exactly. some people really can't comprehend that sex and gender are different. so sometimes its best to simplify it and move to another topic.
38:07 "The twins later confront Tessa and despite her history of caring for them, they ultimately decide to cut her out of their lives as she would still have Tyler sent to conversation camp. And they don't want or need her anymore." That statement is misleading. In the game, when the twins confront Tessa about threatening to take them away from their mom, the player has the option of having Tyler tell Tessa she could've done better, she did what she thought she had to, or she destroyed his family. If the player picks one of the first 2 dialogue options, Tessa will accept Tyler's trans identity. Then the game lets the player decide if Tyler forgives her or not. Whether Tessa accepts Tyler's identity and whether the twins keep her in their lives or kick her out of their lives is dependent on the options the player chooses.
This was great! I like seeing appreciation for good trans rep in media. Barney is such a good character! To add to the anime section, personally I really liked the character of Tooru Mutsuki in Tokyo Ghoul. He is confirmed as trans in the anime and manga and he also uses the masculine personal pronoun "ore". My favorite part is that all the characters respect his identity without any fuss and he gets a happy ending. It isn't perfect by any means (there are some transphobic moments/characters in the show), but it meant a lot to me when I first watched it. (Warning though that this anime is very violent with dark themes, none of the characters including Mutsuki handle their own trauma well.) Oh! And Saiki Kusuo from the Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Although it isn't confirmed in the anime, the manga mentions that he was born female as a baby but quickly said "f that" and used his powers to turn himself male. In both the manga and anime it is shown that he can turn himself back into a girl when he needs to (i.e. to avoid being recognized by someone he's avoiding) but he definitely doesn't identify as a girl. And he's aroace (Canon doesn't say so explicitly but I think him saying he's not interested in romance or people's bodies comes close enough to count for me.)
Surprised you didn't talk about don't stop hibari kun, but seeing all the positive mentions and how far trans rep has come in all forms of media was heartwarming 🥰
Great video! This introduced me to a lot of trans characters and stories I'd not heard of before, it's a great feeling to know that there are new trans characters being worked on every day by people who really want to change the tide around transphobia. I also particularly liked your editing, this video looks amazing.
22:40 I LOVED THIS SHOW SO MUCH!! I watched it when I first started identifying as a boy and just recently came out to my brother and it made me so happy to see actual representation instead of just head cannons
7:50 while i dont know your opinion about the whole CyberPunk thing I've seen so much discussion about it recently that i feel the need to point out that the advertisement with the trans person was intended as a criticism of insensitive ignorant corporate representation, much like all the other ads in universe. The writers proove they can do proper representation with Claire, the bartender in the AfterLife. Through her side missions and the flag on the back of her truck you find out she's trans and it's not treated as a super big deal, it's not played as a joke, and is partially used to show how much her husband meant to her as he was there to support her through her transition, ultimately making her revenge plot all the more impactful and and gripping.
Have you seen alice from chivalry of a failed knight? The show is a tournament anime, and alice is a whole entire trans girl treated extremely well! The show is a blessing for her alone.
Yeah, Alice is great. Unfortunately, there's this absolute creep named Draco Saferius or something who's been on a two-year hate compaign trying to erase any mention of Alice being trans off the Internet. He even started a huge fight in the Talk section of Chivalry of a Failed Knight's Wikipedia article because he tried to vandalize it. Like, the guy has just been OBSESSED with the trans erasure of this ONE character for two years.
My favorite example is Gaty from BFB/TPOT (object show), she's implied to be trans in TPOT 2 where she says "When I like being something, it's because I got to decide it for myself. Like my periwinkality! And my girl... ness." My only issue with that is that it also kinda implies that it's a choice. There's also the algebralians, which are all genderless (Four also comments in BFB about not having gender where they're from). And some non binary characters like Winner, Price Tag, and Profily. And don't even get me started on II (/pos). Seriously, I could ramble forever about it. Especially season 3. They did an amazing job with Bot.
as a non-passing and not out to anyone but my close friends(close friends as in my only two friends, plus my mother) trans guy, this representation gives me a sense of belonging that I really don't feel anywhere else. most of my friends and family are nice(even if most still don't refer to me as my name and pronouns), but none of them get it. It makes me happy to hear about other queer people, it gives me hope that one day people will call me sir or refer to me with he/him pronouns, and one day I won't feel dysphoria every time I speak, and have to go out and talk to people that find the simple fact that I exist strange. sometimes I really wish I was friends with other trans people, so at least someone would understand and respect me.
I love this video!! I love seeing that there’s more positive trans rep than I thought. I’m trying to create my own story or character that shows more positive trans rep, and even more facets of myself.
to be fair it makes perfect sense for non human or magically affected cahracters to not fit conservative ideas of sex or gender since those ideas were foremd around humans and just don't apply to nonhuman characters however it also makes perfect sense for humans not to fit conservative ideas of gender and it would also make perfect sense to use that by showing both and showing a degree of normalcy by showing that from an outside perspective completely removed from any conservative ideas about anything identites that don't fit into conservative worldviews make just as much sense as any other human identity, obviously and any arbitrary exclusion is just ridiculous
I'm so happy transmale representation has actually started to have a larger presence in trans representation as a whole. As you said in the beginning, transmasculine people are often overlooked when cishet creators want to throw in a trans storyline, and (perhaps as both a cause and effect) reflects transmasculine visibility in larger discussions. I hope this continues. On the other hand, I also hope the same goes for transfemme representation. Sure there is more of it, but is it actually....good. Because more focus has been put on transfemmes for longer, there is much more examples of horribly disrespectful depictions (and not true good rep). I'm glad that more genuine care is being put into trans rep, and transfeminine rep. I also love that there doesn't seem to be one stencil for the characters in this video. I do think some work could be done to diversify transfemme rep to add some more butches in the mix (not every trans woman is hyperfemme after all), but characters like Yamato who has tig ole anime bitties (and doesn't seem bothered by them) who are still men, and characters like Mettaton who are fem trans guys are very important to me as a trans guy who does enjoy expressing his femininity. I'm also super impressed at how many trans guys are also MLM in some way, especially with the first depiction (Coach beast) explicitly saying "I am a trans man, and I've always been attracted to men" in the same scene. Also side note, now that season 6 of the dragon prince has been released (also, spoilers for season 6 of the dragon prince) but another trans character has been introduced, and she has a smaller role, and her "I'm trans" dialogue is a little confusing, but it is present in her media that she is trans. Its also the gayest season yet. Anyway, I leave a long comment cause this was a delight of a video. Thank you!!
I'd have loved to add more butch transfemme rep, I just really couldn't find it. But I do agree we need more of it! And thank you so much for the comment, it makes me really happy to know that something I made resonated so well with you ^_^
Increadible. Btw madaline from celeste was not intended to be tranz originally the lead director and developer of celeste Maddy Thorson realized she was tranz so she made madeline tranz as well. You can find this on the personal life section of her wiki entry. Happy new years
Really great video! It deserves so much more views! I'm especially happy that you mentioned, "Tell Me Why", it's not nearly as popular as I wished it was. I can attest to representation mattering a lot. If it weren't for the anime "Hourou Musuko / Wandering Son" and the manga "Our Dreams at Dusk" I would never have thought that transition was even possible for someone like me. I grew up with a family that had a quite narrow view on what a Trans person was and what kind of future awaited them. Most TV shows I saw that had trans people always depicted them in a certain way, like the producers were trying to put them through absolute hell to farm Trans Trauma for ratings. When i saw these 2 works, I started to realise that I wasn't just a super feminine guy, that I was a woman. Seeing my struggles and experiences in these works really made me feel so validated and now I've been happily living as a woman for 5 years now!
8:03 I'm sorry, why should people stop writing trans characters as sex workers? Sex work is a major part of being queer. Erasing that part of our communities is just wrong and sounds like purity culture. I agree that straight cis people with no insight to this topic shouldn't be writing trans sex workers because they often grossly fetishize or misrepresent us. But why not let queer people write trans sex workers? Or did i misunderstand?
Back in the day, the only trans women characters in any form of media were sex workers, who would also be murdered or were portrayed as "tricking" people. Pretty much the only transwomen I saw as a kid.
Thanks for this video! I'm currently writing a fantasy novel series and one of my main hero characters is a trans princess. ^^ It's nice to see how other storytellers tell their stories!
With the non-humans being queer it is even more of a problem to me when the entire main cast are human or "human enough", despite the majority of the population not being humans. Because if it is established that *anyone*/everyone is or can be non-human, a character like that being queer (namely trans or nonbinary) raises wayyyy fewer red flags, at least for me. Where I noticed that the most is the Owl House and She-Ra, both of which I love, but the entire main cast is very human, while many side and background characters are not. Cannot complain about the queer rep in the owl house though, that stuff is great imo.
yeah, double trouble ended up being a sticking point for me. While they were fun, they were also about as other as you can get without making them a straight-up monster, and the fact that the only nonbinary character was a lying, shapeshifting charlatan with no friends or allies or connections and was also a literal lizard person was kind of a red flag.
Buddy, I'm just going to tell you, don't you dare Lily Orchid, she's a very bad person and has done a lot of bad things, I'm just warning you in case you don't know.
this is just random personal thoughts, i'm not trying to make an absolute statement or anything btw; but personally as a trans person, i always connect much more with imperfect realistic trans characters. note that i said 'characters' not 'representation'. a trans character can be bad but their trans representation good ofc. it's so much more compelling when they feel like a real person, when they're allowed to have flaws and their own reactions, including towards their own transness, without having to reflect and represent the 'correct takes'. obviously i understand it's not only complicated to pull off, but it's a complicated predicament itself. bc i'm the last person to dismiss the power and influence --both positive and negative-- of representation, and any specific representation depends heavily on the context (ex. you can make a trans villain if you have other queer and trans characters and it's clear their transness is irrelevant to their villainy, but if it's the only queer character it sends a bad message whether you like it or not), and the less representation a minority has, the heavier the weight on the shoulders of each to be good representation. i know in reality there's all this to consider, which is why i'm talking about in ideal here. for example, personally i find dead end paranormal park incredibly *boring*, and the trans representation in it as well, bc it's so designed to be performative, perfect and inoffensive. it's so pointless to me. i'm a trans man btw. obviously it's great that it exists; representation for the sake of representation is MUCH better than no representation at all and i could never complain about well intentioned rep, and representation aimed at non-queer people for normalization and understanding and acceptance absolutely has its place, but that's my personal real experience. that's the point of this comment actually, just to notice that interestingly as a trans man i found the trans rep in dead end paranormal park uninteresting to death. which again has nothing to do with thinking it's bad rep or it shouldn't exist or anything on the other hand i vibe much more with characters like yamato, despite not being great trans rep, bc he gets to represent being a no-op trans man who looks like This, with huge boobs, and as a man, and that's so cool. my personal favourite trans rep that i find the most compelling is tatsuki fujimoto's togata in 'fire punch'
I suggest to read the Shojo manga "skip and loafer" for a great trans woman storyline for one of the characters. It seriously made me cry and its really well done
So many people have recommended that one, it must be amazing! I've actually got it on my reading list, I just haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Rest assured, I'm going to read it, I just need to finish the video I'm currently hyperfixated on so I can focus on something new :)
Thank you so much for sharing this with us, this is a really fantastic video. Recently, I am being to question my own gender or even what gender is, and it is just filling for people to explore that in different and positive ways. Again, thank you so much, stay safe and well, and may beautiful colors fill your world. 🌈❤
Oh! I wasn't expecting Lily Orchard to be mentioned in this video Edit: As a trans person, I find it a little confusing why you tell people to NEVER make a transwoman a sex worker when a lot of our community DOES do that kind of work. I realize that fetishization is such a painfully common thing (I've experienced a lot of it myself). However, I think that a trans character being sexualized and fetishized are two VERY different things. And sex worker characters don't even have to be sexualized to begin with! That seems like such an odd and strict rule to have
See, the reason I said "just don't fucking do it" is because it's never done with history or reality in mind. That aspect of the character is never actually explored and it essentially just turns the character into a one-off joke at the expense of actual trans people. I would LOVE to see an actually well-written and researched trans sex worker, because they're a big part of actual LGBT history, but people never do that. It's always a minor side-character, usually only appearing once and very often as a murder victim. If people put actual work into it, it could be done well. But they don't, and I don't want people to be lazy about representation, because it matters. And there are a lot more trans stories to be told than just "the sex worker." People need to do better.
@@WritinRealSlow Fair enough! That's a good point, I'm glad you elaborated on that. I feel like that you could get a lot higher-effort representation by talking about better ways of doing that representation, instead of saying to just never do it, though! Instead of "Never do this thing", "Learn the history behind this and avoid falling into these tropes (insert a few good videos by sex workers on how to actually write sex workers) if you ARE going to do this high-effort thing"! However, I still can see why you added that! I hope for better representation in the future. Out of curiosity, how do you feel about Angel Dust from Hazbin hotel's rep as a gender-nonconforming gay man who's a sex worker? I watched a really good video essay on that, if you want a recommendation!
@@docdoc.4500 I'd love the recommendation! And honestly, I spent more time thinking about angel's abusive situation than I did about his representation, enough to have written my own video essay on it. I think he's a much better character in the actual show than in the pilot because now he has more of an actual character to work with, but as far as representation goes for gender-nonconforming gay people, I'll need more time to think about that. I'm working on the script for a review of season 1 right now, so maybe I'll be able to go into it more there.
So happy to have found this video. Was pleasantly surprised to see you able to acknowledge the single fairly unique, not fucking brain dead thing in LOs writing shitpost, frightened to discover someone who seems/seemed (idk where you stand now) to think the thing as a whole was good. Still adore this video, stellar rep video in a landscape where it's criminally lacking.
Awesome video,, I really enjoyed it! Glad the suggested vids decided to send this my way, lol,,,, also,, would totally be down to see a vid diving more into nb topics
For trans representation in anime, I want to mention Alluka from hunter x hunter, she's the younger sister of Killua and she is trans girl as Killua refers to her as his "sister" and adresses her by using "she/her" etc. while other membembers of their family use "it" or "he" (don't take my word for the "it" part though as I'm not entirely sure), but it is highly implied in manga and maybe in the anime as well though I'm not really sure so again don't take my word for it. Anyway this was an amazing video, thank you for making it. 💜💜
As some one who is under the trans umbrella and loves the dragon prince Terry is a sore topic for me, i love him as a character but in one of his fist scenes he picks a flower with the colours of the trans flag and remarks on how he likes the colours. this isn't necessarily bad but it happens in one of his first 2-4 scenes if my memory serves right and it just rubbed me the wrong way. personally i feel it was kinda unnecessary but go check out the show! its really good :)
It always annoys me how Bridget is always brought up as a good example of trans rep, despite not even being the best trans rep in the same game series as Testament who's non-binary is ignored even though theyre far better handled and written, and their arc is far more authentic to the queer experience. (plus Bridget is the reason why one of the most transmisogynistic tropes in media exists, and I'm sick of pretending that wasnt her cultural impact for 20 years but I wont get into it)
I admit I have similar issue with people insisting Astolfo or Mordred in Fate are trans while completely ignoring canon (and good) trans and non-binary rep in DaVinci and Chevalier d'Eon respectively.
@@WritinRealSlow I think it might be certain words I'm using getting auto-blocked? Like if I call them a -phobe suffice word for their bigotry, I think that might affect some kind of TH-cam filter. That might be why their own comments are getting through, they try to avoid such words and be sneakier about their anti-LGBT bullying.
@@Cyberweasel89 That's entirely possible. I admittedly don't entirely know how youtube works, but I do moderate my comments and try to remove the more problematic ones, so until I can figure out whats happening, don't put yourself out over it. I appreciate the support, but I don't want any detriment to your mental health that can be avoided. Obviously I can't keep on top of all of them, I can't even keep on top of all the positive comments, but I'll try harder to keep jerks from sticking around.
@@WritinRealSlow I can't deny that fighting them DOES affect my mental health. It's just my "mom friend" urges mean I have trouble not trying to protect and stand up for the vulnerable. Hey, no need to overwork yourself. Would it help if I pointed them out to you or linked them to you so that you can nuke them with minimal fuss, while preventing me from needing to clap back against them? Also, I know this goes without saying for how obvious it is, but still: You lookin' valid AF in that non-binary finery!
@@Cyberweasel89 Trust me, I totally get it, I'm the mom-friend too. But it's my channel, so it's my job to provide a safe space. I check for new comments every day, so odds are I'll find them myself. You just do what it takes to stay happy and healthy and that'll be more than enough for me. Also, thank you
I want to add to the One Piece part. Earlier in the story, it's revealed that Zoro had a childhood friend who was born a girl but wanted to be a man. I was pretty surprised to see that. But then, they also later introduced Bon Clay... -_-
Nah, Kuina didn't want to be a man. She was just dealing with internalized misogyny and felt she couldn't be as good of a swordsperson unless she were a man. By saying this made her trans, you're effectively saying that her internalized misogyny was objectively correct and she DID need to become a man to be a good swordsperson.
@@StrangeDew Thank you. Also, I was to apologize if my "by saying this" made it sound like an accusation. I didn't mean for it to sound like an accusation, it's just I have a mild reading disability so I have trouble with word choice connotation.
This is a really nice video, I just had it recommended to me and I think you have a lot of potential and I really related to your personal experiences as a fellow non-binary person. Great work!
If you want a good representation in anime, I also recommend Zombieland Saga, one of the main characters, Lilly, is a trans girl, her backstory shows that she prefers to be a girl and died of shock when she discovered that she was growing facial hair. her father respected her and even the other characters refer to her as a girl. many say she is a fenboy but she just refers to herself as a girl, and fenboys have no problem revealing that they are boys, so in my opinion she is trans and many agree with that.
I did consider talking about lily honestly, but I was running on depressed fumes and I just didn't have the energy to fit in every character I wanted to talk about. I'm thinking about making another trans rep video in the future (probably for pride month?) so I'll cover her in there.
i hear headcanon can sometimes trump the intent of the author, no matter how that author acts or if they are alive or not. "once it is in the public it belongs to everyone and if someone sees themself in that character then what they say is valid"
so.... maybe I am not understanding. but "yay death of the author" also now makes that person who thinks Frozen is about a womans struggling with her issues with being romantically attracted to her sister some weight. .@@WritinRealSlow
Here to see May and clear up things about her - volume 8 script was already written by the time volume 7 was airing and she first appeared. So her "reveal" scene was most likely already written by the time Kdin shared the info. And as one commenter stated already - who wouldn't be excited to share information about the character they're voiced? The reveal itself always felt organic and clear, it lays out facts as they are without falling into the... ugh, whatever high guardian spice tried to do So yeah, as a rwby fan i will be here defending May's rep. The writing in this show get too much flack tbh, speaking as a long-term watcher. It has flaws and down sides as every piece of media has, and some storyarcs are.... leaving a lot to be desired. But May is not one of them, for how minor of a role she had.
I never said she was bad rep, I said they could have and should have done better. She's probably the best handled LGBT representation in the show, all things considered, but that doesn't make the show above criticism, it just means they need to learn from their mistakes and do better next time.
@@WritinRealSlow It's not about the rep itself, but the bad faith argument that her scene was "only" made as a shoehorned last-minute addition, when in reality it was already written by the time her first appearance went live. I was following the fandom news closely during that time and i remember when work on v8 script was announced and discussed. Assuming a scene was only added as an afterthought is a classic case of "rwby-bad" bad faith argument, which in this case is completely undeserved and i'm here to correct that record.
May Marigold actually audibly told us/Weiss(?) about her being trans in volume 8. People had been thinking literally everyone in the Happy Huntresses except May Marigold was the trans character. Because Rooster Teeth fucked up royally, Kdin (May) and Jessie James (Tyrian) both walked away.
trans femme here - this was so sweet and entertaining, such a breath of fresh air in comparison to the constant negative trans conflict grift from all sides. this is my first vid of yours ever, so im happy to be here for your coming out !!!!! congrats friend
I mean there are tons of very good trans characters in anime going back decades, but since you went straight to One Piece as the biggest and bestest I'm guessing you've never actually watched any good anime outside of battle shounen slop, which yeah good luck finding good trans representation in that genre
Why do you think Yamato is included in this official One Piece release under the theme of strong women chasing their dreams? th-cam.com/video/trGP0Bqknmg/w-d-xo.html Yamato's case is interesting to me and I am curious about your thoughts given the evidence you provided in the video!
@@iamLI3 Ah, so you just hate the idea of LGBT people existing in fiction, even though they exist IRL? Which means you hate the idea of LGBT people existing at all, even though they don't do anything to you? And when you're reminded they exist, you and your buddy have to go harass them with your baseless and ignorant hatred of them? Sounds like a true blue homophobe to me. "Fuck people born a certain way for existing somewhere out there. If they don't stay hidden in the shadows of the world with other people born different from me like black people and the disabled, I'll go harass them for being where I can see them! They left their house, so it's their own fault!" You sound extremely outdated and intollerant. Violently so, in fact. No wonder homophobia is linked to low intelligence.
Which part? Being trans? Sure it is, biology proves that trans people share more similarities with their chosen gender than cis people. (You just have to move from basic biology to advanced biology) Biology and statistics points to bimodal distribution distribution of elements, so minorities like trans people easily exist. Trans, nonbinary, third gender people have always existed throughout history and throughout different cultures. (You have to actually read about more than just surface history) And EVERYTHING shows that supporting trans people is better then trying to convince them they are sick. (You just have to listen to doctors, trans people and compare trans people who are allowed to be happy vs trans people who are not). It can be hard reading about history and biology, but it's worth it to support people who just want to be themselves. And honestly you don't have to read anything, you just have to be kind.
Sure it is, advanced biology, statistics, history and psychology all prove time and time again that trans people exist, are real and have been here for most of human history.
@@PsilocybePsientist Why would that be funny? People who didn't align with their birth gender have existed all over the world Indian kathoey and hijra, Arabian khanith, Indigenous Two Spirit, Navajo nádleehi and the Zuni lhamana, Indonesian waria, Zapotec wuxe are all examples of people living not as the gender assigned in their birth. We have accounts of people like Kalonymus ben Kalonymus from 1286 who talk about their gender dysphoria and wanting to be the opposite gender, P.U.F. from 1776 is a famous nonbinary person who refused to be called a gender, Roman emperor Elagabalus literally sent for every surgeon in the empire to get surgery. Greece, Phrygia, Mesopotamia, Kenya and a whole others had priestesses who were born men but chose to live as women. In 1933 Magnus Hirschfeld's extensive library on intimacy, health and surgeries of trans people was burned down during WW2. And entire library filled with books on trans people. My comment would only be funny if you don't actually read history and don't intend to. Are you one of those people who believe gay people only started existing in 2013 or something? Why do you think that?
@@PsilocybePsientist Why would that be funny? People who didn't align with their birth gender have existed all over the world lgbt people have existed for longer than the US, but people think they've only popped up a few years ago. Internet is the largest source of historic knowledge but people just don't want to learn. I can't post links in comments but one short skim through" history of trans people" might do you wonders. If you're not too busy laughing for some reason. My comment would only be funny if you don't actually read history and don't intend to. Are you one of those people who believe gay people only started existing in 2013 or something? Why do you think that?
One of my favorite examples of a trans character in media is Victor from The Umbrella Academy. After Elliot Paige came out, they decided to make his character trans in the third season so as to elevate potential dysphoria. His coming out scene is super casual and he has literally no problems transitioning, which is awesome because we need more characters with plot lines that have nothing to do with transphobia. Even when his siblings get mad (and I mean REALLY mad) at him, they never once misgender or use his identity against him.
That's fantastic! I kind of fell off the umbrella academy sometime in season 2, but I'll have to go back for this alone.
Being able to hear someone spend over 40 minutes talking about both transfeminine AND transmasculine characters was a surprise and a joy. Our community really has such a long way and I hope that we’ll only be able to keep moving forward from here. There are so many moments you included here that I’ve never even SEEN before and that’s an absolute marvel to me.
I clicked on the video because you included Kiku in the thumbnail and was extremely happy that you also covered Yamato. He is one of the highlights of One Piece for me and his inclusion in the series has brought me to tears several times. I can’t wait to see more, you’ve gained a new subscriber
I'm so happy I could make something that brought you joy! I hope my future videos can do the same!
@@WritinRealSlowThanks again for covering Yamato in your video!!! God, I love him so much. I‘ve actually been working on my own video essay about him for a while
@@askerror1987 I'd love to see it when you're done! ^_^
@@WritinRealSlowbeing non binary is cringe.
and yet I am free
Small note regarding Lily Orchard:
Horrible person. For a multitude of reasons, amongst which, authoring the stockholm MLP fanfic.
She's also a bully, a racist, an anti-Autism ablest, and potentially a sex offender. I was baffled at just how immature and toxic it was when she admitted to intentionally getting small bits of info wrong so she could bait people correcting her into eating a ban.
13:28 this reminded me of a quote I’ve heard from a trans man. “Being a woman isn’t a problem, it just isn’t for me.”
Sucks to suck what can I say?
@@alreadyblack3341 I am unable to tell if you’re being transphobic or not, please specify what this tone is so if you are transphobic you can continue dehumanising us (intentionally or not) and if you aren’t I can go on knowing that this isn’t another encounter with a transphobic person
@@ShelbyLikesStuff Looking at their completely blank TH-cam profile. I suspect this alreadyblack guy is a throwaway sockpuppet account.
I’m totally with you on the Dragon Prince. I love that show, but it always bugged me how the first canonical gay couple was killed off in a flashback, and how they kind of did it again with Runnan and Ethari by having Runnan sentenced to a fate worse than death and Ethari left sad and alone.
So I was so glad to read about the time and care that the writers took not only into Amaya and Janai’s relationship, but also Terry’s design and characterization. Especially since his voice actor, Benjamin Callins is a trans man, and he also suggested having Terry be mid transition. And apparently there’s even a piece of concept art showing Claudia helping Terry tie up his binder. Please tell me they’re putting it in the next art book!
I didn't know about the concept art, that's amazing! I definitely want that art book now!
@@WritinRealSlow I haven’t actually seen it, but the actor talked about it in interviews and on his Twitter, and how that art piece literally made him cry! Hopefully they’ll release an artbook of the second saga and we’ll get to see it!
Ironically I never found The Dragon Prince’s early lgbt representation bad because it wasn’t just limited to them. The first three seasons has shockingly few adults couples where both are alive and together. Callum and Ezran’s mother is dead long before the series starts, Claudia and Soren’s parents are no longer together, Rayla’s parents received a similar fate to Yunnan, Avizamdum is dead leaving Zubeia alone, etc. I saw it less as bury your gays and more everyone is having a bad time. Either way, glad we got some good couples, gay and straight.
im so glad another person said the thing i say. as a trans man i love anime, but it feels like anime doesn't like me.
That’s one of the most perfect descriptions of being transmasculine with a relationship with anime I’ve ever seen, honestly. The bones we’re thrown are few and far between, waxing and waning with how respectful those portrayals are like phases of the moon
@@askerror1987 Fuck your Dr. Money.
I didn’t know there was a trans character in one piece, makes me wanna watch it. Especially since I’m trans masc but am still feminine. It’s nice to see that kind of representation
I'm one of the writers of the third-biggest One Piece fanfic in the fandom. Can confirm, Yamato is wonderful representation for non-passing trans mascs. Even our protagonist Luffy, who is asexual and dumb as a brick, takes one look at Yamato's chest, hears him say "I'm a man," and immediately responds with "Right, YamaBro it is," no questions asked. Later at the end of the arc, Yamato gets in the men's bath while trans woman Kiku joins the women in the women's bath and the author publsihed the chapter this happened during Pride Month! We have other LGBT characters in One Piece, too. Nami is either a lesbian or bisexual, Inazuma is genderfluid, and literally no one in the fandom dislikes Bentham.
Trans euphoria is so beautiful and I wish people talked about it more, it’s such a great feeling
Alluka from Hunter x Hunter is a trans girl and Killua’s little sister. In case ppl didn’t know. The author is super pro trans and added some other trans characters in previous works but he didn’t fully understand how it works, so those characters aren’t the best representation. But he gets better each time
yep, that's what my profile pic is about
Making up shit lol
@@mysmallnoman Wow, you're just obsessed with 4Kids level censorship for your SJW political agenda.
@@mysmallnoman 5 months later to say you didn’t feel like making a Google search is insane
@@claireierullo5948 imagine using Google and wiki which are unreliable lol
31:27 Minor correction: The Japanese version said that she used to be a Karate King (which is pretty more clear then just black belt)
The text above is from the English translation, which is more vague but could still be seen as implying she's trans with the "quite the transformation" line. (It's not as clear as saying medical science is awesome, though.) But I would still say it's implied.
Yes, thank you. I should have double-checked my wording there. I appreciate the feedback ^_^
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@@9822703 That's a pretty pathetic attempt at throwaway sockpuppet account use.
I love how you talked about Kiku and Yamato, two of my favourite trans reps in media. Being genderfluid myself, I do want to add that while the earlier representation can be problematic, I do genuinely like the character of Inazuma, who is genderfluid and has no confirmed gender at birth so no one can actually point out which, and they swap between male and female without anyone calling attention to it, integrating into the narrative really well. They're also really cool as a character. I know people talk a lot about Bon Clay, so I just wanted to bring up Inazuma as well since I think they feel most similar to my own identity and how I want to be treated.
A character you may not have heard of is Opera from Mairimashita Iruma-kun who is canonically non-binary and uses any and all pronouns but is usually referred to as 'they'. They also don't have a confirmed gender at birth which I love. In flashbacks of them in high school, they wear both the male and female uniforms and look fairly androgynous. They're also super powerful and have both agency and an interesting personality which I think is key for representation.
I actually love Mairimashita Iruma-kun, and opera is indeed one of my favorite characters! Since my focus was on binary trans people in this video, I hadn't thought to bring them up, but I'll definitely talk about them in my nonbinary representation video!
This definitely showed up at the perfect time. I'm writing a trans Cinderella story and seeing ways I could make it work and things to avoid really helps
I'm really glad I could help! Please, let me know when it's done, I'd love to read your work!
Another good example of a trans anime character is aunt Nao from Skip and Loafer. She is directly mentioned to be trans, and there are a few heartwarming scenes of her niece being very comforting when some randos make offhand comments (little scene, but was touching). As far as i know, in the manga later there's a chapter fully dedicated to Nao's past and how she transitioned.
That's interesting, I'd never even heard of Skip and Loafer until now. I'll give it a look, thanks for the recommendation.
skip & loafer mention!!! an amazing manga. if you see this comment op of the video, please do read it, for your own good
I actually like what they did with May. If her first lines in the show were "hello im trans!" it would be much more "cis men writing their first trans character". I'd rather the confirmation is pushed back to a thematical moment than randomly insert it and make it seem like her entire character is just about being trans. I like that we had one season to show her as a character before confirming she's trans, and it was in an organic spot. I know that's how I would insert a confirmation. (Also funny how Nora's outfit in this season is a trans flag!)
I know some people are ridiculously convinced that there's absolutely zero planning in the show, but it can't be improvised this much, they have a general draft in advance.
I'm so glad you mentioned Dead End, it's so underrated!
I love how celeste is unintentionally trans in the most amazing way, Maddie Thorson based the game on her own struggles, but ONLY AFTER FINISHING THE GAME realized she is trans herself. So the game is literally unintentionally trans :D
To be clear, the problem wasn't that they waited a season to have her reveal it, the problem was that they revealed it on twitter first. The presentation was mucked up. Otherwise, I really do like how they handled her coming out!
And yeah, I love dead end! I really wish more people were talking about it! The unintentionally trans thing was honestly really cool, and it's proved to me I need to do better research, because I had no idea until people brought it up in the comments.
@@WritinRealSlow This is probably a naive reading of the situation, but to me it looks like Kdin was just too excited to talk about voicing a canon trans character (and who wouldn't be😅I'd be happy too, and people put her in a tough spot asking for confirmation, I don't see a good outcome) that she also helped create (she mentioned in a livestream she gave a bit of feedback). I mean this show is a mess all over the place, like how casting your buddies is a regular occurrence. This show only makes sense if you consider it was built as a amateur project by a bunch of friends who wanted to make an anime together.
Amusing detail: All the Happy huntresses are genderbent from male characters except for May who's based on Maid Marion giving a wink that she's amab.
Did you know they wanted to make Weiss' season 4 pilot be confirmed gay, but then realized "wait, he dies after one episode... let's not do that cliche".
Also how is Sallie May's twitter confirmation different from May's twitter confirmation if you don't mind me asking?
Another thing about nonbinary representation in Dead End: in the comics Courtney uses they/them pronouns, but for the show they had an open casting and since a cis actress got cast they had Courtney use she/her. One to avoid a cis actress play a nonbinary character and two to avoid the "nonhuman queer character trope"
And not only was Celeste created by a trans woman (who realized she's trans in the process), it was composed by a trans woman, Lena Raine (who also did Minecraft, Chicory, Guild Wars 2 and Deltarune), and artist Gabby DaRienzo says they're queer and use she/they. So like half the people working on the game 😄
I mean, you should definitely double check all this information if you share it further, but I thought I'd share what I know. Sometimes youtube comments can be helpful haha
I am really bad about misgendering people, I even misgender cis people semi regularly. For this reason I tend to refer to people by name rather then by pronouns, it doesnt really stand out too much either because I do talk weird anyways. Its not a case of intended disrespect its a case of my neurodivergent brain being inflexible, I tend to default to "she" with people and "he" with animals.
It's honestly okay to use people's names instead of their pronouns if you struggle with it. The fact that you're trying is already a good sign that you care.
and do not forget, if you see the pointy bit on the belly of a dog and ask "aww, what's his name?" you are a pervert for looking at the dog's parts.
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@@kaiyodeithis made me laugh
Just fully finished watching, really love the video, a lot of people put it down but having someone like you represented in a show you enjoy is really an incredible feeling, as an achillean trans guy seeing someone so similar to me in Barney from Dead End was amazing, it really makes you feel less alone. Cool to see the other examples I didnt even know about too, I really think you did the topic justice.
That's honestly what all I was hoping to do. Thank you.
I really enjoyed this video! Id label myself as demigirl or graygender, so essentially NB umbrella. I lived under a protestant rock for most of my formative years, so I missed out on some of these examples so it's nice to find trans rep that isn't a joke.
And while we have differing opinions (I didn't like RWBY after season 3, and I have different feelings about Rocky Horror (not gonna argue! its definitely not great)) I am always glad to see other lgbt+/queer creators out there. Keep up the good work!
Edit: OMG I recognized some of the background song after I finished lmao, I loved that of monsters and men album. found myself humming it without thinking. and GOOD KID! i saw them IRL a while back
and I can attest to ephoria. I just dyed my hair for the first time and picked out an outfit for an event. I usually barely have a feeling of gender for myself (im just me) but looking in the mirror while testing it out, it felt right.
The only rule i disagree with is "stop writing trans women as sex workers" I know u probably mean this for cis writers, but putting a blanket ban on that as a trans woman writer and former sex worker is really unrealistic we live in a world where sw is sometimes the only option for us. I have had to take up sex work on two separate occasions when i have lost jobs and people refuse to hire me, because i am a trans woman. Saying you cant have a sex worker trans woman character is really short sighted,
I agree! That was the only part I disagreed with too.
It brings tears to my eyes everytime I see a trans person In good light on tv. I've had to suffer so much because of transphobia. I wish the next generation doesn't have too😢
Things are getting better; we just have to hold onto that.
This was honestly a wonderful video, honestly representation isn’t seen as a ‘big deal’ for a lot of people. But it really, REALLLLY is and I feel like this video helps explain why. I appreciate how you developed this and executed your video.
I love writing fanfiction, I actually made a fnaf fanfiction with a supporting character being a trans-male. The main character was gay. In the chapter where the trans character came out the main was completely supportive. The story was a 'diary' type and afterwards the main always used the right pronouns, supported there friend, and even when the main character and supporting character stopped being friends and it was even implied they hated each other the trans character was NEVER misgendered.
How can I make fucking FNaF fanfiction with respectful representation and assholes making some shows can't!?
That's so fucking valid and I want to read it.
Also, the answer is simple: You actually care.
It's actually called 'the diary of Michael Afton' by GCM_fandoms. It's on AO3 and I would send you the link if I knew how to do that on phone.
Though I do want to warn that before he comes out to Michael, he is referred to as 'she'.
The coming our chapter is chapter 5
@@Squishy_the_fox I appreciate it, I'll give it a look ^_^
@@WritinRealSlow Thx, I'm really proud of it
The lad doesn't have boobs, he's got big man pecs, obviously, sooo silly to think they boobs, but it is cool that the community is getting more rep, I'm not one myself but i got trans friends who'd laugh & feel happy for this vid, & enjoy it~ great vid fr🤗
Ok so I know back street girls looks real bad but hear me out as a trans woman who kinda loved it. It explores enforced masculinity by imposing a gender swap on the main characters. One of them rejects the forced feminisation which becomes a vehicle to discuss dysphoria, one embraces it essentially revealing they've been a closeted trans woman all along and the main character gives a first person look into the whiplash of going from be perceived as male to perceived as female (men trying to monopolise her time, not taking her seriously, 'friends' trying to get into her pants etc)
I'm saying I know how it looks, I watched it prepared to hate it but give it a chance because it genuinely has something to say.
Hm. Okay, I might give it a closer look then, but no promises.
I’m transfem so this doesn’t apply to me, but the thing on the One Piece character reminded me of a thing I saw, saying: “God gives his biggest bazongas to his guyest of dudes.” and more people should have that in mind when interacting and talking to trans men
I kind of love that, ngl
Holy shit one piece has pre-op transmasc rep!? Ive heard so many things about one piece and this has been the first time I’ve actually felt like I should start watching
Hi! I'm one of the writers of the third most popular One Piece fanfic in the fandom. I can confirm! The artist even drew a pre-op transmasc character in the men's bath in the same panel that he drew a pre-op trans woman character in the women's bath, and published the chapter it happened in during Pride Month. There's lots of other LGBT characters in One Piece, too. Literally no one in the fandom dislikes Bentham, our favorite genderqueer bro. If you'd like a good video about the LGBT representation in One Piece, I recommend "One Piece: A Queer Retrospective" by MelonTeee. :D
Yamato is genuinely one of THE trans men of all time, I love him so much
@@askerror1987 Yaaas! There was a big vote among the fans to decide the best man-tiddies in One Piece. Yamato sadly lost to Brook. XD
@@Cyberweasel89 I feel like Yamato would have been okay with that ksjdkdhdjdhfj
@@askerror1987 Shit u right. XD
i cannot stress this enough, READ THE SKIP AND LOAFER MANGA!! nao is probably the best trans rep i've ever seen in a piece of media, the anime is amazing too obviously but it only has one season thus far and the manga has a particular scene of nao pre-transition that made me actually cry
You're the second person to recommend that to me today, so I'm adding it to my reading list as I type. Thanks for the recommendation, I really appreciate it!
Also second win for The Dragon Prince, season 6 gave us Astrid, a star elf who’s a trans woman! Also confirmed with a nice line, and there’s a good change we’ll see her in season 7 given the first teaser featured her.
ooh, thanks for the update! I need to catch up on the show again soon.
Now before I say anything else, I will preface this with that I identify as trans/genderqueer myself... but I think a big reason representation is important is that the official definition of trans is terrible. Unless you already believe that gender and sex are different things, its useless. The one and only thing that made me call myself male is my dick. Nothing 'on the inside' told me I was male. I wished I was born female, but that didn't make me less male than my peers. Only hearing trans people explain it in their own words made me understand it, and discover that I felt the same. Representation in fiction is the next best thing.
Definitely. I try not to use the “born in the wrong body” analogy most of the time, but for some cis people that the only way they’d understand.
@@one-onessadhalf3393 yes, exactly. some people really can't comprehend that sex and gender are different. so sometimes its best to simplify it and move to another topic.
38:07 "The twins later confront Tessa and despite her history of caring for them, they ultimately decide to cut her out of their lives as she would still have Tyler sent to conversation camp. And they don't want or need her anymore."
That statement is misleading. In the game, when the twins confront Tessa about threatening to take them away from their mom, the player has the option of having Tyler tell Tessa she could've done better, she did what she thought she had to, or she destroyed his family. If the player picks one of the first 2 dialogue options, Tessa will accept Tyler's trans identity. Then the game lets the player decide if Tyler forgives her or not. Whether Tessa accepts Tyler's identity and whether the twins keep her in their lives or kick her out of their lives is dependent on the options the player chooses.
This was great! I like seeing appreciation for good trans rep in media. Barney is such a good character! To add to the anime section, personally I really liked the character of Tooru Mutsuki in Tokyo Ghoul. He is confirmed as trans in the anime and manga and he also uses the masculine personal pronoun "ore". My favorite part is that all the characters respect his identity without any fuss and he gets a happy ending. It isn't perfect by any means (there are some transphobic moments/characters in the show), but it meant a lot to me when I first watched it. (Warning though that this anime is very violent with dark themes, none of the characters including Mutsuki handle their own trauma well.)
Oh! And Saiki Kusuo from the Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Although it isn't confirmed in the anime, the manga mentions that he was born female as a baby but quickly said "f that" and used his powers to turn himself male. In both the manga and anime it is shown that he can turn himself back into a girl when he needs to (i.e. to avoid being recognized by someone he's avoiding) but he definitely doesn't identify as a girl. And he's aroace (Canon doesn't say so explicitly but I think him saying he's not interested in romance or people's bodies comes close enough to count for me.)
interesting, I'll have to look into them for if I do another trans video in the future. Thanks for the recommendations!
Aroace and trans? Cool
Also yeah I’d assume someone who says “romantic feelings elude me” is aroace
Surprised you didn't talk about don't stop hibari kun, but seeing all the positive mentions and how far trans rep has come in all forms of media was heartwarming 🥰
I felt like it was something that already got covered a good deal, and by more informed and experienced people.
@@WritinRealSlow that's fair
yes a transvestite. hibari is a cross dresser.
@@9822703 This sockpuppet throwaway account is pathetic. You seriously can't do better? I'm cringing at you, bro.
Great video! This introduced me to a lot of trans characters and stories I'd not heard of before, it's a great feeling to know that there are new trans characters being worked on every day by people who really want to change the tide around transphobia. I also particularly liked your editing, this video looks amazing.
Thank you! I worked really hard on it, it means a lot to hear you say that!
22:40 I LOVED THIS SHOW SO MUCH!! I watched it when I first started identifying as a boy and just recently came out to my brother and it made me so happy to see actual representation instead of just head cannons
7:50 while i dont know your opinion about the whole CyberPunk thing I've seen so much discussion about it recently that i feel the need to point out that the advertisement with the trans person was intended as a criticism of insensitive ignorant corporate representation, much like all the other ads in universe. The writers proove they can do proper representation with Claire, the bartender in the AfterLife. Through her side missions and the flag on the back of her truck you find out she's trans and it's not treated as a super big deal, it's not played as a joke, and is partially used to show how much her husband meant to her as he was there to support her through her transition, ultimately making her revenge plot all the more impactful and and gripping.
Have you seen alice from chivalry of a failed knight?
The show is a tournament anime, and alice is a whole entire trans girl treated extremely well!
The show is a blessing for her alone.
Yeah, Alice is great. Unfortunately, there's this absolute creep named Draco Saferius or something who's been on a two-year hate compaign trying to erase any mention of Alice being trans off the Internet. He even started a huge fight in the Talk section of Chivalry of a Failed Knight's Wikipedia article because he tried to vandalize it. Like, the guy has just been OBSESSED with the trans erasure of this ONE character for two years.
@@Cyberweasel89 that fucking sucks so hard. She is so obviously transgender that you would have to be out of your mind not to see it.
I hadn't even heard of the show until you mentioned it. I'll give it a look, thanks for the recommendation! ^_^
He's literally an okama lol
@@Cyberweasel89oh no, he's accurate to the source material!!
This video is so well written and produced! It deserves millions of views!
Thank you! I really didn't expect it to get even this popular, so a million feels like a dream!
My favorite example is Gaty from BFB/TPOT (object show), she's implied to be trans in TPOT 2 where she says "When I like being something, it's because I got to decide it for myself. Like my periwinkality! And my girl... ness." My only issue with that is that it also kinda implies that it's a choice. There's also the algebralians, which are all genderless (Four also comments in BFB about not having gender where they're from). And some non binary characters like Winner, Price Tag, and Profily.
And don't even get me started on II (/pos). Seriously, I could ramble forever about it. Especially season 3. They did an amazing job with Bot.
as a non-passing and not out to anyone but my close friends(close friends as in my only two friends, plus my mother) trans guy, this representation gives me a sense of belonging that I really don't feel anywhere else. most of my friends and family are nice(even if most still don't refer to me as my name and pronouns), but none of them get it. It makes me happy to hear about other queer people, it gives me hope that one day people will call me sir or refer to me with he/him pronouns, and one day I won't feel dysphoria every time I speak, and have to go out and talk to people that find the simple fact that I exist strange. sometimes I really wish I was friends with other trans people, so at least someone would understand and respect me.
I really hope you can get that too. I'm rooting for you!
@@WritinRealSlow Thank you!! :)
I love this video!! I love seeing that there’s more positive trans rep than I thought. I’m trying to create my own story or character that shows more positive trans rep, and even more facets of myself.
to be fair it makes perfect sense for non human or magically affected cahracters to not fit conservative ideas of sex or gender since those ideas were foremd around humans and just don't apply to nonhuman characters
however it also makes perfect sense for humans not to fit conservative ideas of gender
and it would also make perfect sense to use that by showing both and showing a degree of normalcy by showing that from an outside perspective completely removed from any conservative ideas about anything identites that don't fit into conservative worldviews make just as much sense as any other human identity, obviously and any arbitrary exclusion is just ridiculous
I'm so happy transmale representation has actually started to have a larger presence in trans representation as a whole. As you said in the beginning, transmasculine people are often overlooked when cishet creators want to throw in a trans storyline, and (perhaps as both a cause and effect) reflects transmasculine visibility in larger discussions. I hope this continues.
On the other hand, I also hope the same goes for transfemme representation. Sure there is more of it, but is it actually....good. Because more focus has been put on transfemmes for longer, there is much more examples of horribly disrespectful depictions (and not true good rep). I'm glad that more genuine care is being put into trans rep, and transfeminine rep.
I also love that there doesn't seem to be one stencil for the characters in this video. I do think some work could be done to diversify transfemme rep to add some more butches in the mix (not every trans woman is hyperfemme after all), but characters like Yamato who has tig ole anime bitties (and doesn't seem bothered by them) who are still men, and characters like Mettaton who are fem trans guys are very important to me as a trans guy who does enjoy expressing his femininity. I'm also super impressed at how many trans guys are also MLM in some way, especially with the first depiction (Coach beast) explicitly saying "I am a trans man, and I've always been attracted to men" in the same scene.
Also side note, now that season 6 of the dragon prince has been released (also, spoilers for season 6 of the dragon prince) but another trans character has been introduced, and she has a smaller role, and her "I'm trans" dialogue is a little confusing, but it is present in her media that she is trans. Its also the gayest season yet.
Anyway, I leave a long comment cause this was a delight of a video. Thank you!!
I'd have loved to add more butch transfemme rep, I just really couldn't find it. But I do agree we need more of it!
And thank you so much for the comment, it makes me really happy to know that something I made resonated so well with you ^_^
Increadible. Btw madaline from celeste was not intended to be tranz originally the lead director and developer of celeste Maddy Thorson realized she was tranz so she made madeline tranz as well. You can find this on the personal life section of her wiki entry.
Happy new years
oh, I didn't know that part. That's really cool, thanks for telling me!
I think I saw someone say once that Madaline from Madaline is even transgender. I wish I took a screen capture of what that person said.
Thank you for this piece.
Really great video! It deserves so much more views! I'm especially happy that you mentioned, "Tell Me Why", it's not nearly as popular as I wished it was.
I can attest to representation mattering a lot. If it weren't for the anime "Hourou Musuko / Wandering Son" and the manga "Our Dreams at Dusk" I would never have thought that transition was even possible for someone like me. I grew up with a family that had a quite narrow view on what a Trans person was and what kind of future awaited them. Most TV shows I saw that had trans people always depicted them in a certain way, like the producers were trying to put them through absolute hell to farm Trans Trauma for ratings.
When i saw these 2 works, I started to realise that I wasn't just a super feminine guy, that I was a woman. Seeing my struggles and experiences in these works really made me feel so validated and now I've been happily living as a woman for 5 years now!
Great vid, love paranormal park
8:03 I'm sorry, why should people stop writing trans characters as sex workers?
Sex work is a major part of being queer. Erasing that part of our communities is just wrong and sounds like purity culture. I agree that straight cis people with no insight to this topic shouldn't be writing trans sex workers because they often grossly fetishize or misrepresent us. But why not let queer people write trans sex workers? Or did i misunderstand?
Back in the day, the only trans women characters in any form of media were sex workers, who would also be murdered or were portrayed as "tricking" people. Pretty much the only transwomen I saw as a kid.
Thanks for this video! I'm currently writing a fantasy novel series and one of my main hero characters is a trans princess. ^^ It's nice to see how other storytellers tell their stories!
I'd love to read that!
@@WritinRealSlowI would be happy to publish it one day ^^. Just gotta get over my writer’s block. 😂
You have my complete sympathy and understanding, my friend.
@@WritinRealSlow thanks ^^, it means a lot.
With the non-humans being queer it is even more of a problem to me when the entire main cast are human or "human enough", despite the majority of the population not being humans. Because if it is established that *anyone*/everyone is or can be non-human, a character like that being queer (namely trans or nonbinary) raises wayyyy fewer red flags, at least for me. Where I noticed that the most is the Owl House and She-Ra, both of which I love, but the entire main cast is very human, while many side and background characters are not. Cannot complain about the queer rep in the owl house though, that stuff is great imo.
yeah, double trouble ended up being a sticking point for me. While they were fun, they were also about as other as you can get without making them a straight-up monster, and the fact that the only nonbinary character was a lying, shapeshifting charlatan with no friends or allies or connections and was also a literal lizard person was kind of a red flag.
Thanks for the feels
Amazing Video! I definitely learnt more about the trans experience and how litter actual trans characters are there in media! Good work!
Buddy, I'm just going to tell you, don't you dare Lily Orchid, she's a very bad person and has done a lot of bad things, I'm just warning you in case you don't know.
Preach. She’s whack.
this is just random personal thoughts, i'm not trying to make an absolute statement or anything btw; but personally as a trans person, i always connect much more with imperfect realistic trans characters. note that i said 'characters' not 'representation'. a trans character can be bad but their trans representation good ofc. it's so much more compelling when they feel like a real person, when they're allowed to have flaws and their own reactions, including towards their own transness, without having to reflect and represent the 'correct takes'.
obviously i understand it's not only complicated to pull off, but it's a complicated predicament itself. bc i'm the last person to dismiss the power and influence --both positive and negative-- of representation, and any specific representation depends heavily on the context (ex. you can make a trans villain if you have other queer and trans characters and it's clear their transness is irrelevant to their villainy, but if it's the only queer character it sends a bad message whether you like it or not), and the less representation a minority has, the heavier the weight on the shoulders of each to be good representation.
i know in reality there's all this to consider, which is why i'm talking about in ideal here. for example, personally i find dead end paranormal park incredibly *boring*, and the trans representation in it as well, bc it's so designed to be performative, perfect and inoffensive. it's so pointless to me. i'm a trans man btw. obviously it's great that it exists; representation for the sake of representation is MUCH better than no representation at all and i could never complain about well intentioned rep, and representation aimed at non-queer people for normalization and understanding and acceptance absolutely has its place, but that's my personal real experience. that's the point of this comment actually, just to notice that interestingly as a trans man i found the trans rep in dead end paranormal park uninteresting to death. which again has nothing to do with thinking it's bad rep or it shouldn't exist or anything
on the other hand i vibe much more with characters like yamato, despite not being great trans rep, bc he gets to represent being a no-op trans man who looks like This, with huge boobs, and as a man, and that's so cool. my personal favourite trans rep that i find the most compelling is tatsuki fujimoto's togata in 'fire punch'
The rules for trans rep will help me with my writing, thanks!
I'm really glad I could help!
Would my transmasc character having a lot of cybernetics break rule 3?
@@goodboi6329 Are they still fundamentally human or are they considered something other than that now?
@@WritinRealSlow i guess he is still human at his core, even if he is covered in steel
@@goodboi6329 I'm not sure, I'd have to read it to judge it properly. I'd say use your best interpretation of the rules
I suggest to read the Shojo manga "skip and loafer" for a great trans woman storyline for one of the characters. It seriously made me cry and its really well done
So many people have recommended that one, it must be amazing! I've actually got it on my reading list, I just haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Rest assured, I'm going to read it, I just need to finish the video I'm currently hyperfixated on so I can focus on something new :)
Yamato and Kiku are two of the best Trans Representation. Even Kaido, A FREAKING TYRANT, respects Yamato’s pronouns.
"I can excuse genocide, but I draw the line at transphobia!"
"You can excuse genocide?!"
paranormal park is my FAVVV🥰
loved this video, so glad youtube recommended it to me so I could find you!
I'm glad I could make something you enjoyed so much!
Thank you so much for sharing this with us, this is a really fantastic video. Recently, I am being to question my own gender or even what gender is, and it is just filling for people to explore that in different and positive ways. Again, thank you so much, stay safe and well, and may beautiful colors fill your world. 🌈❤
Thank you too! I hope your journey of self-discovery goes well!
Oh! I wasn't expecting Lily Orchard to be mentioned in this video
Edit: As a trans person, I find it a little confusing why you tell people to NEVER make a transwoman a sex worker when a lot of our community DOES do that kind of work. I realize that fetishization is such a painfully common thing (I've experienced a lot of it myself).
However, I think that a trans character being sexualized and fetishized are two VERY different things. And sex worker characters don't even have to be sexualized to begin with! That seems like such an odd and strict rule to have
See, the reason I said "just don't fucking do it" is because it's never done with history or reality in mind. That aspect of the character is never actually explored and it essentially just turns the character into a one-off joke at the expense of actual trans people. I would LOVE to see an actually well-written and researched trans sex worker, because they're a big part of actual LGBT history, but people never do that. It's always a minor side-character, usually only appearing once and very often as a murder victim.
If people put actual work into it, it could be done well. But they don't, and I don't want people to be lazy about representation, because it matters. And there are a lot more trans stories to be told than just "the sex worker." People need to do better.
@WritinRealSlow I can tell that you’ve never seen Pose. The cast of main characters is largely trans, and a couple of them are, in fact, sex workers.
@@WritinRealSlow Fair enough! That's a good point, I'm glad you elaborated on that. I feel like that you could get a lot higher-effort representation by talking about better ways of doing that representation, instead of saying to just never do it, though! Instead of "Never do this thing", "Learn the history behind this and avoid falling into these tropes (insert a few good videos by sex workers on how to actually write sex workers) if you ARE going to do this high-effort thing"! However, I still can see why you added that! I hope for better representation in the future.
Out of curiosity, how do you feel about Angel Dust from Hazbin hotel's rep as a gender-nonconforming gay man who's a sex worker? I watched a really good video essay on that, if you want a recommendation!
@@one-onessadhalf3393 I can tell you didn't pay attention to the video.
@@docdoc.4500 I'd love the recommendation! And honestly, I spent more time thinking about angel's abusive situation than I did about his representation, enough to have written my own video essay on it. I think he's a much better character in the actual show than in the pilot because now he has more of an actual character to work with, but as far as representation goes for gender-nonconforming gay people, I'll need more time to think about that. I'm working on the script for a review of season 1 right now, so maybe I'll be able to go into it more there.
So happy to have found this video.
Was pleasantly surprised to see you able to acknowledge the single fairly unique, not fucking brain dead thing in LOs writing shitpost, frightened to discover someone who seems/seemed (idk where you stand now) to think the thing as a whole was good.
Still adore this video, stellar rep video in a landscape where it's criminally lacking.
7:13 please dont promote Lily Orchard, they're confirmed abuser☹️
okay but why did this video make me cry?
Because I'm a writer and therefor evil
your vid is the only reason why i want to watch the dragon prince nowww...🥰🥰
Congratulations on hitting 1k views!!!
Thanks! I had no idea it would get this big!
Awesome video,, I really enjoyed it! Glad the suggested vids decided to send this my way, lol,,,, also,, would totally be down to see a vid diving more into nb topics
I promise it's coming, I'm just in the middle of other projects right now. I hope you'll still enjoy my other videos until then! ^_^
@@WritinRealSlow sounds fun! I'm excited to see what the other projects are
This video made me tear up. Thanks for the lovely content
I do my best ^_^
For trans representation in anime, I want to mention Alluka from hunter x hunter, she's the younger sister of Killua and she is trans girl as Killua refers to her as his "sister" and adresses her by using "she/her" etc. while other membembers of their family use "it" or "he" (don't take my word for the "it" part though as I'm not entirely sure), but it is highly implied in manga and maybe in the anime as well though I'm not really sure so again don't take my word for it. Anyway this was an amazing video, thank you for making it. 💜💜
As some one who is under the trans umbrella and loves the dragon prince Terry is a sore topic for me, i love him as a character but in one of his fist scenes he picks a flower with the colours of the trans flag and remarks on how he likes the colours. this isn't necessarily bad but it happens in one of his first 2-4 scenes if my memory serves right and it just rubbed me the wrong way. personally i feel it was kinda unnecessary but go check out the show! its really good :)
huh, I completely missed that
Hi non-binary great to meet you
hi dad, lovely to meet you too
Well written and a joy to watch! Love the positivity and lots of good takes!
Another live action trans person is Adam in Degrassi
Thanks!
so much great OMAM music in this video in addition to the great content.......
I love OMAM and the music felt fitting, I'm glad people enjoyed its addition. Thank you!
no problem and thank YOU for the great content.@@WritinRealSlow
It always annoys me how Bridget is always brought up as a good example of trans rep, despite not even being the best trans rep in the same game series as Testament who's non-binary is ignored even though theyre far better handled and written, and their arc is far more authentic to the queer experience. (plus Bridget is the reason why one of the most transmisogynistic tropes in media exists, and I'm sick of pretending that wasnt her cultural impact for 20 years but I wont get into it)
I admit I have similar issue with people insisting Astolfo or Mordred in Fate are trans while completely ignoring canon (and good) trans and non-binary rep in DaVinci and Chevalier d'Eon respectively.
Hey, WRS. There's some bad people in the comments. Every time I try to fight back, my own comments don't go through. :(
That's odd, I'm not sure what could be causing that.
@@WritinRealSlow I think it might be certain words I'm using getting auto-blocked? Like if I call them a -phobe suffice word for their bigotry, I think that might affect some kind of TH-cam filter. That might be why their own comments are getting through, they try to avoid such words and be sneakier about their anti-LGBT bullying.
@@Cyberweasel89 That's entirely possible. I admittedly don't entirely know how youtube works, but I do moderate my comments and try to remove the more problematic ones, so until I can figure out whats happening, don't put yourself out over it. I appreciate the support, but I don't want any detriment to your mental health that can be avoided. Obviously I can't keep on top of all of them, I can't even keep on top of all the positive comments, but I'll try harder to keep jerks from sticking around.
@@WritinRealSlow I can't deny that fighting them DOES affect my mental health. It's just my "mom friend" urges mean I have trouble not trying to protect and stand up for the vulnerable.
Hey, no need to overwork yourself. Would it help if I pointed them out to you or linked them to you so that you can nuke them with minimal fuss, while preventing me from needing to clap back against them?
Also, I know this goes without saying for how obvious it is, but still: You lookin' valid AF in that non-binary finery!
@@Cyberweasel89 Trust me, I totally get it, I'm the mom-friend too. But it's my channel, so it's my job to provide a safe space. I check for new comments every day, so odds are I'll find them myself. You just do what it takes to stay happy and healthy and that'll be more than enough for me.
Also, thank you
I want to add to the One Piece part. Earlier in the story, it's revealed that Zoro had a childhood friend who was born a girl but wanted to be a man. I was pretty surprised to see that. But then, they also later introduced Bon Clay... -_-
Nah, Kuina didn't want to be a man. She was just dealing with internalized misogyny and felt she couldn't be as good of a swordsperson unless she were a man. By saying this made her trans, you're effectively saying that her internalized misogyny was objectively correct and she DID need to become a man to be a good swordsperson.
@@Cyberweasel89 Oh wait that makes much more sense...
@@StrangeDew Thank you. Also, I was to apologize if my "by saying this" made it sound like an accusation. I didn't mean for it to sound like an accusation, it's just I have a mild reading disability so I have trouble with word choice connotation.
@@Cyberweasel89 Oh, it's fine!
U sound like it from the Midwest with a hint of British
Good video mate
I sound like that because that's exactly what my deal is, good ear!
This is a really nice video, I just had it recommended to me and I think you have a lot of potential and I really related to your personal experiences as a fellow non-binary person. Great work!
Thank you! I'll try to live up to your expectations!
Love this video!
This is a great video I loved it :)
I'm so happy you liked it!
If you want a good representation in anime, I also recommend Zombieland Saga, one of the main characters, Lilly, is a trans girl, her backstory shows that she prefers to be a girl and died of shock when she discovered that she was growing facial hair. her father respected her and even the other characters refer to her as a girl. many say she is a fenboy but she just refers to herself as a girl, and fenboys have no problem revealing that they are boys, so in my opinion she is trans and many agree with that.
I did consider talking about lily honestly, but I was running on depressed fumes and I just didn't have the energy to fit in every character I wanted to talk about. I'm thinking about making another trans rep video in the future (probably for pride month?) so I'll cover her in there.
i hear headcanon can sometimes trump the intent of the author, no matter how that author acts or if they are alive or not. "once it is in the public it belongs to everyone and if someone sees themself in that character then what they say is valid"
you're thinking of "The death of the author," which is a whole academic discussion, but you're not super far off from the general concept.
so....
maybe I am not understanding. but "yay death of the author" also now makes that person who thinks Frozen is about a womans struggling with her issues with being romantically attracted to her sister some weight.
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Here to see May and clear up things about her - volume 8 script was already written by the time volume 7 was airing and she first appeared. So her "reveal" scene was most likely already written by the time Kdin shared the info. And as one commenter stated already - who wouldn't be excited to share information about the character they're voiced?
The reveal itself always felt organic and clear, it lays out facts as they are without falling into the... ugh, whatever high guardian spice tried to do
So yeah, as a rwby fan i will be here defending May's rep. The writing in this show get too much flack tbh, speaking as a long-term watcher. It has flaws and down sides as every piece of media has, and some storyarcs are.... leaving a lot to be desired. But May is not one of them, for how minor of a role she had.
I never said she was bad rep, I said they could have and should have done better. She's probably the best handled LGBT representation in the show, all things considered, but that doesn't make the show above criticism, it just means they need to learn from their mistakes and do better next time.
@@WritinRealSlow It's not about the rep itself, but the bad faith argument that her scene was "only" made as a shoehorned last-minute addition, when in reality it was already written by the time her first appearance went live. I was following the fandom news closely during that time and i remember when work on v8 script was announced and discussed. Assuming a scene was only added as an afterthought is a classic case of "rwby-bad" bad faith argument, which in this case is completely undeserved and i'm here to correct that record.
why are we promoting lily orchard...
May Marigold actually audibly told us/Weiss(?) about her being trans in volume 8. People had been thinking literally everyone in the Happy Huntresses except May Marigold was the trans character. Because Rooster Teeth fucked up royally, Kdin (May) and Jessie James (Tyrian) both walked away.
Wait, Ace Ventura was supposed to be trans??? Tbf I had never seen the film, but still
no, he wasn't. The movie has a really transphobic joke in it that goes on way too long and it repeats it at the end. It's pretty gross.
I thought Eninhorn was not really transgender . but I guess one is either transgender or not. there is no psychotic break,
@@WritinRealSlowOooh, ok. Thanks for the clarification!
This was a lovely video.
Love your voice 🎉
aw, thank you! ^_^
Why is jerma here 11:24
trans femme here - this was so sweet and entertaining, such a breath of fresh air in comparison to the constant negative trans conflict grift from all sides. this is my first vid of yours ever, so im happy to be here for your coming out !!!!! congrats friend
Thank you so much! I really wanted to help add positivity to the conversation, so I'm glad it's resonated so well with people!
is that a good kid song in the outro? it sounds really close to their style/voice so i gotta know! and if so, which one?
It's "Bubbly" by Good Kid.
yess
I mean there are tons of very good trans characters in anime going back decades, but since you went straight to One Piece as the biggest and bestest I'm guessing you've never actually watched any good anime outside of battle shounen slop, which yeah good luck finding good trans representation in that genre
Ah, the mandatory stuck-up anime snob. Thank you for both not paying attention and missing the point entirely, keep up the good work
@@WritinRealSlow called it. Like judging film based on the output of the MCU
Is there a non-binary prefix?
Mx. is the standard, thanks for asking ^_^
bruh
bro?
Why do you think Yamato is included in this official One Piece release under the theme of strong women chasing their dreams? th-cam.com/video/trGP0Bqknmg/w-d-xo.html Yamato's case is interesting to me and I am curious about your thoughts given the evidence you provided in the video!
nah
Gee, anti-LGBT bigots sure are obsessed with invading queer spaces.
@@iamLI3 Ah, so you just hate the idea of LGBT people existing in fiction, even though they exist IRL? Which means you hate the idea of LGBT people existing at all, even though they don't do anything to you? And when you're reminded they exist, you and your buddy have to go harass them with your baseless and ignorant hatred of them? Sounds like a true blue homophobe to me.
"Fuck people born a certain way for existing somewhere out there. If they don't stay hidden in the shadows of the world with other people born different from me like black people and the disabled, I'll go harass them for being where I can see them! They left their house, so it's their own fault!" You sound extremely outdated and intollerant. Violently so, in fact. No wonder homophobia is linked to low intelligence.
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Throwaway sockpuppet account.
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Throwaway sockpupet account lol
@@Cyberweasel89 this is my only account dummy
Yeah! Let's all just pretend!
You seem to enjoy publicly debasing yourself. Why is that? Are you having trouble at home?
But that’s not how human science works, also elves arn’t human, so they don’t count.
Which part? Being trans? Sure it is, biology proves that trans people share more similarities with their chosen gender than cis people. (You just have to move from basic biology to advanced biology) Biology and statistics points to bimodal distribution distribution of elements, so minorities like trans people easily exist. Trans, nonbinary, third gender people have always existed throughout history and throughout different cultures. (You have to actually read about more than just surface history) And EVERYTHING shows that supporting trans people is better then trying to convince them they are sick. (You just have to listen to doctors, trans people and compare trans people who are allowed to be happy vs trans people who are not).
It can be hard reading about history and biology, but it's worth it to support people who just want to be themselves. And honestly you don't have to read anything, you just have to be kind.
Sure it is, advanced biology, statistics, history and psychology all prove time and time again that trans people exist, are real and have been here for most of human history.
@@HotDogTimeMachine385 "and have been here for most of human history" thats funny
@@PsilocybePsientist Why would that be funny? People who didn't align with their birth gender have existed all over the world
Indian kathoey and hijra, Arabian khanith, Indigenous Two Spirit, Navajo nádleehi and the Zuni lhamana, Indonesian waria, Zapotec wuxe are all examples of people living not as the gender assigned in their birth.
We have accounts of people like Kalonymus ben Kalonymus from 1286 who talk about their gender dysphoria and wanting to be the opposite gender, P.U.F. from 1776 is a famous nonbinary person who refused to be called a gender, Roman emperor Elagabalus literally sent for every surgeon in the empire to get surgery.
Greece, Phrygia, Mesopotamia, Kenya and a whole others had priestesses who were born men but chose to live as women.
In 1933 Magnus Hirschfeld's extensive library on intimacy, health and surgeries of trans people was burned down during WW2. And entire library filled with books on trans people.
My comment would only be funny if you don't actually read history and don't intend to. Are you one of those people who believe gay people only started existing in 2013 or something? Why do you think that?
@@PsilocybePsientist Why would that be funny? People who didn't align with their birth gender have existed all over the world
lgbt people have existed for longer than the US, but people think they've only popped up a few years ago. Internet is the largest source of historic knowledge but people just don't want to learn. I can't post links in comments but one short skim through" history of trans people" might do you wonders. If you're not too busy laughing for some reason.
My comment would only be funny if you don't actually read history and don't intend to. Are you one of those people who believe gay people only started existing in 2013 or something? Why do you think that?