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beccaelizabethI usually have no objections to people imagining a character as trans
there's not many trans characters and it's a perfectly valid way to get more
but
there are a few rare characters who *have been* sex swapped, by whatever F&SF means
and who got back to usual as fast as possible.
So for instance Guy Gardner in DC comics had the experience of being Gal Gardner thrust upon him and hated it A Lot. The internet says that was Guy Gardner: Warrior (1994) #42.
Ianto Jones woke up as a woman (a specific woman who did not look like him) in the Torchwood novel Almost Perfect, and by the end of the book had the chance to stay that way or change himself to some more familiar form. He chose to go back to being the Ianto we see.
Therefore in these *specific* circumstances I... guess I get annoyed as I would at misgendering a trans man, because they had to work to change, they did their choosing, and here they are guygs again on purpose.
But I also feel strongly I would be obnoxious to go around citing sources at everyone who decides to refer to Ianto in the feminine form. That's not even what they mean sometimes. And the novels aren't the same level of canon as the TV show. And they have some Problems, obviously.
Just, Ianto Jones absolutely had a choice about his embodiment situation and made it, so we should respect that.
... I grump while approaching the text from one very specific perspective.
... yes he's a character and there are other stories that could be told with him, I know...
there's not many trans characters and it's a perfectly valid way to get more
but
there are a few rare characters who *have been* sex swapped, by whatever F&SF means
and who got back to usual as fast as possible.
So for instance Guy Gardner in DC comics had the experience of being Gal Gardner thrust upon him and hated it A Lot. The internet says that was Guy Gardner: Warrior (1994) #42.
Ianto Jones woke up as a woman (a specific woman who did not look like him) in the Torchwood novel Almost Perfect, and by the end of the book had the chance to stay that way or change himself to some more familiar form. He chose to go back to being the Ianto we see.
Therefore in these *specific* circumstances I... guess I get annoyed as I would at misgendering a trans man, because they had to work to change, they did their choosing, and here they are guygs again on purpose.
But I also feel strongly I would be obnoxious to go around citing sources at everyone who decides to refer to Ianto in the feminine form. That's not even what they mean sometimes. And the novels aren't the same level of canon as the TV show. And they have some Problems, obviously.
Just, Ianto Jones absolutely had a choice about his embodiment situation and made it, so we should respect that.
... I grump while approaching the text from one very specific perspective.
... yes he's a character and there are other stories that could be told with him, I know...