What's with the cosplayers "coming out" as "agender", "nonbinary", "trans", etc? And can you please explain to me what tricks are used in such cosplays and how they are done?

gencritcurious · 2020-12-28T03:19:27+00:00

I would say its a combination of photoshop/genes/makeup. Tall women with small breasts can look quite masculine, and since asian facial features tend to remain pretty similar in males and females (speaking as an asian female), while other races tend to have more pronounced male facial bones compared to females. Ive seen other asian female cosplayers pass on well as male because of this. Im assuming the muscles and some bone structure are enhanced with makeup/editing. You can tell shes a female in her pics- shes just a very tall one with a more masculine build (by masculine i mean not curvy). As for why she identifies as agender, i would say its community influence. A trans label is a good “synthesizer” for people, especially women who dont fit the traditional feminine roles (i was roped into it because of my homosexuality and discomfort with being traditionally feminine a few years ago until i realized how idiotic it was). Its a way to make you feel like your life has a narrative purpose and every bad experience is because of you being trans (which is not the case, but it makes for a good worldview for vulnerable people). Im not saying this is whats going through her head, but this is a what ive observed in myself and others similar to me, so this is my best hypothesis. added with the fact that twitter anime communities are infested with tras, you get a lot of praise for coming out as nonbinary in those spaces. the basis of agender is not having a woman or man “feeling” in the brain- basically meaning youre comfortable in your body at the core level, because gender isnt a feeling(ironically its basically gc theory but with a trans label slapped on it).

A bad habit that gc people tend to have is assuming that males and females have to look male/female in pictures- i used to get upset at this kind of stuff too until i came to the conclusion that 1) media is easy to manipulate 2) males and females will not always be immediately identifiable & androgyny is a thing that most definitely exists. it does mess with the base gc worldview when people are able to be indistinguishable as either sex, but after a while i realized that masculine expression in women with masculine traits ≠ male & that sex is not overriden by expression.

Sorry i went on a bit of a tangent there- i hope i answered your main question at least a little. i’d be happy to elaborate on anything i said if it didnt make sense, i wrote this in one sitting on my phone lol

gencritcurious · 2020-12-28T02:37:31+00:00

This is nitpicking and honestly i dont see the purpose of this post. its clear that blaire is talking about sperm and not literal dna, and being a surrogate mother is literally a job that some women have. Surrogacy is not one of the cases where pregnancy is forced onto women. imo blaire isnt the person that gc community should be attacking, as she isnt exactly a champion of crazy tra rhetoric like contrapoints or anything. I quite like her content (yes im going to use the pronoun her because she passes) and the idea that needing a biological mother to parent a child is toxic

gencritcurious · 2020-12-02T01:40:59+00:00

if im honest, my naivety probably comes from the fact that i’ve never been in actual physical lesbian spaces (since im a minor). ofc, i agree with the idea that it would be much more frightening to see a man walk into a lesbian bar than a woman walk into a gay bar, but i think that us women need to throw gay men a little sympathy. gay women need to deal with aggressive (if somewhat sparse) males, and gay men need to deal with hordes of rude (but weaker) females. I also think that tifs have much more strength in numbers online, which is where tifs are the most bold and invasive towards gay men.

gencritcurious · 2020-11-12T20:46:34+00:00

while i do agree with the idea that these are delusional vulnerable girls with dissociative fantasies, i also think that some tifs are malicious. If it was the other way around with a tim watching lesbian porn and turning into a “transbian”, we would definitely count that as a fetish, and i believe that same logic can be applied to women

gencritcurious · 2020-11-12T18:33:15+00:00

true. transbians arent satisfied until every lesbian in a 100km radius says that they’re valid and would date them, while gay tifs will date other tifs at least...

gencritcurious · 2020-11-12T18:25:45+00:00

i don’t really think thats true, ofc its more common in males, but anyone with sexual organs can be conditioned to get a sexual kick out of something.

gencritcurious · 2020-11-12T06:23:40+00:00

thanks for the replies guys! i havent opened this account in months, but it was interesting seeing the responses (im a minor and im still learning). I cant say i agree with everything in the comments, but it was helpful feedback :)

gencritcurious · 2020-11-12T06:20:53+00:00

I really feel bad for the gay male community these days,,, this is a problem for me the other way around as a lesbian, but the ratio of “gay” tifs to “lesbian” tims is 10:1 (at least for my generation). honestly, tifs scare me more these days just because of how bold they are lmao

gencritcurious · 2020-07-26T19:00:06+00:00

When I wrote this post, I was observing a phenomenon that i saw specifically in the anime fan community, but i’m sure this extends beyond that and falls under the broader phenomenon of straight girls being obsessed with gay male media(fanfiction, slash, etc). As an asian girl, i dont think that anime is inherently trying to indoctrinate young women into becoming “gay” tifs, but the way its consumed has most definitely influenced the trans craze, at least in the west. Its a combination of escapism, fantasy, and idealized pornography(theres going to be porn content in fandoms everywhere) that influences these specific kinds of tras, but the media itself is not to blame. This is a discussion about how unhealthy consumption of media by vulnerable girls can lead to trans identity, not about how the media(anime) is inherently bad(i dont fw media conspiracy theories for the most part)

gencritcurious · 2020-07-23T23:42:52+00:00

Hmm, I would say that there was just a general lack of passion for the femslash ships? Often girl characters would be tossed aside to lesbian ships so they wouldnt "get in the way" of the slash ships. I enjoyed a lot of the femslash stuff, but there was just wayyyy less content on it, and it was always"softgirl kiss on the cheek" stuff, while the mm ships got these long in depth essays + way more romanticization. The ironic thing was that mm relationships were portrayed basically how irl lesbians act... also, I wouldnt be surprised if a lot of these tifs were bi/straight girls who originally thought themselves to be lesbian, and in order to keep the "gay energy" after discovering their attraction to men, they converted to bi/gay men if you know what i mean... to go from gay girl to straight girl would be seen as boring in these circles.

gencritcurious · 2020-07-23T14:43:44+00:00

I totally get this. I’m a lesbian too, and i was indoctrinated into the he/him lesbian cult when i was 14 or so?(sometime last year). As someone who was in it at one point, i can safely say its all bullshit. Using he/him online was just a way for me to be ~quirky~ and justify my depression with “im constantly being misgendered”. Ive seen the he/him thing from both sides (tra and gencrit), and not once have i seen a compelling argument for it. tbh ive never seen a male he/him lesbian... usually the males go for she/they instead... but my point still stands, he him lesbians are bullshit

gencritcurious · 2020-07-23T14:26:29+00:00

i totally get what you mean! theres a certain power dynamic that is somehow only in fictional mxm relationships— irl i would say its truly closer to a lesbian dynamic, but in fiction its usually men— and that gives these people a skewed vision of real gay men. gay men are still men, for the better or worse, and theres nothing inherently deeper or more special about their lives, despite what media can portray.

gencritcurious · 2020-07-23T14:07:23+00:00

i think part of it is they dont really resemble actual males, and its more of the idea of homosexual romance? for me, i occasionally read bL bc its where i can find relatable gay stories (theres very few good lesbian stories unfortunately). and if you add in the fact that these were mostly young people with little to no s3xual experience, the first exposure to p0rnographic content leaves a lasting impact, even if irl males would disgust them... but i do agree, people are crazy these days 😂

gencritcurious · 2020-07-23T13:56:19+00:00

yup, basically! a lot of the fanart would be boys making out and stuff, but as long as theres a good ole “fujoshi dni” tag on there, theyre good to go!

gencritcurious · 2020-07-23T13:47:22+00:00

its crazy to hear that this is a common experience! I would say the reason for the tifs i interacted with hiding their fetish the was that being a fujoshi was seen as the ultimate cancellable crime, and any association with that was deemed wrong... so hiding it was basically a distancing tactic. And because everyone only talked about it in dms/private, it was seen as something that no one did. I also think that there was definitely an air of “well its ok if i do this in private because im a REAL gay man and i cant ~fetishize~ myself”, but basically all of them were doing it simultaneously, even if no one would point out the elephant in the room

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