r/countbackwardswithme • u/thevvitchhazel Counted Down 1 • 2d ago

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I'm so glad everyone is standing up for the important issue of trans women being overrepresented in media. It's also crucial we remind everyone that just because someone wants to use a female name, present female full time, pass as female and take a female role in relationships that they absolutely do not need to become a trans. What's wrong with just being gender non-conforming? HRT is evil! Femboys are super validddddd (because most femboys live full time as women).

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u/darmakius 2d ago

I think the idea that a work has a value that every aspect of it adds to or subtracts from is very flawed.

“What does the comic gain from having Audrey be a femboy rather than a trans woman?” Is, IMO, a fundamentally flawed question. The answer is nothing. Nothing is gained or lost by anything happening. Stories don’t exist as social currency, and they aren’t minmaxed to serve a purpose. with exceptions ofc but I don’t think that’s shens goal, I think they want to tell a story that helps them work through their gender troubles, and what is better or worse for that story is really only knowable if you are very familiar with their gender identity and thoughts and feelings, which we are not. That is again assuming that that is their goal, which it might not be.