Celebrate Trans Characters: Transtide 2022

[simonlorden]

What is TransTide?

Since trans headcanons and the portrayal of trans characters can be personal for many people, writers might be nervous to write trans headcanons without invitation. This mini challenge is for people to signal that they would love to receive trans headcanons, as well as to showcase their requested fandoms with canon trans characters.

Note that this exchange is open to nonbinary characters as well.

How do I participate?

• Leave a comment on this post linking your letter and/or listing your requested fandoms and characters if you 1) requested canonical trans characters, 2) are happy to receive a gift where your writer headcanons one or several of the characters as trans.
• Feel free to add any likes and DNWs.
• Make sure to include your ao3 name!
• If you post a fic for Yuletide with one or more trans characters, tag it with TransTide so people can find it easily.

Comments

[something_ignites]

ao3 username: something_ignites
letter: here!

For anyone who watches Bob's Burgers, I requested trans Gene Belcher as one of my prompts. You can find my full prompt in the link above, but here's the relevant parts:

Gene as trans: I headcanon Gene as trans, and would love an exploration of her social transition as a young adult! I'm not interested in an issues-fic, dysphoria, or anything that delves too deeply into her medical transition (although you're certainly welcome to include details of that in your fic). I'm more interested the social dynamics around Gene's transition, and how Gene's interactions with other characters might change as Gene transitions. I'd love to see Gene's exploration of her femininity as a source of joy, abundance, and expansion in her life, rather than anything sad or depressing. Extra points for Gene processing her gender with her sisters, and extra bonus points if you include Marshmallow!

DNW: I read fics to further immerse myself in the world that canon presents, so my DNWs are anything that significantly deviates from the tone/topics presented in the original work. If you write the trans Gene prompt, I'd like to avoid this turning into an issues-fic, so no trans 101-type explanation, or soapboxing of trans issues/trans politics. The Bob's Burgers universe is depicted as very accepting of LGBTQ+ people and alternative lifestyles, so no overt transphobia or violence. No neopronouns, please! No public health concerns (eg, STDs), character deaths, or sad endings, please. Not interested in receiving smut for this prompt.