TransTide 2023

[dauntlessshadowice]

Reposting from 2022’s post from simonlorden with permission.

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

[aedifica]

I accidentally took part without knowing about this challenge! I don't think any of these fandoms have canonical trans characters but I'm happy to receive a fic where one or more of the characters is headcanoned as trans.

AO3 name: aedifica (millefolia)
Letter link: https://aedifica.dreamwidth.org/1443636.html
Fandoms:
Frederica, by Georgette Heyer
The Goblin Emperor series, by Katherine Addison
Hellspark, by Janet Kagan
The Steerswoman series, by Rosemary Kirstein
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase sequence, by Joan Aiken
"M.T.A.", song by the Kingston Trio

Relevant line from my letter: "Non-canonical trans or genderqueer characters: go for it if you want! I'd like the character to still be recognizably the same character as in canon, but that's a pretty broad guideline that can be interpreted multiple ways and I'm probably fine with any way you interpret it."