Sighs

[zouzounaki]

Gender swap does not qualify as straight het. Well, okay, technically it does, but if I join a het fanfic community and it's filled with gender swap stuff... Just, no. Male characters with the same characterization just with girl parts? I just... don't get the fandom mind sometimes.

Peace, Ghani

Comments

[lastwordslinger.livejournal.com]

LOL, I know. If I didn't hate the word "heteronormative", that's what I'd call that.

Also, I only find gender swap intriguing if it involves a HET couple where one or both characters switch gender. But that's just me.

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

Well, 'cause that'd actually require the author to think about the situation emotional and story-wise instead of just, you know, swapping genitalia. Though I do also see people using gender swap to propagate "sneaky slash", to quote a friend, heh. And that makes me so weary as well.