The trouble is that, you know, I was trying to restrain myself from talking too much about bandom (and not really succeeding already), so being defensive is like, opening the floodgates? Tsk. (Also, fucking hilarious Western crack!AU, thank you so much GWay.)
Really excellent points all. I'm too compartmentalized: genderfuck has so little to do with real trans issues anyway (most of the time) that I hadn't really thought about it in that context much until I started discussing it with Lisbet last night.
My trouble is that I have difficulty with character voices in fanfic (even when they're AU/random bodily alteration-free): writing them (which is why I usually don't), and even hearing them when I read. I'm really going to have to sit down and watch a whole lot of interviews before I try to write girl!Gerard.
Relatedly, I want boy!Alicia/girl!Mikey porn. Mmmm, that sounds good. Particularly if girl!Mikey were well-characterized, dammit.
*laughs* I'm glad you're excited, even though you have already seen it! It is going to be good to have a weekend to work (that sounds funny). And hell no, you should write it! (I'm not even sure which exact pairing you mean, but you should write them all anyway!)
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Really excellent points all. I'm too compartmentalized: genderfuck has so little to do with real trans issues anyway (most of the time) that I hadn't really thought about it in that context much until I started discussing it with Lisbet last night.
My trouble is that I have difficulty with character voices in fanfic (even when they're AU/random bodily alteration-free): writing them (which is why I usually don't), and even hearing them when I read. I'm really going to have to sit down and watch a whole lot of interviews before I try to write girl!Gerard.
Relatedly, I want boy!Alicia/girl!Mikey porn.
Mmmm, that sounds good. Particularly if girl!Mikey were well-characterized, dammit.
*laughs* I'm glad you're excited, even though you have already seen it! It is going to be good to have a weekend to work (that sounds funny). And hell no, you should write it! (I'm not even sure which exact pairing you mean, but you should write them all anyway!)