Quinneapolis
here's a character dynamic I wanna see some day:
Quinneapolis
a standard hot-blooded shonen hero guy,
Quinneapolis
and a Useless Shonen Battle Manga Girl who's a trans girl
Quinneapolis
let a trans girl stand to the side of the battle clasping her hands and saying "heroname-kun..." then get captured by the villain
Quinneapolis
while some dumbass with a sword is completely in love with her
Gabiluzbad
more LGBT schlock?
Quinneapolis
always
Quinneapolis
part of me says to make the hero trans too but that honestly changes the appeal imo
Quinneapolis
if the hero is trans then of course he supports the trans heroine
Quinneapolis
a dumbass cis dude being 100% in on loving his useless trans girlfriend is a different fantasy
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
yes. I want this.
Quinneapolis
of total unhesitating acceptance from the kind of guy who realistically might not
katzenjammer
is. is "lgbt shlock" a term u really wanna use 
Echo
I think he means "more shlocky stuff that is also LGBT".
Echo
Because sometimes you just want fun comforting schlock and not a complex masterpiece, but also for it not to be relentlessly cishet.
Gabiluzbad
y....yes that's what I meant
skerple
we deserve brainless popcorn fantasies
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
i do in fact desire brainless popcorn fantasies
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
shlock but where a girl is trans and no one cares
Quinneapolis
that is what I meant yes
Quinneapolis
not all LGBT stories need to be highbrow art, let them also be mindless dumb entertainment
Quinneapolis
let them be normal
Rama
Yeah
katzenjammer
ahhhh ok
Quinneapolis
trashy lesbian romcoms, gay gunshooty action movies
Quinneapolis
etc etc
Quinneapolis
junk is fun and everyone deserves it
katzenjammer
I mentally parsed that as "shlock that is shlock because its lgbt"
Quinneapolis
YEAH definitely not that
Gabiluzbad
1000% not that
Quinneapolis
anyway overdone mysogynistic tropes are bad but if we're gonna have them anyway, trans women get to participate if they want to
Rama
Trans princess as an object of desire and living macguffin
Rama
Transmasc himbo musclehead
oh i'm scary
I'd be a damsel in distress
oh i'm scary
sounds like a nice gig
Rama
It's inside work but the hours are terrible
Quinneapolis
"transmasc himbo musclehead" is basically the concept behind Pierce QuinnOC
Rama
With a side of edgelord iirc
Quinneapolis
yeah
Quinneapolis
trans girl battle heroine's job is to think softly about the hero and occasionally have the villain monologue at her about his ideology, until a guy with a sword cuts him in half on her behalf
Doge-lover Joja
do they get scenes with backdrops of bubbles and pastel colors?
Quinneapolis
obviously yes
Quinneapolis
the whole treatment