men as women - and women as men ?

[kossai]

hmm , suddenly realise ... see somewhat often , people who headcanon and treat canon male characters as female - especially in sense that want to see more butches in media , so will make do from what have .
but never really see opposite - people headcanon and treat canon female characters as male .

of course , men not really lack in media - but then at certain point , femme gay men ? there is wider gap there , and not uncommon these end up cruel stereotypes . especially if look in anime …
which is one possible point , trap and predator tropes . people want to avoid possibly give off this impression , so that means ... will not do at all .

as well , there is this ... little bit of problem . society read certain " masculine " things as neutral , but equivalent " feminine " things as women only .
this is something that many queer people do not totally let go of - so to some , woman with " manly " features make sense more than man with " womanly " ones . canon men can read as women , but canon women can not read as men - this is silly and incompatible .

and , well , to circle back ? there usually is less female characters , and more hatred for those characters . even if hate do not motivate , people can and probably will assume so . can not really joke " transition would fix this character " if that character get bad fandom reputation just because female .

not really have good solution … wish did .