Oh God, the FAIL in this one. But transphobia, aside...
in amodern or sf context, a transgendered person could solve the situation withsurgery, genetic modification, body-swap, or whatever. Those options arenot available to a fantasy author.
OH, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT ABOUT FUCKING MAGIC? Actually, I think that a magic spell to change your body to the right one might be more effective in fiction than sci-fi science, and less possible side effects too.
Incidentally, the only story I've read with a FtM character is a short mythological story in Metamorphosis. Iphis was a biological girl who was raised as a boy in secret, and he fell in love with the girl next door. He and his mom prayed to the goddess Isis before the wedding, and they got their miracle and he was turned into a young man. It's... not entirely a good story because it was written by a Roman man and it shows, but it has a magical fantasy happy ending for the transexual character. SO YEAH, POSSIBLE.
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in amodern or sf context, a transgendered person could solve the situation withsurgery, genetic modification, body-swap, or whatever. Those options arenot available to a fantasy author.
OH, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT ABOUT FUCKING MAGIC? Actually, I think that a magic spell to change your body to the right one might be more effective in fiction than sci-fi science, and less possible side effects too.
Incidentally, the only story I've read with a FtM character is a short mythological story in Metamorphosis. Iphis was a biological girl who was raised as a boy in secret, and he fell in love with the girl next door. He and his mom prayed to the goddess Isis before the wedding, and they got their miracle and he was turned into a young man. It's... not entirely a good story because it was written by a Roman man and it shows, but it has a magical fantasy happy ending for the transexual character. SO YEAH, POSSIBLE.