so i know it’s common to headcanon the trolls as naturally having intersex type bodies, or even anatomy close to perisex people after taking hormones? ive been thinking of a way to tie that into the tongue and cheek conception of “alternia” as an “alternate place” to the conservative suburban dream represented by homestuck‘s earth. i literally think it should be canon that ALL trolls are transgender, physically, socially and otherwise. but bro what? if 100% of the population was transgender then it wouldn’t be “trans” anymore would it. except on this bizarre planet, yes it is. every troll is assigned the opposite of their true gender at birth, and it’s the cultural norm for them to be pressured by custodians to embody their assigned gender with the full knowledge that it doesnt fit them (there are guardians who go outside the norm like sollux’s ally dad). this fits alternias culture of pointlessly torturing children. also trolls should naturally produce HRT. all of this adds up to transitioning is almost like a coming of age thing every troll goes through AHJFJHADBJABJ of course homestuck never stops at systemic solutions working for everyone, that’s why i think even outside of this most trolls should have intersex characteristics that the rules of this bizarro transgender society dont account for.
let me explain some examples
VRISKA - canonically a girl, therefore transfem. assigned male at birth, transitions to female, has a penis, body naturally produces estrogen
KARKAT - canonically a boy, therefore transmasc. assigned female at birth, transitions to male, has a vagina, body naturally produces testosterone
Does This Mean Eridan Detransitioned?
one thing that makes this cool to me is that the hormone/body situation means all trolls will have bodies that naturally look like trans peoples on hrt. cuz low-key guys i seen the way you draw the trolls and yeah ANMFANJFJWHFNJA TRANS BODIES ARE WELL REPRESENTED IN HOMESTUCK FANART ILL SAY THAT SNKFJSHFSNKFNJWFJNW there’s room to show the varying stages of HRT on peoples bodies and even the surgeries depending on the character?
another thing that just makes this straight up hilarious to me is that despite 100% of the troll population being trans, transphobia still dominates the popular culture on alternatia, and kind of maintains transness as a deviant, minority identity when it’s literally statistically the norm ANMFNJAFJHWBJFAJHC i feel the nonsensicality fits alternia as a satire of earth. like if trans ppl are normal why would they treat them that way? well, why does earth?
i think with there being 12 trolls there is so much potential to establish this system and then break it with a myriad of intersex characters. if i wanted to use homestuck to tell stories about transness/gender diversity i might do this. Ohhh but what do I know…
now im just thinking of the funniest situation where gamzes somehow gets away with being the only cis person on alternia in this system dude dont ask me how <WJNFHWDJKWHFIEJKFSJKWFHJAJFALJALKFJLWFLKEAIHFAJKCJKWLKFAFLAJFKWHCKEWJLFACOJAHICASHCKSAJKFAICOJACJKAS
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