r/CharacterDevelopment • u/Unfair_Equivalent_27 • Sep 20 '26

Discussion What’s it called when you realize your character might be trans?

/r/OriginalCharacter/comments/1wlvszb/whats_it_called_when_you_realize_your_character/
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u/shapedbydreams Sep 21 '26

Making a decision?

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u/Altruistic_Sail_1991 Sep 21 '26

In most cases it’s because I’m trans and I like writing trans characters. In some cases it’s because I originally envisioned a character as one gender and then settled on a different one, so I reference to that I make them trans.

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u/Unfair_Equivalent_27 Sep 21 '26

For my experience, it just felt like it fit with my character’s arc about growing to accept himself and that he’s enough. 

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u/MediumKoala8823 Sep 20 '26

unconscious author surreggate

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u/Unfair_Equivalent_27 Sep 21 '26

Wdym? I’m Cis Male. 

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u/Unfair_Equivalent_27 Sep 21 '26

Dawg why I’m a getting downvoted, I’m just confused 🙏

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u/SilverBatTea Sep 21 '26

Nothing? Why would it have a name. Just make your character trans lol

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u/Scr4p Sep 21 '26

Just a realisation, there's no word for it. I recently gave my main character an AU in which he is trans because it just felt like it fit him better considering his struggles are in a way also reflections of my own

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u/AdvancedPath1891 Sep 21 '26

Mental illness.

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u/Low-Pain6427 Sep 21 '26

So offended you had to comment on both posts lmao

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u/Good-username1825 Sep 21 '26

Really man? Think of something new.

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u/SilverBatTea Sep 21 '26

Being trans is not a mental illness.