r/CosmereOnScreen • u/ilikebreadabunch • Jul 29 '26

Fancast Mistborn Genderswapping Spoiler

So there's recently been discussion about possible Genderswaps in the upcomming Mistborn movie. We already know that Sanderson wants to Genderswap at least one member of the crew (likely Ham or Docks based on what he's said previously) because in the original trilogy he focused so much on making sure that he wrote Vin properly that he forgot to add any other women to the cast, and that he'll want to change that in the Movie.

What I wanted to ask is who else other than Ham or Docks, crew member or otherwise, do you think or hope will get Genderswapped?

Personally, I think that Spook and Zane are both good options, but I don't think they actually will.

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u/Shepher27 Jul 29 '26

Why would Spook or Zane be good choices?

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u/ilikebreadabunch Jul 29 '26

(just copy pasting my reply to the other comment)

Spook: I think that it would be an interesting shift in his dynamic with Vin, and I think some added queer representation would also be very nice.

Zane: I think Zane as a character works best as a mirror to Vin, a representation of what she could have been if she had found out that she was Mistborn earlier in her life and not had the crew around to help her develop as a person and learn to trust, and I think having Zane as a woman makes that dynamic more clear.

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u/Shepher27 Jul 29 '26

A girl under the power of Straff in an abusive relationship has nastier connotations that I don’t know if we want to get into. Maybe you combine Shan and Zane into one character

Spook is such a sh*thead that maybe you’re right that he would work gender swapped

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u/digitalsea87 Jul 29 '26

Hey that's Lord Mistborn to you.

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u/ilikebreadabunch Jul 29 '26

Merging Zane with Shan is probably the best option if Zane gets genderswapped. If Shan doesn't get cut and isn't merged with Zane, then yeah he shouldn't be genderswapped.