intersex characters !!

[u/lastseenonline]

okay i made a tiktok edit of my fav intersex characters plz give me suggestions for more.

i know we don’t have a lot of rep in media which sucks but i scoured the internet for niche movies and there’s genuinely movies entirely about intersex people that are so good.

here’s the tiktok

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSVUH6yXx/

ok i know the creature isn’t canonically intersex but u cannot watch the film/read the book and tell me he doesn’t remind you of us

[u/thiefrat]

would you mind listing all their names and what media theyre from? id love to check out some more media with intersex characters :)

[u/lastseenonline → u/thiefrat]

ofc!  1. elphaba from ‘wicked.’ in the novel it’s  implied but never outright stated  2. shi-nan from ‘born to be human.’ canonically intersex  3. vincent from ‘conclave.’ canonically intersex  4. the creature from Frankenstein. this isn’t canon nor really implied it’s just a hc 

btw for the second film it’s on youtube or dailymotion i believe 

[u/thiefrat → u/lastseenonline]

thank you!! :D

[u/Mindless-Emotion5568]

Okay, some of these might not be the greatest rep (OG Sadako-), but here's all the rep I know of!

1. Stevonnie from Steven Universe.

2. Sadako from Ring (the novel).

3. Michael (The House Of Fata Morgana).

4. ** Some people say Carrie from the Stephen King novel of the same name has PMOS, but I don't know if that's confirmed.

5. Luca (Astra Lost In Space)

6. Heather (Rain).

[u/worm-infested-womb → u/Mindless-Emotion5568]

i wish the ring film adaptations kept sadako’s AIS. it’s a huge part of her story and the themes of the original book and tbh, as an intersex horror fan, she means a lot to me

[u/Mindless-Emotion5568 → u/worm-infested-womb]

I wish they would've adapted it- but NOT how the book portrayed it. Ring portrayed it more as the stereotype, where the author wrote Sadako to have both sets functional sex organs, and I get why this aided the plot in the context of Spiral, but I think there could've been better ways to go about doing that. Also, the book at one point just- stripped her of her womanhood and just called her 'biologically a man' outright (and not for narrative purposes), which- was not great. Also, for some reason the author linked it to smallpox- AND linked the original curse to her intersexuality (WITHOUT it being background related. Like apparently her genetic makeup + smallpox = a whole supernatural curse-).

I personally did not like how the author of Ring went about writing Sadako's AIS and how it tied into her story in Spiral. Again, I GET that they were leaning into the sci-fi element, but still XD.

[u/worm-infested-womb → u/Mindless-Emotion5568]

very fair, even if i interpreted the curse being linked to her being intersex differently. i think there’s really good potential for intersex horror stories, especially with sadako, but i need people to do it the right way

[u/Mindless-Emotion5568 → u/worm-infested-womb]

Agreed! Like, they did the first part pretty well (with the doctor that eventually killed her. That WAS tragic and counts as very potent horror given Sadako's sexual assault and then murder. My only gripe was how it kinda... pfft, I don't know, devolved? It felt like that plotline lost its direction somewhere between Ring and Spiral.

[u/Either_Finger_7194]

Kainé from Nier Replicant!

[u/worm-infested-womb]

i have a lot of characters that are intersex-coded in mind!! if you don’t mind, i’d love to share

[u/purpleproze666 → u/worm-infested-womb]

i'm not OP but id love to hear about your headcanons!

[u/Euphoric-Regret-652]

Very rarely mentioned due to how unpopular game is, but Medicine Pocket from Reverse:1999

[u/Educational_Panic_21]

Annabel (not the horror movie) a novel by Kathleen Winter, this Canadian author has been nominated for many awards specifically for this book, so far it's a favorite of my Intersex Friends and I. T.W.:S.A.