Random hot take (I'm just full of these. Don't be surprised if you find me posting about them), but I really don't like it when people feminize a character (men, really).
Now, in general, I don't mind it, but when it's a character who struggles with appearances and masculinity (*cough cough* Spencer Reid *cough cough* Dipper Pines *cough*), then it kinda irks me in the wrong way. And if you noticed, the aforementioned characters tend to have transgender headcanons. Now, I understand that masculinity is not owed to anyone for a trans man, but if you noticed, a lot of characters who are headcanoned to be trans men are also heavily feminized, whether that be by the same people or just opposite sides of the fandom.
I dunno, it might just be me being weird and insecure because I have trouble appearing masculine. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ And, like, I'm not shaming anyone who does feminize these characters—you do you, pookie—but isn't it kinda weird how, most of the time, the feminization is strictly "forced" upon the skinny, white guys? Like, are we trying to enforce a stereotype here or what? I'm a skinny, white guy, y'all, don't feminize me. 😔😔
In reality, it doesn't really matter, and if I ever see a post or a fanfic that feminizes these types of characters, I just scroll like any person should. But still, my comfort characters are the ones being feminized. 😖😖 That's also the same reason why I tend to stick to a character's canonical gender. I don't want them to go through the same mental torture I have to go through, dawg.
Just do what y'all do, though. I just wanted to ramble.
How many times have I typed the word "character"? Good lord.