MASTERPOST Gender in Kuroshitsuji
At last I have composed a masterpost about Grell’s gender, and gender in general in ‘Kuroshitsuji’.
I am not sure whether I caught all of my posts on this topic, so if you find anything that I missed, please do nudge me ( •_•) σ (ÓwÒ)
The following is categorised into sections. I do realise the categorising is not perfect, but many posts really do overlap in categories… so my apologies here.
Yana’s personal claim, and Grell’s self identification
Gender pronouns for Grell used by other characters
Grell’s confessional and Akuma 6 Bonus chapter Explained
Grells “outbursts of masculine speech” and scale of gendered language use by Kuroshitsuji characters
“How would you have translated the pronouns?
Grell is a transgender binary woman. (Underneath the post in ‘appendix’)
Sascha’s first person pronoun: Boku
Sascha’s gender pronoun in the manga?
Yana and Grell - Owning up to Mistakes
Kuromyu2: Transphobia and Grell’s self defense
Most gender ambiguous character? Not Grell
O!Ciel ‘misgendering’ Grell?
Kuromyu2: Crossdressing as laughing stock (2 follow up posts)
1. → Kuromyu2: Sebas’ transphobia cannot be justified
2. → Kuromyu2: Grell portrayed as ‘a walking humiliation’
Answer to: “Grell’s sex is male, but gender is female?”
Confusion caused by the English dub
“Why would a Victorian woman self-identify as a Japanese stereotype??”
“Respect each other”, “the power of translation”, and “Is bad rep!”
Sweet sweet words from @grelleswife and @thotleviathan
“Are you from the lgbt community too?”
“I was sure Ciel would be played by a girl in Kuromyu”
“Grell as a reference to real life transwomen Ikko and Kaba-Chan?”
Meaning of Okama explained: “I want to contribute: Grell the okama”
“’Unique-ly Japanese’ really not that ‘unique-ly Japanese’ indeed”
“Do you think the use of male pronouns in English had been added for time period accuracy?”
→ Same Anon’s reaction to ‘period accuracy post’
Grell’s pronoun in eastern European language translation
Transphobia in Japanese society, and “Yana using ‘he’ for Grell”
“The anime made everyone think Grell’s a man!”
Grell’s gendered speech and pronoun in Serbo-Croatian
“That post about Grell being binary trans was not cool.”
“Can we stop fighting about Grell online? You’re just wasting your time”
Grell’s popularity as a powerful reaper who transcends traditional gender
My explanation and apology: why ‘they’ as a pronoun better be avoided for Grell
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