Hey, trans people of tumblr! I need some writing advice.
Recently, I've been working on a Mario AU fanfiction. I don't want to give away too many details yet, but one of the characters is a trans woman who has been sealed away since ancient times, and has recently been freed. A key part of the story is that trans people like her were severely oppressed in her time, but are more widely accepted today.
Unfortunately, right now (in the US at least), it's not a great time to be trans. Transphobia is on the rise thanks to MAGA, and Project 2025 has been making great strides in taking away LGBT+ rights. I'm worried that if I publish a story where an important plot point is "trans people have it better now than they did 1000 years ago", it might come across as tone-deaf, even if it is an escapist fantasy world that doesn't reflect America's culture.
What do you think? Should I go ahead with my idea, or put it on the back-burner? (Note: I won't be done with it for a few years, probably.)
