Do you think Krem would take T and/or get surgery if it was available to him? My headcanon is that he probably can't actually bind much because the risk of damaging his ribs or losing lung functionality is too high and such an injury would be devastating to his career.
This is a tricky question I think, because every trans guy has such differing experiences with his own body and would want different things for Krem. I feel like there isn’t…a right answer, because there are so few trans men characters and Krem means so much to so many people, and he can’t be definitively everything at once. I occasionally find myself projecting my own feelings onto him, and having to remember that even though I cosplay Krem I can’t speak as if my view of him should be EVERYONE’S view of him. Just because I personally want T and top surgery doesn’t mean that he inherently does.
I suppose his choice for medical transitioning depends which ‘verse he’s in. In the game he tells the Inquisitor that he wouldn’t change if he had the choice, because he doesn’t want that sort of magic near himself and he’s in a place of self-acceptance with his body. But that’s specifically about Tevinter magic, which he’d be understandably wary of. I’ve seen some fics where he uses special salve like a Thedas equivalent of TestoGel, which was cool.
In modern AUs where, unlike game Thedas, medical transitioning DOES exist, maybe he WOULD want that. But there are more variables now too; it’s rarely as simple as “does this person WANT to transition medically”. Maybe he wants T and/or surgery in theory but accepts that it’s something he has to wait a long time for because he can’t afford it, or maybe he doesn’t trust doctors, or the wait list for consultations is years long. Maybe he’s terrified of the idea of recovery time and having to be taken care of by others, even if it leads to a positive outcome.
If I’m honest, there is something comforting about having an example of a trans guy who is at peace with himself pre-T and pre-Op, and whose found family accepts him as he is. As much as it might feel weird to not be able to relate to him about changing, his is a valid trans experience.
