with your HRT herb post, and you having talked about hitting some cats with the Woman Beam, would you make any of them trans women? or trans guys, so they could still be toms but also have kits (if they want to ofc ofc) to help with the genetics??
I will! But so far there are only 3 trans cats. I'm looking to trans more of them as they come up though.
Especially transfemmes. Transmascs are a lot easier to 'make' because WC has a male-skewed gender ratio already and cats who can have kittens without a sire are extremely useful genetically.
There are two* transwomen so far; Hazeltail and Volestar*. Redtail is a transman.
Hazeltail
Hazeltail is getting saved. Mousewhisker and Minnowtail are going to have a half-clan relationship; so depending on how ASC goes, Mouse is either going to die back in TBC while opposing the imposter OR leave for RiverClan if Minnowtail gets canonical kits. Hazeltail will be taking on his ThunderClan appearances from then on, whatever happens.
And if the Erins get wise and give Mouse some kids for genetic diversity, that will mean for my redux, Hazeltail and the lucky girl will be lesbians.
Hazel will also be following my herb guide; she's on Wolf's Foot and/or Hops, still working out what her suppliments look like specifically though! (I also want to play with the fact that Wolf's Foot is a multiuse herb and possibly imply that time she 'almost' died of greencough was because she gave up her herbs to save a clanmate. I may also change Jayfeather's magical StarClan save from Poppyfrost to Hazeltail...)
Volestar... maybe.
Volestar/Volepelt meanwhile... I've been waffling on it for a while. Representation is extremely important to me, but I can see Volestar EXTREMELY clearly in my head. I'm afraid if I make her canonically trans instead of cis, she might harken a stereotype.
She's HUGE, in personality and in size. One of the biggest in RiverClan. She looks like an otter with a heart to match, and plays an important supporting role in Darkstar's Commandment. Darkstar is rational and politically savvy; and Volepelt is uncompromising and assertive.
Volepelt is an early proponent of the law to protect kittens, her being loud and argumentative is what eventually gets her the deputyship role. She's picked BECAUSE Darkstar knows she will fight to uphold this law when she's gone. So... I don't want to change her personality at all
And... I don't see her taking transition herbs either. I would really just like her to be a non-dysphoric transwoman who's really happy with who she is, but I'm not transfemme and I also don't want to invoke a hurtful image for my followers, or god forbid, summon the Disc Horse.
So TL;DR I really want Volestar to be transfemme. She may end up as a cis woman though. Literally nothing about her personality or appearance would change either way.
Redtail
Was trans, and mates with Runningwind. They had two litters together, with only one kit from each surviving to adulthood (Longtail and Sandstorm).
He took nettle root and rosemary; I imagine pine pollen is mostly used by ShadowClan and WindClan, as they have easier access to Scots Pine trees.
As a side note, I also have a personal headcanon that Rowanclaw is a transman and his kits were from a stint with a rogue; Tawnypelt jumped in to claim them as hers and it PISSED Tigerclaw off in Hell. I won't be using it for the rewrite because it conflicts with an important scene for my planned Hawkfrost redemption arc.
Hmm... t4t tawny/rowan though... I am Looking.
