Excuse me, but crossdressing and magical transformation does not count as being trans. If a "man" dresses like a woman, but identifies themself as a woman, then she's trans. If a man dresses like a woman, but still clarifies himself as a man, then he's not trans. Are you perhaps cis or something? You really need to research transgenders, or ask them yourself, because this almost seems like a bad trans-fetish blog instead.
Wow, I’m responding a bit late (a bit? More like a lot). I don’t know when the idea of the term changed, but I originally learned, and still see, “transgender” as an umbrella term that encompasses not only transsexual people (I’ve seen it said that’s considered a slur now, but I haven’t seen the documentation that says why--I learned it as a medical term which absolutely could have changed, but it is still a term I find useful as a distinguisher), non-binary people, intersex people, crossdressers, and drag queens. Yes, the last two are rather separate from the others in terms of identity, but such is still how it is in my mind from those days in college when I was figuring out the terms while starting my transition.
As far as the magically transformed, quite frankly, I can’t stand the trope. It’s often handled insultingly and it’s not anything that really happens, but I guess part of my including them is because, well, this blog would have been quite small if not for their inclusion. Selfishness, I guess, but there’s also the fact as well that such a situation is still considered a transgender situation, even if only fictional.
But I won’t discount what you said. If there is an aspect to this blog that can seem like a fetish one, it needs to be relayed. I’ve never seen this blog as such, but sometimes people don’t see the flaws in what they do when they’re involved in its creation. Heck, fetish aspects are a reason I have been gone for so long from this thing. The next entries were going to be more of the adult characters, but those types of characters are not what I have any enjoyment covering. Heck, I’d drop them altogether if it weren’t for the fact that I wanted to cover every trans superhero (and villain) that I could find, regardless of whether they were done well (or even anywhere approaching the realm of okay).
However, this message may be pointless, anyways. I don’t know how long this comment was made, so I don’t know if you’re on the site anymore after the ridiculous purge, and I constantly doubt I’ll ever get back to this blog. It’s not something I have as much interest in anymore, especially going back and looking at some of my art on these entries. I mean, I feel a place to spotlight trans superheroes is important, but such a place should probably be a wiki and not a blog by someone whose art rarely reaches the levels of decent. But I shouldn’t count myself out. I mean, I did finally log in again after over a year, didn’t I?
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