#The book that Julia Serano admitted is flawed because she started talking about queer experiences that weren't hers/didn't affect her?

[werewuff]

Maybe its just me being a GNC/nonbinary person, but I actually think it kinda sucks seeing people decide Kris is transfemme, when Kris is overtly expressed to be nonbinary and nongendered/androgynous. I think Tumblr in general has a shit awful time with nonbinary and GNC folks: foolishly deciding that androgyny is related to masculinity because of an absence of feminine-coded traits and markers. I don't see how taking a nonbinary person and deciding to put them in a binary gender role isn't inherently transphobic. That role being "trans" doesn't negate that- you're still forcibly applying a gender role YOU'VE decided is better to the character, rather than respecting their stated identity.

I'm glad that trans women and transfemmes can see elements of their experiences within Deltarune, but you CAN see how painting over nonbinary and GNC people actually WEAKENS the queer readings of Deltarune, right? Its not just about Deltarune, this affects other queer narratives as well: It makes it so that the varied and unique tapestry that IS queer identity becomes homogenized into an "acceptable" way to be queer, where nonbinary and other gendered people don't exist, because it's "hard to understand" or "gives the community a bad name." As if those same arguments haven't been used against binary trans people.

Nonbinary people are transgender too: we've always been here and deserve to have characters that reflect our experiences. It would be REALLY cool if people didn't paint over our experiences and existences with a more "acceptable" binary identity, just because it affirms their own existence. It could very well be that Kris was raised alongside Asriel as a "brother" but them not aligning with that role doesn't inherently make them a girl, or transfemminine. We need to consider the things that are present in the game: The way the other characters refer to and treat Kris, the items Kris can and cant apply to themself, etc etc. Saying "Kris is obviously a transgirl because they're uncomfortable with being forced into a masculine role" completely ignores and erases nonbinary people. Other genders/gender identities exist. Please stop perpetuating the idea that the only way to be transgender is as a transwoman.