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im gay

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Best girl as a boy!

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Oh we’re hc-ing fem semishira? Ok do you mind if I just-

Look at them, they’re in love

Also semi still has absolutely awful taste in fashion as a girl but we still love her for it

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They swear it’s a complete accident, but the narrative parallels won’t let them have different hairstyles. Especially after the timeskip 💀

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I’ve been wanting to talk about this for a while, but let me speak on why and how I genderbend characters the way that I do.

When I originally started doing this, I knew my genderswapping content would be a regular thing I posted about. I knew because no matter what fandom I was obsessed with at the time, I would always be dissatisfied with the Rule 63 content in it.

Anyone who asks will know that I love designing genderbends because it gives me room to speculate on: “If this character was biologically male/female, how would they conduct themselves within this heteronormative society?”. (Also, as a nonbinary individual, it fulfills my fantasy of being able to just mess with sex whenever I want). It forces me to think as I draw or write: “Would it be characteristically accurate for them to do x, y, and z as the opposite sex?” And it honestly motivates me to create more.

However, it became clear to me near the beginning that not everyone saw genderbending that way.

If I may use the Haikyuu fandom for a second, I’ve seen a lot of Rule 63 content for the characters. But, hardly any of it scratched that particular itch I had. No hate to the creators, of course! But, something told me that some design choices were made without much thought towards the canon characters’ physical appearance and personality.

It didn’t make sense to me that fem!Hinata OR fem!Kenma would have super long hair. That fem!Oikawa (ESPECIALLY in the peak of the Flattykawa jokes) would suddenly be super curvaceous. That fem!Iwaizumi would be reduced to an unthreatening, cutesy, tsundere type.

It really did feel like boobs, super long hair, and a flat, hyper-feminine personality trope were slapped on and left at that. It felt…fanservice-y…almost depthless. The swapped versions didn’t give me the same energy as the canon versions, just in the opposite sex.

And in that, was my mission.

I wanted to show how fem!Hinata wouldn’t know what a brush is, thinking that throwing her messy hair into a ponytail would suffice. How fem!Kenma probably would have long hair before dying it, but would quickly cut it to chin-length after realizing her mistake. How fem!Oikawa might have thighs with no ass, but compensates just fine with her style. How fem!Iwaizumi would catch wind of not being taken seriously because of her gender, and learning to become more intimidating to own her space.

I wanted to show how fem!Kuroo and fem!Bokuto would be given a bit of flack for their bulky/lanky body types, but learned to be unapologetic about it in spite of that. That fem!Kageyama might subconsciously style her hair like Oikawa’s because of how she looked up to her in middle school. That fem!Ushijima would likely not have many friends or romantic prospects because of how intimidating she looks, and how fem!Tendou would stick close to her because of their shared outcast status.

I wanted something more than the surface level “Oh look, that character has traditionally feminine/masculine traits!”. And I haven’t posted enough to say I’ve fulfilled my goal.

But, I’ll try. And it’ll be fun for me. And, hopefully, you guys will enjoy it too!

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I drew this solely to be able to do the blonde streak 💀

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Guess who watched BSD 😗✌🏽

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Slight redraw of Fem!Kuroo’s design 😅

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Fem!Suga strikes me as the type to look at cripplingly long hair, and just telling it to fuck off y’know? 🧐

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Hnnnggg Sk8er girls

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So...TikTok’s pretty cool ig! (This is my vid btw!)

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Anyways, I think the Karasuno Women’s Volleyball Team deserved better™️ and even though their embarrassing loss in the Interhighs made thematic sense, I’m so starved for fleshed-out, kick-ass, and constantly growing female characters in sports anime that aren’t just support or eye candy. P l e a s e I’m actually begging you 😭 I’ve legitimately began to compensate by creating female ocs that go through a ridiculous amount of development to scratch that specific itch, PLEASE

But, look at me ranting! How was your day?

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Haikyuu!! genderbends ‘cause I’m starved for female-featuring sports anime content 😔🤚

Might make another post with notes about my design choices idk 😗

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JESUS ASAHI I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE 😭😭😭😭💔

hey, which terrible fanon hq character are u?

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Suuhhh dood :)))

Last Song: Disappear from the Dear Evan Hansen Soundtrack,,,,I’m on my Broadway kick again :’)

Last Movie: Oof....does Hamilton technically count as a movie??

Currently Watching: THERES A LIST BITCHES!! Uhhhhh, catching up on BNHA, Haikyuu, and Bungou Stray Dogs, trying to watch Ouran again, starting KnB, Free!!, and Attack on Titan (Literally why did no one tell me about the beautiful pieces of sirloin stake named Jean Kirschtein and Ymir Fritz???) at the same time. And, I would say I was watching Jujutsu Kaisen if it wasn’t just sitting in the corner of my to-watch list, staring judgmentally.

Currently Reading: Bad News by @ kuroolongtea, and if I may rant for a sec: I get why Iwa was being a douche and making out with that chick, but if you’re gonna bring smoke to the party, you better expect the fire to come with it 😀🤺🤺🤺. Meaning I’ll aggressively lecture you about how you deserve to be loved, then shove you against the wall and fight you with my mouth on yours.

Currently Craving: Funnel cake 😭

Tbh, I only want to catch up with @leftovergarlicbread i know we never talk, but i’d like to get around to it 😭😭😭

tagged by @theoldsea thanks for the tag! :D

last song: LOST IN PARADISE by ALI

last movie: Weathering with You. It was a great movie and the animation was absolutely gorgeous! I know it gets flack for being too similar to Your Name I actually preferred it to Your Name.

currently watching: Dorohedoro! This show is so much fun and I love that it’s not afraid to throw you into a foreign fantastical world without excessive exposition. 

currently reading: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe (it’s for my literature class)

currently craving: I just woke up, so I’m craving coooooffeeeeeee 😫

Rules: tag 5 people you want to catch up with @fuckingfeatherine @comradetodoroki @not-delicious-milk @acidmatze @scarletrain1724

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Karasuno + Freckles

This just in: Local volleyball team stands in solidarity with their insecure freckled teammate with make-up and pure nerve

((It was Tsukishima’s idea))

Bonus:

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(thnx bread buddy!!)

despite myself, i can never bring myself to cut my (honestly too long) hair for androgyny’s sake :D 

also the freckles are supposed to stand in for my acne lol

moots...idk...let’s try @nerddorkgeekdork @gigglyzero​ !! don’t know if y’all consider me a mutual, but let’s give it a shot!!

another tag game!!!

make yourself in this picrew and tag your friends !! <3

@gxldendream​ @cakieinnit​ @gh0st1e3​