#Genderbent or transgender

[queenoffishingandcookies]

Battler / Valor’s Name

Considering Battler’s name is meant to be understood as a person who fights, a fighter, I wanted his name as a girl - whether he is transgender or had been outright genderbent - to reflect the same or similar meaning.

Because yes, I’m one of the people who occasionally choose to change a character’s name.

(Feel free to punch me, it’s habit.)

Taken straight from my phone notes, and pieced together from a lot of googling, I ended up with this:

(I’d copy and paste it, but tumblr wont let me, so you get a screenshot, sorry!)

Wish I could tell you I put a lot of thought into this, but I looked at the meaning of Battler (which is, in fact, an actual word) and began thinking of synonyms to a person who fights, or things that mean something similar.

Considering Ushiromiya Family Typical Behavior, in a world where Battler is physically born with female parts, it’s a half-and-half to me on whether she would be named Battler, like in close-to-canon AU’s where she is assumed male because that’s what her physical body says (at least at that time).

I don’t think it would be considered outright to be masculine, since it’s a weird name in the first place, I don’t think people would care? But also. It’s not a lady’s name???

And woman in the Ushiromiya Family have…very specific roles, to say the least, and those born into the family probably have very certain expectations weighing on their shoulders (because Kinzo is an asshole, but I digress-)

I have conflicting feels on it, don’t really know how to explain them, and I’ll…leave it at that.

It was a toss up between Valor or Aster or Asteria. Valor, because pronounced in Japanese it would start with the same ‘Ba’ sound. Valor generally means courage/bravery, especially in battle. Aster/Asteria because that flower, in hanakotoba, means remembrance/memory (and please, correct me if I’m wrong).

Also, I really like the flower.

Once I decided on the name itself, it was…actually just a googling spree on which kanji made the necessary sound. I took the first syllable from the canonical spelling of Battler’s name.

Literally scrolling through lists of kanji for a kanji that had the ‘ro’ sound and appropriate meaning - the jitenon website and wikitionary are where exactly I got them from, so it might not be accurate.

The kanji for yuu means, translated to english, courage. Which is often used to spell the name Yuki, which generally means something similar to Valor. It’s also similar enough to the ru sound, so I decided why not? Almost like an inside joke, though that probably wouldn’t actually work in real life?

Put into Google translate (always the best, well-reputable, never makes an error source), it means:

(Those are alternate readings of the kanji, and let me tell you, that was hell to figure out).

I had so many tabs opened in this process, so much scrolling down. I honestly wish I’d taken note, because it was as interesting as it was frustrating to look at the kanji and how many different meanings they had…

Also, if you’re born into the Ushiromiya family, you kind of have to have some level of bravery or courage, if not cutting cunning or an unfaltering poker face, to survive.

So yeah.

Battler = Valor.

Also, I really like the idea of a transgender Battler coming out, at some point, and choosing her new name after discarding the old, and keeping to the original meaning because - well, her mom gave it to her. The heart of its meaning was…kind of good, she wasn’t a wimp, she knew how to fight and how to fight well. Even if the wacky kanji is from her Ushiromiya side.

(Also considering social expectations of women at the time to be feminine, maybe that would constitute some sort of pressure on trying to select the right name for a young lady? To not be known as aggressive, but strong? To be called a fighter could have different connotations between a girl and boy, and that might be a discussion for another time and way over my head).

Please don’t flame me, if anyone takes offense, please have mercy and tell me if and how I am offensive.

Also, Valor is the only name I’ve looked at in-depth in how it might change for a genderbent or transgender umineko character. Except for maybe George’s.

and let me tell you. Eva, in entirely Genderbent worlds, as a boy. Having a daughter. His only child is a daughter. Wanting to be family heir - and not being heir for a variety of reasons, one of which being to spite the family elders who were still alive when he was born…George’s name would either be Georgia, Georgiana, or…George.

Because Evan wanted a boy, but got a girl, and even if she’s a girl, he’ll make sure she’ll be brought up with as fine an education as a boy and find a wealthy spouse- (it’s…kind of similar to how Jessica in canon has so much pressure on her shoulders from Natsuhi, to be a reputable heiress of the family in her own right even as a girl-).

There’s So Much There to look at, to say the least, and this post will get a lot longer if I wrote it out here.

(I did have an entire sheet of the others names and the kanji that they had but I LOST IT, and now I only have the western names for them set in stone. I’m still upset about that.)

[peppermintys]

awaaaahh!! throws transfem sanji out into the crowd of hungry animals. EAT!!!

my design for her is based off of @piratespencilart and @struwberrie ‘s transfem sanji designs,,, i’m in love with them

[jacksfandomrandom]

Protective bf

I'm bad a comics, srry.

[jazzy-flowerr]

Her name is Cassie Carnation (or Connie idk I can't decide lol ;-;)

I'm pretty proud of this design I made, had a really fun time drawing this too! How y'all enjoy as well! ^ v ^

(and yes she is a trans icon, it was kinda obvious I think lmao)

[Update: I tried to do a poll to decide the name for her but that ended up just being a 50 50 so it didn't work [I deleted that poll]. But then today I used that one online spinner wheel thing to decide and now her name is officially Connie so yippie :D]

[sidesteppostinghours]

Please post more about your transfem herald headcannon i beg of youuuu i am so intrigued

flattered that youre interested enough to wanna know more about transfem danny but also. bold of you to assume i can articulate my thoughts abt him at all 🗿 im so sorry this post is prlly going to end up incoherent. i recommend @/flystep for more posts about the hc though, they talk about it more than i do and a lot of my ideas have been pulled from or influenced by them, but! i would say most of my reasons for hcing herald as transfem boil down to what i said here:

#theres something in the way that herald conforms to the /ideas/ of what men and women should be like that makes me think that-if he ever ha#a real opportunity to play around with his gender- might lead to some revelations. i think herald is so sick of being what the world tells-#-him to be and that feeling would bleed into his gender identity

i dont think herald applies his standards of man and woman to other people (or at least not intentionally) but subconsciously does so to himself, especially because theres never really been anyone challenging his internal sense of identity that could push him to start questioning it. like, even with sentinel, most of the gender talks that happened were (im assuming) centered around daniels questions/comments than anything about himself. daniel lived– and continues to live– in an extremely controlling environment that taught him to be hyper-aware of the way hes perceived, and more importantly, it taught him that he needed to be perceived in the right way. hes been told his entire life that he has to present himself correctly, that there was no room for flexibility or experimentation at the threat of his home/safety/career. but i also think that its not a role he Wants to play– i think theres rebellion and defiance simmering under the surface, but there are too many stakes involved for anything to happen.

plus, daniel,,,,doesnt really think about his own identity that much???? or himself as a whole for that matter. like, im p sure he doesnt even know hes bisexual until sidestep (and Only if sidestep is nb/male). honestly im not even gonna try explaining this one im just gonna offer you this because it captures what i say perfectly and lives in my mind rent free. so yeah, i dont think herald wouldve ever questioned being a man lmfao.

i havent thought much about post transition daniel so i have no idea how hed present rip. i think hed really like wearing dresses but thats about as far as i know. ive seen both femme and masc and i like both interpretations so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ tbh though, i think finding his personal style requires both time and space to experiment, which is a luxury he doesnt have considering the demands and expectations placed on him. without something Seriously upending the way hes living at the moment, i dont think its something he would have the chance to explore even After he sorts out his gender. which is, of course, why im sending my beloved transman cyrus who refuses to take any shit to fuck his gender up.

anyway have this sketch of m and f herald having a category five transgener moment. as a treat

[whosectype]

Some more Peep (on the left) and genderbent Peep, Bo (on the right) art!!

[trashland-llamas]

@mcyt-yuri-week day 4 + genderbent/transgendered + dsmp & qsmp + fundy x cellbit (fundbit) + moodboard

[ninaeatswaffle]

I think I’m a genderbent version of myself

[fight-me-for-an-appl3]

microdosing on transness by genderbending characters

[queenoffishingandcookies]

REALLY OLD UMINEKO FANART.

Like. Really old. Over a year old, maybe two. Some point during ye old COVID social-distancing times old, if my memory doesn’t fail me.

I will never be able to create this again, since I haven’t really sketched on paper in months - excluding the first on the top, being my most recent drawing from last night, and you really don’t want to know how long I spent fine-tuning the other ones when I first drew those.

Maybe I’ll make it a thing where I start practicing again? It’d be nice to be able to draw characters I like, even if the quality would suck for some time to come. FFXV, Umineko…. Food for thought.

Guess who the character is. The color scheme is probably a dead giveaway.

:)

[woniebat]

Just curious tbh

[rosie-n-oncie]

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Magic!Anon-San says you are now genderbent for the next 3 asks!!~

“…”

“FUCK IM A GIRL AGAIN”

“…again..??”

“Uhhhhh-”

[fandom-with-no-hope]

Forever haunted by the fact that Other Side of the Screen (the wonderful story that I never got to write) was heavily inspired by HLVRAI. Like. What do you mean the main villain was originally supposed to be like Benrey. What is this.

[liauditore]

ranchies :D

tango's not used to wearing anything that's not her usual redstone handyman uniform, but especially not frilly dresses. but it's a present from her rancher, so she should wear it at least once, right...?

day 4: genderbent/transgendered (jimmy/tango)

yes i did just accidently draw the bridesmaid dress from ffxiv shut up

this was the prompt i was most stuck on for @mcyt-yuri-week. it was between ethubs (girl etho would be the exact same guy i think), ranchers (tango usually would not look that different either i think) or majorwood but redrawn as that one boob envy meme (might still do that just cus i think it'd be funny)

[dingodad]

ultimae john is when jane goes transmasc and steals that name (this is a joke)

also as a sidenote i wish people used the name joan more for girljohn. like of arc. it would fit better. she wasnt' even born in june (shrek meme)

ive said this before im gunna be honest i think homestuck fans are too high on the genderbent transgender names most of them are not particularly good. joan sucks sorry. i cant be mad about june because it's not as bad as the name that introduced me to the girl john headcanon (jolyne) but i will not stand for that becoming the template all transgender characters follow from now on