#haruhi is so trans

[zlapathia]

do you ever see a character and you're like 'idk what you are but you are DEFINITELY not cisgender'

[caitrose]

I have an OHSHC headcanon that most of Haruhi’s classmates and the people attending the host club have totally clocked them as being afab (I mean Haruhi doesn’t care that much and doesn’t really go to great lengths to hide it and the rest of the host boys are idiots) and they’ve all just collectively come to the conclusion that Haruhi is probably a trans man but they’re very carefully avoiding the subject because it would be Improper to talk abt it, and they’re way too stuffy and polite to bring it up so they just… don’t..?

And so the host boys are just utterly convinced they’re keeping the secret SO well while pretty much everyone knows and nobody cares at all

It makes all the antics WAY funnier

[c0rpsedemon]

the thing about the queer media tournament that really gets me is that last i checked there wasn't a single mxtx work on it. like not even the untamed made it in and don't get me wrong the og mo dao zu shi books are huge but cql is def more popular among tumblr circles. idk it just really rubs me the wrong way how every single piece of western media that ppl have ever gotten a lil bit aggressive abt shipping with is there and then for east asian media there's utena and madoka magica and the handmaiden and last i checked that was pretty much it. and then for the rest of the world there's next to/nothing but idk enough to really make judgements there.

[evil-but-refined]

Fuck characters that made you question your sexuality. What character made you question your gender? I'll go first (Btw I haven't gotten past season 2, I tried watching the show 3 or 4 times growing up and I never did for some reason. I'm trying to finish the show now but I feel like I'm cursed)

ALSO THIS ANIME IS SO PROBLEMATIC BUT IT'S SO FUNNY AND I HATE THAT

[bunnymi1k]

ouran reboot except haruhi is transmasc and tamaki is his bisexual loser puppy husband

[brainfilehasstoppedworking]

Takaaki: I love my family so much! *hugs Taka tightly*

Toranosuke: What about me, Son?

Takaaki: *glares in disgust*

Takaaki: So, anyway, this little guy is amazing and I love him and– *continues to praise Taka while kicking Toranosuke out*

[vulcan-moon]

You were the reason i reliazed i was trans

hell yeah!!

[ouranbutworse]

does haruhi transfem get dysphoria??? i would think not, it's like in the show, she doesnt really care how shes perceived since she knows shes a girl and the people who do know are accepting.

and being referred to as 'she' is good but 'he' is neutral doesnt care.

thoughts?

probably not, but she does get a little annoyed that the hosts immediately start calling her a boy at first for her dress sense. also i think she would be upset about having to cut her hair and tried to do a cute pixie cut and just fucked it up, but the hairstyle she gets later is super cute and she loves it

[stabby-pal]

I think it would be really funny to see someone who’s obsessed with the MC in an anime where you’re clearly supposed to project on rather than being their own character

Like “my favourite character is black-hair generic-boy who every in-universe character thinks is the shit, I also think he’s the shit, he’s my friend :)”

[fauxpossum]

Nonbinary character in Komi having a nonbinary English VA... my heart is so full 😭

[autismparadise]

LISTEN I KNOW OURAN HAS AGED REALLY BADLY but it's a comfort series for me. I can just turn it on in the background or watch episodes when I need something nice to watch

[that-one-demonic-entity]

Decided to rewatch and expose my younger sibling to my very first anime.

Ouran Highschool Host Club.

[twistedmionn]

Twisted Wonderland iceberg

Explanations ahead (slight spoiler warning)

Tier 1:

everything is self-explanatory, I think

Tier 2:

Haruhi = the protagonist of Ouran High School Host Club. She's a girl who dresses up as a boy (correct me if I'm wrong) and many players who have a female MC consider theirs to be like Haruhi. [EDIT: Thanks for the anon pointing out that I misspelled the name!]

Tier 3:

self-explanatory

Tier 4:

A fair amount of people headcanon Vil as a trans woman because he presents androgynously/feminine and doesn't care about gender roles. This has also caused discussion in the fandom because breaking gender roles ≠ trans.

Tier 5:

People sometimes wish TWST was more like a dating sim and had character/dorm routes.

Some people headcanon that Silver is based on Prince Philip (from Sleeping Beauty) and/or is a prince himself. I haven't played all of book 7 yet (only the parts out in the ENG server) so idk if the theory has been proven right.

Lilia is old and hints at dying soon.

Hot NPCs, such as Deuce's mom and Sebek's grandpa.

Ace and Deuce have expressed interest in Yuu at various points in the game.

Genshin VAs: Leona/Alhaitham, Silver/Kazuha, Idia/Razor are the ones I can think of

Tier 6:

A beastman (I think it was Jack) has stated that he has problems talking to animals, and Ruggie's talent at it is considered something special.

The tweels are considered intersex by some due to eel anatomy (I'm no eel expert).

Kalim is considered the real villain by some due to never really bothering to help Jamil.

Epel's backstory/attitude has many elements that a fair amount of trans men relate to.

There are theories that Lilia and Sebek are twisted from Peter Pan characters. I'm unsure about Silver, but I think I've read something about him being from another movie, too!

Tier 7:

Some people headcanon that Ace has experienced domestic abuse.

There's a theory that Ace will betray Yuu.

Cater has two sisters who boss him around, which is a resemblance to Cinderella.

Malleus might have two pps because well... dragon.

Epel and Deuce had a whole ass beach date. Deuce constantly cares for him and broke the school rules in order to make Epel feel better. Their scenes together (the settings) looked straight out of a shoujo manga. If Epel were a girl, this ship would be considered canon by most.

I'm not sure EXACTLY which languages Jade's VA speaks, but I do remember that he knows German.

In one of his Halloween vignettes, Ruggie — as opposed to Lilia — has indirectly expressed that he has no interest in romance/relationships.

Tier 8:

UH.

[flowernoor]

i’m literally the femboyest girl you would ever meet irl i’m so fucking zesty and everyone thinks i’m transfem or they think i’m trans and want to be male but it’s alright because my gender is haruhi fujioka (i can’t remember her surname for the life of me) and we slay through the gender pains

lmao ur so real for that tho😭🙏 and fujioka is her surname bud...💀

[trans-all-at-once-tournament]

Propaganda:

Cecil Gershwin Palmer

-The outfits they wear are so incredibly gender. One outfit is described as a honey comb hat, a Hawaiian shirt, and tight leather pants. And that's what they slept in

-There's no way anyway that comes from or lives in Nightvale has a normal gender, least of all the voice of Nightvale

-There was a book signing where the writers said Cecil is meant to be "ambiguously gendered"

Haruhi Fuiioka

-They're living mother is trans so they probably grew up with less emphasis on set gender roles

-Literally do not care what gender people see them as

-Is very comfortable both as a guy and a gal.

-Is never shown to have a bra, even when changing we only see them have a frilly undershirt

[blueskittlesart]

I was disappointed that Haruhi was treated like a girl by the host club members. Anyway I’m trans now 👍

this is actually probably another example of cultural disconnect irt ouran! I don't blame you for it because if im right about where you're coming from, it's a linguistic thing and unless you understand japanese/how japanese works it's not a connection you're going to make. I think that much of what english-speaking fans percieve as haruhi being treated like a girl by the hosts, aside from tamaki's obvious Thing about her gender, is the constant use of she/her pronouns. Most of the hosts (sans tamaki) don't go out of their way to treat her like a girl in terms of like, social context, aside from a few bits that are implied to be instigated by tamaki (i.e. lobelia academy plot.) I will admit that the she/her-ing of haruhi is pervasive in the english translations of the show, but it's not actually an accurate reflection of the original content. Conversational japanese largely drops gendered pronouns from most sentences, meaning there's very little overt gendering of haruhi either way by most characters in the show. this is part of the reason why it's somewhat believable that she managed to pass herself off as a guy--it's actually entirely possible that she didn't KNOW that people were assuming she was male until the hosts made a big deal out of it, because it's unlikely she would be referred to by gendered pronouns in conversation with her peers. this is unfortunately one of those things that it's almost impossible to not lose in translation since english sentence structure relies so heavily on gendered pronouns, but i do think it's worth pointing out that in the original japanese the boys WEREN'T openly calling her a girl at every turn. except for tamaki who absolutely was but that's like his own whole seperate thing