Why is Rosado written... like that?
Heeey so I picked up on some upset opinions over Rosado, and I just wanna touch on this possible culture aspect that's the backbone of why Rosado is written the way he is.
This is meant to be an educational post.
So Rosado is written as a guy who doesn't conform to gender norms, and some feel that this is a missed representation for trans folks. I don't disagree, and here's what I understand about trans issues in Japan right now.
Thing is, in Japan... gender affirming care isn't currently a fully feasible thing in 2023.
Here's another character with similar notes to Rosado's potrayal of transness. Yamato, a character of One Piece, identifies as male and is treated as male by everyone, but has the appearance of... Well, look below. And pay attention to what ghostsatelier says here.
Yeah... So forgive me but I'm going to talk about some very uncomfortable things. This article linked below goes more in depth if you're interested but I'll boil it down to the basics for this tumblr post.
Officially, Japan's legal view on transgender issue is still based on that very outdated rubbish idea that "wanting to be trans is a mental disorder". As a result, in order to change one's legally recognized gender, one must be the following:
Be over 20
Be single (meaning if one is married they must be forced to get a divorce)
Not have any children under 20
Do not have functional gonads, or not have gonads (ie. forced sterilization)
Have a physical form that is "“endowed with genitalia that closely resemble the physical form of an alternative gender.” (ie forced bottom surgery and/or forced hormonal therapy)
Yeah. It's literal dog fucking shit.
Therefore, portrayals of trans characters like Rosado and Yamato are quite empowering to the Japanese. There are a lot who don't transition for those reasons, and there's still a strong pressure for people to conform to society's 'norms' there.
There are many academics, medicals and average folk there who think the law is crap as well, but that is the law. (They're really speaking up on it)
Anywho, hope this post was informative.
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[ID: Three image edits of Rosado and Alear (female), with their art from Fire Emblem Heroes. The first image shows their normal art, the second shows their attack art and the third shows their damage art. The images are all edited so that the two are standing together. /End ID.]
hi i made these bc i have a problem <3
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