Types and Styles of Gender Bender

[CL]

I don't want to go in length about it, so in short:
1) It's mostly nothing more than raw wish-fullfilment – all the the characters are just bland extra (save for the few obligatory 'accepting' characters) and there's barely any plot aside from the usual thing: MC is unhappy -> MC gets genderbent -> MC is happy -> the end.
I mean, it's understandable and that's exactly what you would expect from transgender fiction, but I would like to see more from the stories.
2) Blatant misandry (is that even a proper term?) – especially prevalent in the Girls Love transgender stories. Again, I don't want to go into that, let alone participate in debates about it.
3) Self-hate, body harm and overall depressive tone – 'nuff said. Some nasty things can happen in the stories and the way the authors (and the readers!) treat some things rubs me in the wrong way.

Strangely enough, I can relate (to a degree) on what is stated here. I get a lot of GB/TG stories can be self-inserts and that is their fantasy. But, yeah, I get a sense of bi-polarism reading about these characters enduring body dysphoria and whatever their escapism can become (sometimes it can be more than just a change of gender). I've made a statement before (not here, but on another novel website called TGStorytime) that I was incredibly disturbed by children being physically mutilated and psychologically traumatized and there were many responding towards those stories with "Cute".

Yes, I can relate to Authn's statement. Some stories make me question the sanity of the authors/readers.

As for the GL kind of stories popping up here, I can enjoy them when they are going for the wholesome theme, but not if they want to start things off in a gloomy setting. These are authors and readers who could potentially relate to these experiences and be reminded that there might be a brighter light (greener pasture?) at the end of their journey. Yes, there is more going for those stories than the transition like the relationships, but I'm not a fan of GL or BL. I prefer there not being any sex (or smut) in stories. I want to read a story, not "plot" (FTB if you can please?). I want to escape real life, not be reminded of it. That means I will support these wholesome authors, but I may never get around to read their stories. I just know what they wrote is far better here (ScribbleHub) than a lot of the stuff they've migrated away from there (TGStorytime and elsewhere).

Authn, I agree that you shouldn't discuss this. I will and have in the past. I get rubbed the wrong way too when I come across the majority of stories wind up being about protagonists being accidentally, mistakenly, or forcibly transformed and not just learning that they like it but may have wanted this the whole time of their lives. I don't find that to be a bad thing. It is just me who feels this way. What I have found from those stories is that they are far better than the stories that perform identity death (that is when their minds are tricked, warped, or replaced with an identity that fits the "new package" they live in).

This might be why I haven't published anything here (yet). I don't know if I really want to pursue a setting like this or that anymore. I had a co-author who would motivate me to write, but I just can't without their enthusiasm. I actually have found more enjoyment in reading (mostly about genderless characters such as the protagonist in Super Minion. Those type of characters have a different perspective that really interest me).

In my opinion, what is written from the authors who have called here "home" is a good thing. It is leaving behind the gross "body-horror" history of GB/TG and trying to progress towards a happier medium. I want to them to keep it up and not be influenced any further by those who are searching for power tripped jerk-fuel or degenerating dumpster fires. I've read stories that had great potential in the start but had turned into a series of plots containing these tangles of sweaty flesh.

I believe I am repeating myself here and there. I also feel that I've ranted a bit too far. I'm stopping here.
Thanks for reading over this and go read what you want. I'm going to read a novel about Ace and Sin (written by BinarySoup) having a lustful affair now (I told Ace and Sin yesterday that I would read it today).

 

[Aaky]

Trust me, they all don't. Just for an example: there are stories out there (and here) that have children protagonists and/or characters involved and they never once touched on a smutty subject.

It was a joke. But I guess it went over your head.

They're mostly bad, too. For various reasons.

I love writing gender bender. It allows you to write so many fun and some dirty scenarios. To each their own.

 

[CL]

It was a joke. But I guess it went over your head.

Yes. It did. Regardless of my reflexes, this commonly happens to me.