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I started this fic before quarantine started several months ago, and while it has partly been this that has killed my inspiration to write, this fic in particular I've had difficulty in continuing. Outside of general poor outlining on my part, Egbert is not a dude!! She is a transgender woman, this is canon and universal. It isn't okay to ship her with a gay man. I did used to try and compromise this, but hearing the perspective of trans women on this subject have opened my eyes to how.... jacked it is to keep defending this ship when? It's a rairpair anyway, and is now one plagued by the problems it has. If you're interested on reading the takes of trans feminine ppl on this topic please look into this:
https://juneegbert101.carrd.co/
Debunking criticisms:
While she has not been canonized officially in any Homestuck media, she will be. And while yeah Hussie and the Homestuck team DO NOT write trans characters very well (particularly Jade, who is made as a joke against trans women, but undeniably is one herself and or is intersex, but also Roxy because of the prevalence and importance of her as a trans woman in the fandom (imagine them canonizing a trans fem Dave. It is the exact. same. thing.)), June Egbert was found within the text and IS actually a good choice for representing trans women who don't realize they're trans until they're older, especially since in Homestuck proper she has a deeprooted REFUSAL to analyze her identity more than what is surface level. She holds the "I'm a straight dude" thing CLOSE to her chest. How could a character like this be trans masculine, and have already begun transitioning and have fully socially transitioned before the age of 13? It does not make sense for her character. And also Andrew Hussie's interest in this headcanon did not spawn from the Toberlone wish. Hell, the Toblerones being used as this wish giving thing only happened because he actually truly does like June.
The fear of bad representation, the lack of actual canonization yet, and even that I truly never see media that shows a character transitioning are all things that held me back from embracing June in her entirety and shedding the trans masc headcanon I had, but god please just. Sit with the idea. Listen to trans fems. E m p a t h i z e. Consume other media than Homestuck. And for the love of god don't harass trans fems, even if they are holding none of their anger in at people still shipping a trans woman and a gay man and insisting the trans woman is a trans man even with absolutely ZERO proof aside from personal preference. The way people present themselves change in life, and these stories SHOULD be brought into media. There is a particular cruelty in the latching on trans mascs did to nb Roxy versus the way some of those same people have rejected June Egbert in her entirety. Please for the love of god care about the stories of trans fems, too
I'm orphaning this because I want to disconnect myself from it, so if you want to understand more talk to trans feminine people but if you just want to argue shut up <3 Refusing to listen to trans feminine people about matters that explicitly affect them makes you STINK of transmisogyny