r/TopCharacterTropes • u/altrightobserver • 5h ago

Characters (loved trope) Trans characters who do not/cannot pass but everyone still respects their identity

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  • Lev from The Last of Us Part II: Lev is a trans boy who cannot medically transition due to being in a zombie apocalypse with a fascist government, yet the main cast in the story supports and affirms him as male.
  • Denise Bryson from Twin Peaks: A trans woman DEA and FBI agent. She does not pass in the series, which is an integral part of her character; her boss simply tells people who don't like it to "fix their hearts or die."
  • Cordelia from Vinland Saga: As a trans woman living in Northern Europe during the Viking age, it is impossible for Cordelia, who has a hulking, muscular figure, to transition to female. But despite not looking the part physically, everyone is cool with it and refers to her as female.
  • Ladiva from Granblue Fantasy: A pro wrestler who makes no attempts to pass (save for hair) and is still beloved by the cast as a maternal figure, serving as a stark contrast to her species' women who are petite.

Edit: typos and incorrect lore fixes

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u/porce-lain- 4h ago

he LITERALLY yells it, because director gordon cole of the FBI is canonically very hard of hearing, so lynch is almost always wearing hearing aids and half-shouting to hear himself.

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u/Pomegranate_Planet01 4h ago

WHAT WAS THAT COOP? SOMETHING ABOUT PARTLY ENDEARING?

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u/Bank_Gothic 3h ago

"THAT'S THE KIND OF GIRL THAT MAKES YOU WISH YOU SPOKE A LITTE FRENCH"

Me too, Gordon. Me too.

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u/dern_the_hermit 3h ago

"I DON'T APPRECIATE YOUR LANGUAGE, COLONEL! ... OH, BUCKHORN!"

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u/SagittaryX 3h ago

To be fair he is yelling because his character is hard of hearing, he yells pretty much everything. But David Lynch is definitely a real one.

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u/OccultBeanFarmer 2h ago

YOU REMIND ME TODAY, OF A MEXICAN CHIWOWOW

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u/Moobook 1h ago

For the entire first season I didn't understand he was wearing hearing aids and thought he was listening to a cassette walkman. I thought he yelled all the time because he couldn't hear anything over the sweet metal tunes I assumed he was constantly blasting. Blew my mind when someone finally told me they were hearing aids