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/PerceptionStock7437 5h ago

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Walton Goggins in SoA. Been a while since I saw it, so there’s still probably trans jokes, but I remember her being portrayed as competent and the main character Jax showing respect.

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u/ChickenInASuit 4h ago edited 3h ago

Honestly, flawed as the latter half of SoA was (Venus was introduced in season 5, at which point the enshittification had well and truly settled in), this character was handled surprisingly unproblematically IIRC.

Like, her relationship with Tig is played completely sincerely and without judgement. There’s even a scene where Tig laments negative comments he gets about being a “cocksucker” and he’s just like “Yeah, I suck cock, why are we making a big deal about it?”

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u/Magnon 3h ago

Tig went through possibly the worst thing any parent could ever go through after that its pretty hard to get upset about smaller stuff.

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u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster 2h ago

-Tig is horrible monster

-I love him so much

-That scene gets skipped on rewatches. Too hard to watch

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u/amaya-aurora 1h ago

What happened?

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u/Magnon 1h ago

A rival gang kidnaps his daughter, puts her in a pit, then burns her alive while Tig is forced to watch from a few feet away