I Am Going Kind Of Insane Thinking About This And No One I've Seen Has This Opinion And I Feel VERY Strongly

I am going kind of insane thinking about this and no one I've seen has this opinion and I feel VERY strongly about this-

I don't like genderbends where the only thing that changes is the genitals and nothing else. Like, people, please be more creative I am begging you!

Imo, the best part about rule 63 is the makeover sequence! Picking out a new name, designing their new look etc etc

While I am not so keen on changing the personalities of characters to make them a certain way because of gender, since that's a bit shallow, there are cases when the setting can make for an interesting study in how a character would be different due to their gender!

Anyway, bring back in depth genderbending PLEASE! I'm tired of this half-assed stuff :(

One of my favorite ship dynamics is “they match each others’ freak”

You know those "Og!Cale transmigrates into an Otome" fics?

Well, what about a fic where capture target Alberu goes to sleep one day and dreams with the plot of his life— that apparently is a game???— and finds out that:

First, the new student is going to start a war if she/he/they keep acting like they do.

Second, there's a high chance that Marquis Stan and his son, Venion, betray Roan.

And third— his fianceé, Cale Henituse, is actually really truly cute.

Now, how can he convince his fianceé that a position as the husband of the future ruler is a better way to avoid a succession battle than, you know, tarnishing his own reputation to ashes? He also has to woe him as he deserves. There's no way he's treating him the same as his alternate self did.

(Yes, alternate. Because now he has seen how adorable, intelligent and sweet he is, he can't possible be so indifferent towards him.

Alternate Alberu is the stupid Alberu and present-Alberu denies any relationship to him.

"Aunt, if I ever become so dumb, please put some sense into me."

"Alberu, you haven't even checked if that dream was true."

"It was a very realistic dream.")

He also needs allies. Hmm... Maybe he could ask his help? Cale doesn't seem someone who would trust completely in someone who doesn't trust him back. Plus, he probably could come up with a plan or two in the time it takes to make a pot of tea.

Most people I see draw Og! Cale with short hair, esp in regressor AUs and whatnot. And like I get that and I like the short hair but long-haired Og! Cale has a special place in my heart and I'm sad that we don't get to see him often.

This also coincides with how people draw fem! Og! Cale with short hair. Like, I can understand her originally cutting it to not burden her father but I'd like to think that if she had the choice, she would keep it long as a point of connection with her mother.

Tbh I haven't seen many fanarts of fem!Og!Cale, but I'm with you in this.

I prefer long-haired or medium-lenght-haired Og!Cale who styles his hair in beautiful artistics ways. Og!Cale who ties his hair in high ponytails with a brooch or a bun when he doesn't have time.

Og!Cale who uses Kanade Amamiya's messy ponytail bc he wants more cool/casual vibes.

Og!Cale whose bangs are blocking his sight and brush them casually with an annoyed sigh— because he's so exhausted damn it— and makes everyone in range have a sexuality crisis.

If it's about not causing his dad a heart attack: Og!Cale who does a Fii (mc from a LN I read a bit years ago) and ties his hair in a way that looks short but it's actually long, just hidden (or with a magic tool). So he can let it loose when he's alone.

Ultra elegant Og!Cale who uses his hair to style his style.

So, I was thinking on the little mermaid. About how she lost her mom when she was a kid, and then music become a taboo around the palace, so she had to snuck out to enjoy music. And my dumb brain whispered "hey, do you think Cale had something like that?"

And now I can't stop thinking about little og Cale, who loved his mom a lot, but loved his father too, and didn't want to see him sad.

The question is not if he had things he enjoyed doing before his mom's death, but that he stopped doing around others after she died. The question is:

What habits or activities do you think he liked to do before? What do you think he kept doing where no one could find out? Which ones do you think he stopped doing because there was not point in doing it alone?

Do you think he liked painting, drawing? I can imagine little Cale seated on his mom's lap while she paints, trying to look serious like his mom, sketching the bird on the window. I can imagine Cale, older, lonelier, locking himself in his room under the excuse of sleep and pulling out a sketchbook from its hideout.

Maybe he liked to sing along his mom, to play something for her. Maybe he still sings for himself. Maybe he goes out and wanders, looking for a place remote enough so no one could see him. Maybe he seats on a branch of a tree and sings until the sun sets. But, maybe, he hasn't play a single note since his mom went away. Maybe everytime he holds an instrument, his hands shakes so much from sadness that he has to put it down ir he'll break it. Maybe he doesn't even touch one around others because he's afraid that they could see how lonely he is. That what he shows is usually just an act.

Maybe he used to do other things. Maybe he used to try desserts and pastries with his mom. Maybe he used to learn etiquette and dancing from her. Maybe they used to choose clothes together. Maybe he still can do all that when the situation allows it. When it doesn't look suspicious.

And maybe he used to play hide and seek with Ron and his mom. Maybe he used to brush her hair and braid it for her. Maybe she used to teach him about plants, doing some gardening together.

Maybe Cale Henituse could never do that again.

Maybe, once he swapped bodies, he slowly started to do things again.

what do red pandas even do