Genderswapped Zuko
Jan. 12th, 2013 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizbeeA couple of years ago -- literally, I'm talking 24-26 January 2011 -- I did a rough sketch of a cranky, butch girl!Zuko. (I have some feels, apparently, about rule 63 stuff that makes the female version of a character ultra!femme and often the victim of sexual violence.)
Shamelessly egged on bysohotrightnow, I then wrote "You Had A Boyfriend (Who Looks Like A Girlfriend That I Had In Èr Yuè)", in which Zhao is creepy and Zuko is the queen of bad decisions. Which, come to think of it, makes that complaint about rule 63 versions being subjected to sexual violence seem kind of hypocritical, though I'd argue that (a) there is no actual violence, and (b) hey, at least Zuko isn't banished because she's a pregnant rape victim like most of the other versions.
This week, among many, many other things -- ask me some time about my to-do list. NO, DON'T, IT WILL TAKE ME TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN -- I've been going through my old sketchbooks, and found what looks like follow-up art to that fic, moving girl!Zuko into season 2.
Except, of course, she has season 3 hair. Which is probably why I didn't post it when I first did it, because I certainly don't usually let a little thing like "it's not very good" stop me! Why is she wearing ballet flats? Your guess is as good as mine.
I'm kind of sorry I never had any more ideas for girl!Zuko fics, but I could never really see how making him a girl would dramatically change her story. Certain subtexts become more overt and there's some angst re "I'm in love with Mai but I don't want to give Azula and my father any ammunition against me, so I'm just going to sit here and sulk," but overall, not much changes.
Shamelessly egged on by
sohotrightnow, I then wrote "You Had A Boyfriend (Who Looks Like A Girlfriend That I Had In Èr Yuè)", in which Zhao is creepy and Zuko is the queen of bad decisions. Which, come to think of it, makes that complaint about rule 63 versions being subjected to sexual violence seem kind of hypocritical, though I'd argue that (a) there is no actual violence, and (b) hey, at least Zuko isn't banished because she's a pregnant rape victim like most of the other versions.This week, among many, many other things -- ask me some time about my to-do list. NO, DON'T, IT WILL TAKE ME TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN -- I've been going through my old sketchbooks, and found what looks like follow-up art to that fic, moving girl!Zuko into season 2.
Except, of course, she has season 3 hair. Which is probably why I didn't post it when I first did it, because I certainly don't usually let a little thing like "it's not very good" stop me! Why is she wearing ballet flats? Your guess is as good as mine.
I'm kind of sorry I never had any more ideas for girl!Zuko fics, but I could never really see how making him a girl would dramatically change her story. Certain subtexts become more overt and there's some angst re "I'm in love with Mai but I don't want to give Azula and my father any ammunition against me, so I'm just going to sit here and sulk," but overall, not much changes.
