insan3soldiern said: That's because the OP's definition is wrong. Sure, the gender changing is one example of gender bending. But, that's not all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bender I'll paste the part that specifically applies to Lady Oscar: "Some gender benders identify with the gender assigned them at birth, but challenge the norms of that gender through androgynous behavior and atypical gender roles." Incidentally, this is what I find interesting about gender bending characters. Utena Tenjou being another example. LOL....I'm not talking about REAL gender bender in terms of human beings. I'm talking about fictional gender bender which can MAGICALLY transform themselves into the opposite gender. The type of gender bender I'm talking about that we see in anime is impossible in real life. |
insan3soldiern said: @ Brotwo That's because the OP's definition is wrong. Sure, the gender changing is one example of gender bending. But, that's not all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bender I'll paste the part that specifically applies to Lady Oscar: "Some gender benders identify with the gender assigned them at birth, but challenge the norms of that gender through androgynous behavior and atypical gender roles." Incidentally, this is what I find interesting about gender bending characters. Utena Tenjou being another example. When speaking of entertainment mediums gender bender tends to have a more extreme definition as people can actually swap bodies/physically become the gender since it's fiction. Saying it's the definition can be misleading though so it probably would've been better if he specified trope - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenderBender |
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| Gender-bending can be a matter of just putting glasses on: |
jal90 said: Gender-bending can be a matter of just putting glasses on: Mouth, neck and silhouette changed too though. Suddenly a curvy waist, boobs and thinner neck. |
Monad said: jal90 said: Gender-bending can be a matter of just putting glasses on: Mouth, neck and silhouette changed too though. Suddenly a curvy waist, boobs and thinner neck. Yeah well, but I expected nobody cared about Oda's repetitive way of drawing women and noticed the awesomeness of "I am a man because I wear glasses" this comparative image is supposed to hold. |
| I don't particularly like gender benders, but if anything Ranma is the only gender bender that I actually like. |
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| I've read several of them. And I like this genre. It's a pity that they are a lack of truly great series that use the genre. |
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jal90 said: Gender-bending can be a matter of just putting glasses on: This person is scary - too much steroids in any direction. I rooted for the guys in the fishnets, though, running around for +20 episodes. Good things happen when men put their mind and heart into it! |
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