me when I can not read, I will make this REALLY simple for you
7. CFYOW continued to use female pronouns while talking about her even after Kubo confirmed in a QnA that she is biologically a male. Showing that he wants her to be referred to as a her and not he.
Kubo was a co-writer for CFYOW
Beyond this point, when Kubo has mentioned Giselle with a pronoun in Q&As it has been with female pronouns, and if you want an anime exclusive example, the official anime website has changed every reference of Giselle to be gender neutral. I can not comprehend how Yumichika saying it makes it the absolute truth, is everything Yumichika says the canon? Is Yumichika the objective voice of reason in the story? Because if so that's news to me.
The Bird of Hermes aka D.D.D.D Super-Dimensional Sovereign Emperor Zero Paradox from YuGiOh The Trading Card Game
2023-09-10 19:38:50 +0000 UTC
I'm gonna explain to you that Giselle is a male to female trans person.
To start I'm going to define trans since people seem to not know what trans means.
Trans = person who identifies as a certain gender, presents as that gender, and wishes to be seen as that gender in daily life.
Trap/femboy = person who dresses as the opposite gender for pleasure or humor, but still identifies as their birth gender in daily life.
Giselle is never hinted or implied to be a trap/femboy character, she is shown in multiple ways to be trans.
1. She's friends with the Femritters and regularly hangs out with them and they all refer to her as female
2. She dresses and presents as female in both mediums, as well as sounding female in both the dub and the sub anime.
3. Most importantly, she is shown to be distressed and shocked when Yumichika and Charlotte imply she's male. A trap would not have this reaction. She was written as being shocked because she doesn't want to be seen as male. Her reaction isn't treated for comedy; we're supposed to sympathize with her or at least feel shock. (Also the irony of Yumichika and Charolette - the most gay-coded men in the series being the ones to say that to her)
4. Mayuri, shinigami personification of the "um acktually" meme, calls Giselle a 'zombie girl', showing that Yumichika and Charlotte were just most likely antagonizing her to throw her off guard.
5. Strangely enough, her clothing and body. Giselle is the most covered-up out of all the Femritter, even Lillotto. Her dress conceals her shoulders, collarbones, and upper arms, and she wears tights to hide her legs. She's also very long, lean, and flat - not unlike the body of a teenage boy. All these little things hint at her being a trans girl who is uncomfortable with her body. I doubt Yhwach is handing out estrogen, ya know?
6. Her power is biological manipulation. You can't get more on the nose for a trans allegory than that.
7. CFYOW continued to use female pronouns while talking about her even after Kubo confirmed in a QnA that she is biologically a male. Showing that he wants her to be referred to as a her and not he.
TL;DR: Kubo made Giselle born biologically male and then wrote her to be a character that presents themselves as and prefers to be identified as female and gets upset when they are referred to as male. That is textbook trans.
The Bird of Hermes aka D.D.D.D Super-Dimensional Sovereign Emperor Zero Paradox from YuGiOh The Trading Card Game
2023-09-10 18:32:33 +0000 UTC