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#there's about a hundred stories of all kinds with transmasc mcs
catgirlelric · 3 years
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hey if anyone knows any good sci-fi/fantasy stuff with specifically transfem major or main characters can you send it my way i am feeling spectacularly bummed about never seeing myself in the kinds of stories that i like. massive bonus points if its wlw
#i just feel like i read so much wlw stuff but literally none of it has any trans women#and if they do happen to be there they're always like. the friend or the helper or something#never the main character#and i feel like.#im seeing more trans characters in the type of genre media i consume#but they're all transmasc#like the only stuff i ever see with trans women as the main characters is stuff that i'm not interested in#like pose or euphoria#like thats all well and good but why are stories about trans women always vaguely sad-looking dramas#like why do we never get to be the fucking like fantasy heroes or space explorers or whatever#even in like self-published webcomics i go into the transgender tag on tapas#and for every abandoned comic with a transfem main character#there's about a hundred stories of all kinds with transmasc mcs#like is there something that makes us less palatable to creators or what.#i just feel like im about ready to tear my hair out here i feel like theres walls surrounding me just like all the time#like no one writes about us. no one draws us. even when i see artists who draw nothing but wlw art hardly any of it has trans women#its just like what the hell#it constantly feels like we're an afterthought#and whenever we are included its only ever for woke points#like maybe one of those wlw artists will draw a nice little piece for tdov or something#and then immediately go back to ignoring us for the rest of the year#im just so tired. like when will i get to see trans women in the stories i like to read#when will i get to pick up a book that everyone's recommending for wlw romance and see a trans woman in one of those main roles#its just so tiring and im honestly just sick of feeling like this. like just. abandoned. an afterthought#sorry for the massive rant in the tags#im just. anyways this is why representation in media is important
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starrlikesbooks · 2 years
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Gah I think Tumblr ate my ask! If you're seeing this a second time I'm really sorry lol. I'm one of those burned out former gifted kids who used to be passionate about reading before the burned out part came into play. Recently I've decided to get back into reading. I'm immensely pleased to see that there's a lot more options for queer book lovers these days, but I'm kind of daunted by the fact that most books seem to be trilogies or longer. Do you have any standalone recs? If it helps, I like fantasy, angst, and time travel. Some whump too is nice. If it's queer that's a hundred times better (especially if it's transmasc and/or polyam). Extra extra wow factor if the characters are Chinese or Southeast Asian. Thank you for your time and all the good work you do!
Ah thanks for letting me help with this! I hope I can find a book you like 😊
Some queer stand alone scifi:
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone is a time travel novella of sapphic robots(?) falling in love against enemy lines. Definitely a bit abstract and poetic, so maybe not the simplest read, but if you're in the mood for something atmospheric and dramatic, you might like this book.
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson is sapphic and doesn't involve time travel, but it is about hopping to other realities for a corporation.
The Art of Saving the World by Corinne Duyvis is another one to do with alternate realities, though it blends genres a bit too. The main character is questioning, and most likely bi (like her alternate selves).
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer is a scifi mystery in space. Definitely some whump in this! And not time travel, but a bit of a time.... element.
A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson is about three kids who wake up on a space ship god knows where. There's a big meta element and time loop element as well.
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey is an adult scifi, and not queer. It's about cloning and murder, and is very short. This is hands down one of my favorite books, so if you have any interest in either of those things, I definitely recommend.
The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold is also not queer, but has a big time element to it, and is a very layered, twisty end of the world story. If you can currently take things that involve plagues, then you might like this story.
Some queer fantasy:
Burn by Patrick Ness is an alternate universe story where dragons live alongside(ish) humans, and it's also a prophecy story. Of the three main characters, one is gay.
Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson is also an alternate universe story, this one queer friendly historical. There's some whump in this, and magical powers being used to help a magician-con man.
Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth is a great stand alone if you like chosen one stories, and their deconstruction. This one isn't queer.
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern is a portal fantasy stand alone with a queer MC and is very layered and atmospheric. I wouldn't call this angsty, but it's definitely bittersweet.
Unfortunately, all the Asian-led SFF I would love to rec is part of a series :( But if you do find yourself wanting duologies in the future, Iron Widow,
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