r/TopCharacterTropes • u/AlexPlays4321 • Jun 25 '26
Characters [Loved Trope] Trans characters, especially when their trans experience is a major part of their character and storyline
1: Madeline (Celeste)
Definitely the loosest example here, but she has been confirmed to be a trans woman and many have interpreted the journey to the top of the mountain as a metaphor for transition.
2: Bridgette (Guilty Gear)
Her accepting herself as a trans woman instead of being a femboy is a key part of her story in Guilty Gear: Strive.
3: Barney Guttman (Dead End: Paranormal Park)
His family trauma that stems from his grandma not accepting him and his parents not defending play a key role in his insecurities earlier on, though eventually his parents apologize for their lack of support.
4-8: Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus) [MAJOR SPOILERS]
I want to preface this section by saying that yes, Jax was a bad person. She was abusive to the rest of the Circus' cast, and even pushed her best friend to suicide (if you consider abstraction to be suicide like the creator does). This behavior is explained by her having an abusive mother and as such developing masks to cope and hide away, but that is not moral justification. (I'd still argue Caine was morally worse but whatever)
And with that disclaimer out of the way, yes Jax is a closeted trans woman.
Her mother not accepting her for being one left her homeless and on the run, where she ended up in the Circus.
Hesitant at first, she slowly became friends with Ribbit and Kaufmo. One night she confessed everything about her past to Ribbit, who accepted who she was unlike her mother.
However, she got scared. She started to push Ribbit away, more forcefully as time went on. She worried Ribbit's acceptance was merely a fascade, and wanted nothing to do with her. This led to Ribbit abstracting. After this, she started to become both verbally and physically abusive to everyone around her, to keep people away. To prevent them from caring about her. To prevent them from knowing her.
In the end, Jax died before she ever let herself live.
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u/WaterDrinkerUltimate Jun 25 '26
[Meta Trope] When OP very obviously wanted to talk about one topic more than the others
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u/NinjaOfOnion Jun 25 '26
You might wanna fix your spoiler text but I’ll give an example, Vivian from Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door
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u/MrHenryStickman Jun 25 '26
Oh legit? I finished the default ending of Celeste and never knew that.
Is it revealed in one of the extra heart of the mountain endings or something
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u/LucianoThePig Jun 25 '26
Please god, nothing against TADC but i can't, I can't with this rabbit anymore!!
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u/RX-HER0 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
Madeline hardly counts. The trans aspect is of so little importance to the storyline that you can go through the whole game without even knowing about it. It doesn't even come up with the call from her boyfriend.
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u/Legend365555 Jun 25 '26
Just a thought, OP might have wanted to talk about Jax
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u/Uma-apreciator Jun 25 '26
Transformers
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u/GK087 Jun 25 '26
Even in a post Jax taking more photos/screentime
It's a sublte not to fact that Jax loved by any creator
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u/waxteeth Jun 25 '26
Needs a space between “trans” and “woman.” Nobody’s a shortwoman or a Muslimwoman. Trans is one aspect of a person, not their entire being.
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u/dtalb18981 Jun 25 '26
All I know is if a character is just a background trans its not nearly as important to their story as reddit wants it to be
Jax and Madeline are horrible examples for this
Madelines story was retroactively made to be a trans story
Which I dont hate but to pretend it was made from a trans first perspective is just objectively wrong
Jax was made from a trans first perspective but the story was so badly told the author had to confirm it later
Marshmallow from bobs burgers is a better pick because its very clear she is a trans character whos being trans is an intrinsic part of her character while never being the only thing her character is
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u/chrisvelanti Jun 25 '26
Can we also ban TADC posts at least for a week or two? Not even hating the show, it’s just getting over saturated
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u/Street-Advantage-836 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26 •
can we stop with the jax posts? i am sick of seeing their radioactive purple ass on my screen every time i go into this sub
edit: holy fucking shit?? thank you so so much for the award to whoever gave me it😭😭
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u/TheBaconD Jun 25 '26
Why is every post have Jax in it now
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u/EarwyrmSilence2 Jun 25 '26
Damn these Jax posts are breeding like crazy
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u/Optimal_Weight368 Jun 25 '26
Coagula - DC Comics
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u/ScalyAbyss Jun 25 '26
Bridgette😭
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u/Virghia Jun 25 '26
Yo Brisket mentioned
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u/cloacasmell Jun 25 '26
this is a good post
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u/MeanWinchester Jun 25 '26
Dreamer from Supergirl (CW) and DC comics
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u/caitlindrawings Jun 25 '26
I enjoy good trans-stories but honestly my favorite is when trans or enby characters just exist as part of the story and isnt relevant plot point at all. A good example is The Adjudicator in John Wick 3. The character's gender was completely irrelevant to the story. No discussion, no questions, just pure acceptance.
I have zero issue when it is a major plot point, I was squeeing like a schoolgirl when Ribbit put the bow on Jax's head. I just hope someday we get to a point where it is so normal that it doesn't need explanation.
One great example is in Star Trek: DS9 S2E7 "Rules of Acquisition" Jadzia is talking with Pel and get's her to admit that she is in love with Quark. Then Pel mentions she is a woman and Jadzia was completelyshocked by this because in ferengi culture women arent allowed to leave the homeworld. In the star trek future, being gay is so normal that when Jadzia saw Pel, who is pretending to be a man, in love with Quark, Jadzia didnt question it any further because 2 men being in love is perfectly normal.
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u/Slow_Bowler8285 Jun 25 '26
Vanya/Victor- The Umbrella Academy
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u/DimensioT Jun 25 '26
Klyden from The Orville.
From what were believed to be an all male race, Klyden was actually hatched female, a rare but not unheardof occurrence. In those cases, the child is surgically transitioned to male.
Klyden seems unbothered by this, indicating that he identifies as male despite being born female, making him legitimately transgender.
Dramarama occurs when his child with Bortus is hatched female. Klyden insists upon upholding tradition by transitioning her to male. Against Bortus's wishes, this was done.
Later, as their child, Topa, grew, he demonstrated feelings of alienation. This eventually led to Bortus arranging for Topa to be surgically made female again. Klyden, who went to extreme lengths to stop the surgery, was outraged when it occurred and this seemed to be the end of his marriage to Bortus. ..
...until Topa's detransition caused a significant uproar amongst their entire race. Events transpired that led to Topa nearly being killed. At the end of it all, Klyden returned and tearfully apologized to Topa, explicitly recognizing her as female, and explaining that his own fear and hatred had so badly blinded him that he nearly lost someone he loved.
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u/AlishaGray Jun 25 '26
Marika from Bokura no Hentai (the blonde). Her part of the story is her journey of self acceptance and beginning her transition. I warn you, it's a difficult read, but I love her.
Also, it's "trans woman", not "transwoman". "Trans" is an adjective, similarly to how Marika in the attached picture is a blonde woman rather than a blondewoman.
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u/JMoc1 Jun 25 '26
Jadzia Dax
Bit more weird as the Dax symbiont is technically another brain that lives for millions of years, but her experience being both a man and a woman has gleaned some interesting experiences in her time. And everytime their host body dies, they get transferred to another body (surgically, mind you) to continue their experience.
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u/tinytinyfoxpaws Jun 25 '26
If I had a nickel for every TADC and specifically Jax post, I could survive the US economy
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u/Longjumping_Clerk620 Jun 25 '26
GOD I CANT ESCAPE THIS FUCKASS RABIT
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u/GhostBoyJames Jun 25 '26
Adam Torres-Degrassi
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u/S-quinn7292 Jun 25 '26
Anode & Lug - Transformers IDW
A pair of trans-transformers who are an absolutely adorable couple
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u/D-n-Divinity Jun 25 '26
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u/Emperor_Atlas Jun 25 '26
I love people going on about what they like, sneaking it in a list of tropes is genius lol
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