RPGN said
How would your character react and do if they were to wake up one morning as the opposite sex with no given explanation? How would a situation like that play out?
For fun, I’m going to go through every character I’ve ever had on this guild...
Servants, first...
Daniel Boone, American pioneer, explorer, hunter and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He was summoned as a Heroic Spirit to take part of a Holy Grail War for magi fighting one another using heroes of the past.
- He’s so calm a guy, the new Daniella Boone would tilt her head with curiosity and ask her Master (summoner) if this was an effect she knew of. After that, he’d naturally assume this was an effect from either the Grail which summoned her or an enemy spell, and continue life EXACTLY as he did before, but would probably be a tad… more amused by the Holy Grail War than she was before.
King Heidrek Höfundsson the Wise, self-proclaimed king of Berserkers and a vicious Norse King wielding the cursed blade Tyrfing. A proud and vile man who hates being commanded and was summoned to fight as a Heroic Spirit in a Holy Grail War… another Holy Grail War.
- … He’d be stunned, and entirely depending on his mood she’d either be encompassed with magnificent rage about “WHO WOULD DARE TO CAST SUCH A SPELL ON THE MIGHTY KING HEIDREK HÖFUNDSSON!!??” and continue to immediately depart to slay Caster (and half the city with all likelihood), or she would laugh heartily and tease his Master, just because. After that it wouldn’t have much effect, perhaps even further bolstering his pride that he can be superior even as a woman. … But he’d blame any and all future mishaps on her new gender, which would build annoyance at this…
Lugh, High King of Ireland, another Heroic Spirit and certainly a mighty individual revered to as a god in some sources (not this one, though). … Though, this version of him is a trap. A tiny child-like feminine being with purple hair and a cute bow on his head. Looks like a girl.
- “… Huh? … Um, eh… Oh, never mind~! Haha~!” … And that encompassed the entire reaction. His appearance would not change at all (unless he’d become reversed and become a manly woman instead…) and his personality would not change, so she’d just go off and fight/have fun like she always did. Maybe a bit more hesitant to take off her clothes in a man’s presence, which she would have done as male without thinking about it when intending to take a bath. Some proper purity, that is.
Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and Daimyo, one of the Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings, returned to the present as a Heroic Spirit… A fearless warrior, known for never having suffered a single wound.
- … He’d feel he lost to someone. Someone has evidently come up to him in his sleep and cast a spell on him, where they could have killed him. Since he allowed it to happen, she would bear her femininity as a mark of shame for her loss. Not because femininity is weak in any way, but because that was what the enemy chose to do to him. In the wake of that, Tadakatsu would continue living as well as she could, continue fighting as she always have and answer that she had “lost” to anyone who asks why he’s now a she, in a really bitter voice.
Beowulf, Norse hero of legend and more, summoned as a Heroic Spirit. … Who was actually a woman who overpowered all historians to make future generations think she was actually a man.
- He’d be torn. On one hand, he was really proud to have achieved all that he had achieved as a woman, and on the other hand he’d be happy that some being saw fit to bless her with the gift of masculinity. Because as a woman he had seen being male as much better, so. … Regardless, he’d have accepted the gift with a bit of bitterness and continued his life, a little sad that nobody would believe him if he said “I was a woman when I did all that”, but he’d eventually get over there and live as fully as a Norseman should.
I have way too many Fate characters. Oh, well. Masters after this.
Erchmann von Einzbern, a whiney little bitch of a boy who happened to become the representative of the powerful Einzbern family in a battle he was to have no part of… meaning he’s a Master that summons a Heroic Spirit from the past…
- He’d be shocked. And scared out of his wits of how others would view him, er, her now. She’d avoid seeing her elders at all costs, and be prepared to be disowned if she had to see them. Probably try to find out a way to turn herself back to male as quickly as possible, disappearing as long as he could until then. Probably ask Baba Yaga, since, well, she was the Heroic Spirit he summoned, I believe. … It would be troublesome to confront the girl he liked. Hahaha. … He is a product of a long line of accidents, so Erch-womann would probably blame her ever present misfortune for this, too. Haha.
Juliasviel von Einzbern was a failed homunculus with a few powers and inevitably short lifespan, and way more emotions than she should. She killed her way to her family’s position in the Holy Grail War, and the rest of the Einzbern doesn’t approve of this murderous failure. But she intends to show them.
- … The male Juliasviel would seethe from rage at being genderbent. However, his intention would still be to win the War to show that he was the right choice. The desire to win would overpower any shock or other action he could have taken from this occurrence. Being male didn’t really affect him any, so he’d just keep trying to achieve something in his short lifespan, but rage at this would certainly build within him...
Ruth is a magical construct made from combining the magical crests (where they put all their spells) into one person, destroying her mind and life-expectancy but temporarily making her one of the most powerful magi of all time. Summoner of a Heroic Spirit.
- … She wouldn’t react at all. In fact, due to being what she is, a programmed construct made to win the War, he’d just make a few adjustments (go to the male public bathroom) and make a report of the anomaly. Yeah, those with destroyed minds don’t react much on such things… Haha…
Serina Asai is a young hopeful girl who wanted to enter the Grail War to prove herself and escape her father’s attempts to keep her from becoming a magus. She thinks before acting, and can be pretty determined. May be a bit overconfident.
- … She’d think some magic she attempted had gone wrong and run off crying to her father, apologizing for doing things she shouldn’t have and ask if he could undo her gender transformation. After failure to turn him back, Asai would hole up at home a while, discouraged to continue the magical business. … Though eventually his hot-headedness would bring him right back where he started, hoping to transform back to female. He’d probably skip going to school.
Serina Medai is Asai’s father, except not really. I actually don’t remember the full story, but he’s a magus criminal looking after an orphan daughter trying to keep her from learning the magic of her parents because magi don’t lead happy lives.
- Upon becoming a woman, Medai would immediately relocate both herself and her daughter. It means someone with magic had found them but not done anything further, not that Medai knew any magic that could do that. She couldn’t be found, being a criminal, for Asai’s sake. So, after arriving at the opposite side of the planet she’d use her now woman shape to warn Asai about using magic and then continue their lives as normal, continuing to prevent Asai from using magic. That’s about that.
Viola Mitchell, member of the Magi Association and punisher of bad Magi. A woman of authority and member of an esteemed magical family. A target entered the Holy Grail War, she decided to join to hunt him down. Because summoning Heroic Spirits and taking part in all-powerful rituals is all normal in hunting magi scum.
- Upon becoming a man… … … I think Viola would consider leaving the magical business altogether and move out to become a normal man. He’d no longer be recognizable, and frankly, he’s an exceptional magus in the business of hunting other magi, he’d know all about how to pursue magi and hence how to avoid it. She wasn’t entirely happy with her life as a magus, after all, so. Not sure if he’d get a better life after, but eh. … And if his knowledge of magic (more extensive than mine) told him he’d never get away, he’d continue doing what he did and report the change of gender to the association and her family, living on with the complications for a while after before eventually adapting. Haha.
Haruo Kanegi is a boy who died from stumbling in front of a car in exhaustion due to needing to meet the excessive standards of studying from his parents and ended up in an afterlife simulating a school in order to get over the unfairness of his death (Angel Beats) and goes around being all happy and not caring about studying at all because he can.
- He’d… laugh. Because he’s already dead, she’d feel the need to go off and do improper experiments. She’d also have fun teasing absolutely everyone (especially males) because she felt like it. She’d get as close to fellow girls as he could and try to engage in as girly activities and conversations as possible. … And when the initial excitement waned away she’d start wondering if she’d ever turn back, then get somewhat troubled because she kind of liked being male. Then she’d get over it and become a rather normal young girl seemingly entirely forgetting her past as male, with the same jokish personality. He’d like being a girl in the long-term.
Saburo Ootsuka, codename Arm, is a man made to enter the Anime universe Darker Than Black. … I actually don’t remember all that much about the show, but as a person with an Ability the middle-age smoker didn’t have much of the way of emotions… He did missions as he was given and hung out in the alleys, mostly.
- … He wouldn’t react at all. He was always a loner, hanging out in the edges of society. If anything, she might be inconvenienced by the extra attention she might be attracting by merely standing in the streets in a way she never did while male. Still, hardly a problem. She can still crack anyone who bothers her in half with a single touch, after all. Perhaps ask “Why me?” and then go on with her life.
Sora is a Busou Shinki, a tiny female model of a flying fighter with armor, engines and weapon. She is of the Fighter Type Asuka type and is newly named by her new owner after having been shipped from a factory directly to her new owner.
- … Seeing how there are no male Shinki, Sora would be beyond just confused. I am pretty sure they don’t have the organs which decide gender, as such I will simply assume her body-shape changed to that of a male. So, the new male Sora would naturally assume that his owner changed her while she was asleep, and now he’s a he. “I-if that’s how my Mistress desires me…” Sora would accept, somewhat unhappily, but with a finality to it. … Then there’s the fact his Mistress would suddenly find her being a him, and that would trigger a reaction from a completely different person that I have no right to decide. But Sora would DEFINITELY be confused learning his Mistress had not done this and probably try with all his might to return himself to his female form, the way his Mistress initially bought him. … Unless Mistress says something else, of course (being the only one around with a male Shinki might be a status of some kind, who knows? Haha…)
Komeda Koudo is a boy who has managed to turn his life around. He was pathetic, but by entrusting to dedication he managed to change his life and become brilliant academically and in sports and with friends, all was perfect. Now he just had to go to a High School on an island in the sky only some people could see and his life would be set. What could possibly go wrong? … This was an Aphorism RP, for whoever knows what that means.
- Given that he’s on an island where weirder things has happened, the recently turned female Koudo will assume the island saw fit to turn him female now. She’ll awkwardly approach the females in class and ask if they had any spare clothes for her and do her best to continue surviving. Considering they’re on a deadly island in the sky that is constantly trying to kill them, turning female would be one of the least worrying things that could happen, really. She’d do her best to continue, taking tips from the girls on how to survive as female. Could have been amusing, really.
Sfogliatine Zucchero Graelian (Solia) is the young Princess of the kingdom of Graelian, meaning she’s the ruling monarch, of course. She’s dog-eared and dog-tailed, because… well, because it was a Dog Days RP. She’s innocent, kind, but also somewhat of a thrill-seeker who doesn’t always think through her actions.
- Being the Princess means the entire nation and some more would find out if Solia suddenly turned male. She’s their beloved princess, after all. Embarrassed at this occurrence, the male Solia would lock himself into the castle and only indirectly rule the nation while asking for the advice of the more experienced people around him and turn to the magical division of the nation for what had happened to him as well as any way to turn himself back. Should this fail for too long, Solia would eventually come out and announce his condition to the people, prepared to take any measures possible to calm any bewilderment this might cause. He’d definitely feel extreme guilt for letting this happen to him when, as a Princess (Prince now) it is his duty to make sure nothing like this happens to him… But he’d endure, perhaps somewhat traumatized. Somewhat.
Minaka Tayumu is a fox-girl for a Princess Resurrection roleplay. A two-tailed kitsune, she bears the burden of the reputation of her supremely evil mother and therefore seeks out one of the royal siblings willing to take her in and support that one to victory so she or any other kitsune doesn’t have to fear in the future.
- Upon being turned male… Are there any male Kitsunes? Dunno. In any case, it wouldn’t really trouble her all that much. He’d be shocked, but… in the end, it wouldn’t change that much in her life. He’s still on the run, still seeking (or serving), and otherwise. If there are no male kitsunes (I don’t remember any) then he could use that to his advantage in order to boost his own value for the royals. Though, he’d lose any ability to charm men which he’d earlier have used to its full potential. And it would be troublesome if he ran into the boy who he fell in love with as a girl. In fact, he’d probably avoid that meeting taking place in the first place, since it happened while he had charmed him as a girl… Haha… … Something like that.
The following three are from Anime-inspired roleplays, not intended for any existing Anime.
Shizukana Kazeko is a young girl who lost her legs and proceeded to become the lazy. Then the wheel-chair bound girl was recruited as a Magitech girl by SEED and got mechanized legs as well as weapons to combat threats of humanity with. Pretty much became a magical girl.
- … Well, to start with, Kazeko would no longer be able to be a Magitech girl having become a boy. Since she was no longer any use, the male Kazeko would assume that their enemies had invented a new weapon which transformed Magitech girls to boys, effectively neutralizing them, and he would turn his time and effort into becoming a researcher to invent a countermeasure against this horrible weapon… I’m just kidding, she’s too lazy for that. He’d most likely be sent home to the orphanage she worked at again, where he’d show up being like “Hi, I’m a boy now, treat me like usually”. And then the orphanage would press charges against SEED because “You turned Kazeko into a boy against her will!” and SEED’s like “We, uh, did not.” and then they lost the lawsuit and became financially bankrupt with low public opinion because immoral experimenting on children, making girls into child-soldiers and so, the girls were sent back to their families and the people at SEED were jailed for crimes against humanity and then the world was taken over by evil since SEED couldn’t stop them anymore due to that… um… … … Maybe not. … He’d probably just stick around, somewhat confused, at SEED while the other girls fought and he just welcomed them back and wondered why he was a boy. … Oh, and he’d inevitably fall in love with one of the girls, but that’s another matter altogether. Haha.
Furimio Ayuna, a traveler from another world inhabiting the human body of a dead friend of hers who has the mental condition of a young teenage girl but the super-weapons and gravity super-powers of a foreign being on a mission from her otherworldly superiors…
- She, *cough*, he would be terrified. Not only because it means someone used magic on her to change her gender which means someone found her (he doesn’t want to be found), but also because… this isn’t his body which gender was changed. The original owner of the body is dead, so, the body is his, really, but it would still certainly disturb him. He couldn’t go to school anymore, that would show the existence of magic. He’d do his best to continue follow his superiors’ orders while actively pursuing whoever changed his gender, until he eventually would change his identity to become a new human (male) and act in the open again. … But the incident would certainly scar his mind, knowing someone had done that to him and could probably do it again, and would be a lot more insecure then and after…
Okumura Naiyo, from the same world as Ayuna. She’s a righteous individual who is obsessed with rules and making sure everybody follows them. Unbeknown to her for the better part of her life, she was created in the mirror image of one of the strongest warriors in Ayuna’s world, who’d eventually use this to inhabit Naiyo and the two could switch control over the body to protect the world from evil. This leads to an amusing question…
- Did the change occur before or after she learned of the existence of magic? Before would shock her out of his wits, going to the hospital and who knows where else to determine what was wrong. However, after calming down he would return to school, reintroduce himself to his class as male and follow all the rules as a male. … It would, however, drive a certain scientific division who made her in the other world go absolutely mad since he was no longer a mirror image of their warrior and could therefore not merge anymore… XD
- If it happened AFTER learning about the existence of magic, she’d naturally make the connection that it had something to do with magic and go seek a cure. Considering the magic of that world, I would not be surprised if he found it, his connections are many times better than Ayuna’s. But should one not be found he’d have a lot easier time accepting what had happened, but would probably be prevented from going to school, because… can’t show the existence of magic. Then he’d probably keep fighting evil behind the scenes and hope to find a cure somewhere. Haha.
Heardin Wetrin, crown prince of Ilia, my character in a Fire Emblem roleplay, positive-thinking joke-cracking well-trained history-nut, soldier and prince and probably overall my favorite character who was made for a short-lived roleplay. Oh, *siigh*. I really liked that roleplay, but… geesh…
- Finding out he’s a girl all of a sudden, Heardina would feel very nervous all of a sudden. She’d probably spend quite a lot of time in her room / tent wondering, considering, thinking things through. After having worked up her courage, she’d finally come out and be like “Hi~! I’m Heardin Wetrin, and I’m a princess now~!” and try to joke about it while getting herself new clothes. It would be an awkward conversation to have with his sister. Heardin would do her best to laugh it off as if she didn’t mind it to others, but would seek an answer to what happened if she did get time off from fighting Gale and his men, feeling rather self-conscious. Nothing like this had ever happened to any hero of legend she knew about…! Eventually she’d probably find herself accepting her current state, getting used to it leading the Ilian army without further trouble for the continuation of the war, though some people might be inconvenienced at her transformation.
Narian Ema is a small Ilian girl cleric who absolutely idolizes military figures (drooling over her dolls of them style). She was part of the same roleplay as Heardin, and led a small, failed, revolution against Gale when he took over Ilia. She then fled to where the Wetrin forces had gathered to strike back.
- Given that Narian is a CLERIC, female only class, becoming a male would be somewhat troublesome. Eh, he could probably reclass to Priest. Beyond that, he’d definitely ask the mages around him how on Elibe this was possible. Upon getting no true answer, he’d uncomfortably continue what he was doing in the army, healing and doing what he could. … It would probably not look as good if he was drooling over his dolls of the military commanders anymore… He’d adapt, badly, not doing much else than his job. It is what she always had been doing. Hopefully nobody would question it too much, for he had no answer to give…
Melbur Dornak is a bandit in the same world as the above two, an axe-wielding fighter who leads a large troop of scavengers in the mountains of Bern. He’s odd in that he seems to have a sense of nationality, defending Bern in times of crisis, yet ravages towns mercilessly and cruelly otherwise.
- Upon becoming female, Melbur would scratch her head. … Then shrug and go out to lead her men again. After knocking the heads of any complaining at the new woman leading them together, the female bandit would most likely consult some priests in the next village he ravages. After that, she’d shrug and state something along the lines of “Yaaar! Bein’ a woma’ ain’t gonna stop ma fro’ livin’!” and continue what she was doing previously. Also, she’d probably pretend she was a woman all along to amuse herself with those who come to meet her, and insist anyone who saw her as a man had been hallucinating, and get all her boys in on it. … Still, it does mean she won’t be able to enjoy a nice woman like she had previously. That’s a pain. Hm.
Spelle the Spheal, a round and stupid Pokémon that started her life with rolling down a mountainside and had to be adopted by a gang of Horseas and their evolutions, eventually ending up left in the Pokémon settlement where the adventure started.
- Spelle is still a child, and a child Pokémon at that. A stupid child Pokémon. Becoming male would create confusion, but would eventually just be accepted as the truth of the world without any further investigation as the round Pokémon rolled on to mature later in life. Probably become a fun story later, “Did you know I was born a girl?” … Or who knows, Spelle has probably forgotten all about once having been female after a year. XD
Voise Ahorge is a member of Team Genetic, the Pokémon team of that world. Self-confident and cruel, he seeks his own success as a hunter of enemies of the team for his own gain and to cause pain to others. Despite being such a bad guy, he’s oddly loving and happy with his Frostlass, Moe.
- Becoming female would… inconvenience Voise. Firstly, how the hell had it happened? Actually, Voise knows EXACTLY what had happened. He wasn’t a member of Team GENETIC for nothing. Some higher-up had mixed with his genetics and turned him female! … And that’s when Voise left Team Genetic and went on a hunt for Team Genetic commanders and nobody in Team Genetic felt safe ever since due to an unknown female huntress that was hunting them all down and asking how to turn her male again. After they not knowing (because they were doing it to Pokémon, not humans!), the female Voise would use Moe to freeze them and then go after the next Team Genetic commander, and the Pokémon trainers that would inevitably fight Team Genetic would get to hear how they’re already under fire from an unknown direction… … … Gosh, I’d almost like that to have happened, because that’s so very amusing. Hahaha.
Minda Clearmine is a young druid/ranger girl who worked as an assassin/thief for an evil druid, until she grew a conscience and fell in love with a boy. … He then proceeded to wipe her memory and implant a mission in her mind as she was made to wake up just as the main characters were passing by.
- She’s a very sneaky one who knows that there are all kinds of magic in the world… so he’d accept that some spell must have made her male really quickly. He’d adapt rather quickly to suddenly being male, but would most likely have to stop resorting to being cutely charming quite as often. It would be inconvenient, but he’d make it, and would ask Grith rather quickly what could have been at work and if there was any way to turn him back. If there wasn’t, nothing else to do but continue… Oh, and it would be awkward if he ran into the boy he had fallen in love with afterwards. “Oh, yeah, um, I’m male now, er… Do you mind?”
Mollie Gil Bray is a 16 year old succubus that thinks she’s a human. She lives in Fort Lucy, where everyone is actually secretly some unnatural being or other (but doesn’t know it) and everyone has wicked intentions. She switches between being a good clumsy glassed school-girl and a night-dwelling impulsive loon with a knife.
- Upon having her gender switched… … … In the first place, what happens when you genderbend a succubus? Do they become an incubus? Eh… … … Mollie would be absolutely convinced that there was some hostile force messing with her, and it would drive him mad as he departed to seek out what magician did this to her. She didn’t believe in magic previously, but after this he’d be convinced something is up and go crazy with his knife, threatening people for information and probably killing anyone who tried to stop him. He’d eventually be stopped, he isn’t strong enough to handle the town by himself, but he’d carve a number while doing so. Haha.
Lara is the youngest daughter of a recently dead king in an immortal family with plenty of siblings, who are all scrambling with plots and wicked intentions for the throne. She’s wicked and magically gifted, and hopes to be underestimated for her young age as she puts her own plot in motion.
- Upon becoming male… Lara would be annoyed, and then cast a spell to immediately turn himself back into female. She’d then launch an investigation of who dares turn her male. If by whatever reason he’s blocked from turning himself back, he’d be even more annoyed. He’d mask his new masculinity with magic, pretending nothing had happened with simmering hatred for his siblings (It gotta be one of them…!) while engaging in normal socializing and other methodized plotting to become the Queen (King?). He’d also probably act a bit more brutally throughout, annoyed at how they dare do this to him. He’d also explain that “I felt like it” if someone notices, because obviously he can’t say this happened without his intention. Really. That’d be a sign of weakness. Stupid siblings.
Prisca Glover is the main character in one of my WOTM entries, and the only one I feel like including here. She’s a reasonably well-known author who locks herself into her apartment and never ever leaves, developing a fear for all people and lives on the net. Her story includes having to go out to buy food because her normal source didn’t respond, and all the horrors that follow.
- Upon becoming male… Prisca would have no idea what to do. He’s locked into his apartment most of the time, people would DEFINITELY think he had simply pretended to be a female author to get more readers. He’d probably become even MORE reserved, trying to avoid even meeting that one individual who’s been his friend through this, trying to research a cure for her condition, move to the hospital. … Because of who Prisca is, he’d probably put the effort into trying to change back his gender through an operation and secretly donate money for that purpose. He’d get really, REALLY desperate…
… And that’s about that. … Perhaps I shouldn’t have done every character ever, hahaha. I’ve probably forgotten a few, who knows?
