THANK YOU!
I could never quite put my finger on the reason I hated genderbender, but THIS! This is it articulated!
I guess it's these gaps that make us question the quality of genderbend stories
You said my feelings towards gender ends in a way I could never properly explain ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
ive read a few manga where they keep switching back and forth and still like the person no matter what gender they have
this is just yaoi with extra steps lol
also; I understand genderbend is fun and we shouldn’t take it so seriously, but there’s always the question of whether
1. they actually like each other when they were the same gender,
2. they fell in love with each other because they can see each other as a “man” and “woman” now (which is another can of worms I don’t want to open)
3. they liked each other before but only realised it in a straight setting because dudes can only have ~feelings of pure friendship~ for each other