Quote Originally Posted by Cleretic View Post
Okay so I really need to directly address this again.

Fantasias exist, but that doesn't necessarily make them accessible or viable. The barest evidence we have is that one quest Dawntrail introduced, but that very quest implies them to be extremely fringe, dubiously available, questionably legal, and on some level extremely obscure; there's not enough info to make it clear exactly what kind of obscure, if it's not well believed in or just a complete unknown. That's not a recipe for something that any given trans person can get on a Tuesday, that is black market goods material, that's something only available to someone with the right connections and/or the right money. It's actually a worse answer than any real-world transition methods, because those are all very known, relatively accessible and at least legal to receive, even if you probably have to travel for some of them.

And I have no idea what to say to 'the Ascians probably steal bodies of different genders, therefore transitioning is not a relevant concept'. That's just complete, patent nonsense. How does 'genocidal ghost wizards that you have most likely never seen or heard of can pick whatever bodies they want' matter to a theoretical trans girl in Limsa? Do you think 'Become Deudalaphon' is a valid approach to transitioning?


EDIT: I can tell that most of you are not trans and have no interest in actually thinking about this or hearing out others, rather than just barrelling in and telling trans people that their questions and interests aren't valid. I really hope I don't have to keep explaining this one, but this is just gonna keep happening, isn't it?
Fantasia is definitely much safer than real world transitioning. You're not shortening your life span or drastically increasing your probability of self-arm. That being said, Fantasia literally makes you something else, so its not entirely the same as being trans. There's no in-between state. You were something, and then you become something else.

The point of bringing up Ascians is it provides the closest parallel to someone in the world of eorzea that may have had anywhere close to a concept of gender fluidity. However, its combo'd with them also being terrible people, so....yeah.

Are only trans people allowed to comment? It's not about validation (well, I guess it kind of is for trans people); people are just responding and giving their opinion. Is my opinion not valid? Are you attacking my right to exist??!??!!? /s