Here's a question about genderswap: do you think that Rodney makes a better woman than John would? If so, is that because John matches the more traditionally patriarchal view of what makes an ideal male?
I actually think John makes a better woman than Rodney, because Rodney has more negative masculine characteristics than John. John has his problems, but most of his personality could transfer right over without much revision. Rodney, on the other hand, has really important characteristics that don't translate as easily; it takes an extra step to give him motivations to be that arrogant and that misogynistic. If that makes sense. All of that is why I find writing Rodney as a woman interesting, because I feel like it's more of a jump from one to the other.
That is interesting, and I'll also say completely unexpected. I'd been thinking that you wrote Rodney as a woman because it felt more natural to cast him in the female role. I have to admit that it never occurred to me that it would be because of the challenge. I'm sorry that I didn't think of that myself.
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