NaNo help?

[readingredhead]

All things willing, I will be done with this by this time tomorrow! But in order to power through these last 5,000 words, I need to figure out how one of my characters discovers that another character has been crossdressing as a man throughout their entire acquaintance when she is, in fact, a woman. (I know, I just write the coolest stuff!)

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[octavius_x]

Ok Candace I have to confess that most movies I watch about cross-dressing usually involve cross-dressers of a transexual nature. The first movie I thought of when I read this scenario is some Chinese movie where an old man wants to pass on his masked theatrical act but would only pass it on to a boy, later after he has adopted this "boy" and has cut himself he asks the "boy" to pee on the injury as it will sterilize the wound. Obviously this is not possible and the "boy" runs off and the truth comes out, old man realizes that a lady can do just as much as a man, the craft is passed on and everyone is happy. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I do not think this situation would apply to your story. Also if you asked me my first thoughts would be horrible realist scenarios involving comparison of penis sizes or something (the girl would be in a snit and be like "WELL, obvsly you won" and the dude would be very taken aback and feel like a douche and have to reevaluate his feelings). There's also the tried and true medical injury route, but if I had to be

[w455up]

So it might not be an instant revelation so much as a slow realization based on context clues. I'm not sure what sort of activities guys did back then, but I'm guessing not wanting to participate in sports, not pissing in public, generally avoiding things that would expose herself (and guys have a surprisingly large number of ways to expose themselves to each other), in addition to a generic asexuality, might be big hints to Francis. I don't know what public sanitation in London was like in the 18th century, but I'm guessing the public pissing thing might be a big thing. It might be interesting if he just comes out and asks her based on curiosity more than anything.

Congrats on being so close to the finish though, my NaNo attempt truly died about a week ago.

[i_wear_wellies]

The first two things that come to mind: he walks in on her changing, but only top off, and is briefly confused as to why he/she won't turn around and is hiding.

Other: Somehow something gets thrown and hits her in what *should* be a sensitive area, but she doesn't react the way a man would...