I hate to say it, but... If Ryan was female, I feel like there wouldn't be a Jenny or male equivalent, at least not at first. Remember how Esposito was kind of jealous of Jenny/Ryan because he felt his bromance with his partner was threatened? I could see them flipping that a bit for a girl!Ryan/Esposito/Lanie side drama. Since the show is focused on Castle, it wouldn't be a main plot, but it might be the B or C plot at some point.
If Alexis were a boy, or Beckett male... Obvious changes with Castle would be that I'd say the father/son relationship wouldn't be as openly affectionate, and Castle and Beckett not as obviously shippy. Because, you know, it's mainstream TV and they're the leads. It would be an intended epic bromance of sorts... and likely be shipped even harder by fandom. ;)
Kate's relationship with her father already has its issues, so I could see it being much the same if Kate was... I don't know, Kyle?
Probably. I haven't delved too much into Castle fandom - surprising with how much I adore the show, really. But all of those are likely present; genderbends are tricky. Sometimes they work and sometimes they suck, so I'd be leery of reading them.
Er, edit: I tried the fanfiction.net Castle section and was unimpressed. I've skimmed AO3... How's the LJ fandom?
>Sometimes they work and sometimes they suck and like the early theories of evolution, there are shades and degrees within both "they work" and "they suck". {that was an agreement and elaboration with your statement, not a negation}
>How's the LJ fandom? disclaimer (which should have been posted before - mea culpa), I was extrapolating from the descriptions* I've seen in Castle & Primeval fandoms. (most of which I haven't read - its too easy to hit one of my squicks (chain of command - same reason I'd avoid a Kate Beckett/Roy Montgomery hetfic, a Ryan/Esposito slashfic, and a Kate/girl!Ryan femmeslashfic)
I haven't really done much reading of any Castle fic in probably a year now. {aside from one at Christmas}
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If Alexis were a boy, or Beckett male... Obvious changes with Castle would be that I'd say the father/son relationship wouldn't be as openly affectionate, and Castle and Beckett not as obviously shippy. Because, you know, it's mainstream TV and they're the leads. It would be an intended epic bromance of sorts... and likely be shipped even harder by fandom. ;)
Kate's relationship with her father already has its issues, so I could see it being much the same if Kate was... I don't know, Kyle?
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other than that, I agree.
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Er, edit: I tried the fanfiction.net Castle section and was unimpressed. I've skimmed AO3... How's the LJ fandom?
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and like the early theories of evolution, there are shades and degrees within both "they work" and "they suck". {that was an agreement and elaboration with your statement, not a negation}
>How's the LJ fandom?
disclaimer (which should have been posted before - mea culpa), I was extrapolating from the descriptions* I've seen in Castle & Primeval fandoms. (most of which I haven't read - its too easy to hit one of my squicks (chain of command - same reason I'd avoid a Kate Beckett/Roy Montgomery hetfic, a Ryan/Esposito slashfic, and a Kate/girl!Ryan femmeslashfic)
I haven't really done much reading of any Castle fic in probably a year now. {aside from one at Christmas}
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(if you know the thread, good; if not, no worries)
You can link to the post if you want to (just warn for Castle and SPN spoilers).
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