I think people just generally forget that a character having an identity is that character living that identity.

"Can we get more examples of this character being X?" Like, no, they *are* X. Everything a trans character does is done transly. That& #39;s how being trans works.

Sometimes it feels like marginalized authors are expected to make characters "tit boobily" in relation to their identity or get told we didn& #39;t make it clear enough.

Your identity informs everything you do. It& #39;s not an intentional performance for outsiders& #39; view.

This isn& #39;t the same thing as a someone feeling an outsiders& #39; portrayal of an in-group felt inauthentic or flat.

Also, this is not a subtweet. Just a thought about the way people talk about portrayals of identity in fiction.

Are we allowed to coin "tit boobily" to mean "writing a character& #39;s identity in a way that& #39;s an exaggerated mockery of what identity actually looks like" bc it has a nice ring to it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">