it really says something that people in this fandom are consistently headcanoning the most deceptive and boundary-crossing characters in the series (ianthe and john) as transfem the most often out of any other characters over the years. and by "something" i mean y'all are transmisogynistic freaks
I’ve never personally encountered this head cannon about John, but in Ianthe’s case there’s potentially some textual support for a transfem reading of the character. I don’t have HtN handy, but John asks Harrow if she and Ianthe are being safe - maybe a bad dad joke, maybe implying that there’s a hypothetical pregnancy risk. I guess you could argue that the implication could just as easily be that Harrow is trans, but with the third house specializing in flesh magic, I think it makes a bit more sense for it to be Ianthe. Disclaimer, I’m not enough of an Ianthe enjoyer to have strongly held opinions, it’s just something I’ve seen pointed out on here that I think holds a little water. Transfem John seems like a strange choice since he’s a misogynistic prick.



















