Part of the issue here is also the whole "well you see in my case it's justified that I draw a caricature because because she doesn't have the energy to shave and also she doesn't have the resources to medically transition and..."
On the one hand, because y'all always say that. Like, there's the thousands of conservative/fascist/TERF caricatures, drawn like that because they hate us, and there's the thousands of drawings by hashtag allies that look exactly the same but give those same excuses. On the other, because the character doesn't exist. You're the one who's deciding that she cannot possibly transition, you're the one deciding to portray it that way, and it's really no different from gross guys drawing women who go around naked and say "well you see, she finds it empowering" or "well you see, this is not a sexist caricature for horny straight guys, it just so happens that this woman breathes through her skin and so she needs to have it all uncovered" (this actually happened, and not by a random guy on the internet precisely, but rather a fairly mainstream artist).
But even if that was the case, it's always interesting how "she cannot possibly medically transition" always becomes "I must draw her masculinized". Idk, most of us were, at some point, in a situation where we could not transition and
a. We'd find it quite annoyed still if you drew us as caricatures
b. Find other ways. Idk I bought a second-hand epilady online (a terrifying tweezer machine to remove leg hair) and used it on my face. Sure, there may have been a bit of blood, but no stubble at that time of my life. Some people wax, some use normal tweezers. Idk what to tell you. Also I hear there are some make up tricks to avoid showing the shadow that apparently work quite well, and so most trans women I know that cannot medically transition and have facial hair can successfully make it invisible. The "I must draw her this way" seems like not learning enough about us.
Finally, there's the fact that a drawing is not a picture. It's stylized, and you can choose what to draw. And something I've noticed is that, when men are drawn, they almost never have stubble or shadow, only if they are like, Super Macho, to underline how Super Macho they are, even if realistically most men have, at least around me. Meanwhile, when trans women are drawn by TME people, they almost always have one or both of those things. They may be a stick figure where absolutely no detail is given, but the shadow and the stubble must be present.
One last thing (and please don't focus on this, it's an aside), it's interesting to bring the "gender nonconformity is awesome" in the context of a character that you specifically designed to not have access to medical transition and who is too tired to do anything else. Idk it just sounds like conversion therapists.
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