maybe some headcanons about johnny? (and trans man johnny..but you dont have to!!!)
Content warning for implied dysphoria, talks of surgery/transitioning, coming out, and sex briefly mentioned
While Johnny’s interest in acting had been around since he was young, he didn’t necessarily care about whether or not he made it big. He was happy doing local theatre productions.
You wouldn’t think it with the type of movies he does, but Johnny is classically trained in both live theatre and camera acting.
Johnny comes from old money, which made funding his career a lot easier once he got his dad’s approval, speaking of which…
His father was definitely not on board with his interests in acting. He wanted to hear nothing about unless he was trying to go Hollywood. His dad was a “go big or go home” kind of guy.
He begged his dad to let him go to uni for acting which his father agreed to fund ONLY if he makes it big. That put a lot of pressure on Johnny to go Hollywood, warping his ego in the process.
Johnny didn’t get into the acting business until he was as far along his transition as possible (At least transitioned everywhere the public would see, he figured he could afford the rest once his career took off). He didn’t want any trace of his assigned gender to follow him into his career so he made sure that was all fully behind him.
For that same reason he had his top surgery scars surgically removed when it became apparent exactly what kind of roles he was being pigeonholed into (ie the sexy action star that needed to be shirtless).
His chosen name means so much to him, which is why he tattooed it onto his chest as soon as he recovered from top surgery
Sonya was the first person he ever came out to. It was a few months into them dating, when it struck her as odd that the self described “sex machine” Johnny Cage hadn’t tried to initiate sex, so when she tried to, it turned into a much more intense conversation than either of them had anticipated. She was extremely supportive of him, apologizing for trying to push things too fast.
When they had Cassie, Johnny promised himself he’d be a better father to her then his own was to him, and you bet your ass he kept that promise.
He encouraged her in all of her interests and when the time was right, he came out to her as well, being sure to raise her with the mindset of not feeling confined to what society assigns her as.