The Gender-bender Thread!

[Asantewaalrus offline]

I'm going to say this now, it was extremely difficult gaining the ability to actually post in this place. I've been waiting for some activation e-mail for three months now… I finally got a surge of creativity and figured out applying for a “missingâ€

[SilverPrince offline]

Well, first off, welcome. Usually I say that in the newbie forum but your post is only half-introduction.

This place is pretty much dead

No, it's no- *vultures caw* Darned pests. They never go away. As if they're... waiting for something. >.>

Secondly, I can honestly say that in all my time here I've never seen this subject come up. It's... interesting.

Thirdly, the instant I realized what you meant by gender-bending, I pictured a female Jeremie and she was pretty much the same as what you described. Huh. I feel like she would wear a hoodie. Blue, of course. And she would constantly have her hands in the front pocket. If we're changing names, I feel like she should be named Katie. For some reason this is the name I think of for nerdy girls. It may have something to do with my shy, somewhat nerdy friend Katie in real life...

Fourthly, why does Femme!Ulrich dislike both males and girly-girls? Seems like that leaves a relatively narrow spectrum of people for her to hang out with.

Fifthly, would manly!Aelita have pink hair? I'm sorry, but were I a man with pink hair, I would dye it. Also, if we're changing Aelita into a man, are we going with the Seasons 1-2 Aelita or Seasons 3-4 Aelita? Because the previous is all dependent and naive and "damsel-in-distress" like and the latter is all "I am Aelita, hear me roar". New and improved Aelita Stones: Now with Attitude! Lessee if I can come up with something basic for both.

Manly!Aelita, Seasons 1-2: Skinny. Long-ish hair, for a male anyway. We'll make it red but we can say he dyes it if you're set on natural pink hair. Sensitive, emotional, and shy, though very friendly to people he brings up the courage to talk to. Generally in a good mood, though with a tendency to be a bit... jumpy and scared easily. He wears somewhat-skinny jeans a white button-up shirt, perhaps with pink pinstripes. It's casual the kind that's meant to be un-tucked.

Manly!Aelita, Seasons 3-4: Muscular. Not ripped, but muscular. Loudmouthed, full of attitude and full of himself. He tends to think he's the "big man on campus". Quick to insult those he doesn't like and quick to make loud jokes with those he does. The jokes are probably off-color; the kind of jokes you have to look around the room before telling. His hair is very short, and definitely not pink. He's dressed in some kind of sports jersey and loose jeans.

Well, it's 2 AM in my timezone, so I can't bend any more gender at current. Lemme know if these random, pulled-right-out-of-nowhere ideas are any good.

[Asantewaalrus offline]

whythankyou~
I was actually going to go there first, but the vultures seemed as if they were looking for fresh meat; this looked like the safest place.

Katie? That's perfect!

D'aw, I think Jeremie/Katie is officially my favorite, she just smacks my little heart and screams adorable. >3<

Well, I was thinking about half-ass character-development and cliches—if that's how she narrows people down and chooses whether or not she likes them, befriending people that fit that description sort of... mold her into a better person. Hence the half-ass character-development and cliches—woman hates man, woman “befirendsâ€

[Carth]

There's a lot of post to reply to here (and a lot of good, articulate post, which makes me VERY happy bb), so be patient with me...

[quote="idkmybffasantewaa"]I'm going to say this now, it was extremely difficult gaining the ability to actually post in this place. I've been waiting for some activation e-mail for three months now… I finally got a surge of creativity and figured out applying for a “missingâ€

[Asantewaalrus offline]

Okay, I'm going to say that Femme!Ulrich is pretty difficult to draw, ha-ha.
I kept picturing an elegant, sort of European looking girl who looks mature for her age, but, ha-ha, everything I drew looked too old and really didn't remind of of Ulrich—I barely saw him in her, ha-ha.

So, does anyone have suggestions? I tried making an outfit that was sort of based off what he were the last few seasons, I doubt I'll color it, but imagine a brown or green (I'm really picturing red) top with a white undershirt... or maybe brown. : 3

I'm going to do some little figures of her in a soccer uniform and whatever else I come up with, going to do some more of Katie/Jeremie once I figure out an outfit I like best, ha-ha.

Suggest! Share! Do anything. : 3

.... I need to work on facial anatomy. D ;
Especially noses, they haven't come out quite right.

I guess the reason nothing looks right is because I'm not really drawing in the series' style, but still~

Edit: Squee~ Zeakari's designs made me so happy! Ha-ha, Ursula... why does that sound so perfect? Ursula Stern? Man, that sounds awesome. D:<

Ha-ha, I still don't have anything in mind for Yumi, might be becaue I doubt she'd be much different as a guy, ha-ha.

I was thinking, maybe in the near future I could take that little special episode where they first met and use the gender-bending designs, that episode just seems as if it would be the best, ha-ha.

... I'm curious to know what they would wear in Lyoko, any ideas? I can't get the thought of someone wearing a maid uniform out of my head, I just can't. D ;

Er, anyway, back to the drawing bored, ha-ha. I might crawl back with something important and meaningful, possibly... not likely at the moment. : 3

[Lyoko Wario offline]

Asantewaa... that's a name you've got there, buddy / girlfriend (whatever you are; it's hard to tell on the Interwebz). Where's it from?

[Asantewaalrus offline]

Ha-ha, "girlfriend", I'm of the female-persusasion. : 3

My Dad is from Ghana, so, he got the brilliant idea to name me after a warrior queen.

Legally, my first name if Nana Asantewaa (it's a compound name, though my birth certificate has 'Asantewaa' as my middle name) but after you hit a certain age 'Nana' is dropped and... yeah. Nana is sort of like junior.

I had a slight indenity crisis when I turned twelve. : P

Starting on Yumi, almost done with Jeremie, the second trial of Ulrich, and Aelita. : D

... Any suggestions, my mind is at a blank.

Also looking for suggestions on Sissi, though I'm just picturing your classic pretty-boy with... pretty hair.

[Stonecreek]

I merged your last two posts, idkmybffasantewaa. Please do not double-post.

[Asantewaalrus offline]

Er... Yes sir, sorry sir!
-salutes-

[Lani offline]

This is a beautiful thread.

I can help you with a man name for Yumi! I've got another sort of 'family' in Japan and my little sister's name is Yumi, actually, and my little bro's name is Yuto, as a counterpart. It's kinda late and I can't think of any other man (yea, proof, I just spelled man backwards) names that start with Yu- but I'll get back to you on that.

And lol, as for Sissi. I totally see... him as the superhot boy that everyone wants but is always after just <s>Ulrich</s> Ursula and always comes up to her with this look on his face and says, "hey bbgurl, do you have a mirror in your pants? Cos I totally see myself in them.." Cue "Ugh! D<"

As for lady-Ulrich, I think in typical girls' soccer fashion, her hair should be a bit past her shoulder so that when she plays, she's gotta put her hair up in a high ponytail. Really. Go to any girl's soccer match and I guarantee 80% of the girls on the field will have a high ponytail, and if not, a bun. ;ob

I love to doodle, so once I get settled at school, you mind if I contribute some drawings, too?

Oh, and welcome to LF. We're pretty much dead save a few of us. But you probably already know that |D

[Asantewaalrus offline]

Yuto? Sounds good. : D

lolololololol.
That totally gave me the urge to make a mini-comic, ha-ha. I officially send my fan-girling ways of Mister Sissi, who's name should totally still be Sissi, but not to his face. D ; ... Maybe like some crude nickname shared between the more bitter part of the male student-body.

I'll try out the pony-tail—and knock yourself out! This thread is all about sharing your ideas, whether it's through writing or drawing. 8D

Thank you by the way. : 3

Edit: So I was thinking, and I came up with a question that might require some thought.

With gender-bending, Code Lyoko would turn into a female dominant show--how do you think that would affect the show? With characters being of different genders, how do you think that would affect some relationships and... other things, ha-ha.

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OH. MY. GOD.

Franz-darling would be a chick.

... My world just crumbled to nothing.

AND ANOTHER THING. I'm noticing that as I fool around with changing the minor characters, ones like Milly and Sam end up being extremely metrosexual... more Milly than Sam, ha-ha. Also, I'm notcing that as I try to give them some sort of personaility, they're remindin' me of people I know. D ;

Like Sam is starting to seem like this guitar player I know who constantly wears a trench coat and decks himself out in flowers and colorful pendants... while wearing all black; the weird thing? His girlfirend is a complete bad-ass, ohman.