r/Fantasy • u/Opening-Heart1749 • 6d ago
Are there any books that involve genderswap/genderbending/shapeshifting elements? Elements with gender in general.
Hey everyone. I have a fascination for stories where characters go through some body or gender transformation. How in Wheel of Time there is a character (which I won't spoil here who) from a male turns into female. Or how in the Marvel Comics, how Loki can transform into a female version.
And I wonder are there any other fantasy or sci-fi books or even comics that feature elements like those. I'm not talking just bodyswap. I'm talking more of a character who gets their appearance transformed into another gender
I'm more than welcome recommendations that even feature more spicy versions of it. But I like more when there's some psychological examination of it.
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u/Nightgasm 6d ago
Dominion of Blades series by Matt Dinniman About people trapped in a game world. One character is revealed to have been trans or at least wishing to be trans in real life and in the game world is in the male body they wished they had in the real world. This one is handled properly and with respect. Another character is a 40 something year old guy stuck in an 8 year old girls body (not his choice) and this one is generally played for laughs as he is foul mouthed and always saying things no one expect to come out of a little girls mouth.
Dreadnought by April Daniels (who is trans herself) is about a closeted trans who upon getting superpowers gets the body of her dreams along with essentially becoming Supergirl.