I've noticed lately that a lot of people like to headcanon — especially Tom Holland's — peter parker as a trans man, but I just genuinely cannot see the allegories and connections behind such choice? Especially considering how much I've seen characters rendered transgender by the fans as a mere way to fetishize the genitalia of the person. (A thing I've also seen really present in the tom holland spiderman fandom especially on ao3).I could guess the whole phase of Peter changing and transforming into the spider altered self he is, but other than that I can't see else that could somehow create a transgender allegory.Does anyone else in the spiderman fandoms support this view and could tell me more about it?This is not a trans hate post or meant to spark up debates on "trans people are mentally ill blah blah" I don't care for those goyed out comments, I want genuine answers and analyses on why a lot of people headcanon the peters as trans.
