I'd like to think the baby will have both, whether boy or girl. [Sometimes his sexist douchery is amusing — like how much happier he was when she grew her hair long again. It seemed like every time she pulled it up or braided it, a few minutes later he'd be undoing it again. There were times she'd tie it back just to count how long it took him to reach for it. Other times — mostly back in the City, when curses regularly messed with their bodies and shuffled sex organs about — it made her sad. But mostly, and particularly right now, it makes her angry. She knows his sister was a badass force of destruction. She'd seen his memories of his first girlfriend, who was also incredibly powerful. He's fought alongside Asami. And, most importantly of all, he's fought with her. Alongside her, against her — he knows her strength. Gender has nothing to do with it.
Korra doesn't really identify as a woman — the whole idea of "two genders" seems both weird and pointless if she spends any time thinking about it — but she's not stupid. When people look at her, they see a woman. How people treat her is based in part on that perception, regardless of how she herself identifies.
So yeah. Better slip that chauvinism back in your pocket where she can't see it.]
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Date: 2015-02-27 08:42 pm (UTC)I'd like to think the baby will have both, whether boy or girl. [Sometimes his sexist douchery is amusing — like how much happier he was when she grew her hair long again. It seemed like every time she pulled it up or braided it, a few minutes later he'd be undoing it again. There were times she'd tie it back just to count how long it took him to reach for it. Other times — mostly back in the City, when curses regularly messed with their bodies and shuffled sex organs about — it made her sad. But mostly, and particularly right now, it makes her angry. She knows his sister was a badass force of destruction. She'd seen his memories of his first girlfriend, who was also incredibly powerful. He's fought alongside Asami. And, most importantly of all, he's fought with her. Alongside her, against her — he knows her strength. Gender has nothing to do with it.
Korra doesn't really identify as a woman — the whole idea of "two genders" seems both weird and pointless if she spends any time thinking about it — but she's not stupid. When people look at her, they see a woman. How people treat her is based in part on that perception, regardless of how she herself identifies.
So yeah. Better slip that chauvinism back in your pocket where she can't see it.]