• Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      4 months ago

      The shifting pronouns midway through threw me off for a while because I couldn’t track how many characters were active in the scene. Basically, though, the lord is transfem. The farmer addresses her as female (and maybe compliments her chest, not sure). She thanks him, because she was boymoding (attempting to present as male because that’s what’s expected of her), but the farmer recognized her as female anyway. The farmer remains entirely unaware of what happened.

      I don’t know what a “piss levy” is.

      • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgOP
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        4 months ago

        The farmer addresses her as female (and maybe compliments her chest, not sure).

        I think (though I have low confidence in it here) that he is complimenting her rippling muscles, which isn’t necessarily what the peasant sees, but what the peasant thinks is an appropriate thing to say to someone in armor.

        Fuck if I know what ‘her “male faileth”’ is supposed to mean, though. What’s a “male fail”?

        • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          4 months ago

          “Male fail” is a slang term from the trans community (at least online, not sure how widespread it is in general). It refers to when a trans woman is trying to fly under the radar by presenting as male (also known as boy-moding), but for whatever reason does not manage to pass as one and is recognized as female. Sometimes due to mannerisms, sometimes because their HRT has progressed too far, etc. This is usually seen as a good thing, since it is gender-affirming to not be seen as your assigned gender, but can also be dangerous if it leads to transphobic abuse.

          In this case, the implication is that the local “Lord” has been collecting pregnant mare urine to extract feminizing hormones for ye olde HRT, and is embarrassed and happy that it is apparently working, since the peasant saw her as a lady.