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Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau (born Alanna of Trebond) Alanna the Lioness |
| Occupation: | Knight |
| Relationships: | George Cooper (husband), Thom of Trebond (twin brother) |
| Fandom: | Tortall |
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Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau, also known as Alanna the Lioness is the main character of Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness series. She dons the disguise of a man (named Alan), swapping places with her twin brother Thom of Trebond to pursue knight training under the name of Alan.
Fandom
Gender Identity
- While Alanna is written to be a woman throughout the series, fans have often head-cannoned the character as trans or genderqueer in some way. As she presents as a man early in the series and is shown binding, she often reflects the experiences of young transmascs.
- Pierce, the author, later apocryphally confirmed that she viewed the character as gender-fluid[1]
Alanna has always defied labels. She took the best bits of being a woman and a man, and created her own unique identity. I think the term is 'gender-fluid', though there wasn't a word for this (to my knowledge) when I was writing her.
— Tamora Pierce, via twitter @TamoraPierce posted Dec 4, 2019
Shipping
- Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau/George Cooper
- Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau/Jonathan IV of Conté
Example Fanworks
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Link
- Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau works on AO3
- Alanna the Lioness at the fandom.com wiki