Genderswap Casting

Related terms:	Recasting, Casting, Genderswap
See also:	Chromatic recasting
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General

Genderswap recasting switches the sex and gender of the existing cast and suggests alternative actors and actresses. It usually takes the form of side-by-side comparison picspams. Sometimes, alternative, gendered names are proposed ("Lucas Pevensie" swapped for the original "Lucy Pevensie" ) The terminology of genderswap derives from the fiction tropes of Genderfuck and Genderswap and makes the same elision of sex and gender.

Example Recasts by Fandom

Fandoms in alphabetical order:

Lord of the Rings

• Lyssaphra: Picspammy: Casting Lord of the Rings, the genderswap version
• dawnofthedusk: Tumblr LotR Genderswap Meme

Narnia

• Redsilverchains: Gender!Swap: The Chronicles of Narnia

The Social Network

• Lirazel: Gender!Swap Cast: The Social Network

Star Trek

Star Trek (2009)

• Liviapenn: Gender-reversed Star Trek 2009 cast picspam

Supernatural

• chnsevans, Dean born as a girl (Deanna played by Amber Heard)
• mundean, everyone is a lady

The Vampire Diaries

• Opheliahyde: Picspam: The Vampire Diaries Genderswap Re-Casting