We all have our place in society. Sometimes you just have to figure it out on your own.
There aren't enough Native American TG captions. There, I said it! There are so many traditions and folklore stories that have been passed down through tribes that would have to make for some interesting TG fiction. Do we have many Native Americans in our community? I know some of us have used the Trickster mythos, namely Kokopelli, in the past. Many of the tradition stories act much like Grimm fairy tales, with a moral.
Interestingly enough, the Native American way of life seems to have included in many tribes that allowed for variable gender roles, which is now called "Two-Spirit" meaning both male and female traits. Of course, it wasn't always a positive thing, but lumping it in with homosexual behavior was more of a western civilizational development. They still had "shaming" where as a punishment they would dress up a man in women's clothing, but that "Two-Spirit" was not the same thing. Anyone that IS a Native American or knows more about their culture, please leave a comment of email me, as I would definitely like to hear more about it, apart from what they say on Wikipedia and some other general knowledge sites. It is much better to learn from a direct source!
With that said, I tried not to make any racially insensitive jokes, other than what two close friends might goof on each other about. Hence, I threw in a few "mood breakers" as I would call them. In real life, when things get serious, I am usually the one that will break the mood with some wordplay or joke, even if it is tasteless, just to hopefully lighten our spirits. I thought that perhaps that would make this sound more true to life, even though I'm pretty sure that Native American shaman or medicine people could not effect a change like that, especially in two weeks. Regardless of how realistic I was trying to make the caption feel, there still has to be that fantasy element needed for a TG caption.
Of course, none of this would ever have been written if I hadn't found this gorgeous woman. Some of the prettiest young women I've ever met were of Native American descent. The one girl of those that I was lucky enough to date ended up moving up to Canada at some point to live on their grounds for a few years. We've kept in touch over the years, and she's back in the states now. As someone who's ancestors were French (and Canadian French too) I think we might have been the only ethnicity that didn't totally fuck over the Native American population, so I've got that going for me. Well, sorta, as I'm sure we did a fair amount of bullshit to the indigenous peoples too.
By the way, the name Hakan is Native American for "fire or fiery". In Old Norse, it means "high son" and in Turkish, it is derived from khan which means "ruler". I felt it went well with Halona, as an approximation for a gender switch.
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The lead singer of Anthrax is half Native American on his mother's side,
PS. If you want to star in a caption with me, leave a male and female name in the comments along with what you think about the caption and or discussion above. I will add each person that does this into the caption, so if 8 people leave comments, I'll put up 8 versions of the caption so you can have your own personal copy. It's all up to you, but the only thing I will tell you is that you were/are a friend of Damien's from college and your female form WILL appear in the caption setting. You will not be naked, but definitely wearing heels. What have you got to lose?
PS. If you want to star in a caption with me, leave a male and female name in the comments along with what you think about the caption and or discussion above. I will add each person that does this into the caption, so if 8 people leave comments, I'll put up 8 versions of the caption so you can have your own personal copy. It's all up to you, but the only thing I will tell you is that you were/are a friend of Damien's from college and your female form WILL appear in the caption setting. You will not be naked, but definitely wearing heels. What have you got to lose?