Talk:Chevalier d'Eon/@comment-34432542-20190625164325/@comment-43295916-20190815194441

Necro, you don't have to go through reassignment surgery to be transgender. People were transgender in the past too.

If the autopsy was correct, then the real D'eon was indeed biologically either intersex, or she was born as a male and later grew breasts due to a medical condition.

I choose to use female pronouns for the real D'eon simply because she demanded to be recognized as a woman by the government, so clearly that is what she wanted.

It's important to remember though, that the D'eon in Fate and the D'eon in real life are NOT the same person, no characters in the whole Fate franchise are completely accurate to their historical counterparts.

What we know about the real D'eon: She acted as both male and female depending on the circumstances, she demanded to be recognized as a woman by the government, she was born with a penis.

What we know about Fate D'eon: They acted as both male and female depending on the circumstances, we don't know if they demanded to be recognized as a female, we don't know if the autopsy result in the Fate universe was the same as in our universe, or if there was an autopsy at all. It's fully possible that Fate D'eon was actually a biological female. They might even have wanted to be a man for all we know. The biggest thing though is that it doesn't matter, because Servant D'eon will never tell anyone what their original sex was and now has a skill that lets them change their biological sex depending on the circumstances. They've also stated that they don't care if you refer to them as a man or a woman. The best way to view Fate D'eon is to just consider them a shapeshifter that can be whatever you want. If you say your D'eon is a woman, then she is. If you say your D'eon is a man, then he is. There shouldn't be any confusion about that.