Friday, December 30, 2016

THE BIG SWITCH (A Story about the Community of LGBTIQ)

(Superman and Vartox belongs to DC Comics. Pocket Monsters belongs to Nintendo, Game Freak, and the Pokémon Company International. No copyright infringement intended.)

HYPOTHETICAL CAST:
Nathan Kress as Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
Adam Sandler as Vartox

STORY:
Vartox was walking around the lounge of the headquarters of the Catch-Alls at night when he saw a perplexed Superman reclining on a couch, with his hands folded against his lips and his eyes fixated on the ceiling, wondering what he must do next to save the world.

"You must be worried about something. You can tell me your problem, fella", Vartox offered Superman a chance for a good talk.

The last Kryptonian promptly agreed. "I badly wanted to help feminine men and masculine women without having them transition. I mean, I have no device that make swapping of bodies possible", he said.

"OK, I get what you mean. C'mon, I'll show you something", Vartox replied.

Vartox and Superman then proceeded to the former's arsenal, still inside the headquarters. Vartox then pointed to a bronze tool that looked like a large set of handcuffs.

"Is this what are you looking for?", Vartox asked Superman.

"Tell me first what it is, just for me to know what it is", Superman answered.

"Well, we Valeronians call this one the 'psychopneumatic exchanger'. It enables two persons of different sexes, races, or even species to exchange souls and spirits. That explains the name of the device. You would simply cuff their arms, press this blue button, watch their souls and spirits switch bodies, and presto, they're all set", Vartox explained.

"We'll have that one, but we need to put it to the test", Superman suggested.

"Game", Vartox smugly agreed. "I've been seeing none of my inventions fail".

The two later flew to Thailand, where "reassignment of sex" is in demand, looking for test subjects. They luckily found a pair at a beach in Phuket: a feminine man and a masculine woman, none of whom had transitioned yet.

"Good evening, friends, you two are guessing why Vartox and I are here. My good man here has a device that could enable, let's say, a man and a woman, to swap bodies literally, and we're looking for our very first volunteers for the experiment. You can slap me for free if the experiment doesn't work. Are you two willing to volunteer?", Superman said.

"Why not, I'm all for it! I want to be a girl so badly", said the feminine Thai man. The masculine woman simply nodded.

"If you don't mind me asking you two personal questions, why does each of you wants to belong to the opposite sex?", Superman asked.

"I want to do girly things like having long hair and wearing fancy dresses", the feminine man answered.

"I want to do things like driving trucks, you know", the masculine woman answered.

Superman found their answers quite cliché. "Anyway, let's all proceed to the experiment, OK"?

Superman and Vartox cuffed the two queer Thais, and the former pressed the button. Then, a glowing blue light emanated from the two Thais. Superman simply gasped in disbelief.

The procedure took more or less 4 minutes, after which the light subsided. Superman was still skeptical about the process. "I wonder if this is some kind of a trick", he thought.

This was the moment of truth. Superman must ask the two queer Thais again to confirm if their exchange of souls and spirits succeeded.

"How are you two feeling?", asked the Man of Steel.

Surprisingly, the man started to act masculine though confused. The woman became feminine though still confused as well. The procedure was a success! Vartox has made a breaktgrough. His invention would eliminate the need for surgery to switch from one sex to another. No longer would feminine men and masculine women to feel discomfort in their bodies for so long.

Well, Superman's alter ego Clark Kent constantly feels constrained being male. Would he take the process too?

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