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At this point, I'm not even sure if the name "traveler" from Pulp Musicals is a reference to the character "Travellia" from Margaret Cavendish's book Assaulted and Pursued Chastity, or if I just really want it to be because I am obsessed with the idea of a genderfluid character in a book written in the 1600s.

A main character who cycles through names and pronouns based on current emotions/activities (Miseria, Affectionata, Travellia, ...), and makes everyone fall in love with him, regardless of gender? The found family in the ship captain that accepts her as his son? That's actually the queerest idea I've ever heard, and I'm utterly baffled that it's nearly 4 centuries old.

By the way, if anyone's interested, I wrote a whole fic explaining what happened in the original story, and my take on how it should have ended. Essentially it's set in the future and Margaret is telling this story to Samuel, like the grandpa in Princess Bride. It's mostly done now, but won't be posted to ao3 until August (for Pulp Fortnight).

At this point, I'm not even sure if the name "traveler" from Pulp Musicals is a reference to the character "Travellia" from Margaret Cavendish's book Assaulted and Pursued Chastity, or if I just really want it to be because I am obsessed with the idea of a genderfluid character in a book written in the 1600s.

A main character who cycles through names and pronouns based on current emotions/activities (Miseria, Affectionata, Travellia, ...), and makes everyone fall in love with him, regardless of gender? The found family in the ship captain that accepts her as his son? That's actually the queerest idea I've ever heard, and I'm utterly baffled that it's nearly 4 centuries old.