In this [[Forms|form]], the heroine is a character with a personality or interest that is considered stereotypically male, such as fighting. She ends up pretending to be a boy so that she can participate in this interest. Interestingly, this form often involves a lack of gender dysphoria; that is, the conflict of the heroine is usually with gender roles rather than her gender. ## Examples - Mulan. - Alanna from [[Book/Song of the Lioness Quartet (series)]] pretended to be a boy so that her older twin, Thom, could learn magic and she, posing to be the older boy, could go to the castle to learn how to be a knight. ## Ways to subvert this trope - A boy who pretends to be a girl -