Rule 63. The Internet joke

The rule of the Internet 63 is the point of the comic code of laws, which says that in the global network you can always find content in which the male character is represented in a female form.

Mistaken judgments

It happens that this rule is unfairly considered the same as dressing up. This interpretation is fundamentally wrong. The sixty-third implies a complete change in both the body and the consciousness of the hero. "The former image leaves only its name to its owner," says rule 63. The pictures made by the fan sector only confirm this clarification. Some character traits can be preserved for greater recognition of the original character.

Surgical intervention for sex change is impossible. Virtual worlds have renounced this element of realism, it is believed that everything happens with the help of high-level magic forces. Descriptions of transformations in sci-fi universes are sometimes so confusing and illogical that it is also easier to accept magical metamorphosis.

The most innocent option - a female character simply exists in an alternative reality. Almost always this explanation appears in literary fan art.

Do not assume that rule 63 has anything to do with eroticism. This judgment is also incorrect.

Profitable joke

As noted earlier, the sixty-third is a humorous rule based on observing the actions of people in the World Wide Web. However, in Japan it is often used by corporations engaged in the production of manga and anime. It appears most often in the form of various spin-offs, for which fans are ready to pay, but from time to time the transformation of the character becomes the culmination in the main plot.

The rule can be used to create objects of mass culture during a crisis of ideas. For example, the creators of the series, which has dragged on for several dozen seasons, create new conditions that will breathe freshness into their offspring. Sometimes such an approach does lead to the appearance of something interesting.

Gender-Bender

Gender-Bender is a technique that extends Rule 63. Got its name from one of the series of the animated TV series "Futurama". Reincarnation in this case occurs unexpectedly and suddenly in the process of the main plot, preventing its logical successful advance or turning everything upside down. After the transformation, the hero likes the new appearance more than the old one.

Reincarnation of the female hero into a male character is most likely impossible because of obstacles. This means that rule 63 can also be executed in the opposite direction, but this happens very rarely. There is an exception: if metamorphoses do not occur with individual characters, but immediately with all actors, there will be no obstacles. Most likely, this is done in order not to disturb the balance of interpersonal relations.

The reincarnated hero will accept all (or many) patterns of behavior inherent in his new gender identity. That is, a man will behave as a woman: fall in love shopping, he will cry, watching melodramas, etc.

In addition, rule 63 implies that the appearance changes dramatically after the transformation. Sometimes in the external image there is nothing left of the old character.