Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20150719111502/@comment-24891101-20150725023031

Live: But my point was that the word genderbend is generally used to refer to the application of R63. JNPR is a genderbend of their inspirations, precisely because R63 has been applied. The words have thhe same meaning. This is a distinct phenomenon from the TvTese Gender Bender, which in my experience has not entered commonly accepted use online, merely on TvT. That is a particular version of shapeshifting, which is distinct from a character being genderbent via R63. TvT is a prescriptive source, and while it is often useful in generating concise terminology, the definitions it uses are often at odds with the actual usage case, as in the case of genderbend, for which I cite the great democratic dictionary of the internet.

As to the canon/fanon distinction, I don't see a useful difference. One making fanart of a genderbent character is an application of R63, just as a creator deciding to adapt a character and in the process change their gender is. Both are adaptations of a source material, and that alteration is the salient aspect, not their canonicity.