"In episode three of season two of the HBO series, which aired yesterday (6 November), gardener and former wizard Hunter was seen stripping off out of his T-shirt, with his back to leading character Fionna as she watched on. Once shirtless, Hunter appeared to have a small scar on the right side of his chest, which fans of the series have taken to indicate top surgery scars."
"Adding fuel to the speculation is the fact that the voice actor behind Hunter is Our Flag Means Death actor Vico Ortiz, who is non-binary and genderfluid. Ortiz coyly reacted to the scene on Instagram Stories, sharing a piece of fan art which depicted Hunter head on, shirtless, flexing his muscles, and proudly bearing top surgery scars. "I gotta catch up to this week's episode," Ortiz wrote, alongside a knowing, smirk emoji."
"On social media, Fionna and Cake fans have taken the scene as confirmation that their favourite character is canonically trans. "HUNTER IS CANONICALLY TRANS!! THOSE ARE TOP SURGERY SCARS!!! HOLY F**K," one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "I like my characters CANONICALLY TRANSGENDER," a second wrote, in a post which has been 'liked' almost 30,000 times. A third excited fan wrote, again in all caps: "ITS REAL HUNTER IS TRANS IM GONNA CRY.""
Episode three of season two shows gardener and former wizard Hunter removing his T-shirt with his back to Fionna, revealing a small scar on the right side of his chest. Viewers interpreted the scar as evidence of top surgery, a gender-affirming procedure that reconstructs the chest to match a person's gender identity. The voice actor for Hunter is Vico Ortiz, who is non-binary and genderfluid; Ortiz shared fan art on Instagram Stories that depicted Hunter shirtless with top surgery scars and commented that they needed to catch up to the episode. Social media erupted with fans celebrating confirmation of Hunter as transgender.
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