My head canon reason for the Dioscuri is that they genderbended them so that they can hire the Uchida sibling to do the VA

Technically Sima Yi using Reines as a vessel, while part due to his rivalry with Zhung Liang, is because the Throne made him compatible with a female host due to an anecdote where Zhuge Liang provoked him by sending him women's clothing for refusing to take part in the war.

If I remember correctly, Artoria is female because after Nasu wrote prototype, his editors wanted a story where the character genders were reversed. With a Male MC and female love interest instead of the original Female OC and the male love interest. So it has real life reasons behind it rather then lore ones.

Nero’s is because she isn’t really ‘just’ the historical Emperor Nero. She embodies all of the myths and legends about him too. Historically Christians wrote of Nero in code as the Beast in the Book of Revelations. Pop culture ties 666 as something Satanic as the number of the beast, but it was just a clever way to speak of Nero in code. The entire chapter that has the description of the beast with seven heads ridden by a woman who was the mother of all prostitutes was in fact a metaphor for Rome and Emperor Nero. This was all due to the fact that Nero was the first Roman Emperor to persecute and put Christians to death. The whole book of revelations is said to be a series of letters passed between high ranking Christians warning each other about the dangers of Rome and Emperor Nero. All of this of course is now tied to Nero’s spirit origin and his depiction in the throne of heroes. It’s like how Vlad the impaler is tied to being Dracula despite the historical version not being a vampire. This isn’t even a retcon or anything, you can go back to the original Extra and see Gawain insult Nero by calling her the mother of prostitutes. Nero is forever tied to that description of the Beast with Seven Heads (each head representing a different Hill surrounding Rome) and the top of the beast was being ridden by a Woman who was Mother Harlot. In riding the Beast representing Rome itself, she is seen as being its master, and the master of Rome would be its Emperor: Nero. Makes perfect sense that she’s gender bent. Everyone has heard of 666 and the Beast of Revelation from the Bible. Since those legends are tied to the historical Nero, they have to be reflected in his depiction in the throne of heroes. It’d be like summoning Chris Cringle and not expected any connection to Santa. The fictional part of him is too famous to avoid it. Same with Umu.

I've seen the gemini be genderbent to be a brother and sister twice in two different medias both of which being from Japan

I don't know how to tell you this but the "Real Deal Nobunaga" was a joke and not meant to be taken seriously. I genuinely don't understand how you could read that part of the story and come away with any other conclusion that it was supposed to be a joke and not a part of fate Nobu's lore.

I see deon as a Intersex person

Fae knights excuse is basically “im actually cosplaying”

I thought the reason Nero was female was because real life Nero insisted on being the bride at his own wedding

The reason Bunyan is a girl, in my headcanon, is because Riyo Gudako molded her out of udon, and Riyodako is a massive lesbian so she only summons/makes female servants, even if she has to genderbend them herself

I think Da Vinci deserves to be higher. He manifested as what he considers his peak like most servants do while acknowledging that he's absolutely a man. His personality plays perfectly into that premise since he's as confident as humanly possible since the Mona Lisa is the embodiment of perfection in his eyes.

Bazett: Literally a descendant of that particular god, Bottom C tier

... where's Fran?

Ok i need to defend the whole Kyokuten Bakin / Fusehime weird shit.

Ushi Gozen quite literally translates into "OX LADY", a realization that came long after Nasu decided that Raikou and Ushi Gozen should be one in the same.

It's hilarious how they went so extreme to genderbend historical and mythical male figures while ignoring the existing female ones 🤣

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I think something important to consider with Quetz in regards to the possession is that in Aztec culture, god possession/impersonation (where a mortal individual literally becomes the god during or after a ceremony) is both very common and important.

Musashi got booted out of her Lostbelt because she ate rice out of a Holy Grail (which she thought was a regular bowl), which gave her uncontrollable rayshifting abilities. This ironically saved her from getting pruned alongside her Lostbelt.

The reason why the Dioscuri were genderbent was for sibling VAs from what I recall.