Abadom
I opened the comments before making to the end of the chapter and I saw all the ppl talking about genderbend and I was like:"Did he ask us if it would be better to introduce Bell as genderbent??" I had already a fancy answer that went along the lines of: If you ask me we already have the protagonist of the story, as far as I'm concerned it'd be better if there was no Bell and the MC took his mantle, glory and achievements in one fell swoop, but if you really want to introduce him, might as well be genderbent and fawn over the MC and/or strife for a slot in his harem" but then you asked for a generic question and I guess the answer is: "nah, genderbender books never work (unless the scenario is the one I described it before :P) so don't bother mate.