#(and slapping a trans label on them doesn't make them better)

[telumendils]

it's just not true that everything gets better when you make it trans. consider radical feminism. and alexander hamilton.

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

since i talked about how Ballister and Ambrosius were a much better enemies to lovers romance than c//a, i also want to mention that Nimona is a much better representation of trans people than Double Trouble or Perfuma ever was.

it seemed like Nate actually put effort into making Nimona's trans-ness (for the lack of a better word) REAL. it actually felt like it was canon and quite well written.

not just the fact that Nimona is a shapeshifter but also the whole thing viewed from a social lens. people viewing her as a monster and teaching their children to fear her too. Ballister telling her to stay in her girl form because it'll be "easier". Ballister initially finding her shapeshifting annoying and confusing. the Director literally being willing to kill half the kingdom in order to kill Nimona (very reminiscent to how transphobia can negatively affect EVERYONE, not just trans folk).

it actually seems like Nate put more effort into making Nimona an actual trans allegory, instead of simply slapping a label and pronouns onto her. i believe Nate drew from his own personal experiences, which is why it feels more realistic and relatable.

and this is what i don't understand about the trans/non-binary characters in spop. if Nate was indeed capable of writing good trans representation, what happened to Double Trouble?

the shapeshifter part doesn't bother me that much (as a genderqueer person, i would LOVE to be a shapeshifter) but what was the point of making them one of the only inhuman-looking characters? or having them invade the heroes' safe space disguised as a little girl? surely Nate knew the real-world implications of this, even if that wasn't the intention.

(i won't really mention Perfuma here because it doesn't seem like Nate intended to write her as trans, it was just the character designer who said that she was modelled after a trans woman.)

[rockybloo]

Slightly (or extremely) unrealistic scenario but it’s funny (at least to me) so I’m sharing it:

A random person (preferably a woman) asks Sweetheart and Bitterbat “Do you think I’m pretty?” And, Sweetheart being the sweetheart she is (pun intended 🙂) says “Of course!” Bitterbat on the other hand is like “Yeah, but not as pretty as my girlfriend.” And then Sweetheart just looks at him with a serious face and says “Did you just tear down another woman in the age of the Barbie movie?” Bitterbat confused starts sputtering and before he can say anything else she drags him away saying “We’re having a talk about this when we get home.” Leaving the poor individual just as confused.

…The point is Sweetheart is a feminist no doubt (actually some doubt because you’re the creator so…)

I thought the Barbie movie was cute but...it was def very much 2010s Tumblr feminism for me. As in it just...really lacked dimension for my tastes.

So I don't particularly see it as something that speaks to Sweetheart save for her pointing at Ken during the earlier scenes and telling Bitterbat "Look it's you".

This is a long one so buckle up

In a situation where a woman randomly asked them (while they were their civilian selves) their opinion on her appearance, I imagine this would happen on a mall date where they are probably shopping for make up or clothing. And I imagine this is just someone wanting some outside views on herself to make an opinion on what to get. Or maybe it could even be a random street interaction.

Sweetheart would of course say she looked pretty since...well she isn't called sweetheart for nothing. And she would hype her up some to give her more confidence just for a extra nice cherry on top since she knows how it feels to have low self esteem when it comes to appearances.

Sweetheart also knows her man. She knows he thinks she is beauty herself and no one compares. She can also read Bitterbat's body language and knows he can be blunt as hell. She knows regardless of gender, that man will hurt someone's feelings.

So all she needs to do is give Bitterbat look. A very specific look he knows very well.

It's that "BEHAVE" look.

Bitterbat does what Sweetheart tells him, verbal or not, and he agrees with Sweetheart with a big ole artificially sweet smile. He enters that good ole customer service mode he takes when he knows being "himself" might lead to upsetting Sweetheart, and compliments the woman's appearance enough to send her on her way.

He's a smart guy and he knows his way around emotions very well. It's what makes him dangerous because of how well he can play people.

And once the woman walks away, beaming and happy, Bitterbat drops the act and Sweetheart just gives that amused sigh as she shakes her head some.

"Boy, if you don't stop being mean" But there's a chuckle to it because she finds it somewhat entertaining.

Bitterbat just does that smug ass expression where his forked tongue peeks from his mouth before pecking her on the cheek.

As for Sweetheart being a feminist, I don't really slap labels on OCs save for their race or ethnicity, their sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Labels don't give good enough insight into how a character really thinks so I don't wanna give one to a character and have people misread them.

So, to give her stance on gender based stuff, Sweetheart certainly believes everyone should be equal and that men shouldn't be deemed better than women. She also doesn't believe all men are complete heartless assholes or vilianizing masc things. Nor should more feminine things be deemed weaker and pathetic.

She also loves trans people and believes that women's rights should include trans women as well and that trans rights are human rights. And she believes that change cannot be achieved through the demonization of people just because of their gender identity or sexuality.

If that is what Feminism stands for then yeah, she totally is one.

[antiendovents]

(same person who made the last ask, pls delete it cause I got some stuff wrong and don't want to spread misinfo, remaking it)

got inspired by the anon venting about sysboxes to make this

1 - am I the only one who thinks its weird that they made an exception for the pro endo mod just because they're friends?? especially since many of the mods have said they've been harrased by endos, yet they let a pro endo mod

2 - "The DNI of this blog still stands. I’m simply an exception due to being the type of person I am." ok so you don't actually have a dni

3 - no you're no anti endo if you let a pro endo mod. you're just traumagenic exclusive.

4 - I think I could write a whole essay on how much this thing they said annoys me: "look past a syscourse label and understand the desire to make the lives of CDD systems a little bit better surpasses petty online drama."

5 - petty online drama. wow. yeah lets support a group that has manipulated, lied to, and confused so many cdds but also say we want to make their lives better.

6 - they were like the biggest anti endo account. why are cdds never allowed spaces away from endos.

(obligatory they can do whatever they want with their blog, they don't need permission for anything, also harassment is stupid)

((we posted the other one before we got this, but it's deleted now, don't worry anon ^_^))

but yeah, we agree with you! We'll format our opinions in the same way you formatted yours!

1- it is weird in our opinion and reminds us very much of those kind of discord servers that for some reason let the staff break the rules without consequence yet blow up at the members of they do the same.

2- yeah, it doesn't really feel like a DNI, more or less just words slapped on there at this point.

3- same as above, it feels like their blog is basically just endo-neutral and traumagenic exclusive under the label of anti endo. If that makes sense. Like It feels less like they're anti endo now and more like a "oh, I say I don't support it, but if they're nice sure I'll let it slide" type thing.

4- we see people say that a lot and we can't stand it. No, we will not look past "syscourse labels" because we do not want to interact with or even be near anyone who supports endos, who have and still do spread harmful misinformation.

5- yeah, it's not "petty online drama", it's survivors of literal childhood trauma wanting a safe space where they can avoid people who mock their disorder + people who support those people who mock it (endos + pro endos)

6- mhm, they were and still are very big, and sure they still claim to be anti endo, but like— if someone claims to be anti trans-ID but then supports someone that is pro trans-ID and even lets them mod their anti trans-ID blog, then are they really anti trans-ID?

((and yeah, don't harass them. That's not cool))

[our-lesboy-experience]

As a transfem lesboy (platonically), and the lesboy flag designer, I noticed these discourses around lesbian/transfem labels are usually monogender-minded and hegemony-based. Ppl are too afraid of odd weirdos. It's definitely anti queer. This makes me feel more adventurous, because it's countercultural, subversive, and kinda revolutionary. If we are bothering the cistem/cisnormative society, then we are in the right side.

Also, platonic sapphism and oriented aroace lesbians are invalidated so often because they reduce our attractions into just being friends. When we can many times be partnering lesbianly

ive had a lot of first hand experience with these people (sadly) and the more ive thought about it the more rooted in plain old bigotry this focus on and policing of lesbian identity. like, on so many levels. it's always about lesbians, even if there is a gay counterpart to it, it's still all people can talk about- butch lesbians, trans lesbians, he/him lesbians, nonbinary lesbians, ace/aro leabians, and now bi and multigender lesbians......unsurprisingly there's a lot of biphobia, exorsexism, misogyny and especially transmisogyny that goes into these discourses every time. now being perpetuated by people who claim to be allies. it's weird, how often they claim to be trans friendly, but as soon as anything pushes past certain boundaries, becomes "too weird," the narrative suddenly is "male predator trying to invade women and lesbian spaces by pretending to be one." it's like they heard "trans women are women" and just nodded their head and did nothing to learn or work on handling possible transmisogynistic beliefs. and then think it's right to even say things like that because they're leveling it towards multigenders and transmascs this time......

Im being serious I've seen that exact sentence said with a haphazard "cis" male thrown into it, like some sort of bandaid slapped onto a crack in the dam. im not transfem, but I've seen enough times that terfs have come onto their posts agreeing with them, and trans women pointing out how even if they aren't directing it towards them specifically, it makes them uncomfortable and doesn't feel safe around people who say those things

It still seems that people can't break away from the binary and established boxes that everyone has to follow, and a part of me doesn't exactly blame them for that kind of thinking because it's ingrained into society, but also harassing and stalking people whose identities you don't understand is a bit, well. by that point people should know better

[ash-imagines]

OMG WAIT YOU WRITE FOR OSOMATSU-SAN??? Is it alr if I ask for headcanons of the bros supporting a trans reader? (ftm preferably but it can be more open if you want it) You don't have to write write all of them if you don't wanna, I just kinda need supportive stuff atm

Admittedly, this is kind of a new concept for the sextuplets. Ichi, Totty and Jyushi (and maybe Kara) are the only ones that have seriously looked into the LGBTQ+ community prior to you coming out, but all 6 are fairly sure they identify as their AGAB, so this is brand new territory. However, they all think it makes sense. If you don't feel like the label that was slapped onto you at birth is a fitting one, you should absolutely be allowed to find and use a better one! It's just common sense, right? It should be common sense, anyway.

Oso doesn't treat you any differently after you come out to him. He won't make it a big deal if you don't want him to. Take it from somebody who is completely the same person now as he was in high school: people change all the time, right? Small changes, big changes, doesn't matter. But you're still yourself when you change. Even if you're completely different today from the person you were yesterday. And that's why he still loves you, because you haven't stopped being yourself. You're just becoming a happier version of yourself, and that's pretty kickass.

Kara gets all poetic about it, like he does for many things. Lots of cute, slightly painful metaphors, like comparing you to a butterfly, or the moon, or a flower blooming, or any other thing in nature that changes phases. Even if it's kinda pretentious, you can't help appreciating how far he goes to make sure you know he loves you no matter what. All the cliche flattery is completely sincere, he means every word. He's just dramatic as hell.

Choro is a little freaked out, not because of you but because he's super worried about saying or doing something wrong and totally ruining everything between you. You have to admit it's cute to watch him fumble over his words and get all worked up, but eventually you reassure him that it's okay to make a mistake here or there. As long as he isn't purposely misgendering or deadnaming you, it's understandable to mess up a few times at first.

Much like Oso, Ichi doesn't feel the need to make a big deal out of it and won't if that's not the energy you're looking for. He's more the kind of person to show his support in small ways. If he manages to find anything with trans pride flag colors, whether they be there intentionally or not, he'll probably get it for you. He'd also be really excited to go to a pride parade or other pride event with you, he's kinda always wanted to but never felt like he had a real reason to before... which is silly in retrospect, he absolutely could have gone if he felt like it. But now he can also go with you, which makes it even more special.

Jyushi is much better than his brothers at parsing out the kind of response you're looking for, his emotional intelligence in general is a lot higher than that of his brothers. So if you're looking for a big, excited reaction from him, he's gonna throw you a coming out party. If you're looking just for acknowledgement, he can also do that. He and Ichi are probably the most likely to Choose Violence when it comes to addressing transphobic assholes, as well.

Y'know, it's kind of a funny coincidence, but people occasionally mistake Totty for a girl. Especially if he's not with his brothers. Sure, he is a bit of a twink and he does care about fashion, but it bothers him that people immediately label him a woman just for those things. Anyway, his point is that people are so weird about gender roles and all that. Like, it's completely baffling what things people will attribute to being Inherent and Exclusive to One Gender Only™️. Having a larynx? Oh that's only for men. Being creative? Oh that's only for women. And so on and so forth. Again, it's baffling. All that to say, try not to let it get to you too much. If people misgender you or are transphobes, they just have bizarre, socially ingrained notions about gender that don't reflect reality. You and him can be cooler, happier individuals than those who are so damn invested in goofy societal expectations.

[koa-z]

This is so good though, because public perception of gender really is such a joke at the end of the day.

For reference, I'm a trans man who experiences physical dysphoria (which isn't necessary to be trans, I just happen to) to such a degree that I need surgery in order to be comfortable in my body. I have always felt this way, ever since I was a very small child, long before I knew about trans people. That's my sex. It is the truth of who I am. No matter what anybody, and I mean anybody, ever thinks or says about me, that is the truth.

My gender expression, on the other hand... I've always looked pretty androgynous. As soon as I had top surgery, everybody instantly started clocking me as a guy and that was that (which was such a joke, because I'd been begging for over a decade to be treated with basic human dignity and have a whole sob story about that, but whatever). But I moved somewhere that it's safe for men to have long hair and wear pretty colors, so I started doing that because I realized that I liked it.

Now that I've got a fluffy lil pastel pink bob, I get "sir'ed" and "ma'am'ed" pretty much 50/50. If I put on a hat, I get "sir'ed". If I wear a skirt, I get comments about being a man in a dress- which I am, and I'm wearing it better than they ever could, but I digress. When I use my customer service voice, I get ma'amed. It's all just such a joke. I mean I can't stress enough how much the people who throw tantrums over these gender roles don't even understand them themselves; it is SO easy to mess with them.

Cuz like here's the thing, right? The longer that I live as my true self, the more I've realized it. No person is ever going to perceive me the way that I am. All of the silly "she's" and "he's" and rarely "they's" directed at me don't actually change anything about me, they only indicate what some fly-catching rando's final fox-news-powered brain cell is capable of computing in its one instance of desperate half-lucidity. It doesn't actually say anything about me, who I am, or what I want. And you can try as hard as you like, but ultimately the vast majority of people are too wrapped up in their own worlds to care about who you really are. They're gonna slap a label on you and call it a day, or throw a bitch fit if it isn't that easy.

Gender is a game that you win by not playing. Dress how you want. Give authoritarians aneurysms. The way that somebody else perceives you will never determine how you actually are.

***and yeah I know that's coming from a position of extreme privilege, as a "passing" trans man in a patriarchy. There's a lot of bs that people who can't "pass" have to put up with, and I don't want to write any of that off. There was a long period of time, over a decade, where I felt like if I didn't "pass" then I was going to die. But now that I'm on the other side of that (which again, is a privilege, and I do not want to write off people who do not have that option, especially given the unforgivably high rates of violence especially against trans women / trans femmes who are outed or do not "pass"), I'm just so... angry and disenfranchised with the whole thing, because how most cis people determine gender and its validity is so silly, childish, and wishy-washy. It's unfair that we and our bodies should be dictated by something that they're not even fully cognizant of. I mean I worked so damn hard to "pass" and in the end I realized that I didn't even want to look like their idea of an ideal man that they had sold me- I just wanted my god damned body! Doesn't make me less of a man, just less of a product. So, if you have the safety and ability to do so... make your body look like YOUR body. Otherwise, I hope that you reach the ability to do that one day. The rest of us will keep fighting and advocating for that. We're going to get you out of there. Hold on.

"you're not man enough, not feminine enough"

so gender is something we can fail?

that means gender is not genetic and absolute and unchangeable

but something we can build and perform, and fail at (the standards they set) but also redefine?

if i can fail at being a woman, does that mean i'm not a woman? so does that make me another gender?

[opinated-user]

LO so clearly just uses buzz words to make herself look better and those that she criticize look worse.

Rebecca Sugar is a nazi sympathizer because of SU, but that's not how that word works. Sure SU is about fixing conflicts with talking rather then violence and the diamonds do have an authoritarian gov, but they are in no way nazis or coded as such. So clearly RS isn't a nazi sympathizer--that would require the diamonds being at least coded as nazis.

Meanwhile it is no secret the sith are nazi coded, yet lily isn't a nazi sympathizer for writing a whole story about how actually the sith are the good guys and ends it with them having a utopian empire where they can kill you without trial with their secret police like cop sith fighters.

Essence of Thought is a violent terf because they made a video critical of LOs interactions with minors. According to lily saying that a trans women could be sexual predator=terf. But that isn't what the word means. Terfs are specifically people who want to exclude trans people from anything, don't belive trans women are women, restrict or want to restrict access to gender affirming care and see all trans people as predators.

EoT was critical of 1 trans woman for her own shady behavior. Yes, terfs do see trans women as sex predators, but thinking 1 specific trans woman is an abuser is not the same as thinking all trans women are inherently dangerous.

Meanwhile LO has dragged multiple trans people through the mud, while also at times using their wrong pronouns. She also says queer is a slur and ignores that that train of thought was started by terfs.

She has even admitted to calling her detractors terfs on purpose because it annoys them. She is mudding the waters by slapping anyone she hates with as terrible a word as possible. Yet everyone calling her antisemitic or racist is taking her actions out of context, and slapping insulting labels on her (which is unforgivable when it's done to her).

i want to concentrate on that last parragraph for a second, anon, because that actually encapsulates perfectly the level of selfishness that LO operas with. just like she misuses the term nazis because she knows it's more impactful than "fascist", she also misuses terf. terf it's not an insult to thrown around willy nilly and for no reason nor a "buzzword," it's the name for an actual problem of a real group of people who use a specific kind of rethoric to justify hatred. a terfs are just as real as a disease and we can't spread treatment about that disease if we use keep using the same name for everytime someone sneezes. at some point there has to be a distinction so people know how to talk about that disease, what that disease implies and how we can prevent. by LO calling that to anyone who criticized her for being a creep, she's also saying that she doesn't care about protecting any trans women, trans people or anyone but herself. she comes first and foremost, everyone else second, and that applies just as well on the kind of words she uses. the problem of her doing this is that inevitably is going to cause trouble for her audience too, who will get out with a false idea of what a terf is or how to recognize one. this is beyond irresponsible, it's disgustingly malicious of a misinformation to do just so she has an "insult" that is bad enough.

[wcamino-confessions]

Mod, because you seem to be an expert on this stuff, am I homophobic if I don't believe that there are like 58 genders and that I don't agree with LGBT having more than four letters (I'm lenient towards QIA but no more than that) because I swear some people aren't actually LGBT but come up with their own sexuality and gender for attention just so they can be included into something they aren't. Also I hope this doesn't come across as attacking anyone or anything, it's just my opinion

This is a really complicated question and I feel like you’d be better off consulting a trans person on it, especially the gender part, but I’ll try and answer it as best I can.

I think before any discussion can be had on what gender is/how many labels for it there are/etc it’s important to understand that it is 100% a social construct. As in, “a social construct is an idea or notion that appears to be natural and obvious to people who accept it but may or may not represent reality, so it remains largely an invention or artifice of a given society” and “gender, which represents ways of talking, describing, or perceiving men and women, is also a socially constructed entity. Generally distinguished from sex (which is biological), notions of gender represent attempts by society, through the socialization process, to construct masculine or feminine identities and corresponding masculine or feminine gender roles for a child based on physical appearance and genitalia.” (source). Note: this isn’t to say that gendered socialization is what defines a person’s gender - that’s terf rhetoric.

That is to say, while biological realities of genitalia and other physical attributes do exist, they have no intrinsic bearing on how a person feels, thinks, or behaves - correlation between a person’s sex and gender does not equal causation.

To answer the “58 genders” part of your question - I don’t think we should be asking whether or not it’s okay to respect the idea of microlabels for gender, but rather, why there is a need for those microlabels at all. Because gender is so complex, and because an individual’s experience of what their gender is varies a lot from person to person, I can concede the point that having a million different identities doesn’t make sense. Not because they aren’t legitimate, but because they’re feelings. They are aspects of a gendered experience, not genders in and of themselves. If a lesbian tells me, for example, that she wishes she was perceived as a woman by other women but as an amorphous blob by men, I’m not going to tell her that she’s actually quasilesbigender or something equally outlandish. But I am going to encourage her to explore her relationship with gender and identity, because it is a unique and confusing experience.

In my opinion, we should be less focused on gender as a label and more focused on gender as an experience. Therefore, attempting to restrict what genders people can and can’t identify as doesn’t make any sense at all - how can we tell ourselves there are rules to what gender is and isn’t if it literally doesn’t exist outside of social constructs?

As for the sexuality part, I have a similar opinion. I don’t think it’s healthy for people to attempt to microlabel every different aspect of their sexuality. Like with gender, I think it’s more important to focus on people’s experiences and feelings rather than scrambling to find or create hyperspecific terminology to define said experiences. I think most LGBT people can relate when I say my progression of identities went from calling myself a demisexual heteroromantic bisexual demigirl when I was 14, to calling myself pansexual at 16, and now identifying as bi. I went through a bunch of changes with my identity because I felt like I had to call myself something right off the bat, instead of being comfortable staying in the questioning phase for as long as I needed.

This sort of addresses the “come up with their own sexuality and gender for attention just so they can be included” part of your question. I do think pushing young questioning kids to slap a bunch of really specific labels on themselves often prevents a healthy exploration of identity. There shouldn’t be a rush to find a niche label that fits you perfectly right away; you should instead feel free to understand yourself and what labels work for you slowly and thoroughly.

For the most part, I don’t think people who use microlabels are necessarily doing it with malicious intent. They’re largely just questioning people (usually young kids and teens) trying to find the right words to explain their feelings, and I don’t think it’s fair of other members in the community to be rude to them for that. Instead of demonizing someone for calling themselves stargender or something like that, I think it’s more productive to encourage them to talk about their experiences and why they feel that’s a good word for them. By talking to them, we’re opening up a dialogue about gender/sexuality and getting more people in the community to speak up, and that is always important.

So, to answer your question as to whether or not you’re homophobic - we have similar opinions on microlabels, which is that they can be superfluous and harmful. I know I’m not homophobic. In this particular case, the opinion does not make or break it, your attitude does. Does your critique come from a place of good intentions and concern? Or do you simply want to write them off as ridiculous and not worth your time? These are important distinctions.

I hope my answer was thorough enough to give you some helpful insight.

[nin-jay-go]

happy pride month its time to talk about the fruits

going in uhh height order lmao (this is also gonna be mostly alterline but its also my general hcs)

jay- bi, demiboy, he/they. jay figured out he was trans at a pretty early age, like around 5 or 6, and since his parents are both trans they eased him into being a boy pretty easily. somewhere around 10 he felt off about it, and currently his gender is "none gender with left boy," which is how a demiboy classmate of mine in high school felt about their gender lol. he's pretty open about being trans and bi, and is the local queer expert on the team due to how progressive his family is. if anyone has any crises, they go to him.

they're currently dating/married to cole, and in a qpr with morro. they call each other power buds and are total dorks.

lloyd- aroace, trans guy, he/him. lloyd is aroace due to trauma, but before that he was just kinda questionably into anyone. but after harumi, he wants absolutely nothing to do with romance and relationships. (this is from ✨personal experience✨). he also knew he was a boy VERY early on, and named himself lloyd to match lord garmadon. he's very adamant about being a guy and doesn't like other pronouns for him, including neutral theys.

he's not in a relationship with anyone and refuses any advancements.

kai- bi, transmasc, he/him. kai, when he first found out he was a guy, threw himself so hard at being a guy that he went full dudebro fdjkghdkjfhg. in the beginning he was very focused on being Masculine and A Guy, but over time learned that he doesn't really need to be Tough and Masculine. his current gender is a lot more feminine than it used to be, now that he's unlearned the toxic masculinity, and is fully confident in himself. he also doesn't particularly care what pronouns are used for him, just that he/him is the main one he uses. also, kai's type is people that can beat him up or that he can have a homoerotic rivalry with. biting is his love language.

he's currently dating pixal and zane because hotwire is a BANGER ship and i will die on this hill. there's also whatever he has going on with morro, which refuses to be labelled. destiny good.

morro- gay, agender, they/them. morro always questioned if they were a guy or not, but 40 years ago, gender terminology wasn't the best, so they reasoned that since they're not a girl, they're not trans. but jay helped them figure out that there's also a secret third option of not being either, and that's where they stuck with. they have no gender, but they're vibing. their presentation is overall very feminine (and goth) and they prefer to look pretty ambiguous in terms of expression. the more confused people are, the better. they also know they like guys and masc ppl and that's about where they leave it.

they're in a relationship with an oc of mine, but its kinda here and there. i think my brain cares more about what they have going on with kai. which, again, refuses to be labelled, but destiny good. they're also in a qpr with jay

cole- gay ace, nonbinary, he/him. cole was closeted for a very long time, mostly due to not knowing if his father would accept him. his dad didn't react the best when he did find out, but they mended things and lou's ok with it now. but because of this, cole only tends to come out if he really truly trusts someone, and no sooner. there was a lot of repression at first with being gay, then learning that he's ace, but he's learning to accept himself. he also learned a lot later that he may not be as much of a guy as he thought, but he doesn't know what to make of it, so he just slaps on an nb label and calls it a day.

he's currently dating/married to jay :)

nya- lesbian aspec, bigender, she/he. samurai x being called a guy and he/him so much kinda... awakened something in nya, and she learned that she's not that against he/him as she previously thought. after a while of talking to jay, she realized that she can be both a guy and a girl at the same time, and that's what felt most correct. she was also experiencing pretty bad comphet in the first two seasons, and only realized after the disastrous love test, where she realized that she doesn't actually like guys at all. the aspec thing is just a thing that came up later that she doesn't have a concrete label for yet, but she's figuring it out.

currently, she's not dating anyone, but she had a crush on skylor for a LONG while. (reason is that skylor is a few years older than her and i didn't want to deal with an age gap when they were still teens)

zane- pan, genderfluid, any. zane's gender is quite fluid, though it tends to stay in the masc/neutral regions more often than not. i think its sort of like. 45% male, 30% neutral, 15% feminine (5% of that being female), and 10% xeno or something related. his pronouns change depending on his gender, usually he or they, with occasional bouts with she or neos. he tells the ninja every morning what he's feeling like today, and everyone is ok with it :) as for his orientation, gender never mattered much to him, so he's fine with anyone.

he's currently dating kai and pixal and loves them both very much

pixal- bi, transfem, she/it. pixal is transfem in the sense that only a robot can be. she was just an ai, and when she eventually found out she was a woman, she told borg that she wanted a female body, who happily made her one. she also uses she/it the same way that siri or alexa does. she's also bi in the same way that zane is pan, where she doesn't necessarily have a gender preference, but she likes people. it took her a while to learn what are romantic feelings versus platonic feelings, but she figured it out eventually :)

she's dating zane and kai and would kill for both of them

WOOOOOO TIME FOR MY PATENTED "PLACING A BUNCH OF CHARACTERS ON ONE GIANT DOCUMENT" TECHNIQUE

ive seen a bunch of ppl do these big character lineups for ninjago so i thought to do the same!!! except this one also has morro bc these are technically alterline designs too :3

i might reblog with stats about them but for now just take them as is! ^v^

[poppyssupergirl]

Uhm, nah, money is quite the motivator for me.

Awesome! Thank you for the resources!

Mhh, no story writing is neutral, v true. And I totally see your point of view, but being able to "fuck Cat with an actual peins" is neither an upside nor the point of that story. Did you read chapter 1? That story is not about a trans person. You're picking out one characteristic and applying a label that doesn't apply here. If a trans person finds even a little comfort in that fic and headcanons her as trans, then by golly I hope they do.

But, to me, the writer, Kara is not trans in that story and I'll tell you why. When I do write a trans character, I'm going to do it right. I'm not going to slap a sticker on a chick with a dick and go "look! I made trans representation". I'm going to put that character into the trans community, talk about what transitioning means to them, talk about life for them, not just plunk them into a sex scene that they haven't talked about at all with their partner!

Chapter 1 talked about genetics and how Cat was down with this. But did it cover literally anything about being trans for Kara? No! Like, if Kara was trans in that story, what makes Kara feel comfortable and safe? What words set her off? What actions are unacceptable? Is she okay with penetration? Etc...

I don't want Kara, in this story, to be taken as trans representation because I will have done an absolutely trash job of it. I'm just some geneticist who was given the cash moolahs and wrote what I thought would be a cool background. I can't dictate how the reader will interpret this, but if I could, this is what I would like them to think: in this story, Kara isn't trans because she has no depth as a trans character and can change her genitalia at will (which I kinda think would be crazy toxic as trans representation since, as far as I know, people spend a ton of time and effort transitioning so they feel safe with their own bodies. They're most likely not going to jump around between genitalia for funsies.)

If someone reblogged this story under the header "trans representation" I would ask them to delete it. I will do better for trans people, this was a tiny commission that does not give trans people the depth and realism that they deserve. As science fiction, it's cool (to a geneticist at least), as anything else, it just isn't.

Hi! "Kara sometimes has a penis because alien biology" is good and fun, but have you considered "Kara has a penis simply because she's trans"? There are no aliens among us (as far as we know), but there are trans women who could use the representation.

1. I totes agree with you! The story I was commissioned to write was alien biologyness though, so another time! 

2. I love talking about genetics and alien biologyness allowed me to do so, which is awesome. 

(Also, this was for my writing that’s for the Supergirl fandom which can be found @poppyssupergirl btw!)