#OKAY. ENOUGH ABOUT STRAIGHT CIS BOYS !!!!!!

[twelvekittensinatrenchcoat]

tbh i really think that Forcefem Enjoyers™ are sleeping on the potential of magical girl transformations

like it's not that hard to come up with a reason (e.g. saving a loved one, wishing for something madoka-style, a general concern for the greater good, straight-up being coerced into it, etc) for that sad-eyed "cis" "boy" protagonist to become a magical girl. then once (s)he's running around in frills and thigh boots, you've got a whole sea of possibilities

perhaps something goes wrong with the transformation, leaving the magical girl stuck in her transformed state for an extended period. how is this going to affect her life, or her relationships with her friends and family? how will she be able to change back? will she ever be able to change back?

alternatively, the repeated transformations begin slowly feminizing her civilian body. when she discovers this, she decides to quit being a magical girl... but if she's gone, who's going to defend the city and its people? and now there's a monster on the rampage... okay, she'll stop it just this once, alright? but she swears this is the last time, she's definitely quitting for real after this!

or maybe she's just one member of a whole magical girl team, and her teammates have been forcing pressuring encouraging her to stay in her transformed state for longer and longer. but it's all in good fun, right? besides, that dusty old body of hers is so boring. isn't being a magical girl so much better?

of course, there's always the option that being a magical girl is just so... addictive. the power, the public adoration, the cuteness, they're all so intoxicating, and soon enough she's using any possible excuse to change into her magical form. but don't get her wrong - she's just really passionate about protecting the innocent! look, it's not like she actually enjoys prancing around in that tiny skirt, okay? don't be weird about it or anything...

but that's just the tip of the iceberg. let's say one such magical girl is defeated and captured by a beautiful villainess, who decides to corrupt her and turn her to the side of evil... now that's where the real fun starts...

[raspberryjellybrains]

i know nobody gaf but i reeallllllyyyy wanna talk about my bad kids gender/sexuality headcanons so here goes

fig: obviously bi/pan/omni bc it's canon (yayy!!!), but i think she would identify as bisexual! i also really like her as a trans girl :) something about demonic puberty and human puberty and going against others' expectations to define for yourself who you are.

gorgug: same case with fig for sexuality, and i don't think he even really had many thoughts or feelings about it. bc he's one of my favorites and not because i have a great volume of evidence, im hitting him with the gender beam. i think there's something agender about this half-orc. masculinity feels like something gorgug was handed, went "okay", and never really examined further or felt in any meaningful way. not really a costume so much as a label with some instructions. probably uses he/they pronouns after some lovely chats with the AAAGSA (idk if thats the right acronym but i think it would be funny if it was)

adaine: i think she just kind of assumes she's straight? not enough time or care to investigate otherwise. had a thing for one (1) boy and just goes with that. i truly think that she's arospec and aspec and it takes her until after post-secondary to realize this. "girl" was kind of forced on her pretty hard, and kind of feels it, but also feels like it's inextricably tied to some awful memories. maybe demigirl in the future? trying to figure out what "girl" means for herself and still sticking with she/her, for now. still considers herself cis for a long time after knowing she probably isn't bc she doesn't feel "trans enough" to identify otherwise.

fabian: BIG woman enjoyer. i think he would kiss anyone of any gender as long as they're hot, but takes a minute to discover that one. he would probably just assume everyone works like that, and as long as he's mostly into women, he's straight. which isn't entirely right or wrong! as for gender, i think he's cisgender. there's room for experimentation with presentation after sophmore year, but feels most comfortable on the masculine end of androgyny. not gender, but queer: i think he'd LOVE drag. kristen would introduce him to it, and they'd watch fantasy rupaul's together and go to live shows when kristen's in town post-hs.

kristen: lesbian ofc!! i think she starts out with the "butch or really christian" bermuda shorts and t-shirts freshman year, but leans further and further into butch as she moves away from the church. she IS the girl in basketball shorts and a t-shirt/tanktop every day of the year and most of the school's sapphic population wants her for it BADLY. as for gender, i think a similar boat to adaine where femininity is tied up in a lot of bad experiences, but more nonchalant about it? should probably talk to someone about it but who caaaaaaaarrreeees. leans really hard into masculine woman bc i think she is a girl, and this is an expression of that which is entirely her own to feel and define.

and last but not least, riz: pretty well canon aro/ace and that genuinely means a lot to me. not to get personal. i think he's romance and sex repulsed, but interested in a qpr or some kind of lifelong companionship bc he gets lonely!! dude wants a friend for all of his many detective adventures. i think he's also a cisgender boy, but i would not shoot down readings otherwise.

and thats all!! if anyone does care, I'll probably elaborate on minuteae in the tags and if anyone really really wants, i can make a part two with other characters :D

[needtobehisprettyboy]

Arcane Fandom Pet Peeve:

Trans Viktor and Cis Jayce

There's so many things wrong with fanon JayVik and one of those things is people's *take on* trans Viktor headcanons

Okay, okay hear me out—I don't fucking care that people have a right to headcanon whatever they want. I know some people have already pointed out that people can headcanon Viktor as trans if they please—which, yeah, I'm not gonna say "Hey, bitch! Viktor should be cis and Jayce should be trans!1!!1!", but I will say that I hate the reinforcement of hetero gender roles and the stereotypical trans man appearance.

*Trans men, especially trans men of color, have a hard enough time coming to terms with understanding they aren't cis. People center trans identity around small, white trans people giving out tips that don't work for everyone such as thinking loose clothes can successfully hide everyone's chest and not thinking of different black hair types that black trans teens can't recreate as easily as white trans teens. It was frustrating to try and find clothes that made me look masc, which is almost everyone's main tips to pass as a male, that I just quit and stayed fem. I can go on and on about how people center white people, not only in trans identity, but queer identity as a whole; however, other people have made posts, news articles, journals, books that will no doubt explain my points better.

Gay relationships are gay for a reason!! Some relationships will have the masc and fem role, but not all!!! Not even in straight relationships will the smaller partner be fem/female or the bigger partner be masc/male.

What's the stereotypical trans man appearance you may ask? If you don't already know, it's white and skinny. (Don't try to fucking deny it) People will generally think of white queers more so than they do queers of color. Not only that, but they'll usually think of small and skinny when they think of trans men.

"UwU omg smol (white) boy KYAAA"

Bleh.

Trans men aren't all small. Plenty of trans men can be chubby, bulky, tall (or at least average fucking height and not like 4'11 with a snatched waist), etc etc. Additionally, afab parents in gay relationships aren't all automatically assigned the "mommy" role. I'm definitely more of the "mommy" type; however, I'm not small nor white and a large portion of trans men who want to be parents don't want to be thought of as "mommies" much less the "girl" in the relationship.

Neither Jayce nor Viktor needs to be the "girl" in their relationship!!!

I get why people headcanon Viktor as trans. If you're white, you'll automatically align yourself more with white characters and sort of toss aside characters of color. (*That isn't to say everyone who hcs Viktor is white, it's just a reference to those who like Viktor in general, trans or not, and then hate/disregard Mel, Sky, & even Jayce though it's mostly anti-blackness when it comes to the JayVik/Viktor lover community*) I hate it, but whatev. My main issue comes with people making Viktor trans AND giving him more feminine personality traits.

*I don't have specific gender headcanons for Viktor (I'll interact with both cis and trans content of him though I've strayed away from JayVik in general due to people's racism/anti-blackness), but it's clear people are still thinking of stereotypical hetero dynamics whenever they make fem, damsel in distress Viktor content.

Not in the ironic sense where you make memes and laugh about pregnant Jayce, but in the unironic sense that you're making and liking scene redraws of male and female characters where Viktor takes the female character's place.

But if you're gonna assign a "girl" in the relationship, why not let it be Jayce?

I know why of course. . . Doesn't mean I'm not still getting ticked off.

*For those of you who haven't seen those pictures, it's edited/drawn pictures of JayVik with Viktor being Mary Jane and Jayce as Tarzan, Jayce being Hercules and Viktor as Megara

*Post edited for clarifications, I don't mind trans Viktor, but I hate people's take on fem trans Viktor and therefore stray away from the FANDOM, THE FANDOM AS THIS POST TITLE SAYS, because people are weird and ruined JayVik for me. I'd rather be in the MelJaySkyVik part of the fandom where there aren't so many weirdos and people are chill about different characters.

[unidentified-ending]

What's up bro! I was just wondering weather you could make a little oneshot-headcanon about a male student in aizawas class who's younger brother (age 4-5) is quite dangerous due to his quirk but he's never done anything and he's been declined from multiple daycares and his parents are super stressed but Aizawa ends up taking the male reader younger brother to U.A's daycare and everyone in the dorms loves him bc he's so cute.

Thanks man, have a good day!!!!!

A/N: of course bro, this request is so cute so buckle up for some fluffy, maybe ooc aizawa and a cute younger brother.

This can be read as a trans or cis dude but if trans js imagine you got top surgery at a young age (not that young tho!). It's not mentioned anyways

Your parents were stressed. Like stressed stressed.

Your younger brother with (h/c) hair and (e/c) eyes was boping around in your living room.

His name was Kuragari and he could destroy all of reality in one clap of his hand

But it's never happened before, but most people stay away from the cute ball of happiness.

When he was a child (2-3), everyone would stay away from him but he had you

Y/n L/n, a (personality trait) boy who was in class 1a, UA. Aspiring hero, and the best brother anyone could ask for.

Anyways back to the point.

Your parents were stressed, Kuragari's power was getting in the way of his daycare applications.

He was dangerous and so nobody came near him bc of "the sake of the other children"

And your parents both worked and you went to school so it was a hell of a time trying to do something for him

He'd usually get a baby sitter but he'd cry a couple of hours in, begging for you and his parents.

Which made either you, your mother or father come home from work early and have to settle him down

But that when the offer of you life came true.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Y/n" you hear a faint voice call for you.

"Y/n!" The same voice but louder said again.

"Y/N!" The person said and you shot up straight away, the redness in your eyes and the bags under them were a huge sign of no sleep.

You looked around, you were in your classroom but nobody was in there, just your homeroom teacher calling out for you.

"Yes sir! I'm up, I'm up." You exclaimed into the empty room, your brother had woken up crying at exactly 2:27 am yesterday night and your parents wouldn't wake up so you had to deal with Kuragari by yourself and that lasted duntil 4:16 am when he decided to sleep. And you knew you had to wake up at 7 tomorrow so only 3 hours of sleep didn't toll well on your body.

"It's break, why are you still sleeping?" Aizawa questioned, though not making any visable facial expressions.

"I-uh, I just didn't get enough sleep. I'm okay" You said, blinking in drowsiness

Aizawa raised an eyebrow and said "Are you sure? Is there something I need to know?"

"Nah, not really. It's just my younger brother Kuragari. He's been declined by so many daycares' bescuse his quirk is too dangerous for the daycare but hes never actually used it before." You explain and Aizawa listens intently.

"He can break reality in one clap of his hands but he's so cute, he's 5 this year and me, my mother and my father have been extremely stressed about this issue because nobody can baby sit him for more then five hours before he starts to throw a fit and cry. And we have to take care of him at night and its very tiring."

Aizawa listened to your story all the way through and at the end he said, "How about we take him and we can take care of him? It's up to your parents though." Your eyes glimmered at the idea and you told him you'd ask them this evening.

That evening~~~~

"Mum, Dad. I've got news! Sensei Aizawa said he's take in Kuragari into the U.A daycare! Only if you want." You exclaimed when you got into the house and ran straight into your living room.

"Wait what?" Your father said, a hint of surprisment in his voice. "Really?" You mother said, a huge smile growing on her face.

"Yes!" You shouted with picking up your little brother and he immediately started laughing and clapping his hands together in excitement even though he had no idea what you were talking about.

A few hours later

"So what do we need to do to get Kuragari in there?" Your mother said while feeding him some food.

"Nothing, we just have to bring him in tomorrow and they take him in, look after him and there is another sweet girl called Eri in there. She's so sweet and I think they would get along together."

"Are you sure about this, honey?" Your father said to your mother

"It's a opportunity we must take. For the sake of our sleep" Your mother yawned.

Your father nodded on agreement.

"Alright then, but it's your responsibility to dress and wash him in the morning because we have work tomorrow. Fair?" Your father asked while taking a sip of his coffee.

"Fair" you agreed while picking up Kuragari and placing him on the couch and turning on some baby shows.

The next morning~~~~~~

You looked at a snoozing Kuragari at 6:50 am. You knew he was gonna throw a fit about waking this early but he had to get up.

You picked up the snoozing boy and cradled him in your hands, gently rubbing your finger over his forehead to wake him.

He started to fidget in your hands and kick his legs about. That's when he opened his ayes and started wailing.

"Shh, shh it's okay. I need you to wake up for me." You say as you kissed his head and put him in his baby chair.

You made his baby breakfast and ate your own, he was still glaring at you for waking him up early.

After that, you ran a bath for the two of you while he played with some of his toys.

"Kuragari." You exclaimed and he came crawling over to the bathroom with a toy car in his hand.

You undressed him and put him in the bath and you also got in. He flapped around with his bath toys in the bath, accidentally hitting you with some bubbles.

"You silly child" you sighed before taking him out and dressing him in some new clothes.

"Alright lil bro, I'm gonna carry you to school today. So climb on my back." You said while taking your keys and unlocking your front door.

You crouched down do he could climb on your back and he crawled up your back and seated himself right on your shoulders.

Off you two go to school~~~

Surprisingly you were the only two there in your class. Mean class did start at 8:20 and you two got there at 7:59 so it was pretty early.

You went to sit at your desk and then you took your brother off your head and placed him on your desk, then placed your own head on the desk, hoping for some of your own sleep.

Your promised it would 5 minutes but 5 minutes turned into 15.

Your self-consciousness was telling you to get awake and that's when you shot up awake, immediately in search for you younger brother.

"Kuragari" you said, your eyes darted across the room but all you could see were your fellow classmates crowded around something..or someone.

"Where's my brother?" You said in panic and the whole class looked at you in surprise.

"You mean this bundle of joy" Denki said as he held your smiling and laughing brother in his hands.

Your face immediately relaxed, you hadn't lost him.

"I'm so sorry guys-" you started but Mina interrupted.

"There no need to be sorry he's so cute!" She said while the rest if the class agreed with him. You went to join the classmates of yours and when he saw you he did his signature grabby hands and you picked him up.

"Bakugo saw you sleeping when he came in then me spotted your brother on his desk. He carefully just put him back on your desk and sat down."

Bakugo tsked at his desk but didn't deny it.

"What's he even doing here anyways?" Sero says as he laughs with Kuragari.

"Oh it's a long story, so-" then a door slammed open and Aizawa walked in.

"What is going here?" He questioned and everyone moved out the way of Kuragari and Aizawa had one look at the child and back at you and he knew you two were siblings.

Kuragari on the other hand started to cry at the old grizzled man and immediately started to grab onto Deku's shirt.

"Sorry man, he's a bit grumpy. I'll take him out." You say to deku and he waves it off completely fine.

When you walk out of the room, Aizawa walked out as well.

"Sorry sensei, he's just-"

"Yeah yeah, I know. Let's just get him in the daycare and we can start lessons" Aizawa said and the two of you walked to the daycare in silence.

You dropped him off to the daycare in silence where he met Eri and they got along together.

The two of you walked back together to class in silence before Aizawa said. "He looks like you".

"Really?" You say, surprised at the comment.

"Yeah, I bet he's a hard one to deal with."

"Oh he is" you say, enjoying the small talk.

"I can see where he gets it from" he says and you accidentally let out a chuckle.

You knew you had a good teacher.

[mot-hesbian]

Y'all ready for Bridgerton sexualities? Cuz here we go (these are modern day hcs btw if that wasn't obvious)

Anthony: straight with a capital S (somehow) and cis. He takes a second to understand his queer siblings because of ingrained bias but after a while is supportive. At which point he goes into overdrive and buys them pride flag everything.

Kate: bisexual and cis. I can't explain it but she's definitely thought of kissing a girl. Anthony didn't find out until after they were married because she didn't feel like it was something she had to broadcast.

Edwina: sapphic and a demi-girl. I don't know where she is on the fruity spectrum, I just know she's into guys and girls.

Benedict: Pan (obviously) and cis. This is canon.

Sophie: straight and cis, but thought about experimenting at some point.

Posy: bisexual and cis. It's a vibe that I can't let go of.

Colin: straight demisexual and cis. This might as well be canon.

Penelope: pansexual demi-girl. It's a feeling. Thinks it would be funny to come out in a chaotic way (think her engagement announcement in the show).

Felicity: she's *something*.

Phillipa: pansexual and probably some type of genderqueer. Not out because she's not sure how her family would take it. Is considering telling Penelope and Felicity tho. Finch knows because they don't keep secrets.

Albion: straight but definitely genderqueer. He was so excited when he realized they matched due to not being cis. They had a very nice charcuterie in celebration when she came out to him.

Prudence: I wanna say lesbian who's attracted to non-binary people as well (I know some of them identify as a sub category of bisexuality so I wanted to clarify) but cis gender. Also closeted, out to her spouse.

Dankworth: some kind of fruity and definitely genderqueer, probably more in the non-binary persuasion than anything close to the binaries. He's deffo androgynous and they use basically all pronouns. Very supportive when her wife came out.

Daphne: I mean, she's probably bisexual, right? And definitely cis (I'm not willing to give up her eldest daughter trauma for trans!femme Daphne. As awesome as she would be). Is just vibing tbh.

Simon: straight and cis, but extremely supportive. Offers a safe space for all the queer youth he knows that aren't supported or wouldn't be supported by their families.

Lady Danbury: also something. Is unlabelabled.

Eloise: she's either straight or pansexual, who knows at this point? And still figuring out her gender. If she's genderqueer she's probably Demi. She is insufferable about queer rights regardless and everyone else is tired. They're all for it but making it her whole personality in her teenage years is certainly a choice she made. She mellowed out as an adult and realized it's okay to have a life outside of her political causes, partially because of her best friend and later her husband. She's still passionate about queer rights but in a way that won't eventually burn her out.

Philip: straight trans man. Didn't realize he was trans until he was well into adulthood and it took corresponding with Eloise to be able to embrace it. They are very in love and almost kind of obsessed with each other. They like yapping about their passions to each other at all times of the day. They both find this equally hot (for their spouse actually listening) and absolutely endearing (when their spouse is the one yapping).

George & Marina: straight cis.

Francesca: bisexual cis gender. She's so quiet it took her bringing home a wife before anyone realized she was queer.

Michael/Michaela: pansexual cisgender. Do I need to explain?

John: bisexual demi-boy. It's just his vibe I can't explain it.

Gregory: pansexual either cis or demi-boy I have no idea.

Lucy: bisexual cis. She's too busy pumping out kids and enjoying it to be genderqueer.

Don't know enough about otwttw to say anything about the other characters.

Hyacinth: bisexual and has transcended the gender binary.

Gareth: I mean, from what I know of him he and Hya sound bi4bi. Transmasc transfemme???? Who knows.

What do y'all think?

[julisartori]

Disney didn't go Woke. It went Empty: the War of Meaning in Modern Media (or why your little indie project should be weird as hell)

And unnecessary long, painfully personal, and slightly nonsensical rant about Mainstream Cartoons, Indie Animation, Making Art, (not) Following Rules, and obviously—being a filthy Queer.

There I was scrolling on the adorable cesspit Twitter has become, when I found this treasure. And I mean it, I love the headcanon.

(cut off the name cause I don't want any weirdos going after OP)

It’s kinda crazy how this would perfectly match the whole vibe of Owl House and even Luz’s arc. But, oh no, imagine the tragedy of showing a character getting a disability in a TV-7 show. (RIP Finn Mertens)

In the last years, we've seen the rise of "woke-rage". Thousand upon thousands of the same tired, repetitive complaints of “how wokeness dominated media,” “how we don’t have deep stories anymore,” and “oh, the preaching, so much preaching.” 

Blah, blah, blah. BO-RING. Nothing engages more than SPITE. But they are too hollow-minded to realize the truth, aren’t they? 

Do I think the antis are wrong—and are just a sad pack of miserable whiny boys hiding behind edgy thumbnails to spread lies, homophobia, and every other flavor of bigotry? YES. With every single atom of my humble body.

Do I think modern media (every kind of media) is getting less and less appealing? Also yes. But not in the way you think.

And no, I DO NOT blame the writers and artists. Let’s be real here—it’s pretty obvious they had good intentions. They were doing their best to flicker a tiny spark of light through the thick wall of restrictions and corporate rules stacked upon them. I know the creators craved for more (at least, I hope they did, or I’m just embarrassing myself here).

The issue here isn’t the “excessive wokeness.” It’s the lack of "true wokeness". 

The issue is the CENSORSHIP.

The “preaching” in modern animation is just the watered-down version the execs approve. Because anything with actual substance, depth, or—god forbid—meaning would be too much for the fragile little minds of the viewers.

Oh, but isn’t the system just adorable? (particularly now with the charming rise of the far-right). They couldn’t care less if their audience—especially kids—actually thinks. 

Nah, they want mindless little sausages. Obedient drones, following orders without a second thought. Clean it up, dumb it down, make it easy. Because, hey, it sells. And it gets the job done.

Sanitize the message until it’s stripped of any real meaning. Repeat it over and over until it’s background noise. Drag it in circles so people can’t stand it anymore. Then BOOM!— Our "beautiful queerness" is just "cringe-wokeness”. Works every time.

Need a irl example?

“Love is Love” started as a powerful queer statement, but of course, it got hijacked by the other side and now it’s just a punchline. Another “Live, Laugh, Love” quote, slapped on Ikea mugs with zero meaning.

Frida Kahlo became a print in every mediocre middle-aged cis-straight-white woman T-shirt with no real interest in feminism.

The system knows what they do and they nail it flawlessly. Every single time. And we are just dumb enough to lower our heads and play along—and buy their ridiculous merch, of course. (If you want a tacky mug it's okay, dear, I'm not here to judge your peculiar taste. But please buy it from an independent artist)

And unfortunately, it's not getting any better any sooner, baby. Netflix wants writers to numb-down their messages, and announce their actions out loud. Brace yourselves, ladies and friends, we're entering the new era of painfully hold-handing media. Hurray!

https://www.fastcompany.com/91264942/netflix-knows-youre-looking-at-your-phone-and-its-changing-how-shows-get-made

Are cartoons (and literally every other media) getting worse? Oh, absolutely. But no, it’s not because studios are “overrun with queers and wokeness.” If anything, queers and wokeness are the only decent thing left—but don’t get too comfortable; studios will swap them out for AI soon enough ☺️

Cartoons are getting worse because the people in charge WANT them to be worse. It’s not a happy little coincidence. It’s full-blown strategy. A PROJECT—if you allow my conspiratorial streak. And trust me, they’re putting in the work.

And then, oh finally, we have indie. 

Indie, wow! The "magical" solution to all our problems! Animation, comics, books, games, short videos, you call it.

We all know the blessings and curses of going indie, and I won't overflow you with that. YouTube's free there are tons of more qualified people covering that issue.

I'm here to give my modest (and extremely based) two cents about the "content"—and once again, it's NOT what you're thinking.

Because every time I see an indie creator trying to be a bit "controversial"... Well, you're on Tumblr. You know exactly what happens to them.

(Cut off the heads of the impure)

So if you allow me, I’m going to be unapologetically indulgent and speak directly to you—yes, YOU, my lovely friend, artist, and INDIE creator.

(If you’ve got a problem with that, feel free to walk away. I’m NOT claiming to have all the answers or to be morally superior. Trust me, I'm definitely not. If something I'm morally inferior. My opinions are wonderfully clouded by my messed-up, and uniquely broken view of reality. Take everything you read here with a grain of salt—and please don’t take it at face value.)

My friend,

Really—do you really want indie creators to do the same old thing we see every single day? To copy-paste mainstream media and wash away all their personal weirdness to appease a scared (and unnecessarily clean) audience?

To spread the same tired message like a broken record? A coward broken record?

“Love yourself,” “Trust yourself,” “Power of Friendship.”

Yeah, sure, we’re ALL about self-acceptance here—big fans, truly, don’t get me wrong… But, hear me out: could we please sell it in a way that doesn’t scream “morning special”?

You know, something cooler? More creative? Actually meaningful and—dare I say it—not so painfully obvious? Can we all collectively agree to not beat people over the head with the message?

Just once? Even for kids? Especially for kids?!

Kids are not dumb, y'know?

-If you’re writing for kids, remember—they’re smarter than you think. We don’t want to turn them into brainwashed little worms.

“Oh, but my kid loved the new Disney live-action spinoff about Background Character #87!” Well, duh. That kid also spends half their screen time watching neon-porn content-farming on YouTube "Kids.”

Kids DESERVE so much more than that hollow nonsense. They deserve to be challenged, to actually feel something. Let them laugh, let them rage, and—hold my hand on this one—let them even cry over their cartoons. Shocking, I know, but they’re capable of handling more than shiny distractions and canned moral lessons.

(Ah, the dream of seeing death and blood handled with actual respect in a kid's movie—what a whimsical thought. But let’s be real, spoiler alert: we’re getting another “everyone’s fine, don’t worry about it” storyline than anything remotely thought-provoking.)

-If you’re writing for teens, for the love of all things unholy, don’t be the cringy millennial trying too hard to be “relatable.” Teens don't want "edginess". They want connection, and that's the reason they are so easily coopted to join a problematic streamer discord server. Because they crave for COMMUNITY!

They deserve better than just flashy anime fights and over-the-top gore. They’re old enough to demand real depth in their stories. And yes, brace yourself, they absolutely can handle angst.

If they couldn’t, Ao3 and Twitter wouldn’t be flooded with fan content that’s not only eight times better than the source material but also dripping with meaning.

(And the TikTok references? Teens don't think those are funny. No one does, actually. Let them go.)

(Look a timeless joke!—Clever, bold, and packed with social critique! Did Disney accidentally let a "woke" writer into their room before it was even a trend??)

If I’m going to leave anything behind in this world, then I want the next generation to THINK. To question the status quo. To fight for their rights like the rebels they should be. (and I honestly hope you're with me on this one—otherwise, you’re just wasting your time reading this overly dramatic and ridiculously self-indulgent rambling mess).

-If you’re writing for adults, don’t shy away, darling. Make them uncomfortable. Be unapologetic. Double down the weirdness. Throw in all the bizarre metaphors your heart desires and trust your audience is sharp enough to get them.

(Okay, fine, spend three minutes on Twitter and you’ll quickly lose faith in that idea. But hey! We’re not gonna bow to mediocrity because of one or two—or five thousand—bad apples, right?)

Use smut if you feel like it. Let the prudes lose their minds. Fill your walls with dicks if that's your vibe (yeah, that reference—you know the one).

Smut’s our friend, honeybee. We’re Queer. Purity never served our kind. 

(And just to clarify—I’m not talking about kids here, for God’s sake! No smut for kids, you absolute fucking weirdo!)

Don't worry about hate. No art is truly complete until someone’s got an opinion—positive, negative, realistic, or wildly inaccurate. It all matters.

(Even those church guys ranting about how we’re turning people gay matter. And in my personal opinion, they probably matter the most. 😌)

"Not everyone’s gonna be a fan, Princess. And frankly, I love making it harder for them." (that one is mine actually, you’re welcome!)

Look, you do you, my love. But if I had the chance to create something of my own (without a couple of execs buzzing at my feet), I’d at least TRY to put a decent act of not restraining myself to dumb corporate rules.

Shoosh, shoosh, now. I get it. It’s not your fault. It’s hard to break free from the suffocating grip of the norm you’ve been force-fed since birth.

But what’s the point of making art if you’re too scared to say something? Too scared to make a statement?

But if you’ve got the courage, and insanity, of going indie—and let’s be real, you need a hell of a lot of both—then yeah, I trust you’ve got what it takes to create something WILDLY out of the box 💖 (Like, please do. I'm basically on my knees right now).

Oh, and for Hell’s sake, get some humility and go study storytelling. Seriously!! You're not getting anywhere with that sloppy writing (and I say it from a place of experience, by looking at my own old drafts). We need knowledge, references, and a ton of good writing if we want to change the world—even if it’s by writing silly gay stories.

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—A educação não é neutra. Ela é uma prática de liberdade ou de dominação. A educação que temos não está quebrada, ela funciona exatamente como foi planejada para funcionar: como um meio de opressão.— 

(não exatamente Paulo Freire, pq fiquei com preguiça de procurar a quote certa e escrevi oq eu lembrava kkkkkk)

[istra-ish-sucha-geek]

I am a Cis woman. Many of my friends and family are trans.

I saw a post recently where someone was going off on how everyone doesn’t like performing gender, and the conclusion seemed to be: therefore, you don’t have to be trans.

Fucking bullshit.

I am cis STRAIGHT (ha ha) through, and I have spent some time kicking the tires - since I’m surrounded by trans peeps, it only makes sense - and lemme tell ya, I am not even a LITTLE bit trans.

I have also struggled with performing gender. I grew up in a very religious, highly conservative environment, and there is a LOT of gendered pressure in there. I could never live up to it, because for one thing my BODY was all wrong. I was too tall (5’11”), too strong (I could out lift any boy), and my body was so curvy, even in shapeless sacks I was still “too sexy.” (But that wasn’t a good feminine thing.) During college, I became fat, and then I was too FAT! (Because femininity is thin).

My personality was all wrong too. I was too loud, too smart, too outspoken, too opinionated, not helpful enough (you can NEVER be helpful enough), too … EVERYTHING.

Even my laugh was despised as too loud and raucous.

So I’ll be first in line to tell peeps: do your gender how it feels good to YOU; you’re never going to please anybody else, no matter how you perform.

All of this to say, I believe my friends and family when they say it’s NOT about gender performance, it’s about BEING trans.

They are telling me about THEIR experience; an experience I do not share, and that’s okay!

Here’s the thing:

Humans really like to find relatable experiences so we feel like we can “understand.” It’s part of how our brains work and make social meaning. But what do you do when there is NOT a shared experience?

You fucking shut up, and listen.

Because you’re about to go on a LEARNING adventure, and get to practice EMPATHY and COMPASSION.

I don’t know what it’s like to be in the military. But I listen to stories. I have a friend who died by suicide after his service. I have friends who’ve struggled with severe mental illness after their service.

I haven’t experienced it, but I’ve listened and believed my friends’ stories. I didn’t try to reframe it s as a Choose Your Own Adventure Book so it could be closer to an experience I had and understand.

So you think that Being Trans (TM) is just being uncomfortable with performing gender. You aren’t listening hard enough.

Being trans is like nothing I’ve ever experienced, because I’m fucking cis, straight through, like a strawberry pink jello cake. I KNOW it’s like nothing I’ve ever experienced, because I listened to my friends talk about their experiences, and I went, “Oh, I’ve never experienced that -“

and your first human instinct is going to pull from your experiences, including the social zeitgeist (which is very anti-trans), your upbringing, your religion, and you could feel VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. That discomfort can lead to you pulling up an experience that SEEMS relevant, but ISN’T, so YOU can feel COMFORTABLE again.

OR!

You can hold that discomfort, take a deep breath, and look at your friend, and allow your nervous system to cue in to their nervous system. You can allow yourself to *feel* their fear/trust/distress/elation/joy/grief/loneliness/connection and be with them, even though you DON’T understand.

You don’t have to share an experience for it to be true.

You don’t have to understand to fiercely love and support someone.

And that is why being trans is NOT the same as gender performance, and some of y’all need to grow some empathy spine, deal with your discomfort, and SUPPORT TRANS PEEPS!!!!!

[olderthannetfic]

It's been really funny watching my far-right conservative relatives and my liberal lefti-ish fandom friends get mad at Gwen Stacy possibly being trans. For the right wing, this is indoctrination/grooming/whatever. For the center-but-identifies-as-left wing, this is not good enough, cowardly, bullshit, etc. Two groups of people with nothing else in common coming together to agree that ew this icky trans thing is bad, shitting on kids who like the trans character and complaining about the same scene in the movie just kind of proves to me that no queerness is ever going to be accepted by most people. Hell, a lot of their complaints are identical: her haircut is too stereotypical, it wasn't told to us at the very beginning of the first movie, why is she into boys that's not okay, it's so cringe that trans kids like her, etc.

This is why I don't write trans characters anymore. There's no reason to. I'm a trans man, but I've never gotten anything but shit for writing trans characters. Being trans isn't a big enough deal, or it's too big a deal, it's too accepted or it's angsty trash, the character's appearance is always incorrect and bad and wrong, they're too weird, they're too normal, it's bad to have a straight trans person because you're pandering to normies, it's bad to have a gay trans person because you're being stereotypical, it's bad to have an ace trans person because you're saying trans people are unfuckable, it's bad to have a bi/pan trans person because it's fetishization, etc.

The best way to do representation is to not do it. Creators who make the mistake of attempting to do so get crucified. When was the last time you saw backlash against not having rep that was remotely as angry and omnipresent as backlash towards media that does? Racefaker, anti, and lover of 3D photorealistic loli and shota (who of course believes anti-antis are pedos, and has also been accused of raping her own sister by said sister) Lily Orchard got a following off of a 3 hour long video essay on how Steven Universe is terrible and tore into every single queer character at length. Shows with no queer rep don't get 3 hour long diatribes against queerness made about them.

Queer rep is a surefire way to get torn into by other queers and queerphobes alike. The easiest way to exist in fandom, even as a queer person, is to make very cishet works and if someone leaves a comment with a headcanon say you support it. Doing that has completely stopped all the hate I used to get.

Personally I hope they confirm Gwen is cis so I don't have to keep hearing how much she sucks from so many people. We're not at a point as a society where we accept imperfect, non-blatant rep. I doubt we'll ever be.

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It really just depends who "we" are.

Some people will always be disappointed by fandom over-hyping something as 100% overtly canon when it isn't, but plenty of reasonable adults are capable of not nitpicking every minority character to death. Clout-chasing social media drama queens aren't the whole of society.

[spacestationstorybook]

okay my official opinions on the‏‏‎ ‎endings for the‏‏‎ ‎repurpose‏‏‎ ‎routes in the order in which i did them (and the ending to the overall story). spoiler alert: this definitely goes in my top 5 dating sims but that's not quite as big an honor as it seems because the amount of lesbian inclusive dating sims out there is truly just depressing.

overall story: kinda cheesy but also fun. i liked that our character actually got to do stuff for once. my biggest issue with Most dating sims is having a protagonist who just stands around and it was cool that we actually got to do stuff even if the big mecha god battle would have been a lot neater if there was like...gameplay. of any kind. this isn't a "visual novels are a lesser form of storytelling" thing it's an "anime style battles are just straight up not as satisfying in a written format" thing.

irene: in the camp Better Than I Thought It'd Be. she's the only character with no real tie in to the main story which made her flashback scene pretty unsatisfying in comparison but i thought it was kind of sweet that they stressed the platonic relationship between her and the player really was as important to her as a romance would be. even if we came across like we were lesbian baiting the audience.

ramon: listen he's fine as a character but i am SOOOOOOOO not attracted to him romantically at all. multiple times during his route i had to recoil because of how much I Wouldn't Fucking Do That. best part was the fact that we got to canonically get him (a cis man) pregnant because of demon biology. that's awesome.

noel: i still only like him in a strictly platonic way but i really do like him a lot. he's really such a sweetie pea. i like how many references were made to the fact that he used to be a girl in a genderfluid way. he will be one again one day...fandom didn't even need to genderfuck your white boy this time he did it to himself

kalei: sweet....also not attracted to him in a romantic way but i love his positivity and the fact that the mc is the fighter between the two of them. very niceys.

mitts: also better than i thought it'd be!! her early routes really didn't do her justice tbh i really liked seeing her leading the charge to reform utopia and getting more glimpses into her past. really sweet she definitely came into her own with this update

dj: had cute elements but also disappointed me in some ways...i knew their pronouns had been changed to he/they instead of just they/them and i was fine with that but they kept calling him a man which i didn't expect and was kind of weird. i guess nonbinary people can call themselves men that's fine but i don't know why the change was made in the first place. also the issue of them treating you more like a friend than a partner persisted sometimes. i like them enough as a character that i still had fun though.

rosita: REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD!!! my goodness!!! PINK FEMMES AND GOTH BUTCHES ON TOP FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY!!!! it feels so silly to say a cutesy dating sim made me feel more butch but i just love the fact that we got a genuine femme for once i'm literally still riding the high. oh rosie i love you forever let's go on a milkshake date...

cheri: really cute :) i wish we had gotten to see her true form at some point. interesting that this is the only route where the angel that was our parent gets revealed. that combined with the fact that you have to do her route last and the fact that she can present as any gender for you just makes me feel more like if any of the routes is supposed to be the True Route it's this one which usually ticks me off with dating sims but i do like cheri so it's okay

faye/luci: a lot of it was really good i liked fighting alongside her and her encouraging you and the sweet bits with lilith but. okay i'm finally going to talk about the hordes thing. turning him into adam was a MASSIVE DOWNGRADE IMO. literally his best quality was that he was really funny and now he's not funny and goes around naked all the time. Sir. Put a Fucking Shirt On. i did not sign up to see this naked guy and his abs i want to see my wife. the polyamory thing doesn't bother me very much on its own i like that they navigated it to find a satisfying solution for everyone and this is the first dating sim i've ever played where you get to have a metamour but WHY IS HE ALWAYS FUCKING NAKEDDDDD.

polyamory route: actually did this one before cheri and faye but it felt more fitting for it to go last. pretty funny i liked dj being the official polycule organizer and i really liked the fact that it canonized a bunch of other ships including the hordes/mitts/rosita thing i was hoping for...rosita and i are holding hands in "my girlfriend really likes this weird guy so he's around all the time and i guess i'm happy she's happy but PUT A SHIRT ON." and we're also just holding hands :) a version of this is probably canon for me except i'm not dating‏‏‎ ‎ramon‏‏‎ ‎or‏‏‎ ‎kalei‏‏‎ ‎or‏‏‎ ‎noel. they can be part of the polycule just not through me directly

images i took while playing under cut because this is already long as fuck

using the discord version because it comes with commentary. this ship did Not get canonized but in the polycule ending it still could

UNIONIZE (sorry about adam i warned you he would be naked.)

a bunch of rosies because i love her. god i just KNOW she would leave lipstick marks on my collared shirts...this is a compliment. also her flashback scene in the beginning (which i did not screenshot) made me go waaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh like a little baby.

Rosie I've Got A Game For You About The Power Of Communication (sorry i can't escape‏‏‎ ‎ggg‏‏‎ ‎even when i'm playing other stuff.)

something else that made me very giggly and feeling all sorts of ways.

my fuckass they/them dad who faked my suicide and put me in the torture dimension for a bit for shits and giggles ^

okay that's all back to‏‏‎ ‎spekta‏‏‎ ‎for the rest of valentine's day. and reblogging my friends' stuff.

[my-castles-crumbling]

Soooo, i’ve been following u for a while (adore ur microfics btw ❤️) and now I require advice… thankfully you’re good at that. 

So i’m straight. And i’ve fallen in love with this guy. He’s adorable and sweet and brave and honestly the best person I know. I met him about a month and a half ago at a work thing (he doesn’t work where I work tho, not that it matters) and we’ve been dating ever since. 

We haven’t done anything sex related yet (don’t worry this isn’t abt that). But the other day I decided we should talk about it, because he seemed super bothered by the idea (i had a hunch he might’ve been ace, which I was fine with) but it turns out it’s not that, he’s trans. 

He told me he transitioned pretty young, and that he’s had top surgery but not bottom. I reassured him this doesn’t change anything, cause it doesn’t, but to be honest, i’ve never really been around trans people? I know queer people but i’ve never had a trans friend or anything. So i’m worried about how to do this right. 

I assume it’s best to just be normal? Sex has never really mattered to me that much, so I guess in that regard i’ll just go with the flow of whatever. But I just thought, is there anything I should know or think about? 

I think this could be a really great relationship, we want the same things and get on so well. 

Maybe i’m being panicky, trying to make sure I don’t do anything that could hurt him. He asked me if it was okay that he’s trans because i’m straight. I told him that I love him and I don’t doubt that. And that I still feel straight. I still love a man. I wouldn’t really aline my sexuality with genitals anyway? 

I don’t know. I’m nervous I guess. I’ve been in plenty of different types of relationships. Good and bad. And I just don’t want to mess up or make him uncomfortable or not notice a hint he’s trying to give me? 

Look tbh I don’t totally know what i’m asking but like- advice? Please? Thanks Cas ❤️

AHHHH I think this is so cute. The fact that you're being thoughtful enough to ask is UGH. SO sweet.

So, you're ABSOLUTELY right. Sexuality has to do with gender, not body parts. So you're a girl (I'm assuming) and you're straight. Meaning you're attracted to boys. And this person, trans or not, is a boy. Simple! The fact that he is worried about your reaction is probably because he's experienced transphobia in the past. For this, just remind him that you see him as a boy, regardless of his body parts.

Trans people can deal with something called 'dysphoria' meaning they are uncomfortable (physically or mentally) because they feel like their expression or body doesn't match the gender they identify as. Dysphoria can be caused by anything - looking in the mirror and seeing something they don't like, a comment from someone else (even unintentional), or intimacy (amongst other things).

As far as sex, I'm going to break my rules here and give you some advice because I think it's important.

Sex could cause dysphoria. It's super important to note that every trans person is different. Some experience extreme dysphoria, others just a bit, others none at all! The same thing is true with intimacy- every trans person (just like cis people) has different preferences with intimacy. But this is especially true because for some trans people, intimacy could cause dysphoria because you're interacting with body parts that are normally not as...interacted with, lol.

Because of this, its super important to communicate. Ask him what he's comfortable with. What does he/doesn't he want you to touch? If you're going to use dirty talk, does he prefer certain terms for his body parts?

But here's the thing- communication is important for good, healthy sex anyways. And for a healthy relationship. And it's much better to just ask. Asking questions isn't wrong, and it shows that you don't want to make him uncomfortable. It could also be a great idea to make it clear what you've said to me- you see him as a boy, you don’t want to mess up or make him uncomfortable or not notice a hint he’s trying to give you.

Keep the communication open and everything will be fine <3

I'm going to name you adoring anon in case you write again!

[unproduciblesmackdown]

straight up getting squipped. and by "squipped" i mean "here's The Rules for having Social Skills & people will always like you & that will make your life bearable & whoa don't listen to that other Weirdo who's like 'yeah you're bullied & have no other friends & have the lowest score in the popularity game & don't know if you can deliberately appeal to a crush or anyone else for that matter. but you're great & i like you' sounds like he doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about or doesn't have your best interests at heart & you wanna be a loser like him forever?? he's the real problem here. squip song hey man I Get It i was like you, checkmate, what if the person who told you you'd better conform to cishet standards or expect to be made miserable for the failure forever was Also not cishet? actually i'm autistic & also believe autists had better learn how to conform as much as possible sooo. i mean the squip shouldn't shock you i guess or forcibly move you around or lie or keep you from your friend or tell you it was a fluke when you were acting 'wrong' & breaking The Rules & acting SO socially unskilled but this weirdo you hope likes you too actually did like that & you connected & had a nice moment like that really doesn't count & you can do better than someone else with no friends or popularity or Correctness....but hey if we just had a nice understanding gentle squip who maybe knows what being trans is & it's okay that you're not cis but it's not okay if you seem weird & offputting to cis people because of it, same with being weird & offputting & just Objectively acting wrong b/c you're autistic, cmon, i'm just being realistic here. then that would be Great. otherwise i guess we learn The Hard Way by just blaming yourself & conforming your way out of being bullied & isolated & seen as belonging to an inferior class. or you fail to do so & the suffering is endless & that's your fault

also uh the ending where jeremy isn't happy he thinks christine hates him but he knows he'll be okay and happy enough b/c the issue was his relationship with himself hating himself blaming himself for everything happening to him wishing he could just be fixed; where he Is happy she doesn't, that his bestie favorite person doesn't, that his dad isn't doomed either, that nobody else hates & rejects him, but he was still gonna be okay b/c he knows he really doesn't Just need to be "fixed" or what that at all or need to believe successfully following Rules will guarantee things will be fine now & forever; where we end seeing jeremy able to listen to himself & be guided by himself & not need to think any one other person has the answers for what he should do to guarantee social success at any one time & he's happy With Himself, Himself Alone, as the core of this all more important than anything else even when it doesn't mean the rest isn't relevant / doesn't matter?? well just ignore that. he listened to Me and My Guide to the Rules i had the capacity to understand and passed on to him so he could conform & Individual Choice his way out of any & all broader contexts he exists in, or else it's Him causing ableism by scaring the Friend Havers, or His "friend" who's all "sorry they're mean to you and me but you're awesome :)" like oh so he Did want jeremy to suffer forever & drown with him. the squip has an "i get that autism means you Misunderstand the correct allistics but it's time you get over that" patch now, reboot that shit jeremy cmon no more electrocution this time....hey rich knows what it was like to be miserable too, but HE'S trying to actually HELP you act correctly, unlike some people, uh, you're welcome. oh bitches hate how jeremy's thriving at the end of sync up huh. follow my Rules boy. learn my Skills. or drown with your precious autistic difference

[henrioo]

Hiii, since i’ve nothing to do and I love rambling, I’ll ramble abt how much I appreciate your writing.

When i first installed tumblr, i was already attacked by she/hers in fanfics (😥😥). Tbh i was tired of fem blogs, thinking everyone is fem or idk . You’re the first one piece blog i actually like. Whenever i want, i can just re-read your blog’s fics and others. I really like your account !! ^_^ finally a good one piece blog, the others aren’t really safe tbh. Like those who wrotes ‘gn!reader’ but hit you with ‘good girl, wife etc..’ or those who feminized ftm!reader.. like tf… anyway live laugh love your account (its really entertaining !!)

— SOSO’S

YES I LOVE RAMBLING TOO THIS BLOG HAVE MORE ME RUMBLING THAN STORIES PLEASE RUMBLE WITH ME

Yeah ik, honestly i know Tumblr before I even think about myself like a trans person, so having fem content didn't bother me at all at that time

But when I got back here last year I realized how much fem content exists, but I was like "nha it's fine, we still have some gn content I will be fine"

Spoilers, I didn't get fine

It's so rare to have real neutral content in gn content that this makes me so frustrated that when I started my blog, I always got this on writing "if you can't find or it's not good enough for you, then make yourself"

And I did and I went pretty fine I guess, at least my gn are really neutral I hope hahaha

But day by day got me more and more frustrated and my dysphoria was getting worse because I was missing having some real valid male content

I need my favorite look at me and say "I love you like a man, like a boyfriend, I want you to be my husband, the father of my children"

I need to read that they also see me like a man.

And then I went to look for male content and well, things can really be worse the deeper you go

And then I realized that male content here is a totally red flag and basically a big NO

Amab or afab doesn't matter, they all gonna treat you like a super shy delicate boy

You're always gonna be the bottom, and if you are the top then the bottom will be a FTM reader (why can't you top a cis man?)

You're always gonna be feminized and like panties and pink and nicknames to shame you like princess and whatever

The worst for me was seeing that most of that stuff was writing of male writers

Like, you are hating your own identity?

I'm sorry if you like to be some weird femboy that likes to be treated like a woman and a slave

But I'm sure most masc people (cis, trans, NB etc) genuinely don't like that

It's totally fine you wanting someone to validate your gender, regardless of the gender okay? That's why cis women like to be called princess and stuff

But seriously, this just makes my dysphoria really bad because omg can't nobody write just a normal male reader? It's not an alien, we are human like everyone, it's like they write about male like they never interacted with a man in their whole life?

Do you guys know that romantic and platonic relationship between gays are basically the same as a couple of lesbian or straight people? Right? We are not different from anyone

Ofc gays have their own fights but like??? Are you getting? Idk how to explain better

Then again the hit "make yourself" and that's what I'm making lol, I have a lot of hiatus due my mental condition, I'm not gonna lie about that

But I'm always doing my best to have more stories here, maybe I won't give you guys new stories every week, maybe I will take some good months on the ask, maybe I will disappear and get back

But I'm not planning on giving up on this project so soon

Writing male stories is healing not only you guys, but me, really healing me

And that's why I won't stop, I want to write about a lot of things, some stories I will talk about more serious things like dysphoria or homophobia because I think it is fair we have good stories talking about this

I want to write about comfort, about angst, about grief, about transitions, I want to write about children readers and happy families

I want to write for FTM boys, NB boys, cis boys

I want platonic, romantic, nsfw, angst, long, short

I want all

Because I think we deserve that, and if I have the power to do then I will do

And see that not only me is being healed by my blog is always what give more determination to continue

Like I said, maybe not as fast as we all wanted, but I'm promise I'm here and I'm not leaving soon

Okay I talked a lot lol hahahah well thanks for that

I'm always happy to see you guys enjoying here, it really makes me happy, so make yourself welcome and enjoy!

[listlessnessss]

Say what you want about that soft shit that was popular 5-10ya and no hate to anyone for identifying with it, but i think it was kind of a way for both the ingroup and the outgroup to not take seriously the idea of wanting to be-- I think most of those people were very young anyways so whatever. I have trouble believing that it was what these people truly wanted for themselves, rather than an accepting of who they already were seen as. I was 100% not born this way, although I don't think of myself as having chosen to become autohomoerotic, I was thinking like that before having social influences.

Like what if we took it seriously? I didn't yet know how to, so I just quietly identified with men in a joke 'ironic' way. Though not the straight and normal ones, the cis edgy not like other boys boys that I was privileged enough to have known. Guess that's why I thought I was a fascist and a freak and not even trans because I absolutely did not identify with this really popular vision of ftms/nonbinary that was pretty much the only vision of it on offer for the youths. Maybe it's the political 'desexualization' thing so like there are absolutely ZERO sexual tropes/connotations to who you are but I already KNEW I was a perv at 13. Is this at the other kind of extreme end of a lowkey dehumanization?

You search 'autoandrophilia' ONCE and find out about 'forced masculinization tumblr'... um... okay.

[progwords]

Hello, hi. First of all, I just want to say that I LOVE your Jeckole fic. It's honestly so great and everything from the dialogue to the various HCs to fill in the space left by the game makes so much sense. I was reading the comments, though, and saw that you said that you were going for a biromantic Nicole. This really struck me as an interesting choice because it really kind of clashes with my interpretation of what's presented in the game, IE complete disgust with men in all circumstances. Since everything else about the fic is so clearly well thought out, I was wondering if you have any specific reasoning for that decision?

In either case, like I said, I really love your fic, and want to thank you for writing it.

Hi! Thank you so much! <3

Mmk, so, "going for" is not really how I meant it, or intended. Yes, there was a lot of thought put into that decision to “write” Nicole as biromantic gray/something/she's seventeen she's not gonna have this shit figured out, though in all honesty that ideally shouldn't be distinguishable from any interpretation one may have in the actual text of the fic.

If it is, dear God, tell me. Because I whiffed something if you can. The fact that you were this surprised suggests that you couldn't, but, just to be safe lol

All of this is interpretative, and has no real bearing on how I'm writing Nicole, as she's still who she is first and foremost. Whatever she is to you, that's what she is. End of story.

This is basically the equivalent of flavor text (I seriously mean it; this isn't supposed to have any kind of noticeable or even actual influence on how she is written), but, since you asked, sure! :)

*inhales*

First, teenage boys are, by and large, disgusting. They don't really have hygiene figured out, or put in any effort into their appearance, and this can continue well into the 20s for many cis straight men. They smell. Boys smell. No one likes stinky people.

Second, teenage boys in 2009 also, by and large, identified as straight by a WAY wider margin than they do now. I can't stress enough how massive a difference just NOT being straight at all---even for those who don't even know they aren't---can radically change a dude’s perspective and behavior even at that age.

However, the ones who are unknowingly closeted are also unlikely to make enough noise to really be noticed at all half the time, because having any kind of crack in that brick wall of bullshit makes engaging with it absolutely revolting and horrifying.

It's just a constant stream of "this is not okay" and not having the language, nor authority, nor support, to do anything other than do your best to not make it worse. Because if you try to help without fully grasping WHAT is going on and WHY (which, you can't, because you're not high on the same bullshit as the other dudes) you WILL make it worse.

The sheer toxicity of what masculinity presented itself to be (and continues to), is probably the LEAST romantic or generally attractive thing ever for many, many people. It's hostile, aggressive, and has zero interest in acknowledging anyone's existence or feelings.

This is even WORSE with her male authority figures (Coach Colby, the counselor), who honestly really shouldn't count towards any consideration since she's a minor and they have a massive amount of power over her.

So, they don't. Just wanted to mention them here to make sure it was clear I didn't forget about them.

Anyway, if all the guys you knew were ones like Kylar (an obviously closeted rapist), Crispin (pbbbbth), Braxton, Trody, or Jeffrey---like ACTUAL Jeffrey, not just 'the nerdy anime kid', no the MASSIVE red flag stalker who THINKS he's a Nice Guy (tm) and sensitive---and AT BEST you'd get lucky with Hunter (ew) or Kyle (lmao, and also a stalker), and you didn't HAVE to date dudes, and understood that about yourself, dear God, why would you ever bother?

That being said, Nicole's general viciousness and misanthropy is rather heavily implied, imo, to be mostly reaction to her most recent move, so all of those guys hitting on her at her old school doesn't seem to be something she actively despised, since the social leverage she gains isn't presented as anything negative initially.

That's not to say Nicole did not have the capacity for all of this, she absolutely did, but I don't think she pushed it NEARLY as hard as she does now.

Anyway, the boys, at her old school, were still stinky, but with 'the popular girls' comes the guys who actually know what deodorant is. If she were constantly disgusted and revolted by the guys at her old school, I don't think she'd be THIS PISSED and not okay with moving somewhere else, since that is SO MUCH of high school social life, endlessly.

Nicole, at least how I'm reading this, is disgusted with everything about masculinity and men that she absolutely should be. There is no gray area here. I don't think she is inherently disgusted with the existence of men in general as a concept.

In the start of the first game, she honestly kind of DOES give the guys half a chance. They're just all generally terrible and do nothing to disprove any of her preconceptions since she's done this so many times and met so many people, and since boys really aren't encouraged to TRY, why would they be any different?

I'm not saying she'd jump at the first guy who wasn't a total piece of shit to her and was sincere about it (she would NOT fucking believe it wasn't part of some long play to fuck her and fuck with her head, and honestly I wouldn't either in her shoes) but rather that the idea of 'dating a guy' isn't inherently repulsive down to her bones, but rather that all of the guys she knows make the distinction, for the moment, essentially non-existent.

Now, yes, by Senior Year (so parts of the first game, and all of Re-Up), she has zero fucks left and zero patience (hence her amped up hostility from moment one compared to September 2007) since none of them, have EVER done anything to prove her wrong. And if someone did, like I said above, she wouldn't believe them anyway.

All of that said, I mean. Yeah, she probably massively prefers girls. If you could choose one or the other in that context, and you didn't give a shit about how people saw you, or what your parents would say, or any of that, who would pick dudes?

Hopefully that answered your question, and thanks for reading!

[jaredthebc]

Happy pride! 🏳️‍🌈 Since you have a few characters, I was wondering where each of them fall under the LGBTQ+ umbrella? I know you said Amity is sapphic and I’m curious to know about your other guys!

Hi hello happy pride anon :D Pretty much all my OCs are indeed very queer lol, I’ll list out the ones I know I posted by memory and if I missed any I apologize

-PokeJared is easily the most queer considering he’s the one I self project on the most. He’s transmasc and asexual, as well as polyam and most likely on the Demi spectrum. He doesn’t usually put his identity into words though, he’s just content being himself! Would likely call himself the f slur to describe his identity lol

-Jay is similar to PokeJared considering he’s literally just PokeJared in another universe. He’s transmasc, but unlike canon PokeJared, Jay is DEEP in the closet, no one in Plasma knows he’s trans aside from Lady A (Claitea’s OC who is shipped with Jay lol), he does NOT want people knowing his “Dirty secret” considering Plasma is a system run by misogyny and bigotry (Even if he’s King, he’s not in full control of how the system is run, Ghetsis has the final say and Ghetsis is like one of the most bigoted people in the world) He’s scared of the scandal that would come from The King not being cis and afraid of what would happen to him if caught and he basically makes himself suffer by being so deep in the closet with extremely dangerous long term binding that affects him big time well after leaving the cult. Bro is going through it!

Also unlike PokeJared, for the longest time, Jay assumes he’s transhet, considering the only person he’s ever really felt attraction to is Lady A, who was unaware of their own gender feelings, he just automatically assumed “Okay I’ve never been attracted to anyone else, so I have to be straight”. Then the combo of Alt discovering their gender identity and realizing down the line he also has feelings for N, a fellow guy, he eventually just settles into the not giving a damn about identity that canon PokeJared does. It’s a long road to accepting himself but he’s happy the way he is eventually and that’s what matters. Also insert diversity win joke about the pawn cult leader backup being not cishet

-Amity as I mentioned is sapphic! She uses that as an umbrella term cause tbh, she really doesn’t care who she is or what people call her. Someone calls her a lesbian? Cool! Someone calls her bi or pan? Hell yeah! She doesn’t care enough to think about a label, she just knows she likes girls (and probably boys too but not as extremely) and that’s hella awesome. Same goes for gender, if someone asks what gender she is, she just goes “heck if I know dude” and I think that’s so cool of her. She for the most part uses She/Her, but if someone uses They/He/It/ETC she doesn’t correct them. She’s Amity Pocket, and that’s what matters to her

-I haven’t mentioned him in forever, but Glenn my Ranger OC is somewhere in the Bi or Pan spectrum! He’s in a loving relationship with his fiancé who I need to also draw. Very much a Bi4Bi kind of romance. They are very happy together and totally don’t end in tragedy :D

Thank you for asking anon! Hopefully I’ll post more OCs soon who I can mention how queer they are, I love giving canon identities to my comic amount of OCs most of whom don’t have refs lol

[sparkel-dog]

Im so fucking sick of gender. So fucking sick of gender norms. So fucking sick of painfully straight+neurotypical+white privileged people who enforce the most dog shit fucking takes you ever heard. Why are so many people okay with acting like everyone needs to be shoved into neat little boxes and that its Weird if you’re anything outside of what they expect?

I am so sick of people misunderstanding queer people. I hate straight people applying straight standards to gay people. so sick of hearing jokes about queers like “So who’s the Man and whos the Woman in the relationship?” or shit like that. I’m so sick of when someone displays an interest outside of “BOY LIKES BLUE GIRLS LIKE PINK” that it fucking baffles people to the point of questioning their sexuality. “That boy paints his nails and wears dresses? Lol hes Gay” (i even hate seeing fellow queer people make Egg jokes about those people) or even “Is that person really trans? they still like (girl thing) so are they still just a girl?” I hate when some fucking disrespectful family member “accepts” a friend to their face, but as soon as the trans persons back is turned they are constantly deadnamed or misgendered out of earshot. i hate that cis/straight people think that trans people are just fucking pretending to be a different gender and that no one fucking takes it seriously. In their heads you are still just whatever gender they perceived you as no matter what you do or say.

I fucking hate society thinking that people need to pass or even attempt passing. Why must trans people get expensive and hard to achieve surgeries and dress a certain way and grow their hair a certain way for you to even acknowledge their identity. Why do nonbinary people have to look androgynous to you. I hate that because i make literally no effort to pass (nor do not care to), no one even questions my gender and just assumes that Im cis

today some friend of my mom’s came over with her son (less than 2 years old). Mom suggests I let him play with my my little pony dolls and the mother insists “Oh no but he’s a boy! And I don’t wanna make him gay. nothing wrong with that but I would feel so bad because then my dad’s legacy/bloodline would end with him!” To which I (baffled) respond “Why does that matter?” “It matters to Men :) “ why on earth are you bending over backwards to make men happy. why do you so fundamentally misunderstand gay people that you think its scary and bad for your (INFANT) son to possibly like a Pink toy. why do you think people can just seemingly change their sexualities if a boy watches too much barbie or if a girl plays too much hot wheels. why are you so afraid of men expressing femininity that you force a toxic mindset onto your children who are not even old enough to understand these concepts.

why do you need to force everyone into acting out the most cookie cutter 50s-traditional-wife-and-husband relationship where the wife can only like cooking and being a housewife and raising the kids and the man needs to be fucking worshipped and never questioned.

why are straight people so fucking uncomfortable with anything outside the binary.