#also looong post

[zealsoughtsequesterustanxiedemon]

On last RB

reminds me of the cis male version of that. Brain used to get so weird about trans fans of those characters that would claim that they were trans.

Was very stuck in the mindset of like "Okay they aren't definitionally transgender" (whatever that means). Most people saying it probably mean they're more, like, thematically transgender or just very relatable to trans people. Or they're just unaware of how cis people could relate to it. I've actually seen my fair share of comments from trans women on GB/CD manga going, "I don't know understand what cis people get out of this". They make me laugh.

Regardless I'm not very bothered by it nowadays unless it's accompanied by complaints about people gendering the character as male. Or just shitting on the author for "not understanding that trans people exist." The latter def still annoys me, like this character couldn't be an honest exploration of gender or that the author actually wanted to make a trans character and got told no by publishers. But my brains better now about just muting/blocking and moving on.

Cause I do understand the frustration. There's not a lot of trans characters out there in anime/manga, at least not in the mainstream. These are characters they really relate to and see themselves in. I at least feel being disappointed when a character you thought was trans has the story opt out of making them trans. I've definitely had those with gender bending stories before, even had one that did the opt-out right at the end and left me crying and angry and feeling like shit. I get wanting to see your gender identity reflected there. And for them talking about it they basically get harassed. Even if they can still be an asshole about it sometimes, it's such a minor issue to me now. Again, if it really bothers me, I can always mute/block and move on.

Really we should have plenty of trans and cis gnc characters to pick from. Personally speaking, I definitely need the latter and want more of the former that I don't just see as the latter. Cis people, at least a decent portion of us are always gonna need cis characters that fly in the face of gender norms. It's always weird when people call that kind of behavior "not very cis", when like, to some of us it's kinda intrinsic to being cis. Struggling with gender was actually always a cis experience thing to me; like, not a struggle about which gender you are but like how good at gender you are. Feeling like less or like more of a man. I saw that type of insecurity everywhere growing up, not all equivalent, but definitely there in some amount. Seeing this kind of exaggeratedly "feminine" traits being carried by a man who's often very secure in his masculinity feels so freeing. Even when those characters are insecure, I can see someone who feels a lot like me. It validates my "feminine" interests, lets me feel okay to want to be cuter, wear different clothes, etc.

Its nice seeing that trans people, especially my friends, love these characters too. I love that there's people like me out there, connecting to the same characters, even if we're just a little different (or a lot different). I think part of my original insecurity with these characters being called trans was, like, I figured these were people who'd understand exactly how I'd feel about these characters, but instead, from my understanding at the time, they were denying me. Saying that I shouldn't relate to that character or that if I did I'm probably not what I think I am. The cis side of the conversation is often v surface level ("He's just a guy who likes cute things" or pointing at snapshot-able gender confirmations). So glad I've got plenty of trans friends now who make me feel cool about this stuff and can talk more substantively on characters like this. I love em and wouldn't trade em for any amount of transphobic assholes that'd call these characters men purely because of their AGAB. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[onetwothree-moved]

going on an adventure again

[yurki-posts]

The Nopony

(I made the eye wrong on the upper right aaaghhhhh)

[sevenines]

raven molisee (steven universe storyboarder for part of its run) is selling some drawings from the time of the show’s production and some i found interesting are nsfw larsadie, specifically drawn during the writing of joking victim

look under readmore at your own discretion

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

WANTED FOR SHOWERING GOTHAM WITH PIZZA KITTENS

[mybuginette]

@angelliicc and i were talking abt what outfits Marinette would wear and both agree that she would dress like Nayeon from Twice

[peacefulharu]

yalll

if u remember my last post sometime ago that i'd love to see more funny fics/ crack fics for jeankasa??

yeppp. finally posted one for Jeankasa Week 2024!! 🙈🙈🙈

[redjukebox]

Me @ my brain: cmon man we gootta focus on this school shit and we gotta do all these things to ensure we’re good for the next quarter and we literally cannot be late or we’re so screwed and we reeeaally have to make an appointment like we’ve had to for the past 3 months pleeeaasee

My brain: ok but like what if Tick Tock constantly feels the need to move around, whether it’s moving his ears, tail, tapping his hoof, or even just talking to make sure that he still can?? Like bro was paralyzed and literally could not move AT ALL for at LEAST a year (at the very VERY least) like that must’ve done SOOOO MUCH DAMAGE OH MY GOD HE LITERALLY COULD NOOOT MOOVE BRO HE WAS 12

[minakoaiinos]

Like. Gay people no surprise in this series. But I love this panel bc there are a million different ways that this scenario could have been framed and Yana went with the gayest.

[girlmetalsonic]

more doodles

[emdotcom]

My tags expired 2 months ago. I finally got around to it because a family member gave me a deadline, saying "Get it done. Today."

That was yesterday.

So, I go to fill out the paperwork, after work, & realized I need my VIN. I'm tired after my shift & don't want to go down to get the number, so I set an alarm for 4 hours later, thinking I can wake up & get the thing done in 5-15mins.

I put in my info, & the website can't find my state inspection. See, 3 months ago, I dropped off my car & asked for my oil to be changed, my tires to be rotated, & my state inspection to be run. The shop did not do one of those three things. Yup -- they didn't actually do the inspection. So, I call them to ask what's up, & am put on hold for about 5 minutes before I hang up -- they close in 25 minutes. I don't have time to get that inspection done before they close, & I need my car to get to work.

So, I drive to a place I've never been before that closes an hour later. There is no indoor part. My car's AC has not worked the entire time I've had it. We are in Texas. I boil outside for 40 minutes before they ask me to pull my car in, & ask me for my insurance paperwork. I figured they would ask this, so I checked that the envelope was in my glove box, & it was. I pull it out & hand it to the mechanic, & they point out that it's out of date. I have the wrong paperwork.

Snap back 4 months ago, when I was unsure if I was renewing the car's insurance. (it is under somebody else's name, & I am very thankful, but it means I am out of the loop.) During that time, I get insurance at another place that charges me a fuckton for the crime of being under 26. The original insurance is renewed, & I am paying 2 insurances for 3 months. The owner of the original insurance finally gets back to me, tells me the insurance is being kept & gives me the papers. I call & cancel my second insurance, & it went out last month. At the same time, I am shredding my old insurance info, including what I think is last year's papers for the original insurance.

I was wrong. It was the new set. I shredded the new paperwork.

So. I don't have my papers. The mechanic asks if I have a copy on my phone. If I still had the second insurance, I could have pulled that up, but it went out a month ago, & I do not have the original insurance on my phone, so I don't have the digitital papers, either. I cannot get inspected. I go home.

I make a plan to go get my car checked today, then get the papers & bring them to the shop later, because the mechanics open right after my shift, but the insurance place opens 2 hours later.

Today, I get in my car.

The check engine light turns on.

[bookie-the-reading-junkie]

uh, so this is how it's going today

[sanepersonhere]

hey, I'm alive (WIP)

[consolecadet]

Finally worked on some new (trash) paintings today. I have ideas

[spikes-got-anger-issues]

Sorry I've been absent on here lately, y'all. School has been kicking my ass 😔

[butch-harrow]

relistening to gtn is bringing this fic to life in my brain. we're doing this man. we're making this happen.