#and then he IMMEDIATELY deadnames her

[thesilliest-littlefella]

best part of arcane s2 was jinx and viktors diva off

[moldy-flowers]

Actually tweaking bc in the little modern naruto au in my head that I'll never be able to write something about bc it changes every 4 seconds, I'm realising that I might have to make Naruto transphobic against Sasuke. Purely bc Naruto was canonically transphobic against an armadillo.

Anyways that's how my day is going hbu.

[nninoxasaur]

You know what I need? I need an au where Viktor, Jayce, Vi and Jinx all live in the same disgustingly messy share house and it’s an endearing fucking nightmare. The place is a mess, there are half completed experiments on every available surface, a punching bag in the middle of the living room and scribbles on the walls.

Jayce hates all the Crayola ass wall art Jinx does and Vi is adamant she needs it for emotional expression and if he tries to stop her she will break his wrist. Jinx then starts targeting Jayce’s shit specifically which he then complains to Viktor about.

Vi and Jayce argue over who gets to man the barbeque literally every time because their masculinity depends on it and Jinx and Victor just sit back and watch, amused.

Jayce is the house chef and he’s really great, but he’s also super biased to Viktor’s taste. Down to cutting the meat the way Viktor likes it which Vi thinks is sweet and Jinx complains about loudly. Jinx isn’t even eating the fucking food she’s there complaining about his beta cuck cooking while eating microwave chicken nuggets sitting on the counter.

Viktor is constantly giving Jinx constructive criticism on her work which she complains about but greatly appreciates. The Viktor and Jinx petty bitch fights are worse than the Jayce/Vi barbeque war and can go on for days. We need more of the shit they were pulling in the commune with jinx making an ableist joke and Viktor immediately whipping out the deadname.

Jinx calls Jayce and Vi bitch mitten 1 and 2 occasionally and it pisses them of. Viktor did it by accident once and Jayce was so offended.

Both Viktor and Jayce relate to Jinx with their experiences with suicidal ideation and give her some coping mechanisms to help her and Vi is so grateful she butch lesbians her way through building the two a really nice storage cabinet for some of their inventions.

Vi is not allowed to cook in the kitchen. Everyone else in the house unanimously agreed. She set the microwave on fire one too many times.

This is my season 2 copium and I will be thinking about it none stop until the sun explodes.

[homunculus-argument]

I've been confused for my own mother before (buying something with a credit card with my deadname on it, having a doctor's office receptionist double-check that I am the patient and not calling on his behalf because I "sounded more mature" on the phone and parents can't make appointments for adults), but I think the funniest wrong conclusion I've had strangers make about trans things I've had around was this time I was putting my old shit up at a flea market. I was selling stuff at a "this shit's gotta go before I'm about to move and I'm not hauling these back to another city"-price, and this old man who apparently frequented there to find stuff that's actually valuable being sold at such prices came to have a look at the goods while I was setting them up.

He was interested in some of my dishware, and asked politely if he could have a look at them while I was unpacking, and chatting with me while he waited for me to be done since he couldn't buy them before I was done (I let him have dibs, but the cash register wouldn't ring them up before I was all set). He apparently noticed that some of my silverware that I'd gotten as graduation gifts and literally never used had my old name engraved on them, but he didn't say anything about that.

But when I put up my old graduation dress - which wasn't worth much, cheap fake silk but it was a nice cut - he remarked "she must've left in a hurry to leave that behind." Since the finnish language doesn't have gendered pronouns, I didn't immediately make the connection that he was referring to someone female before he gestured at the dress. Once it clicked, I figured the best course of action was to just nod that yeah, she's not coming back for those and I'm not keeping them.

Dude had concluded that my deadname must be an ex that dumped my ass so fucking fast she didn't even pack her silverware or nice clothes.

[my-castles-crumbling]

An eligible husband.. (a Jegulus and Rosekiller Microfic)

For @imheredisappointingmyparents TW: deadnaming

He knew it was stupid to laugh. He was asking for trouble, really. But it was too perfect. He couldn't help it.

"Evan?" he asked, looking at his mother.

"Yes, Regina. You must marry an eligible pureblood and carry on our line," Walburga explained, her expression steely.

Regulus looked back at Evan's picture and tried not to burst. "You want me to marry Evan," he stated, just to be sure.

"Yes, Regina. We're in talks with his family."

"Right. I...right. I have to go, Mother. The Hogwarts Express arrives soon," Regulus said with a roll of his eyes. In his head he knew that he was more likely to marry the Giant Squid than Evan, but it wasn't worth arguing with his mother now.

-

When Evan joined Regulus and his other friends in their normal compartment, Regulus knew right away that he wasn't the only one who had received the exciting news. It was all over Evan's face.

So he decided to...share the news.

"Evan and I are engaged," He volunteered casually as Evan sat down next to Barty, who immediately yelped and started coughing.

"What? You're-" Barty asked, his face aghast.

But Regulus just grinned, enjoying the entertainment. "Yes, nobody's told you? We've been set up. We're going to be married after Hogwarts."

Immediately, Evan started calming Barty, rolling his eyes and saying he was not going to marry Regulus.

"But Evan! We would be such a good couple," Regulus deadpanned, fighting back a smirk.

"Just wait until your boyfriend finds out!" Evan retorted loudly. "He's even more territorial than Barty!"

Regulus paled, thinking about James's reaction. He didn't quite fancy holding him back from beating up his mother. "I want a divorce," he grumbled to Evan.

[ch0k3herwithaseaview]

@jegulus-microfic | march 7 phase | words: 644

tw: transphobia, anger issues, swearing

When Walburga finally passed away, Regulus and Sirius took their partners to check if there was anything worth keeping in the house they grew up in.

As they entered a shiver went down Regulus spine, all the horrible memories coming back. He wanted to leave as soon as he saw the family portrait hung on the wall across from the entrance. There were four figures painted on it - Walburga, who looked terrifying even in a painting that was supposed to warm her image; next to her stood Orion, haughty, with a mustache covering his mouth; they both had one of their hands each on the shoulders of their children - Sirius and someone Regulus never was.

"Love, you're shaking," a soft whisper came to his ear as a hand reached his back, squeezing lightly in a comforting gesture, calming him down a little. "They're gone, nothing's going to happen, I've got you," James murmured into his hair, kissing him there a moment later.

Feeling a bit less stressed Regulus nodded and smiled at his fiancé, taking his hand. James smiled, too, squeezing the hand lightly.

As they went through the Grimmauld Place lots of expensive, mostly useless shit was found - some swords, ancient piano, silverware made of real silver, Dior plates (why? just… why?) and paintings by famous painters such as Rubens, Monet and some others. Reaching second floor Regulus immediately went to scratch off the name tag on his old room’s door.

"This bitch! She could have just left it, but of course not! It would be too much of a disgrace to the family if anyone noticed!" he yelled, as the tag fell to the floor piece by piece. Regulus started banging on the door, angry to the point that tears of frustration started streaming down his face. "You could’ve just tear it off and not put another one on, but of course you’re too envious for that! I hate you! Do you hear me?! I!" bang. "Hate!" bang. "YOU!" Regulus may have acted a bit psychotically, but who wouldn't in his situation? His own mother was being transphobic towards him even from her grave.

When he calmed down few minutes later, James approached him, kneeling by his side and whipping the tears away. "Better?" he asked Regulus and he responded with a small nod. At that James pulled Reg to his chest and held tight, whispering sweet nothings to him.

***

A few hours after Regulus' breakdown, they had packed up all of their old clothes (most of them were to be sold and the rest would be given to their future children), grabbed some of the nicer things their parents had left behind, and sat in the living room with tea and an old photo album. As they flipped through the pages there were comments like ‘Don’t you have any normal pictures? Like, from a bathtub or a playground or something?’, provided mostly by Remus.

When Regulus turned another page James gasped and Remus whistled. In the photo, he sat at the Christmas Eve table with freshly cut short hair, wearing a black suit and matching tie.

"Your inner Sirius awoke that year, huh?" his brother-in-law asked with amusement.

"Oh, his inner Sirius awoke to the point he even wore a binder to piss them off further. And I, as an ally, acted like I didn’t know who they were referring to anytime someone used his deadname. Mother told me to stop then, remember Reggie?" his brother asked, turning to him. "She said that it was just a phase" they both laughed at the memory. Yes, Walburga almost had a stroke as Regulus walked down the stairs in one of Sirius’ old suits and a new haircut. She was so stunned she forgot to punish him after everyone went home.

"Well," Reg said, smirking smugly "I guess it wasn’t just a phase, mother."

[island-ofthelost]

Transmasc Chase Headcanons :)

You can pry this headcanon from my cold dead hands :)

-House was the first one to figure out that he was trans. When Chase's dad called in the favor for House to hire him, he used his deadname and feminine terms. House pretty much realized Chase was trans the second he saw him and didn't want to make a big deal out of it. He said something actually really nice like "Oh, remind me of your name again." so he could introduce himself the way he wanted.

-Cameron actually did not realize Chase was trans the first time they fucked because she was high out of her mind. But they discussed it when they continued their relationship and she was also really cool about it. She'd probably want to help out with his T shots and stuff even though he could do it perfectly fine by himself.

-He hesitated to tell Foreman because he felt like Foreman was the first person to ever see him as "one of the guys", and he admired Foreman and was afraid that he would stop seeing him that way if he ever came out, but he probably came out eventually and Foreman was also cool.

-Thirteen clocked his ass immediately. She probably asked him his pronouns and he got very flustered.

-A few little kids he's had on clinic duty have asked him if he was a boy or a girl (because of the long hair) and it always gives him dysphoria. It stopped after his cut his hair which made him happy even though he actually really liked his long hair.

-He mostly liked being described as "pretty" or as a "pretty boy", but a small part of him didn't like the term "pretty", and wished he could either be considered more classically handsome, or just be considered more masc in general. But he was mostly really attached to being pretty and that's why he only cut his hair and grew out his beard after a life shattering event.

-In a similar vain, House gave Chase hella gender envy. He saw him as a father figure and wanted to "grow up" (not really cause he's an adult but you get the point) and be like him, or at least look like him. And he achieved his goal! Yay!

-Rowan Chase was definitely super transphobic. That's probably why he cut Chase out of his will and didn't even tell him that he was dying. If Chase wasn't his daughter, Chase wasn't his child at all.

-He actually went to wherever you go to become a nun, not seminary school. The seminary school thing was a lie, but he got kicked out for the same reason (having sex). Growing up Catholic definitely affected the way he saw himself and his gender.

That's it for now. I'll probably have more at some point :).

[ghostscrown]

Someone has to say it : they knew what they were doing with Sora being so transcoded.

You can't just write all of these transcoded scenes in 2023 by "accident" – especially in a show putting random pride flags in the background to be "allies but we won't take too much risks". Intentional coding really feels like something they would do.

We have a character with pink hair who wears fake cat ears (we all remember the trans girls being obsessed with cat ears era, right ?), changed her name for one being meaningful to her, then ran away from an oppressive government and her unsupportive parents to join a found family. Also, her charadesign's color palette is pink, white and blue.

Not to mention the transcoded as heck scenes :

"Who's Ana ??? Her name is Sora !"

"That's my birth name."

"Oh... Well now I feel dumb-"

(Not the exact quote since I watch the show in french, but you get it)

The way Arin just immediately accepted she had a birth name different from her actual name ??? Just like someone who knows you're trans but didn't know what your deadname was ??? Like. Usually in shows, you would expect a big "you lied to me by using a fake name all these years" drama but here, he just couldn't care less. If this isn't Arin being an ally, then what is it ???

People knowing her from when she lived at Imperium calling her "Ana" just to annoy her ??? But even after learning her birth name, none of her friends ever called her "Ana" ???

The scene in part 2 with her parents and all ??? Hello ???

Her admitting she was still influenced by the fact she felt like disappointing her parents ? Then facing them but they didn't change. They were still thinking Imperium was right and all of the bad things they did just weren't true. Tried to convince her to go back after being horrible with her when she needed their support the most, and insisted on calling her "Ana". So she told them one last time her name was "Sora" then left ???

The whole moral being basically "be who you are" ?????

ALL OF THE SCENES. Her whole arc just feels like transcoding. I refuse to believe this wasn't on purpose.

Edit : feels like they're using a not canonically trans character to normalize trans experiences and I'm here for it

[abyssal-author-and-artist]

My blog is generally pretty lighthearted and I stick to reblogging art and fic and fun stuff, but you know what. I feel like I need to say this.

I am a trans teen in the US. I'm seventeen, so too young to have voted. I'm terrified for my life right now. I usually post about college but I'm actually concurrently enrolled in high school still and the kid who sits behind me in first period government is a massive Trump fanboy. I'm going to have to go to high school Monday and talk about the election. I'm going to have to hear my deadname called and hear people in my super conservative high school talk about how happy they are Trump won. Everything is terrifying. I walk outside of my house and I'm scared I'll be shot. Several months ago I promised that I'd kill myself if that bastard won.

He did and I'm still here.

I'm not thriving. I'm not living my best life. I'm barely living. But I'm surviving. I'm coping. I'm trying my goddamned best. It's hard. I want so bad to just go and take as much medication as I can and slit my wrist for good measure and pass away in my sleep. But I'm still here. And I will be here.

I am in so much pain. But I'm living on spite and determination and everything I can scrape together. I know I need support and those around me need support. So consider this a support masterpost.

Support:

First thing you should see if you're a trans person in the US.

Here's a link to the Trevor Project and here's a link to their suicide hotline page. They've already saved my life once before. Please note - they recommend calling if you need immediate support. Donate if you can, please.

This post is both a suicide hotline masterlist and a post mentioning how something feels deeply wrong here with this election.

On the topic of something being wrong, sign this petition. I'm only seventeen but I did this and it might not feel like much but if we couldn't shoot that bastard (I am not pro-gun but I am when it comes to him) then we'll do the next best thing. Here's the link to the petition itself. Make sure to check the post every once in a while - the original petition got taken down and this is important.

I follow a lot of gimmick blogs, so I got to see this post encouraging us to be loud. Because we should be. Because if we die they've won and my mom didn't smoke weed on the steps of the state capital of Colorado to legalize it just so her son could roll over and die.

Here is the Tumblr Hot Beverage Masterpost, as I've taken to calling it. My personal favorites are the London Fog in the replies, earl grey with milk, honey, and vanilla (in the tags), and some additions from me are hot chocolate with peppermint melted into it, earl grey with lavender, caramel apple tea, and really anything else you can think of. Trust me. This post works better than you think.

Read this post if you haven't seen it already. It's half poem, half Tumblr being Tumblr, all wonderful to read.

Things I just like to see:

PM Seymour and Bettina Levy both have shown their support for everyone struggling right now. It might not be much, but I still really appreciate it and seeing support can really help.

The cat with the kind and reassuring face. No other context.

Four panel comic of hope. Because you're more than enough.

Can't find the post where I found this but this is a link to a virtual toy where you can make your own galaxy.

Please. Eat something. Drink a hot beverage. Draw, write, read, knit, sew, sculpt, bake, do something that helps. Reach out to friends, even if they're online friends. Talk to someone you trust. Make vent art. Write vent fics. It doesn't matter what you do as long as it helps.

Do not roll over and die. Live. Live on spite. Live on determination. Live on shitposts and live on heartfelt stories like this one. If you have anything to add to this post please do. Add more resources. Add more love to this post. I know I'm just a guy on the internet saying shit, but I still care about everyone who sees this post.

[yourlocalxiaosimp]

How I think Genshin characters would react if you came out as trans to them:

Obviously I’m gonna start with my favs

Xiao: he wouldn’t be against it, but you might have to explain what exactly it is because mortal terms aren’t the most important to him.

Gaming: very supportive, would ask if your family knows and supports you. If they don’t, he’s your new brother.

Kaveh: would immediately feel terrible for misgendering you in the past. You might need to reassure him. He will be very mindful in the future, and extremely hard on himself if he slips up.

Itto: immediately offers to beat up anyone who misgenders you (hoping you won’t take it seriously because he would never beat someone up)

Neuvillete: He would be quite confused, but he would support you anyway.

Furina: She would become your number 1 ally the second you finish telling her and even offer to take you shopping for gender affirmative clothing.

Zhongli: He wouldn’t be outward in his support, but he’d definitely accept and acknowledge your identity. As someone who’s changed his own identity, he’s very likely to be someone you can confide in.

Childe: doesn’t care, as long as you can still fight him. He might go slightly easier on you if you’re a trans girl tho (idk I just think it’d be funny)

Barbara: I imagine she’d be a “god loves everyone” kind of ally. What that means I’m not sure, but you see the vision. Right?

Chirori: She’d accept you, and she might even offer to make a new outfit for you. Not for free, obviously.

Cyno: will start making jokes relating to transness (respectfully ofc)

Hu Tao: asks if you want to hold a funeral for your deadname (get it?)

Feel free to add onto this, I can’t think of any others rn

[witch-ren]

This post is brought to you by our occasional brainstorming with @i-havent-the-balls !

Curly visits Jimmy in prison (White Swan AU)

Basic info here!

A little note: one of my recent headcanons was that Curly, being discharged from the hospital, asked everyone to refer to him as Grant — it's his first name. Curly sounds like a silly nickname you give to a child or a dog, but not to a grown man who's a burn survivor and, more important, is traumatized by his best friend.

I will now refer to post-crash Curly in this AU as Grant. And you'll need this information as I will tell you the story.

Jimmy will be imprisoned for about ten years. As time passes, Grant think that it would be rude to leave his friend alone in prison. He should see Jimmy himself and check on his — does it worth it to consider him a friend or he's completely doomed?

So Grant takes a day off and goes to the prison to visit Jimmy.

Jimmy, actually, did feel guilty being in the courtroom. But seeing his friend, who was like a role model for him, on prosthetics limbs, using an electrolarynx, looking sick and devastated, being cold to him, saddened by him and disappointed in him, was a gut wrenching experience.

Jimmy tried to start the conversation himself.

"Curly..." he called in a meek voice.

"No", said Grant with an electrolarynx.

There was a few seconds of heavy silence.

"I'm not Curly anymore", he said. "There's nothing of him. My name is Grant, as always was. And I want to know what you feel about this now, James".

And these words were like a knife to Jimmy's heart. He never goes by James because it was his father's name. And since his father was a bad person, Jimmy never wanted to associate himself with him.

So calling him James is basically deadnaming him. Just as he did to Grant several second ago.

They talk for a while, discussing, thinking, answering questions. After that conversation they both realize, that they understand each other's mistakes, but what's more important — they understand their own mistakes and guilt. Which means that no matter what they feel for each other...

...they will always be akin. Not friends by heart, but brothers by trauma.

***

The next visit Jimmy, thinking about that, accepts his guilt. He starts going by James, as if surrending to it. And the first thing he does — asking Grant to forgive him, bursting into tears.

Grant's first thought was pushing James away or hitting him, but he remembered: no matter what, they're still akin. He immediately changed his mind and embraced him.

James realized what he's done. Grant feels it. He can give James one last chance.

And James will get the most of it.

When the visiting time ends and Grant turns his back to James, he suddenly calls him.

"Hey, Grant".

Grant looks at James with a silent question.

"How soon you will see Anya?"

"Tomorrow, I think".

"Please tell her... tell her that I'm deeply sorry".

"I will".

James gives him a sad, but so familiar smile.

"And tell her that she has all the right to beat me up when I'm back".

Grant snorts.

"Jeez, James. You're still the same".

He leaves the prison with a light, wholesome feeling of a new dawn in his chest.

[cinnamon-stixs]

I FUCKING LOVED MASTERMIND HADUFHHDUIDF I HAVE TO RAMBLE ABOUT IT!! SPOILERS LOL

also warning this is long as hell

-Andrealphus's house is surrounded by snow, as is his whole theme. It kinda reminds me of the mythology of hell's frozen center.

-I fucking love stella guys. I'm sorry. I hate her so fucking much and I want to shit on her dreams, and that is EXACTLY why I love her character so much. I'm so glad she's getting more development.

-Andrealphus didn't know about the deal, just that Stolas cheated. So Stella REALLY didn't tell him much.

-I like Andrealphus's peacock theming

-"Now you fucking know!" icon.

-I really like the detail of them using Moxxie and Blitz's mugshots, as well as Millie's wanted poster. It's a really good illustration of how authority figures will do anything they can against minorities, and really pushes the themes of classism and oppression in the show.

-Blitz immediately running to delete his search history, me core.

-He's so scared of going to jail again :(

-"We are going to beat you! But only a little!"

-She's exactly like her fucking dad. She cares SO MUCH deep down, but puts on that 'indifferent asshole' attitude to protect herself.

-"The shredder is jammed!!" D:

-These poor interns

-Blitz, of course, crashes immediately.

-Moxxie uses 'Blitz' instead of 'sir'

-THE MUZZLE. I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL MYSELF.

-I wanna note as they walk in, Satan is acting in place of lucifer, since he's too busy with the Hotel stuff. He claims he was in hell BEFORE Lucifer, but I take that with a good spoonful of salt.

-"Is this about the orphans?" HUH?

-Dude these motherfuckers keep deadnaming Blitz and it pisses me off! Like I get that's the point but still.

-The sloth and envy sins are here!

-I really like Vassago. It seems like he really cares about fair due process in general, but he also seems to have some sort of beef with Andrealphus.

-"Since when is ATTEMPTING a crime illegal am I right?" You stupid bastard.

-"LIES!!" STFU

-I've seen a few people question why Andrealphus would go straight after Blitz instead of Stolas, since he wants him gone so bad, but the answer is simple. Andrealphus KNOWS there's pretty much nothing he can do to demon royalty, especially since Stolas was considered above him on the Goetia food chain. Going after the imp, a member of an already extremely marginalized group, was simply a safer bet.

-I wish Ozzie and Bee spoke up more. It seems ooc, but at the same time we don't know how big the power imbalance is between Satan and the rest of the sins. (Aside Lucifer)

-"A responsible and handsome Goetic demon such as myself-" You should kill yourself, NOW!!

-They never wanted to let him speak up in the first place.

-"Put his kind to shame" BRO HE BAGGED DEMON ROYALTY.

-wtf is up with Satan and his little meditator twink assistant

-YES VASSAGO!! BRING UP THAT HE'S NOT HERE! IT'S ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT THAT STOLAS WASN'T INFORMED AND CLEARLY INDICATES ANDREALPHUS HAS OTHER MOTIVES!! YES HE SHOULD BE SUMMONED!!

-God I love Vassago I hope he's a reoccurring character

-"didn't want him to go through the trauma of facing his aggressor' is such a thinly veiled argument, but no one fucking cares because Blitz is just an imp.

-WHY IS STRIKER HELPING DEMON ROYALTY. Does he hate Blitz that much because he associated with them? Is he getting paid? Was he threatened?

-"If I wanted to kill Stolas, I would've done it myself." Good point, HORRIBLE wording.

-"oh he just fucked himself over."

-I am so sorry your boss is a fucking moron

-PLEASE Bee and Ozzie you can do better than "He probably has a good reason for all of this!"

-Bee throwing dick popsicles at Mammon, I love you girl.

-God I hate this classist piece of shit

-He KNOWS smthn is up.

-The immediate cut to a Mammon joke after our mcs are SENTENCED TO DEATH really shows how little higher class demons care about imps and hellhounds

-We obviously know They're not ACTUALLY gonna kill any of them off, but I was still biting my fuckin nails dawg

-What an EVIL move.

-Fizz and Ozzie's full conversation before this. So, Ozzie most likely had no idea the trial was for Blitz.

-Side note, but I'm kinda surprised Fizz and Ozzie dating wasn't brought up aside from that line from Mammon about Ozzie and Bee 'associating with the lower class'.

-wtf is up with Satan? If this were any other sin, Ozzie would not HESITATE to clock their ass. Just look at s2 ep7!

-"NOT THEM YOUR HIGHNESS!" What if I cried.

-"you're acting kinda ruby" GET OUT OF HERE TWINKIE

-"I suppose I created impkind to be obedient" Motherfucker those are people.

-"Just axe the mouthy one" It's so in-character for Blitz to not assume himself to be the mouthy one

-He still careeeesss augh!! He sounded so distressed

-"We'll pretend to care" So accurate! Ouch!

-"Moxxie, stop. This big red bitch never planned on hearing us out."

-HER FACE. "Just take care of Loona for me" WHAT IF I FUCKING CRIED.

-Fun fact this is the part of the episode where I started bawling like a loser

-"I love you guys" I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL MYSELF. IM GONNA DO IT FUCK

Uhh I have to reblog to continue this bc I hit the image cap halfway through lmfaoo

[hexxbug]

ACT 2 MFSSS

(SPOILERS and caps overuse once again)(it's also very out of order, my brain literally cannot comprehend anything rn)

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LITERALLY WHAT THE FUCKKKK???????! ASHSBVSCSVDBDHDHHD

Maddie and Cait????? Horror. Trauma. ABSOLUTE JUMPSCARE.

(I don't hate it though actually)(which I'm very surprised about but CaitVi mlll)

Isha being amazing 2.0 (PRETENDING TO BE JINX AWWWW)(just all their scenes together at the start<33)

Jinx being so cautious of everyone's touch🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

Just Sevika being cool. Literally all the time.

MEL SHE'S LITERALLY INSANE!!! GIRLBOSS!! QUEEN!!! WTF IM SO GAY!!!!! I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE END OF HER ARC!!!

VANDER!!!!!! HAPPY FAMILY!!(I literally said out loud when they hugged at the end of ep5 "they get 3 seconds of happiness, starting now" I WISH I WASNT RIGHT GODDAMN)

FELICIA!!!!!! THE QUEEN HERSELF!!!

THE GIRLS ARE HEALING THOUGH!!!!!! ALL OF THEM! ISHA IS SO CENTRAL TO IT!! SHES JUST SUCH A FUCKING PARALLEL❤️

CAITVI WE ARE SOOOO BACK MFSSSS

JAYCE MY MAN WHAT THE FUCK. just. RAHHHHHHHH. no

ISHAAAAAA HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GIRL NOOOOO!!!!!! WHY WAS I RIGHT²???!!??? LITERALLY BAWLING!!!!!!she won't be okay BUT SHE BETTER BE FUCKING OKAY!!!!

THE FLASHBACKS OF HER AND JINX... THE SONG...CAN YOU HEAR MY HEART BREAKING???

I HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THE STAGES OF GRIEF x 2 AND IM NOW STUCK IN DENIAL

Her parallel to Powder in series one in LITERALLY ALL THE WAYS!!!! MY HEARTTT

Honourable mentions:

Jinx trying to flip Sevika off but she can't😭😭(I giggled)(I'm a little sorry but not really)

Revek and the woman he's trying to save

VI STOP BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF THE SAME GUY LMAOOO

Vi's "his psychopath daughter" and Jinx's "which one" COMEBACK QUEEN!!!!! SHE'S STILL GOT IT!!! It's kinda corny but idcc

Vander's immediate reaction to Felicia being pregnant is swapping the drink!!! He literally had that on hand though it was so fast!!❤️❤️AND ITS THE SAME GLASS JINX USES IN S1!!!

The girls' mum being the one who cuts their hair🥹

(to quote a post I saw "at least we finally found out who Zaun's fuckass barber was"😭😭😭)

"i have one condition""looks like you got a lot more than that" you sassy mf ily

Viktor's immediate comeback being to deadname her😭😭

The cog Viktor was kept since the start idk just cool (I too am a sentimental mf)

The reiteration that Jinx is just as much Vander's daughter as Vi is absvdvgs

VIKTOR AND CAIT LOOK SO SIMILAR, THE HAIR, THE CAPES, I SEE THE RESEMBLANCE BUT IDK THE MEANING YET

Felt like some of the justifications/reunions were a bit odd and lackluster but honestly I love seeing everyone back together so I'm not complaining lmaoo

THE MUSIC!! ONCE AGAIN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND ITS GOING STRAIGHT ON MY PLAYLIST!

[shouldaspunastory]

FOR @tevivinter and @dadrunkwriting

Tobias Mercar x Emmrich Volkarin, (SFW, *CW: references to transphobia/deadnaming*, nonbinary rook, he/they pronouns, established relationship, hurt & comfort, found family), 909 words.

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Tobias feels his blood run cold. Ordinarily they'd ignore it. It's not an entirely uncommon name, and it doesn't belong to them anymore. But that voice. Even if it's been a few years since the last time that the elf heard it, makes his heart thump painfully against his ribs. Vishante kafas, they should have known. It was only a matter of time, simple probability that eventually one of their trips back home might carry this result. Minrathous is a big city, but not so large as to avoid them forever.

"Dearest," Emmrich says softly, voice laced with gentle concern, prompting Tobias to notice just how tightly they've begun to grip their partner's hand as the necromancer gracefully spins on his heels to stand in front of them, warm brown eyes searching theirs.

"Sorry," the elf mumbles softly, immediately making to loosen their grip, but Emmrich's ringed hand clasps theirs back tightly, refusing to let them pull away.

"What's wrong, darling?"

That name again in that voice rings out across the busy square causing the elf to flinch almost imperceptibly. But, of course, Emmrich, ever one with an eye for detail, and so achingly attentive, notices, a slight frown forming behind his thin mustache as he glances over his lover's shoulder to the woman approaching them.

Tobias sucks in a long, slow, steadying breath, allowing their head to drop, forehead resting for one brief moment against their lover's chest, before they straighten up, turning around to face the woman that stops in front of them.

"Mother," Tobias greets reluctantly.

"I knew it was you," Claudia Mercar crows.

"Actually," Emmrich interjects before Tobias manages to regain the use of their tongue, "I rather think you have the wrong person."

"I think I would know my own daughter," Claudia replies icily, clearly none too pleased with this stranger, cold, narrow green eyes scanning him, appraising, and based on the sour expression on her face, clearly not impressed. A sharp ache in the elf's chest reminds them they've been holding their breath a little too long, toes curling in their boots with the anxious urge to flee.

"If you think they are a woman, then it would appear you don't," Emmrich replies. His voice is the same calm and steady cadence that the elf has always found soothing, perhaps because he knows just how nervous and uncomfortable his lover is, but there's strength behind it, a fierceness behind those brown eyes as Tobias sneaks a sideways glance up at him. Emmrich's gaze remains fixed on Claudia's, but the hand that still clasps theirs gives them a gentle squeeze. "I'm sorry, my love. When you said not everyone was accepting about it- it didn't occur to me that your family might be among them." Claudia huffs.

"I would have thought you were old enough to recognize nonsense when you hear it."

"You're right," Emmrich nods, brows furrowing as his frown etches itself deeper into his face. "I do. Shall we go, darling," the necromancer asks softly, shifting his focus and wrapping a protective and reassuring arm around his lover.

"Disgraceful," Claudia snarls. "We took you into our house. Gave you our name-"

"Erased my heritage. Tried to shrink me, change me," Tobias spits, anger finally breaking the seal, helping them finally find all the words they've never had the chance to say. "Ignored me. All but threw me out when I couldn't be what you wanted. I was never your child. I was your vanity project. If you think I'm such a stain on your name, take it back. Your surname fits me as poorly as the other one you gave me." Claudia doesn't appear to know what to say to this, nor what to do about the small crowd that is busy pretending not to watch the exchange between them.

"You don't need their name," Emmrich whispers softly into Tobias's soft brown hair, hugging his lover as Tobias turns their back on her and into the necromancer's arms, pressing into his chest, breathing him in and doing their best not to shake from the stress of it all. "You don't need anyone's but the one you gave yourself. But... you could take mine, if you would have it."

It's too much to process right now, the full weight of those words. And knowing Emmrich, the older man will doubtless ask again in private under much quieter circumstances, probably with some manner of help from his skeletal protege. All Tobias knows now is a desire to flee, to be far away- from their mother, from all these curious eyes, and with the man who has never failed to make them seen and safe. "C-Can we go visit your parents," Tobias asks softly, voice barely a whisper as they cling, perhaps a little too tightly, wrinkling Emmrich's waistcoat as he holds them in his arms. Strange as the idea might once have been, the gardens of the Necropolis have become almost as much as sanctuary to Tobias as they have long been for Emmrich. A quiet place of peace, of calm amidst the storm, much like their lover himself.

"Of course," Emmrich replies fondly, pressing a kiss to the top of his lover's head as he deftly steers them through the crowd back towards the Eluvian that can take them to the Crossroads and on to the Necropolis. "They would have loved you, you know," Emmrich soothes gently. "Just as much as I do."

[alluraaaa]

transgender voltron thoughts. separated by character. voltrans thoughts

this got long so the rest is under the cut

shiro

trans man. he/him. realized it as a tween. like 11

already had the “shiro” nickname from his surname but chose takashi because it’s the name his mom planned to use. his momma was his best friend growing up so takashi is a special secret name only certain people can casually use for him <3

has a model minority complex and thinks he has to be a perfect person and a perfect role model and perfect everything else. he doesn’t think everyone needs to be like this but he does you don’t get it he needs to be perfect in order to gain basic respect

(he has anxiety) (went thru a frat boy phase tho where he let loose a little)

he’s a bear. when he started t and gained weight and started growing thicker body hair he was like “FUCK YEAH”

wanted top and bottom surgery. irl modern phalloplasty can take skin grafts from the arm and for sillies shiro did that. but on the arm he lost. can’t even show off his cool graft scar 🙄 stupid galra

him and adam are t4t. he picked the name adam because his deadname is eve and he’s the funniest ever

keith

trans man. he/him. realized at like 6

randomly walked up to his dad and said “pops i wanna be a boy” and his dad went “okay son :^)” and helped him with picking a new name and pronouns. that’s why he ended up with keith of all names

his dad planned on helping him with puberty blockers and hrt because keith said he wanted it but. he died before keith got to that age :^(

so unfortunately keith had to go thru one puberty and then another. and THEN he gets a weird galra puberty in his 20s. puberties gerog

shiro was the one to help him get access to testosterone and top surgery <3 yay trans brotherhood ^_^

keith doesn’t care about his junk enough to get bottom surgery tho. he really only got top surgery to get cool ass scars on his chest. he doesn’t give a shit about gender essentialism and isn’t afraid to stab a transphobe ❤️

pidge

trans girl. she/her. also realized when she was real young

same as keith she was just one day like “i wanna be a girl” and her parents were the same and immediately accepted her and helped her with transitioning (she had a bit more social transitioning tho because she wasn’t in the middle of bum fuck nowhere)

unlike keith tho she got to do puberty blockers and start e as a tween and stuff. good for her!

she picked the name katie but it’s not short for anything. she gets the question all the time and she always rolls her eyes

detransitioning for the garrison sucked like ass and she hated it but she did it for her family. coming out to the team was a huge weight off her shoulders

she has a love/hate relationship with femininity but i already went through all that in another post so i’m linking it here. smiles 😁

lance

bigender man/woman. she/he. realizes it while with team voltron

THEE most obvious egg ever. also very obvious bisexual but hasn’t realized that either. it’s painful to watch sometimes (send help to hunk because you know he immediately clocked lance)

he likes women so much because he’s straight!!!! and a lady’s man!!!!!!!!! he doesn’t wanna be a girl and even if he did that’s a universal unspoken secret that all boys have but agree to never talk about!!!!!!!!!!!!

once pidge comes out the rest of the team have more casual talks about being trans and lance is so tbh creature at them. hunk definitely gossips about how clear the closet is behind lance’s back #messy

lance never realizes on her own what happens is keith tells her despite hunk saying that that’s rude. he blatantly tells lance that she obviously wants to be a girl and that she can do that if she wants to. and when she says she likes being a guy keith says she can be both if she wants. she can do whatever she wants forever

after that she thinks about it for like a day and then is like “yayyyyy i’m a boy and a girl and i like boys and girls ^_^”

she has soooo much fun with femininity she plays dress up and is so pretty ❤️ she is indeed a lady’s man but also very clearly wanted to be beautiful like ladies are. and she is ladies!! yayyyyy

didn’t change her name because she loves being leandro alvarez-núñez-cuesta-espinosa so so much ❤️❤️

hunk

agender. any pronouns. realized as a teen

just fully doesn’t care about gender. obviously will respect people’s genders but like. gender as a concept is irrelevant to him and he opted out of gender. he’s too autistic for it tbh

use whatever pronouns you want. make up funny pronouns. fuck it we ball

“this is hunk bong’s my best friend i love bong so much” “lance oh my god”

hunk is a childhood nickname and only family (and lance) know his birthname. didn’t care enough to change it when coming out. he likes his name!! why change it!!

he’s a genius mechanic with access to super advanced alien technology so for funsies he invents a machine that can do instant top and/or bottom surgery with no problem. he can mess around with it for funsies or fashion or whatever. and ofc the team has free access to it as well <3 the only one to use it often tho is lance #besties

allura

trans girl. she/her. realized not long before the events of the show

the post about trans allura that inspired this whole post here

was able to use her shapeshifting powers to her transvantage (trans advantage)

her being out for not long before the war is why she was so excited that pidge is a girl. she’s a girl making friends with other girls!!!!!! and that excitement doubles when learning that pidge is earth’s equivalent of trans yayyyyy

in my mind the notion of people fitting into gender roles on altea is the same vibe as the notion of women wearing skirts not pants irl. like that’s an outdated idea but not that outdated unfortunately :^/

i don’t think there was major misogyny or transphobia on altea tho. not sure if it makes sense to anyone else but it makes sense in my mind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

coran

nonbinary. any pronouns

when allura came out she sat down with her parents and coran (honorary third parent) and talked about her feelings and thoughts on gender as a whole. coran went “oh. is that not how cis people think?”

he’s not a man or a woman but he’s not sure what he is exactly. he’s coran!

he’d make homemade hrt. may or may not have weird side effects

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for not outing myself at my internship?

(some quoted things are paraphrased because my native language isnt english and i had to translate the things im quoting first.)

I (20+, trans nb) recently got a four week internship at a local radio station. I dont take any HRT yet and dont own a binder, so while i do try to dress in a way that feels comfortable to me, i dont really consider myself to be passing. So I applied to the internship as my deadname (which is also still my legal name) and introduced myself as a girl and with that name too. I was going in with the mindset that its kinda my own personal thing to consider, and since its only temporary and involves 'official' stuff (documents, articles being credited etc) + i never know how people would react to it/treat me, i dont necessarily have to tell everyone i meet. the internship went over kinda fast and everyone there was really nice and i had a feeling they'd also be accepting and use my right pronouns and name if i told them, but at that part i didnt have much time left and didnt want them to suddenly treat me differently and make a big thing out of it.

During the last few days of the internship, i got sick and couldn't go to work, which in itself was fine. But what happened was that my grandpa, who sometimes does volunteering at the same radio station, had an appointment to record something on one of the days i was sick and thought it'd be nice to surprise visit me. I, being sick and at home, obviously wasn't there but when he tried to find me he called out my new name and not my deadname, and when they got confused and asked him who he meant he apparently kind of laughed at them for not knowing that that name is me.

The next day, when i called in again to tell them I'd have to stay home for the next two days (till weekend) too, i immediately got asked why he was calling me [new name] instead of [deadname]. I got kinda uncomfortable since its like, either forcing me to lie or to out myself. I ended up telling them the truth, that im actually trans and prefer that name and that my family & friends use it for me, but that i didnt feel like outing myself at their workplace since it was only a short term official thing. The woman on the phone then went along the lines of "ah, i figured it was that already. you wouldnt have been the first trans intern we had, we would have been happy to use your new name for you. I also didn't like/appreciate your grandfather laughing at me for not knowing about it". I didnt really comment on that more than saying 'thanks' because i didnt want to have to defend me not outing myself? And we had a few other official things to discuss regarding the internship ending anyway.

A few days later i got mail from them, which had the documents i needed to prove i was an intern there (and they were nice and sent two copies, one with my deadname and she/her and one with my new name and he/him). There was another smaller piece of paper in the envelope which read "kind regards from everyone in the team. and sorry we weren't sensitive/understanding/empathetic enough for you to tell us".

And it sounds nice, but to me the message + the conversation i had where i was kind of forced to out myself earlier reads kind of passive aggressive. or as indirectly telling me i should have just outed myself and they're hurt by me not trusting them enough to tell them and making them look dumb to my grandfather for not knowing.

AITA?

What are these acronyms?