#and gender is a construct anyway

[kiyosbrokenmirror]

Transgender Shinguji Korekiyo, send post.

[bartimaeus]

Do you remember that day in 1901 When we fled to the South Downs The sound of the sea and the smell of wildflowers And you were all mine For that day You were all mine And we were free

[mystxmomo]

One of the things I try and put active consideration into when it comes to gender and sexuality for my characters isn't just what I think their gender and sexuality is, but also what I think their wider understanding of gender and sexuality is. And I don't think the answer has to be particularly complicated - sometimes I think the answer is just "They're cis because they've never considered otherwise" but that's a different person who is "Cis because they've considered otherwise and came to the conclusion they're good as they are."

Likewise, I think it's good for me to consider what they'd be uncomfortable with in regards to gender, sexuality, and even just like. Sex. And how they respond to that discomfort, as a character flaw. Not to embody the "he wouldn't say that" meme, but I do think some characters wouldn't or would refuse to try and come to understand the complexities of the gender/sexuality wombo combo. A character not only having an understanding of these things, but having the words to articulate and the framework to help describe them is as much of a statement about them and the experiences they've had as the alternative would be.

On a wider level, I do also try and consider what the wider cultural approach around them is to gender and sexuality and how that might color their view on it, especially within fantasy writing. And I like getting really in there, because I think the way that working class/nobility sees sex and sexuality is often through very different lens, no matter what culture you look into.

[nono-uwu]

Hits them with the gender bender beam

Ferid doesn't get colors bc i don't like him /hj (i mostly just ran out if steam and the sketch looks good enough lol)

They're here too

[seaglassdinosaur]

I know we collectively agree that Hiccup isn’t romantically inclined, and his getting married and having kids didn’t make sense in the epilogue, but consider: Hiccup getting married for political reasons.

It’s a marriage of alliance, which is recognized both by him and his partner, and they enter it without expectations of romantic involvement. Since they’re now married, they live in the same castle, spend time together, and Hiccup finds he really likes his spouse. They’re funny, get along with his friends, and has the same interests and values. They both probably speak multiple languages. She understands why Hiccup is so dedicated to making the Wilderwest better, and holds similar views. She’s a good politician (her job after all, was to be an ambassador). Hiccup likes spending time with them, and the feeling is mutual. They’re not in love, they have their own lives, but they’re dedicated to each other and eventually decide to raise children. They teach their kids how to train hawks and hunt with dragons, riding, history, the Languages, and all the necessary skills of their world. They’re not in love and they’re happy together.

[where-are-the-ninja-today]

Okay, so i was having my whenever-opportunity-rises nightly dance-off for my mental health (Going feral to fun music is scientificaly proven to be good for ppl), and.. I saw fucking fugi-dove flying past my window. HORISONTALY.

Good on him for figuring out flight, but like-

If i didn't manage to see that it was him after he already flew past, i would've ben having nightmares for the next month or two, thinking it was one of them spooky imaginary demons zooming past my window, and not a local menace to peace-n-quiet

- 🍄 anon, now back to his mental health-improving grooving ✌️

OH YEAH DANCE PARTY 🪩🪩🪩🪩

maybe I should dance more often 🤔

WOAH HE DID IT 🗣️🔥‼�� does this count as a villain sighting ‼️? eh sure why not

NIGHTMARE FUEL 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️

[misspermitted]

Me: I’m not having any gender issues. I am completely cis-gender.

Also me, rewriting my main character as a trans man: I am just an ally

Also also me, after buying a binder and putting it on, in tears: I’m just normalising transwear, because I’m a good ally

Me, a week later, googling drag king makeup and doing it obsessively on myself: Drag isn’t about gender I’m just challenging gender aesthetics because I’m a REALLY GOOD ALLY

Probably me in a few years, actually getting top surgery: I’m just being a really really good ally 🙃

[theartofeggs]

my new Egg dress-up doll

with the added bonus of basically everything other than the egg color scheme being very customizable (i've only made two kinds of outfits so far tho)

[deviantnation]

I need Jonathan Byers 5 or 6 years later. I need him not going to univerity but living a life he's happy with regardless. He probably works a mundane job, maybe at a music store, or a thrift shop, but does photography as a freelance job on the side. But most importantly, I need Steve running into him and being confused as to why he feels things when he sees Jonathan with painted nails. They're probably chipped and black except for one singular thumbnail, which is blue. Steve also doesn't know what to make of it when he sees half of Jonathan’s hair dragged into a messy top knot. Let him be a little unhinged about seeing Jonathan, expressing himself in ways that Steve finds unsettlingly and decidedly feminine. Let him be further unhinged when Jonathan doesn't even seem to care.

[bogkeep]

in the most recent patreon exclusive bonus episode of the very good podcast "if books could kill" michael hobbes has a very long tangent about a separate book he read for research (manhood in the making by david d gilmore) which is like, an anthropological study in what manhood means in various cultures across the world, and I Need This Book So Bad. i crave anthropological analysis of socially constructed gender roles in non-western cultures. but i must be patient. i found this book on a swedish bookstore but at the cost of too much money for a single book, and for a much more agreeable price on a norwegian bookstore - but they only ship to norway. in two months i will return. surely i can wait to months. i shall be so good and so patient

[vulpinesaint]

my thesis statement will of course always be that the angels + demons in good omens are aspec (and nonbinary) but crowley specifically was so aromantic this season. man who goes "oh, romance? yeah, i know how that works. practically an expert. i've picked up so much from the way that people talk about it and represent it in media. i know all the perfect steps to execute romance. it has nothing to do with personhood and feelings; there's a certain list of requirements, certain steps that you take, certain subjective prerequisites to be fulfilled, and then you'll have romance. easy. simple." when he has no idea how romance actually works because it's never been something that was accessible or valuable to him. the general conventions for love seem so simple from the outside when you pick up an idea of it through cultural osmosis but not any real experience or investment in the idea. maggie and nina come in to tell him that he can't be messing with people's love lives because it's serious and personal but how should he know? when you're outside of it and don't even realize that you're outside of it, romance is just a thing that happens. and it seems so simple...

[star--anon]

feeling kind of sad at the moment and now I'm thinking about Minho losing his identity as a human

not that he forgets who he is, but more so that the idea of being Useful and Sacrificing Himself To Save The World becomes ingrained into his head.

Teresa tries to reassure him with it, Janson taunts him with it, he's forced to feel it every time they strap him into the machine.

In Safe Haven, Thomas holds him so tenderly and kisses him so sweetly, and all Minho can think is that he's a burden on Thomas' sleep and a leech on Thomas' patience.

He tries to cry as quietly as he can, and it breaks Thomas' heart.

[travelingthief]

Do you remember being a little girl and thinking/being told you could only like purple or pink because those were the only “girl colors?” And boys got blue and green and red and yellow and literally every other color. What the fuck was that about?

[whenwegotolder]

in this life i am a teenage girl crying on her bed wishing she was a boy. in another life i am a teenage boy crying on his bed wishing he was a girl. i fear i will never be satisfied no matter what life i am born into. i just want to be a human

[nyahida]

even though they explained away arlecchinos "father" title with a non queer reason, i also am glad that there was some more gender affirmation. clervie said "king" (our text translation botched it and translated as queen >:/) and said "perri doesnt like to wear dresses" and just was totally happy with it like "more for me then"??? its so sweet.

(also honestly if i think about it, i kind of relate. being abused by a mother has played a certain role, though far from exhaustive, in my disconnect with the frame of womanhood - theres no way i am something of the same as this wretch ok??)

[impossible-rat-babies]

I love doing the occasional pollux art bc I miss him v dearly, but it’s fun and nice to see likes bc it feels like a chorus of people going look at him go!!