#anyway i take genderbends very seriously..

[peterrrei]

that one charmuro illustration but its ⚢

[gamerbearmira]

When the artist

When the artist does somewhat decent art. The real art, too 😮‍💨 ANYWAY KETS GET INTO IT YUHHHH

Housebroken is coming together, I promise. Went back to the roots, like the VERY first iteration, and working off of that. Might??? Throw some other versions in, just for giggles. Pedro is staying in though, I did like that idea.

Anyway, kids scared, you know who <\\3333 need to do more of Luisa, probably Dolores and Antonio too 🤨 someone remind me

GENDERBEND RAHHHHHHH‼️‼️ These two are besties in this AU. Yes, Milargo is still besties with Antonella. But also Camilla. Because I said so 🤧

Can you tell what duo is. Currently running though my mind. Anyway, I was watching clips of that one 70s raggedy Ann and Andy. I swear I used to have one??? Maybe not, maybe it was one of my family members. Idk, this just came to be. Don’t take it seriously 💀

BABY TALK TATTLE BABY TALKING TATTLETAIL⁉️⁉️⁉️ no but like does anyone remember this game??? Very good game btw. Anyway, since Christmas is approaching. Why not have a horror type AU. I don’t have many of those??? 🌚

When candy witch Alma. Is mad and shows her eyes (which shouldn’t happen no matter what <\\33) 👁️👁️ no but idk I just felt like drawing her. Was nothing Mirabel and Camilo, but I scrapped it 🤠

THAT’S IT,,,but also not really. More art later??? After I do some homework 🤧🤧

[ryuga104]

INTRO POST ☕

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…and hi I'm Ryuga! You can call me Ryuga or Grey…You can call me by any name you like!&I love black tea☕

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•My English is not very good, so I don't speak too often and I mostly use translation

Yep, that's one of the reasons I don't talk much... But the bigger reason is I just don't know what to say...I'm not replying often not because I don't like you all, but because I'm scared of saying the wrong thing and getting hated on.

•Can speak Japanese(even Japanese is not my native language too)

•Most of my drawings are basically just doodle, and I only occasionally draw something more polished… plus, my art style isn't really consistent…So yeah, don't expect too much from me—I’m not super pro at drawing or anything.

•I draw fanart/some oc,and sometime made Live2D/Animation

Here are some of my OCs for reference…If anyone wants to draw them, go ahead! Just make sure to tag me and share it with me!

Nelson's clinic (My oc's strawpage)

•Love drawing genderbend（♂→♀）

•Multi fandom!

•Welcome to ask me&I will try my best to answer

•Sometimes delete posts&Sometimes I delete comments because of typos

(mostly because I regret it after uploading and feel like I didn't draw well)

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•Request: Temporarily closed! Taking a short break^⁠_⁠^

①Request politely!

②I can't draw every request←important.

③Basically, it will be black and white doodle…but there are also opportunities for it to be colored (depending on my mood)

④Sorry I don't draw things I don't know（I need to understand the character and story before I can draw a picture）& character × reader for free

Yeah I know it's hard to know what I can draw because there are so many possibilities, and I can't list them all. But hey, feel free to make a request anyway! I might know the one you're thinking of

It’s not all but you can check this out for reference

⑤As I mentioned earlier, my English is not very good, so it is possible that I misunderstood your request

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Because I am not sure how much the price should be. If you really really want to commission me, you can use DM ask me(It means you should offer me a price because I don't know how much to charge)

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[lubileaf]

He hey hey I don’t got tea but I do have a question or two and an art request if that’s all right with you. First the art request

WAIT does that rym woah that’s cool

I was thinking you could draw my oc Bavolki (art one of the pictures is upside down) but I draw him differently sometimes but you can do whatever with his tail but I like to keep his face pretty consistent. He doesn’t have any lore yet but he’s a pretty chill guy only speaking when it is absolutely required. he is very and I mean very loyal but only to family and close friends.

if he’s to scaly for you then I have a feathery/furrier friend for you

This is my and i am not very proud to present the amazing digital circus oc. (and Stella lol sorry about that) anyways he spawned in with roller skates (even though he can’t roller skate so he had to figure that one out) but he is very bubbly, likable person duck thing, he can glide for a little bit with his windfall, and hates jax. meet texig (I literally just came up with his name slay)

also my question was: are you doing art fight? If so can I follow you?

also how’s it going? (Sorry there is so much for you to read)

Here take some very old art as an offering for wasting your time (I’m pretty sure that’s Bavolki except he’s genderbend)

ahh thanks for all the words 🤩 I seriously love reading

I really like the tadc oc 🤌

I actually have no clue what an art fight is (please explain 😅) but I'd love to get into it :DD

Ehh life is pretty good rn. I'm crazy tired all the time bc of my new job but whtv

I'll letcha know when I finish drawing your ocs :DDDDD

[defensivelee]

more genderbend six lives doodles, this time for york'este! heres some thoughts ig. major tw for abusive/very toxic relationship!!

-sophia (james) is generally very much the same here so yes canon james too enjoys being kidnapped by his rivals (when i say sadomasochist i MEAN it, he is at both extremes)

-only difference being that sophia is NOT fighting it or saving herself. she loves being rescued by leo (maria)

-she is of the opinion that men are only good for sucking dick and yes that includes hers as well

-she has a tattoo on her thigh that says 'property of Leo d'Este' which made poor leo just as uncomfortable as you might think

-if it wasn't obvious enough, she's more of a bottom here... but still FULLY in control.

-yeah leo dresses like he's in the mafia. he is still italian and is also a terrorist

-sophia likes to mess with him and tell him he SOOO obviously enjoys being cucked. he does not. he hates it

-he has tried to murder her before but she appears to have some kind of domestic abuse kink. nevermind

-still he goes ahead and rescues her all the time anyway. she seems to take him a little bit more seriously afterwards

-he is extremely ace and she is extremely... not. she does not believe it is possible for someone to not be attracted to her

[patzweigz]

i was someone who voted negatively on your genderbend poll. i just got curious and stopped to see if you'd said anything about the results, and i wanted to say i find your thoughts interesting and appreciate you writing them. it's not something i truly see very often, but approached from an actual standpoint of exploration i can see where there would be appeal. i also found it interesting that you mentioned both the difference in people who relate heavily to characters and the lack of people genderbending couples to be gay specifically, because it made me stop and examine the fact that me and my partner actually do that constantly. we frequently take popular straight couples and read them as being like us, since my boyfriend's presentation is much more like "girl who is a gay man" than anything more clear cut. i guess the real point here is that i've always trusted gender itself to be something very nuanced and something the person experiencing it knows better than i do, but i hadn't put a lot of thought into the myriad reasons why and how someone could experience a more theoretical, fictional exploration that i and people i know had previously experienced as mostly negative. a lot of the time it probably still will not be for me, but i think i can recognize more of what i consume as being fundamentally a similar thing. anyway, i hope you have a great day

OMG thank you for stopping by and sharing your thoughts!

i'm elated to know someone read what i had to write, lol. i appreciate hearing your perspective-- especially the note about making straight couples gay! it seems that's often the most widely accepted form of fictional gender exploration in fandom circles, when it happens at all; it reminded me of the more general trend of taking straight couples and saying the man in them is a he/him lesbian, which people do with a varying degree of seriousness. i also think on the trans people i know in my life who, for a variety of reasons both chosen and not, are perceived differently than their internal sense of gender (in a manner almost exactly how you described your boyfriend, even). hell, this even applies to me! which is probably another why i'm a fan of the trope, frankly.

at any rate, though, i'm really glad that we (collective we here) are in a place where discussion about it can be tabled as opposed to shut down entirely. thanks again for your message!

[iammissingautumn]

not many people talk about but i can see cartman transistioning (imeanhepulledofftitsnicely.. ) but seriously he loves playing as a women and seems to be very in touch with feminity tho hes not easy to swallow so its mainly us cartman fans that notice it or even care tho i also partly think he wants to be female so he doesnt want to admit to liking boys to himself either way he is def a very effeminate boy .

dude. homie. i made a joke about trans girl Cartman today. it live within me. i’d love to see more trans Cartman. tbh i think cross dressing is important to him no matter his gender identity. Even genderbend Cartman would get all swave and cross dress. I think there’s also so many levels but i think he’s had two sexual relations with elder men as some part of him is pretending to be a girl. And that’s without mentioning his mother and the implied if not outrightly said s/a he’s experienced. It’s hard to swallow the pill of being homo when you have a lot of trauma associated.

It’s extremely hard for me to look at Cartman’s character without assuming he has a crush on Kyle. And without getting into my opinions of his mental state and all that, he’s deeply misogynistic and homophobic bc he can protect himself from being trans and/or gay. Which like. this is kinda played out in South Park with Mr. Garrison being everything he is. But I think Cartman would be a better example of smth like that anyways.

In every world Kenny and Cartman grow up and do drag together. And yeah, it took years for me to be willing to look at Cartman as someone capable of being Better. But I also entered this fandom at 12 so I think that was a good decision of me, I’ve matured a lot and have learned a lot since then so I’m glad I can have informed and trying takes rather than entering the pipeline. But tbh it’s much easier to decide if I trust a Cartman fan than a style or creek fan. Red flags are more obvious I suppose. But I keep hearing great takes from the people I’ve had personal interactions with. But I’d love to see more thought out content of him. Especially trans.

[whirligig-girl]

god this is tough. Like. A female captain in 1960s would have been ridiculous for sensibilities of the time, but probably would have had a positive impact (unless it lead to the show being cancelled earlier idk). Same for a very logical female first officer. But the trouble is, THEN WE WOULDNT HAVE SPIRK. The Star Trek fandom owes its existence to Spirk shippers, and like, sure, people would probably ship them anyway, but it wouldn't be the same. It wouldn't be gay. If I could genderbend them both I'd do it in a heartbeat. But not one or the other.

So that in mind... I know already that Bones but a woman is great, because that's Pulaski, and Pulaski is great!* But then again, we already have Pulaski, so maybe we don't need two. Plus, people would be misogynist about Bones' unpleasantness if she was a woman, we know that from the fandom's treatment of Pulaski. Then again, people are gonna be misogynist about women anyway.

Between the other three supporting cast, I think Scotty would absolutely be the best choice to genderbend. She'd be the iconic chief engineer of a starship, in a major technical role, and head of a major department making her arguably more of a girlboss than Bones (who has only a few nurses report to him) or Spock (who doesn't seem to have his own department, though he is in command quite often). Heck, even Scotty is in command on occasion, being the second officer.

I'm pretty neutral about genderbending Sulu, but I do think Chekov would be easily the worst choice, since as it is he's kind of a gimmick character. Like, you don't really take him seriously when he's cracking jokes about russians inventing so and so and whatnot. If we only have such a small number of female characters on the bridge, I don't want one of them to be more or less the comic relief character.

(* before you go on about Dayta and Dahta, consider--Pulaski befriends Data over the course of the season and clearly respects him by the end of her run. If anything she maybe personifies him too much, ascribing emotions that he claims to be incapable of.)

So yeah. Spirk must remain homosexual, femBones is just Pulaski (which we deserved to see more of, but which we did technically get in TNG), and so I think my answer has to be Scotty.

A common complaint I’ve seen about Star Trek is that there is a lack of regular female characters besides Uhura and sorta Chapel. Now, that can be attributed to 60s sexism, but TOS didn’t have an unlimited budget, so creating a female character would probably lead to the elimination of a male regular. Which is why I ask you…

[llycaons]

Section Two: Part VI

Now try saying something true and beautiful: explicit works that make a point using sex or sex scenes

*end the rises and the falls* by eeriemedusa

summary: postcanon and married, a still-recovering wwx attempts to use bdsm unsafely as a coping mechanism for his residual trauma. one of the most nuanced portrayals of a character’s relationship with sex that I’ve ever read. compassionate and loving. novel canon, but it doesn’t matter too much wwx is triggered during sex - see notes work issues: none author issues: none

*talk about all the good things (and the bad things) by shipyrds

summary: you know how a ton of fics take the ‘every day means every day’ thing really seriously to the point where it’s creepy? what if wwx like. realized it wasn’t actually fun to have sex quite so much and that promise was unsustainable and maybe not meant literally anyway, so he decided to actually bring it up with lwj? this was a refreshingly honest discussion of that aspect of their married life. novel canon by design the second chapter is literally just porn and I don’t even think it’s that good and it adds nothing to the story so I’m only reccing the first chapter there are conversations about consent; check notes for more details work issues: none author issues: genderbends and sex pollen

Like a Blade on Bone by givemeunicorns

summary: during a postcanon bdsm scene, wwx is triggered. honestly this is a very lovely and gentle fic. it’s about taking care work issues: none author issues: xiyao, niyao, 3zun, xuexiao

The Thought of Then and Now by BlessedAreTheFandoms

summary: a short fic where lwj comes home stressed and really ready to go but wwx isn’t up for it and lwj sees that and refocuses and they have a really comforting talk instead. challenges some of the more harmful assumptions about wwx and lwj and their sex life, and emphasizes the importance of continuous consent and communication. very tender. technically either canon I’ve read another one with almost the exact same premise but wwx just tells him to go ahead anyway and use him for stress relief and lwj DOES it literally I was sitting there like 😨 lwj is just going to fuck him anyway??? this was such a palate-cleanser lol work issues: none author issues: none

if i see you every tuesday by eeriemedusa

summary: do you hate the sex god virgin lwj trope? so does this author, and they wrote this little fic about a realistic take on lwj’s past about it, ft. communication. a bit sad, but very warm and mature and satisfying. novel canon work issues: none author issues: none

Don’t let them get you down, you’re the best thing I’ve seen by fantasiavii

summary: modern au where cis wwx and trans lwj navigate their sex lives. not much of a plot, just a lot of communication and gender euphoria and joyful sex. made me smile. kind of a pwp but also not really since the sex IS the plot? I’m sticking it in here anyway work issues: none author issues: none

Content Warning: Romance by Ariaste

summary: you know how all those fics make lwj say something nice and have wwx go ‘oh lan zhan you can’t just say that without warning, my heart can’t take it!” and it can get really annoying? well here they delve into wwx’s mindset and explore how to compliment wwx in a way he’ll be able to accept and internalize it, and the answer is uhhh kinkily. the sex scenes were well-done and I thought the ending was very sweet and satisfying. I was proud of them both for making progress and it felt like good closure for that rather obnoxious fanfic phrase. work issues: none author issues: has written xiyao and jl/lsz

Any Softer And I’d Shatter by Voidflower    

summary: kind of hard to describe this one. another take on ‘therapy via sex’. so wx exclusively have really hardcore and rough sex, which wwx sometimes tries to use as something of a coping method to avoid unwelcome feelings. but when they have like, vanilla and gentle sex for once it’s extremely emotional and helps wwx confront all the tender feelings and insecurities he finds it really difficult to face otherwise. second chapter isn’t as good imo but it’s in a similar vein. tagged as both, but this feels more likely to be a novel verse work work issues: there’s kind of a teacher/student vibe to the second chapter but lwj WAS in charge of discipline for his peers so it’s not as weird as it could have been. cnc is mentioned as something they like but doesn’t happen in any of the sex scenes author issues: none besides above

 trust falls by spookykingdomstarlight                

summary: really lovely and tender character study for wwx, his hangups about being taken care of, and his desire to reciprocate what he perceives as lwj’s utter selflessness. being little more than a pwp, this just barely makes it on the list, but the underlying character commentary qualifies it I think. and I always like to see them switch it up NOTE: this fic is at squideworld archive, which appears to be an ao3 copy that requires users to be 18+. signup is pretty easy, and it looks and functions exactly the same as ao3 work issues: none author issues: a LOT of weird shit. sex slavery, cnc, dubcon, nhs/jgy, genderbends, xiyao, A/B/O, jgy/wwx (which like….???? ok)

oh, these are real things by typefortydeductions

summary: the first work of a modern AU where newly-together wwx and lwj deal with wwx’s depersonalization issues and negotiate having sex that ramps up in kinkiness. I really liked all the communication happening and I thought it was a neat translation of wwx’s issues to a non-magical setting I don’t like the rest of the series as much but here’s a rundown: it follows them as they continue managing their issues, adopt kids, and handle becoming parents. wwx is not cis in this one (undefined but akin to genderfluid) and they really lean into wwx’s breeding kink so they call him a wife and mom and it gets a little weird? however none of this shows up in the first work. the characterizations were…decent. I do like the maturity, realism, and emotional honesty in the rest of the series. the bdsm scenes can be really intense because they legit do hardcore sadism and masochism, but because they communicate so thoroughly about it, I didn’t dislike it in the way I dislike most bdsm in fic. but I still skimmed a lot of the sex scenes. and overall I don’t like it enough to rec work issues: for this first fic? really nothing for the rest of the series, lwj is a bit possessive, there’s some emphasis on wwx being skinny/lwj’s big hands, and 3zun is a background couple. xxc/sl/xy is also mentioned as a poly relationship. author issues: same author as above - cnc, dubcon, A/B/O, genderbends

Back to Start

[childotkw]

Do you think anything would've changed had Regulus been born female?

How did you get inside my head? How did you know I was contemplating fem!Regulus in my downtime? Ngh - I love genderbending characters, and Regulus would be so incredibly interesting.

Okay, so. First thing's first. Name. I'm admittedly tossing up between 'Regina' and 'Rana' as potential names. Regulus, while also being a star, means "little king" a.k.a "prince". Regina means "queen", which is a nice direct link in terms of meaning, symbolism and verbally. Whereas Rana is a star (also know as Delta Eridani according to google), and means "glittering object", "eye-catching" for a girl. It also, when used for a boy's name, apparently means "king" - which ties back to Regulus' original name.

You see my thought process? I'm torn.

But anyway, for this post, I'll refer to her as Rana.

So!

Rana Black is born in the dead of winter, pale as snow, small and squirming. Her mother is satisfied and her father is content. They have what they need - a male heir, and a female bargaining chip.

Sirius and Rana grow up beside each other, hardly more than a year apart in age, and so like twins in how they think and act. Always side-by-side, never far from each other's hip.

They love each other fiercely, and swear when they are just four and three that they always will. Sirius takes his duties as Rana's self-assigned protector seriously, and Rana is the one with soft hands and soothing words that helps pick up the pieces of her brother whenever he crosses their parents.

In their society, they are considered royalty. They come from the oldest family, the strongest House. Their name is as vast and unending as their potential - but they both chafe under the expectations in different ways.

While Sirius is trained like a soldier, beaten and broken down and abused; Rana is taught that her worth begins and ends with her body. She is a woman, and according to her parents, the only thing she's good for is breeding.

She has a betrothed, she knows. She's never met him, but Luis Avery is a name that hangs over her neck like a proverbial sword. And Rana doesn't know why her parents selected him out of all the options, but it's not her place to question their decisions.

Sirius does ask, and Sirius continues to hate Avery even years down the line after the engagement is cancelled.

So, Rana grows up. Sirius goes to Hogwarts, and comes back to her changed. He's more outspoken, more antagonistic, more rebellious - but never with her. He's still her protector, after all.

It's once Rana is sent to Beauxbatons - because Hogwarts might be the preferred school, but the Blacks have roots in France and it's the one choice her father let her make for herself - that she begins to think for herself.

She's been surrounded by people that have told her what's best for her her entire life, but now she sees other girls. Girls that aren't from ancient and noble Houses. Girls who aren't betrothed to a stranger. Girls that are freer with their opinions and words. Girls that aren't demure and quiet little dolls that dance for their parents' amusement.

The first time she hears one of her classmates claim "I'll never have kids" Rana is stunned.

And intrigued.

Slowly, those kinds of thoughts begins to suffuse through her very being. She, for the first time, starts to question why she must do these things.

It's the beginning, but it's by no means the end.

Rana Black is a young girl that takes a look at the hand her parents, her society, her world tried to dump on her, and goes no.

She finds freedom in the more liberal sphere of Beauxbatons. Removed as she is from the rising tension in Britain, without the overbearing eyes of her mother, she's allowed to explore sides of herself that she never knew existed.

[sokkas-first-fangirl]

I love the idea of an encanto genderbend au. I know you mostly focus on The Maridgal triplets (who wouldn't) but I really wonder how would male Mirabel be in this au?

I like to imagine that he would still keep the same activities( much to Almer objections cause sewing, embroidery, and stuffing toys are not a young man's activities) plus being a young man in a Latino family with no direction and seemingly no person who directly gets him? Can relate.

Mirabilis (or “Miro” as a nickname) is still a quirky, clumsy, hard-working ray of sunshine. The problem is, all that hard-working energy has no direction

He still loves to embroider, but his favourite designs aren’t really taken seriously. He likes bright stuff, very busy patterns and chaotic designs. He doesn’t want to make something plain, he wants to have fun!

Almer only really shows approval for it if Mirabilis is fixing a shirt that got torn or if he’s making something for Antonia. Then it’s “useful.” But the comparisons to Isandro and Luis, who “do no wrong” and are “perfect in every way” never stop. (Until the events of the film anyway)

Miro definitely has his frustrated moments, because it feels like he’s expected to somehow emulate both his brothers at the same time (who are two very different individuals), and he knows he’s nothing like them.

Yet, Almer always tells him to stand aside or simply doesn’t seem to take him seriously. His hobbies aren’t traditionally masculine, but his offers of helping in other areas are brushed off. If he’s not allowed try new things or help in different ways, then why should he stop doing what he enjoys? Sometimes the embroidery almost feels like an act of defiance, even if no one else can see it. His frustration is bubbling just below the surface (ironically, in that respect, he has more in common with his brothers than he realises)

[rappaccini]

Regarding the racebending thing, you mentioned that Alison, Klaus and Ben are optional. I know you explained Klaus but what do you mean by ben and Alison?

ooohkay so.

just to reiterate: racebending is a case-by-case process because of all that you need to take into account when you do it. same with genderbending or queerbending. it works when doing so doesn’t lead to terrible implications, or when the aspect of the identity of the character that you are changing never mattered much to their story anyway.

when it comes to queerbending, the hargs are fantastic for it (noteL added link for future ref) because so much of their story is allegorical for being a big queer found family (the same way it's allegorical for them being, say, symbolic of different aspects of abuse).

with gender... i mean. it's gotta be 50/50. it's bad that the team isn't three women, three men and klaus. that still needs to be fixed.

allison and vanya's character arcs are tied to their experiences as women, and it's a bad look to make the gender imbalance even worse. they have to stay as is. there's a case to be made for making vanya trans, but she'd have to be a trans woman.

luther's arc is tied to his experience as a man, and as the expectations laid on being "the man of the house" and diego's inadequacies stem from his toxic masculinity. they also need to stay male. and it'd be such a bad idea to make luther trans given his body, and diego's tied up in such cis kind of masculinity that making them trans doesn't really cut it either.

klaus having such an unusual relationship with gender, and being most likely nonbinary needs to be preserved. it's too essential to his character. don't touch it.

ben has potential... but there's a big pitfall. being the sweet sibling everyone felt safe around could easily remain if he were female, but you have to be careful to write her out of being the Fridged Girl / Tragic Girlfriend given that she dies first. especially given that she haunts klaus, idk man. girl spending eternity picking up after her shitty brother? hate that. and the queerness of klaus and ben's relationship depletes a bit if she's a girl. you can do it. but watch out.

number five's power has nothing to do with gender and growing up in a world devoid of gender roles, and then coming back and having to adhere to it again (and being stuck in the body of a little girl, who no one takes seriously, even as she raises serious concerns and is the most competent by far) could be very interesting if five were female. tbh i'd genderbend five if we were to do it again.

and with race, it's also kind of necessary. they're supposed to be representative of the whole world that reginald searched to find them. them all being white in the comic made no sense. only two of them being poc in the show also doesn't make sense.

so:

luther and five need to be white. because racebending luther will just lead to unfixable terrible implications because of his ape body, and five is luther’s twin, so he must be whatever luther is.

diego and vanya should be people of color, because their whiteness doesn't affect their storylines/characterization, and being people of color would enhance those stories. they can be any number of things, but diego works best as a latino character, and vanya as an asian one (hell, look at lila. she’s literally a frankenstein’s monster of pieces of comic vanya, and her being asian feels like a prelude to this change happening fully next time around-- someone noticed the next evolution of vanya’s character, but they did it too late, after they'd already cast someone white, so they pushed forward with the vanya-replacement as a consolation).

klaus, allison and ben fall in between those categories: you can racebend them, but you have to be careful or you could really fuck it up.

klaus can be a person of color, but given how many snags you can trip over in executing that on top of everything else he must be (queer, gnc, an addict), if you can't juggle all those things individually and intersectionally, then you shouldn't. because fucking up could lead to the creation of something genuinely offensive.

ben can be a person of color, as long as you're smart about which way you racebend him, given that he's The Dead One. for instance, it might not be a good idea to make him black, because that instantly invokes Black Guy Dies First stereotyping and you’ll have a hard time trying to work your way out of that one. i think him being asian is a smart choice, especially if vanya is also asian-- the 'only asian character is the dead one' issue evaporates, then.

allison is special. unlike the other characters, her race does actually affect her story.

her status as The Sister Reginald Decided To Keep does involve her whiteness. it might not be particularly prevalent when both she and vanya are white, but it’s there. and if vanya isn't white and she is? big factor.

her assassination of jfk. in the comics, she does so by impersonating jackie kennedy in order to get close enough to rumor him to death. a woc wouldn't be able to make that swap.

her romance with luther has added unfortunate implications if she isn't a white woman, because as many antis pointed out in s1, having a woc be in love with a gorilla man can stoke up some bad stereotypes.

so there is a case to be made for allison staying white. however, unlike with luther for example, all of those necessities and roadblocks can be written in such a way that accounts for and incorporates how race plays into her story and uses it to make said story stronger.

allison's being The One Reginald Kept can still be a story about marginalization if she's a woman of color: shift focus to making the story about palatability. vanya wouldn’t/couldn’t conform, but allison could and would. so explore it: she did everything she could to assimilate and it worked, but at what cost? how much did she lose, and how does she feel about it? (this becomes much more prevalent if both sisters are woc)

allison must kill jfk by rumoring him, but the way she goes about it doesn't matter nearly as much. so she can't hop into the car with jfk? have her rumor him in the ambulance or the hospital after he's shot, or his hotel room, or at the conference he has before he leaves for the motorcade. is allison being in the car with him that important? have her use that commission time tech to freeze time long enough to jump in, rumor him, and jump out before anyone can stop her. it can be done. you just have to get a little creative.

allison must be in a relationship with luther, but as long as you just make the execution of it consensual, mutual, and not absorbed in sexuality (like the show went out of its way to do on day one) then you've ripped the bad implication out before it could take root.

allison’s story actually does have a lot hinging on race. but if you know how to incorporate those things into her story, you can end up with something even stronger. not that the show did of course, but maybe someday someone will.

so,,, that’s what i mean by klaus, ben and allison: it can be done, but you just have to be careful with the execution.

[rpbetter]

Sorry, I wasn't trying to imply that you were excluding women! I was just chiming in because too often in the RPC's discussions of genderbending, I see women's stake in the conversation get ignored or dismissed. And the people who yell that loudest about it being transphobic also tend to dismiss women's viewpoints with the most aggression, often in a way that reeks of oppression olympics: "At least you have Eowyn, so sit down and shut up." As if we should be grateful for scraps. 1/2

2/2 They act like women are taking something away from the trans community by genderbending, which is an absurd stance. Adding more women doesn't mean we're erasing trans characters. We're both facing the same problem: Massive over-representation of male characters. The people who pit us against each other and turn it into a zero sum game are only making things worse, but they refuse to see that, and if you point that out, you get called transphobic (and often get set death threats, too).

Hello, again! Thank you so much for coming back, I really appreciate that. It's seriously such an extensive issue that I don't think we can have enough voices represented. I'm sorry, too, I didn't mean to imply you did think that for certain! I was just worried I had come across as excluding this really valid point and am definitely aware of how frustrating it feels when people are having a public conversation like this about a topic that has impacted your RP experience (and very like, overall fandom experience as well) without your experience being brought up. I'd feel extremely bad if I made someone feel that way!*

*Which, again, open invitation to anyone on the "this is transphobic" side or even "this is why I'm not comfortable with it" side to politely express themselves. I'm not trying to exclude anyone from this conversation who can have it nicely. If you feel that it can be a civil discussion, you are welcome to drop in and share your thoughts. I continue to irrationally feel that if we can all discuss reasonably where we're coming from that it breeds tolerance. We don't all have to agree, we can politely disagree while expressing our different takes, you know. However, I don't have the time to remind anyone this week that dropping in with aggression isn't going to be rewarded, so, let us please not do that.

Anon, I knew you were going to say Eowyn! I'm not in the LotR fandom, but with something so widely beloved, I have had plenty of friends who were. The same goes with the MCU, you cannot be in the RPC without at least being on the periphery of it, right? It's this way with my primary fandom as well, a predominance of male characters and the female characters you do have tend to lack the nuance and wide degree of choices.

Watching all three, and more, has always reminded me of being the only girl in my friend groups as a child when we played as characters from popular movies. Granted, I didn't want to be the literal only female character available in most of those movies anyway, they were simply not my kinds of characters, and looking back at it, it is kind of gross that my default option as an afab child was a single sexualized female love interest or simply, the sassy love interest. The hostility even as a five-year-old was intense when I refused to play as one of them and insisted on being one of the male characters instead...it was worse the few times when I got much older, like teen older, and did sort of genderbent takes on costumes for things like Halloween. Would have been fine if I was doing it as Sexy Main Character, but since it was simply Implied Gender Swap Main Character, oh no. Not acceptable!

It reminds me of all this because everyone who is comfortable with the choices they have refuse to accept anyone else's choices that have to be redesigned. And, people, look...I understand if someone doesn't like how that changes their canon interaction with the story and their own character, I don't understand vilifying someone for it. Just. Don't. Interact. Like so many things muns have a fit about, genderbending characters are never going to be the majority take, they're never going to be capable of pressuring you to interact purely because of that. No one is forcing anyone to like something or participate in it, I don't even say that someone can't complain about it in their own spaces, just let people live their lives without bringing harassment and trivializing serious matters like transphobia into it.

I think that a lot of the issue stems from the sort of community we have. Bad things generate bad things. The RPC has always been primarily made up of women and a ton of identities from the queer community, this was a safe space for many types of marginalized people to explore and participate uniquely in fandom with each other. Unfortunately, because so many of us are marginalized people, when we're aware that many of our platforms are infiltrated by bad actors, we start seeing them everywhere. Our own bad actors start weaponizing that suspicion and the language.

When it comes to women, there is the idea in fandom, absolutely coming from misogynistic ideas, that all women are interested in are "deviant," sexual stories and ruining spaces with their gross girl things. All women want romance novels, but make it more problematic. In itself, this idea is problematic lol romance novels are quietly popular because they're written as a different sort of fantasy-fulfillment that returns agency to female characters, allows them to be sexual without punishment, and makes them desirable as people, among other things. Any time a RPer is cisgendered female, especially if they are also heterosexual or lesbian, they are instantly categorized as a problem. You're automatically a radfem, a terf, you're fetishizing, etc. That's how any decision you make is going to be addressed.

So, coincidentally, one of the most visible groups doing genderbending is women and it's now transphobic.

I think you're right that it's an issue of "my oppression is worse than you're oppression, and you're now oppressing me." It's unfortunately true that we have women in the RPC that have some really poor takes and actions, but it's also true that we have everyone else here that does as well. This is divisive, and division among the marginalized benefits no one in that category.

All it's doing is exactly what you've said, it's giving a free pass to ignore the problem everyone is dealing with. There are a plethora of cis male characters only. If you don't want to write one, well, your two options are the tiny handful of consolation prize female characters that are nothing like the male ones or writing a transfem character. That's not alright. Turning this into stakes that benefit no one in this community is not alright. Sending people death threats and running them out of the community by essentially blackballing them as being transphobes is not alright. Whom do you people doing this think it is benefiting?

Genderbending a character isn't erasing a trans character. There aren't any canon trans characters in Lord of the Rings, in Marvel's cinematic universe, in Star Wars' film universe, in DC's film universe, I could keep going. Having a very hard time thinking of any hugely popular franchise that has a single canon, on screen depiction of a trans character. Your options are male or female, cisgendered. So, you're literally not erasing what isn't there to erase, for one.

Additionally, making a male canon female and not portraying them as trans isn't doing so either. RPers are not representation. It is, again, perfectly fine to be your own representation, we literally have to do this if we want to write characters more like us as individuals, but it's no one's job here to give you what Hollywood won't. RPers do not have to make themselves uncomfortable and inevitably be harassed for doing it wrong, or honestly, doing it wrong and being highly offensive because they were pressured. RPers are not obligated to interact with each other, either.

Not being comfortable writing with a trans iteration does not make one inherently transphobic either, you're not talking about real people here. If you won't interact with a real trans person, you're transphobic, yes. If you are uncomfortable interacting with a trans RP character, you probably have a valid reason - this damn RPC. It's alright to not want to interact with someone who makes one facet of a character the only facet, or who will become aggressive and accusatory if you don't agree to every plot, ship, etc. supposedly because their character is trans (or anything else). I'm sorry, I know that being treated badly online and off makes one suspicious and ready to jump to accusations and assumptions of others, but it's this very inclination that makes other RPers hesitant to interact with some folks in the RPC.

No, before anyone says it, no one here is under any obligation to be good representation and educational material who is infinitely positive and tolerant as a real, live human being. That's not what I'm saying. Just that the reality has become one of easy and quick accusations that are making other people wary of interacting. No one wants to be accused of being transphobic, racist, misogynistic, or ableist because they don't find your iteration of a character or original character compelling, they don't think you'll mesh as muns and writers, or they don't like any iteration of that character. Maybe, those people are also uncomfortable with how you've acted on the dash, maybe, they're concerned that if they or their character makes a mistake or they need to ask you a sensitive question OOC that pertains to the RP, that you'll explode and label them.

When you create a character who is not the usual, and in popular fandoms, yes, that's neurotypical cishet white male, you have to realize that you're going to run into people who literally don't know about the situations you're putting them into. Not everyone is educated to the same degree or in the same ways, not everyone is, knows, has relatives, or has been in relationships with someone who is ND, trans, a different race, whatever. You have actually opened yourself up to a unique situation, if someone is wanting to write with you, they are also open to learning and you shouldn't be vicious to them when they need to do exactly that.

For example, I witnessed, a few years ago, a RPer get run out of the RPC in my fandom for asking a mun an innocent question, privately, about how they should be approaching a smut scene with the mun's trans character. Their whole point was that they were really afraid of having their character do the wrong thing, say the wrong thing, be offensive. They simply didn't know, and honestly, every person is unique. Every cisgendered person, every trans person, is unique. That they were treating this as an opportunity to appreciate the uniqueness of how this mun's character wished to be viewed etc. and to educate themselves beyond what they had available online, which can be a ton of contrary takes since, again, all individuals, should have been a good thing. The question wasn't impolite, fetishizing, or otherwise gross, either. They were quick to put it up in the callout. Yes, that's an uncomfortable situation, but it was prefaced well, phrased well, and respectful. This person was just trying to be a responsible, respectful, RP partner and ally. They got weeks of death threats, accusations, and bullying that only ended when they deleted their account.

That's what people are afraid of, it is not an unreasonable fear. No more than running into a legitimate transphobe is. We've got to stop treating each other with this kind of automatic suspicion and hostility.

When fear runs things, we all lose.

Anyway, Anon, I'm so sorry that things are like this. No one needs to be happy with the scraps of mega-fandoms or be "transphobic."

I don't dislike the female characters that LotR has, some of them I like quite a bit, but they fall into character types and tropes that do not appeal to me as a writer. Meanwhile, I can think of three male LotR characters that do without trying. Same thing with the MCU, I enjoy two female characters, though both of them I did enjoy much more in the comics, admittedly. However, neither would I wish to write for the same reasons - they both fall into character types and stories that aren't for me as a writer. Again, I can think of a handful of male characters who do. If I wasn't comfortable writing male characters, genderbending would be my choice as well to resolve this problem and remain in my comfort zone as someone who doesn't feel comfortable speaking on myriad trans experiences not my own.

You're not doing anything that the rest of us are not, Anon. We're all out here trying to adapt characters and have fun with them! You do not deserve harassment for that.

[zerodoxical]

A3! First Impressions ft. My Sis!

I forgot the fact that I haven't posted this yet on here so yeah, enjoy I guess. (@juzastan 's post reminded me that I haven't posted this so thanks dude!)

Spring Troupe

Sakuma: Always in a blur, doesn't pay attention in class, is smart anyway, has many fans

Usui: Emo, listens to MCR, serious but actually a softie, likes eating junk food for some reason

Citron: Hakanai???? — Good at taekwàndo, theater junkie, fashionista (hakanai is a reference to Bandori)

Chigasaki: Mysterious

Minagi: Why does he look so sad??? — Bland, loves coffee, loves jogging

Summer Troupe

Sumeragi: Energetic, dad jokes, athletic, loves donuts

Rurikawa: Likes crossdressing, quiet but actually talkative, likes pastel things

Miyoshi: Genderbend You Watanabe from Love Live, more fashionista-ish than Citron, lots of fangirls, likes singing out of the blue

Sakisaka: Very cute, likes cooking, likes oversized clothing, likes kawaii stuff

Ikaruga: Happy-go-lucky, likes dancing, cheers everyone up randomly, takes care of everyone in the group

Autumn Troupe

Settsu: Super tall, no sense of fashion, hipster

Nanao: Teeny, more energetic than Ikaruga, cinnamon roll of the group, Frank Iero vibes hair, crazy rich

Fushimi: *speechless*

Hyodo: Dominic??? (She thought he looked like a Dominic). Confident, sandals??? Favourite colour is purple, Yukina-serious (Yukina is a character from Bandori)

Furuichi: Byakuya Togami from Danganronpa, Logan from Sander Sides, Patrick from FOB, "I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker colour."

Winter Troupe

Tsukioka: Creepy tall dude™️, looks like he can kill you but actually a cinnamon roll, awkward

Arisugawa: Goth vibes, good liar

Takato: Bland but athletic, strong, serious, can cook for everyone ig

Yukishiro: Viktor from YOI, delicate, hakanai, quiet but if mad, is seriously mad

Mikage: Most emo, very emo. Sad and lonely™️.

I'm sorry if the quality's not good I'm on mobile lmao.

[sirsapling]

MORE TAGGED POSTS

I got tagged in a bunch more things I didn't respond to fast enough, so UNDER THE CUT THEY GO. 

I have too many things to respond to, so I won't be tagging, but consider yourself tagged if you want to do any.

IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS

Tagged by the wonderful @bardingbeedle​

Pass the happy!🌻🌿 When you receive this, list 5 things that make you happy and send this to 10 of the last people in your notifications!

Lying in warm blankets in an cold room. Bonus points for snow outside.

A fresh Buzz cut

Talking to @bardingbeedle​

Having long, passionate rambles about the Marvel Ultimates

Hashbrowns, bacon, maple syrup, maybe a pancake, and a sausage too.

Tagged by the chaotic @s-hylor​

top 3 cities you want to visit: Toronto, again. Colorado (I know its a state not a city I just want to visit ashes AND GET SNOW). And I would like to go back to Italy again. (I also want to visit, just, all of my fandom friends but I don't want to drop all their locations lol)

favorite marvel character: Ults!Steve Rogers and then Ults!Tony Stark. Not counting stony, Anthony the brain tumor, and not counting clones, Gregory Stark.

white chocolate - yay or nay?: Love it, love it, love it.

favourite board game: God Save The Queens- A board game about Bees I invented with 3 other people at University last year for a project.

how many countries have you been to: 10, I have been very luckily graced with the ability to travel to Europe with school a lot.

(Wales, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, America [Florida, Boston, New York], Spain, Portugal, Italy, and finally Canada.)

favorite thing to do on a rainy day: Anything indoors I might usually feel guilty about doing when its sunny. Tv or games particularly

favorite holiday: Christmas. I am a Christmas slut, call me festive sapling I LOVE Christmas.

pen or pencil: Pen. I once bought 7 in lisbon at the same time bc they were perfect and I didn't want to run out.

favourite kind of soup: Cupasoup Chicken noodle, I don't really like soups tbh, I like broths, and gravy type things I make too much of and eat like a soup (like golden Currys or korma sauces)

your typical order at a cafe or coffee shop: Caramel Frappucino or an iced Mocha. If I'm gonna pay a fuck tonne for coffee I'm gonna get a drinkable dessert.

favorite ride at an amusement park: Any slow rides that show you shit, like spaceship earth at EPCOT. I’m not really a speed dude.

the color of your sneakers: RED, red shoes are the shit folks, a good pair of red converse goes with everything.

favorite pbs show (or little kids show if you didn’t have pbs):  Uh I used to watch pokemon then winnie the pooh every single night. But little little kids show I used to watch a show called 64 zoo lane with my grandma so I have fond memories

Rules: name your favorite female characters from 10 different fandoms, then tag 10 people.

Tagged by the wonderful @ashes0909​

Natasha Romanov - Marvel Cinematic Universe

Carol Danvers - Marvel 616

Janet Van Dyne - Marvel Ultimates

Izumi Curtis - Full Metal Alchemist

Martha Jones - Doctor Who

Garnet - Steven Universe (if she doesn't count bc, space rock, Connie)

Rosa Diaz - Brooklyn 99

Ann Perkins  - Parks and Rec

Princess Caroline - Bojack Horseman

Pam Poovey - Archer

LOOK I know there was a lot of cheating here, but I don't have non marvel fandoms really, and I have a hard time remembering a lot of the TV I enjoyed.

Rules: Share your top 10 AO3 additional tags. Tagged by the mysterious @nigmuff​

look I don't know if I have enough tags to make this a justified representation, but the ones shown are v much on brand.

Fanfic trope meme

I was tagged by the delightful @capnstars​ and @crownofstardustandbone​

slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or !!!secret dating!!! // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut AND fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it  // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or !!!!middle-aged romance!!! // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates  // sci-fi or magic au // body swap or genderbend  // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

Look guys, I’m boring. I like domestic 30-40 year olds in secret relationships. We knew this.

And now buckle the fuck down folks because I'm about to answer 50 questions about me no one is gonna stick around and read.

tagged by @bardingbeedle​ the only person who would put up with reading this much about me.

What is the colour of your hairbrush?

I have a buzz cut, I don't have a hair brush anymore.

Are you typically too warm or too cold?

Too warm. I have been warmer than most people my whole life, and I often need to sleep with a fan on.

What were you doing 45 minutes ago?

Working on a sketch for an MTH fill (update from the end of this: I have spent an hour doing this fuckin thing)

What is your favourite candy bar?

Bounty. My favourite candy is Reese’s Pieces but I like a bounty. Or like, and chocolate without fruit in it tbh.

Have you ever been to a professional sports event?

Yes, one of my parents referees Championship Football here in the UK. I have been to a few of his games. I also went to the London 2012 Paralympic closing ceremony, if that counts.

What is the last thing you said out loud?

‘Oh, this will last me a few days’ I was talking to my mother about 1/2 a can of pringles, I was lying.

What is your favourite ice cream?

Vanilla. I am boring. But the best ice cream i’ve had was a cream/milk flavoured gelato in Florence, that shit slapped. I also like cheap strawberry ice cream when no one is trying to put strawberry bits in it.

What was the last thing you had to drink?

Dinner. A spinach, banana, summer fruits and coconut yoghurt smoothie (with extra raspberries). Its my nightly dinner to cheat more veg into my body.

Do you like your wallet?

Very much. It’s about 7-8 years old, it is faded to hell but it has spiderman and a pony ride stony pin

What was the last thing you ate?

See above smoothie comment, but if that doesn't count, a sugar free mint polo.

Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?

Nope. I don't buy as many clothes as I want to, bc mens clothes in larger sizes are hard to find or expensive here.

The last sporting event you watched?

F1, I don't keep up but I watch a little with my dad every now and then.

What is your favourite flavour of popcorn?

BUTTER. They don't really have it here, and I don't go to movies much when in the states. But @festiveferret​ introduced me to it when we saw Ant-man and the Wasp, and much like poutine and Tim Hortons, I still crave it.

Who is the last person you sent a text message to?

My dad. 

Ever go camping?

Yes, I was a Scout. I have done enough camping to not want to do more, it was fun when I wasn't organising it.

Do you take vitamins?

Yes, but not as often as I should, and as much as my mother bothers me too.

Do you go to church every Sunday?

Nope, not even when I considered myself christian. I go only go to church for other peoples events, and I’m an agnostic now.

Do you have a tan?

I cannot tan. I just can't, I burn lobster red in 5 minutes outside without literal sun cream for BABIES

Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza?

Chinese food, It was easily what taught me to like more foods also, I don't eat tomato so I can't have most pizza. I love a good garlic base/bechamel, but you can't really get that here easily (yes yes I could make my own but that ruins half the point of pizza)

Do you drink your soda with a straw?

I don't drink carbonated drinks, because its like drinking pain. The fuck is wrong with all of you.

What colour socks do you usually wear?

Various colours, but I consider red on the left, blue on the right, my lucky socks. No I don't know why, but I take all exams and interviews wearing them. It’s just a thing.

Do you ever drive above the speed limit?

I don't drive, but if I did, No. Theres a lot of questionable laws out there but Traffic laws aren't one of them.

What terrifies you?

Pfft, most things from spiders to rollercoasters. But more seriously, Being shouted at. Shout at me and I start hyperventilating, its a thing. Also not knowing if someone is mad at me. I’m not good at reading people,

Look to your left, what do you see?

The wallet shown earlier, and the sugar free polos mentioned after that.

What chore do you hate?

Vacuuming. It makes everything in my body hurt. I would rather clean toilets.

What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent?

@s-hylor​

What’s your favourite soda?

See above. I do not like your pain liquid. Apple juice for life.

Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive-thrus?

Either delivery or kiosk, I don't like talking to people where possible, I often need tweaks I don't want to have to remember to repeat.

Who’s the last person you talked to?

@downeyhills​

Favourite cut of beef?

I don't generally eat beef, lamb, or most red meats. I love crispy chilly beef, but as anyone can point out its bc your generally don't feel the texture of the beef.

Last song you listened to?

Everybody Wants to Rule the World | Tears for Fears | Pomplamoose

I’m on a Pomplamoose kick, and I also just love this song anyway.

Last book you read?

Understanding Comics (The invisible Art) - Scott McCloud

Favourite day of the week?

Friday nights. The weekend is ahead and @loraneldin​ and I take to wrangling our beloved usual suspects through another week of Ults Book Club.

Can you say the alphabet backwards?

I can barely say it forwards.

How do you like your coffee?

With milk and sugar, or ultimately, in a Caramel Frappuccino bc I'm a bitch like that.

Favourite pair of shoes?

I have walking boots that don't make my flat ass feet feel like they’re dying. OR my black and green crocs (Fight me, they’re useful).

The time you normally go to sleep?

9-10 is what I'm working on, but I fluctuate depending on if I'm working on something or not.

The time you normally get up?

5-6 If I have a choice in the matter, but often 7-8 if I didn't get to bed at the right time. I’m more about getting the right hours in for my diet than time specifically.

What do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets?

Sunset is the prettiest, but I like to be awake to see the sun rise.

How many blankets on your bed?

One big thick comforter, because that's the uk standard, and I get too hot otherwise.

Describe your kitchen plates

Two types, big wide white ones with a navy blue rim. They are so large I never use them, and little Navy saucer plates I use a lot.

Do you have a favourite alcoholic beverage?

I don't drink, so no. I drink apple juice or Shirley temples when I'm in pubs/bars

Do you play cards?

Sometimes, I like to teach people to play Old Maid. It’s the monopoly of card games.

What colour is your car?

Again, I do not drive. 

Can you change a tire?

I am aware I just said I don't have a car, but I do know how to change a tire. Everyone should go learn its pretty simple.

Favourite job you’ve ever had?

I have only had one job really and two job experience jobs. I did experience in a school library for a week and that was v fun and chill. I did all the jobs they had prepared for me in 2 days so I alphabetically reorganised their fiction section for the rest of the week. I LIKE ORDERING.

How did you get your biggest scar?

I no longer have a gallbladder, so I have 3 scars across my torso from that, the biggest right in the middle of my ribs. Non surgical wise I have matching scars on my knees from ripping holes in them when tripping. I have weak ankles and also I got both of those at different times.

What did you do today that made someone else happy?

I gave my spare animal crossing Iguanodon skull to a wicked artist I follow on twitter so he could complete his dino park. 

[asmolqueen]

Mission Accomplished

@sanderssidescelebrations Pairing: Creativity | Roman "Princey" Sanders/Logic | Logan Sanders, Anxiety | Virgil Sanders/Morality | Patton Sanders, Dr. Emile Picani/Sleep | Remy Sanders, Dark Creativity | Remus "The Duke" Sanders/Deceit Sanders Prompt: Mistletoe Warnings: sympathetic Deceit and sympathetic Remus, Remy is drunk in the end and so is Remus Summary: Lola and Ramona are gay disasters. Peyton does her best to help them. Operation Logince is in the works. Also it's Christmas time. btw this is a genderbend story- Yes I’m aware this is very late. I’m also working on the others still- Read on AO3

“Peyton, help me.”

“How are you expecting me to help, if I have no idea what you’re talking about?”

“I think I’m in love with Lola?”

Peyton stared at her best friend in disbelief for a moment. “Excuse me, what?”

“Like, I’m so impressed by her? She’s like, seriously smart, and absolutely gorgeous by the way — I can’t make sense of how a person just naturally that pretty? — and like, her way of speaking so articulate? She’s just- I think she might be who I’ve been looking for all this time?”, the brunette girl sighed, almost sounding lovesick.

“Woah there, hold your horses, Ramona, don’t get your hopes too high, you remember what happened the last time you thought a girl was the one?”

“Yeah, kinda weird how Remedee and Delaney are already engaged-”

“Exactly!”

“Well, I don’t think Remedee would be Lola’s type or the other way around, and like I said, the’re engaged, Patty.”

The blonde rolled her eyes and adjusted her glasses. Usually she’d be ecstatic to help her friend in these kinda situation, but she’s been hurt twice in a row and this was a different kind of crush or being in love than Delaney or even Ramona's Ex-Girlfriend.

This was Lola.

Their best friend.

The only reason she had met Virginia.

This was completely different.

She needed proof that this wasn’t going to flop.

“Give me three days.”, Peyton suddenly said, looking back at the girl in front of her. “Then I’ll give you an estimate on if this will work and how long it will take. Sound good?”

Ramona jumped up and hugged the blonde with so much impact, that they almost fell off the coffee table that Peyton had been seated on. “Thank you so much!”

After she got back up, Ramona dusted herself off and smiled sweetly. “I’ll be off then, Rem asked me if I wanted to join her and Dee at Dinner tonight. She claimed that Dee set her up to ask me, but when I said that I was at your place, she looked like a lost puppy, so I had to say yes.”, she chuckled. “So, I’ll text you?”

“See you, Rori!”, Peyton called after her ash she watched her escape through the front door of the apartment. “Virge! I need to talk to you right now!”

Her purple haired roommate and girlfriend stepped out of the room, a black ball of fur on her arm and a grumpy look on her face. “Whaaaat? Pandora and I were trying to take a nap back there, you know?”

“Sorry, Stormcloud, I need you to dig around a bit for me, though.”, She explained got up from the table, heading toward the slightly shorter girl. “You’re adorable, you know? Oh and, Virge, I think you’re okay, too.”

Virginia just stared at her in disbelief. “Who are you and what have you done with my girlfriend? You must’ve finally met Remedee, was she here instead of Ramona and tinted your innocence?”

“Honestly, you’re terrible.”, she deadpanned before kissing the girl on the cheek. “Let’s go cuddle with Pandora and then I’ll explain what’s up?”

“Sounds fantastic.”

After a while of them just lazily petting the furball that Pandora was, Peyton began to speak.

“Ramona is all head over heels for Lola.”

Virginia froze for a moment before jerking her head to the side to look at the blonde. “You’re kidding, right?”

“Why would I be! This is terrible!”

“No, actually, this is fucking perfect!”

Peyton gasped, though it was rather fake, she knew she wasn’t going to be able to change her girlfriends habit of cursing in every situation. Nonetheless, she followed the sound with a rather squeaky “Language!”

“So, why is it perfect?”

“Remember the call that woke us up last night? Lola needed advice. She couldn’t sleep, which is old news, I know, but!”, she paused for dramatic effect. “This wasn’t casual insomnia, Lola and I both know what that feels like and that wasn’t it. Her mind was twisting and turning and no matter what happened, her thoughts drifted to our perfect little princess!”

Peyton squeaked, in excitement this time. “And I have the perfect plan!”, she exclaimed before pulling out her phone and texting her brunette friend.

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Open File Mission Name: Operation ‘Logince’ Status: Accepted Code Name: Agent P Agent’s Personal Info: Peyton Elizabeth ‘Ma’ Hart, 23 — In A Relationship Accomplice: No One Miss Prince Would Expect Estimated Success Rate: 78% Estimated Date Of Success: 1st Of January Close File

Permission To Let Miss Peyton E. Hart Take On The Mission And Let Her Do Whatever She Feels Necessary?

[YES.] [NO.] [I HAVE QUESTIONS.]

[I HAVE QUESTIONS.]

Agent P Can Not Answer Any Questions About The Mission. She Did Not Expect Miss Ramona Juliette Prince To Pick This Option, As It Is Unavailable As Of Now.

Do You Accept The Terms and Conditions And Swear To Trust Miss Hart?

[YES] [NO] [*insert curse-word* you.

Yes.]

[*insert curse-word* you.

Yes.]

Thank You For Responding. I Will Now Let You Talk To Miss Hart.

RAMONA I GOT A SOLUTION

I saw, you doofus. I need’a eat with Miss Remedee Kathrina Prince and her girlfriend, miss Delaney Guja for dinner, if you’d excuse me?

Gladly! Say Hi from me!

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A few weeks after that, the friend group met for their yearly Christmas party, which was more of a calm get together, if you ignored Remedee’s whole behavior, this year it was held at the shared place of Emilie and Ramona.

Peyton and Virginia thought this to be the perfect opportunity to carry out their plan. And they also had a woman on the inside.

Although Emelie wasn’t too keen on just playing with her friends feelings and getting into their relationship, she agreed when the girlfriends explained that both girls had deeply fallen for each other and that they had their reasons to ask for help.

The party was, like every year, set on the night of the 25th. It had been going rather calm, even Remedee was slightly reserved, which had scared Peyton and Ramona a slight bit, but she didn’t mention it, and they had all just exchanged gifts and everyone was being rather cutesy about it.

There were kisses and hugs everywhere, which had Peyton’s heart melting, she loved how they were all just a big family.

After Virginia had slightly hinted at the more-than-friends behavior René and Emelie had toward each other and that they had to find out what that was later, she reminded her girlfriend of their mission. They gave Emelie a small sign that they had talked about before and got to work.

The smallest of the bunch had excused herself to go to the bathroom, her girlfriend had distracted her best friend with some cute photos she had taken of Pandora. And maybe some couple pictures, but Virginia didn’t need to know that.

Emelie had gotten to her part, talking to Lola about the psychology behind dreams, it was a subject she knew the black haired couldn’t resist.

Perfect.

While the plan had been going as it was planned, Remedee and René had sneaked into the kitchen to pop the first bottle of champagne. That would be a problem that the bunch would have to deal with later.

Delaney had to leave earlier, her little sister, Amber, had called, it was something urgent, but she didn’t tell the others why, just that it would be fine and they should continue having fun.

“So basically, our little sunshine is… Actually a sunshine? Or are you just that good at photoshop?”, Ramona had asked, laughing.

Peyton had tried for quite a while to get Ramona in the right position, they needed all of it to be perfect, and had grown frustrated at this point.

How do you make a person move backwards?

As Emelie had noticed that, she gave her friend the tiniest of nods, trying to communicate to her, that she got it.

Because, in comparison to Ramona, Lola didn’t like to be too close to people, so if Emilie moved closer to the black haired, she would subconsciously walk backwards.

That did the job, both unbelievably oblivious girls were now standing back to back, with Peyton and Emilie smiling at each other, hoping the girls wouldn’t notice.

Virginia, who had never went to the bathroom in the first place, had been impatiently waiting on top of the staircase, a huge grin on her face.

“Yo! Teach, Princey!”, she yelled and held her arm out over them.

Peyton held back a squeal while Emilie quietly chuckled.

The mentioned girls were both looking up to see the small arrangement the purple haired was holding.

A mistletoe.

Lola was the first to look down from it and turned to her crush, staring for a bit.

After a while of mentally cursing every single Disney villain she could think of, and that were a lot, Ramona also decided to look away from the mistletoe. Lola was as red as her favorite dress, and the brunette suspected that she’d look the same. “Well, I- I know the rules but if you- I mean we don’t gotta, you know? Like, if you're not wanting to, that’s fine with me- I just-”

While Ramona was trying to form a sentence, Lola considered her chances.

It was a fifty/fifty in her book. Either she would be rejected, or not. She was gonna regret it anyway, but who cared. She would take advantage of that moment.

So Lola did a thing that no one expected, she grabbed the collar of her crushes shirt and pulled her close. “Zip it.”

And then her lips were on Ramona’s.

Virginia almost let the mistletoe fall on top of them in the attempt to keep her composure and took a few pictures short after, the angle possibly not the best, but she knew none of the technically unoccupied girls would be able to move apart from the grins that were getting wider by the second.

As Ramona stood there frozen, thanking whatever deity helped her, Lola grew more and more anxious over her decision. She was about to pull back when the brunette put her arms around her neck and kissed back.

Que a wolf whistle from the general direction of the kitchen.

“Get some, sis!”, was yelled, rather drunkenly.

Both immediately jumped back and Ramona turned to her sister. “Rem!”, she yelled, her voice cracking. “Why?”

“Well, you know?”, Remedee said, still sounding very drunk, getting closer to the bunch with René trailing behind, “Revenge.”

And the way she said it, so serious and sober, had almost scared Ramona, until her twin started laughing and almost falling over.

The brunette girl turned to her best friend. “Peyton?”

“Don’t at me! You granted me permission to do anything!”

“So you decided to make my roommate pull a Brutus on me? How considerate.”

“I asked. And if it weren’t for Virginia I wouldn’t have been able to do it!”

Lola just blinked for a while before clearing her throat. “Excuse me?”

“Riiiiight... So you weren’t in for any of it but I kinda broke my promise?”, Virginia started as she was supporting René and standing with the group.

The black haired raised an eyebrow. “Virginia?”

She sighed and decided to load the literal weight on her shoulders onto Emelie and also finally get rid of the metaphorical one of breaking a promise. “Ramona told Peyton she likes you the day after you so graciously woke me and my cat up because you couldn’t sleep because you’re too gay for this shit. So we talked and figured out we needed to get you two together and well,” the girl looked at her accomplices. “We didn’t think you’d be the one to initiate that. So I’m not sure about these two, but I’m still stunned.”

“So you planned that.”

“Yes.”

“And you all knew about it.”

“Pretty much?”

“And all of you kept shut in front of me?”

“Looks like it.”

Lola nodded. “I’m impressed. That’s literally the first thing ever that you were able to keep from me.”

Peyton’s face lit up. “You’re not mad?”

“Babe, we literally had her and her crush kissing, why would she be mad?”

“Good point.”

Ramona, who was kind of embarrassed at this point, just linked arms with Lola and let her away from the group, so they were sitting on the couch now, talking. Both of them still had the slightest tints of pink on their faces, but both had smiles on their faces.

“Mission accomplished!”, Peyton said, looking back to the others, wanting to hug both her teammates, until she saw how Emilie had to try to keep René away from trying to kiss her.

“You need help there, Em?”, Virginia had asked with a smirk.

“Nope, I’m fine! It’s fine! I’m good.”

And just like that, the team had another mission. Taking care of two drunk disasters who were absolutely horrible.

At least two of them woke up without headaches the next morning.

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Open File Mission Name: Operation ‘Logince’ Status: Accepted Agent: Peyton Elizabeth Hart Accomplices: Virginia Church, Emelie Picani End Of Mission: 25th of December Mission Accomplished Close File