#but you are too obsessed with trying to other yourself from cis men to escape how cis men get treated to see it.

[abearinthewoods]

Its so annoying how often I'll see a blog have post after post after post after post so succinctly call out how the ways we view men and masculinity can be harmful to queer people, only to come across an op post explaining how misandry doesn't real.

Trans/intersex/agender/nb person: The way """progressives""" treat us as the worse of the worse of cis men and cast our actions under the shadow of stereotypes about cis men kinda sucks actually. What happened to equality and ending stereotyping and prejudge?

cis man: yes. I agree i have always hated this and think we should join hands as allies in the fight against misandry and androphobia.

Trans/intersex/agender/nb person: lol misandry doesn't real you silly mra.

[bi-bobbysoxxers]

🏀, 📖, 🎸, 🚗, 👤, 📼, 💄, 🔮, 🎁, 💞, 👭, 💘, 🕛, ⛅ for the Gay/Lesbian ask game please?

Alrighty lol xD

🏀🏐 Do you play any sports?

Uh, not anymore unfortunately. When i was in middle school, i played basketball, volleyball, did cheerleading, and was in running club. In highschool, i did cross country in the fall, and i think that's it lol, since i was mostly obsessed with doing theatre lol. I realy liked building the sets and painting, and being on running crew lol. If i ever decided to join a sport, it would be either soccer or beach volleyball, since those seem the most fun. And good cardio too!

📖 Do you write?

Yeah, occasionally lol. I'm not the greatest writer ever, but i'd like to think i'm proud of the work that I've posted. Mostly just Haikyuu and K Project fics. Here's my AO3:

https://archiveofourown.org/users/ElotheFairy

Eventually i want to write some BSD and She-Ra fics, cause i have some ideas, i'm just pretty lazy when it comes to writing, whoops.

🎸 Are you a musician?

Oh I wishhh. That would be so cool. I used to be able to play the piano, and I'm able to reteach myself the scales and play simple songs if I'm sitting at home, but that's about it lol. I need one of those lil whiteboards that you can stick right above a keyboard so i can just have the scale in front of me and learn cute studio ghibli piano songs lol.

🚗 Can you drive?

Surprisingly, yes. Lol I'm a Midwest American queer, so we gotta either learnt to drive ourselves to the cool places, or date someone who can drive us everywhere xD I'm great driving in my hometown and in my college town, but I still can't drive in super big cities quite yet. That'll have to change soon tho once I move for my apprenticeship!

👤 Favorite LGBT fictional character?

Does Kakashi count xD

I'm sure there are a bunch of good queer characters out there, but deadass, most of the shows I watch, it's merely implied, oof. If we're going with canonly queer, i guess i like Simon from Love, Simon a lot. Oh, and of course, Scorpia from She-Ra lol. I hc her as a nb androg lesbian lol. Oh, and Chloe and Max from Life is Strange, and that one chick from Stranger Things, i guess.

If we're going with just, an implied/possibly coded queerness, I love Oikawa from HQ, i headcanon him as a demiboy who is bi or pan. (I headcanon that most fo the dudes from that anime are bi lmao). Uh, I also love Akutagawa and Odasaku from Bungou Stray dogs. I headcanon that Akutagawa is a trans nb guy, demisexual, and panromantic. I also hc Oda as bi lol. I also love Akagi and Misaki from K project, i hc Misaki as a bi trans guy, lol. And i hc Akagi as cis and bi. For She-Ra, i adore both Bow and Sea Hawk, i think it might be implied that Bow is a trans guy, so i hc him as trans and bi. And for my love, Sea Hawk, i hc him as bigender and bi, who laters gets into a polyamrous relationship with both Bow and Mermista lol. Sorry, I have a lot of implied queer hc's, lol.

📼 80's or 90's?

90's for fashion, hair, and makeup.

80's for great music, cute ppl, and fun design ideas lol.

💄 Do you like makeup?

Uhhh, it's kinda complicated.

I like makeup as a concept of freedom of expression, feminity, a way of transforming yourself into a piece of art, blurring the lines between gender ideals, presentation, makeup for fantasy concepts, etc.

But i also dont't like makeup sometimes because it's def been used as a tool to pressure women into performative feminity, used, as a way to groom young girls, used a sneaky way of breaking down a lot of ppl's self confidence, it encourages highly unrealistic beauty standards (for both women and men), i also hate how motherfucking EXPENSIVE and unsustainable it is.

So as a tool for art, genderfuckery, and self-expression, i love it. But as a msrketing concept mostly driven by male CEOs and years and years of misogny and captialism? Not so much lol. I like wearing makeup for big occasions or for when i feel hyperfeminine some days, but I usually prefer going without it.

🔮 Do you believe in astrology?

Yeah, to a reasonable extent lol. I'm not one of those queer that obsesses over every little detail tho. I'm still def learning about it. I recently lesrned that you can combine astrology, with tarot readings, which can greatly specifiy the readings, for both yourself and other people, so I think i'll try that once I get a tarot deck for my birthday lol.

🎁 Fave holiday?

Well, I could be one of those queers who automatically says Halloween, but the more i think about it, i think i like the fall/halloween season waaayy more. Which makes me think that I actually like Thanksgiving a lot, as just, an American holiday. I don't think we shoukd really celebrate it for it's historical reasons, but i also will never say no to good food, family, friends, and a general warmth and sense of peace during that time of the year :3

💞 Fave thing to do on a first date?

Festivals!!!! I looooovee going to any type of market, festival, etc. with someone. I think it's a great way to explore, start conversations, and learn about someone. Cuz like, the type of art, food, trinkets, and music that draws someone in can you a lot about that person, if you think about it! It's hella cute. And then once you're tired of the crowds, most festivals usually have quiet garden or parks near them that you can escape to for some quiet time and deep conversations, lol.

👭 Do u have a gf? Do you want one?

No, I don't have a girlfriend lol. I have an amazing and very caring boyfriend tho. I have briefly dated women in the past tho. It's been fun, lol. I've always wondered, if i had more past romantic/sexual experiences with women, then maybe i'd possibly identify as a lesbian, but honestly, I'm proud of my journey, and I get very happy when I think about my bigender-ness and bisexuality lol. I don't think I would change that for anything. For whatever reason, i think I just click better with bois and nb ppl rather than with cis girls, i'm not sure why lol. But good for anyone who has a gf right now plz treat her like a kweennnn xD

💘

Do you believe in love at first sight?

No, lol. I used to, back in middle school tho. I def believe in love at second sight, or love at first conversation. Ppl are so damn cute when they talk about things they're passionate about, or even when they just get goofy and rant to you about a crazy story lol.

🕐 How old were you when you realized you weren't straight?

Oh god, lol. I was... *tries to do math* I think 16 or 17? I uhh had accidentally fallen for one of my best friends in high school lol. It turned out okay tho, we're still friends to this day. Thanks for that, friend, I'm so glad i realized that sooner rather than later lol.

⛅ Winter or summer queer?

Oh def, winter, lol. Altho winter depression is real most years, idk, i feel lkke i would rather be anxious and cold, rather than angry and sweating buckets lol. Actually now that I think about it, the summer always makes me a little more moody than winter, cause i always feel like i should doing more, but summer's really a time for waiting and rest, if you think about it. I'm always happier in the winter cause most of the time, i'm slowly moving towards certains goals in my life, and the world just...seems happier and more cozy in the winter season, idk.

Thanks for these asks, dude! I had a lot of fun with them, lol.

Anyone can ask me any of the other q's on the pinned pride game list if you'd like! Happy Pride, BLM!!

[merigreenleaf]

OC Tag (#5 - Sol)

Two more of these left- I’ll share the last one either tonight or tomorrow. Sorry if this is a bother, but I really enjoyed answering these questions for my six main characters. :D I’m not tagging anyone, but if you’d like to do this, consider yourself tagged! (I am tagging @lynnafred so you see this though.)

GENERAL

Name: Solei "Sol" Celeste

Alias(es): Oh look, another dork who doesn't go by their real name and uses their alias instead lol. His birth name was Sebastien, but Sol changed his name when he came to Concordia because he wanted to forget his past and since he has light magic, he picked a name that meant sun. "Celeste" is a stage name he and his brother chose together since their home culture doesn't do last names and the two of them have a sun/moon theme. 

Gender: cis male

Age: 24

Place of birth: Sanctuary of Shadow, Montglace

Spoken languages: Sol is great with languages and can speak most languages he comes across fairly well. He can't read/write any of them (I think his dyslexia is too bad) but he's really good at speaking them. This is why he doesn't have an accent speaking Concordian like Etri does. 

Sexual orientation: he's bi- he likes men and nonbinary people 

Occupation: He shares a fire act with Etri for their carnival troupe but most of his time is spent inventing things.

APPEARANCE

Eye colour: blue-green

Hair colour: white blond

Height: 6'6"

Scars: All from being so very Sol. He got hit by a knife Etri threw once and that gave him a scar on his upper arm (Etri probably wasn't ready for knife tossing at that point but Sol's reckless and wanted to try lol). Any other scars were from similar situations- like the time he made a pair of wings and jumped off the roof of the wagon. 

Burns: Nope! If there's one thing Sol can do well it's work with his light/fire magic. He uses this with the metal for his tinkering and for globes of light that hover over his shoulders. He can even summon and hold fire without getting hurt and can control the flame so nothing around him catches on fire. Years ago people tried to kill him with fire, not realizing he had magic. It obviously didn’t work.

Overweight: no

Underweight: no. Sol is in VERY good shape and even more muscular than Blythe is. He's more than a little vain about his appearance, but he likes looking good!

FAVOURITE

Color: bright yellow and shiny golds (glitter. His favorite thing ever is glitter. He’ll answer that glitter is his favorite color given the chance)

Hair colour: no preference

Eye colour: no preference

Music genre: Probably the loudest, drummiest music possible, to the annoyance of the poor brother he lives with who loves silence.

Movie genre: n/a for the setting

TV Show: n/a

Food: Just about anything! He's not as obsessed with food as Adair is, but it's a really close call. He really seems to like pizza though.

Drink: fruit juices. I really don't think his brother lets him drink caffeine or alcohol because that's asking for trouble with Sol's hyperactivity lol.

Book: No thanks. He can't read even though Etri's tried to teach him and he finds books boring anyway.

HAVE THEY

Passed university: Not any equivalent. Etri at least had training back in Montglace that counted for an education, but Sol kept his magic a secret and never learned anything there because of it. He's far from dumb, though, and is something of a genius ditz- between what he's picked up, what Etri's taught him, and systems he's invented on his own, he does quite well for himself. He looks dumb, but if anything he's smarter than the booksmart Etri.

Had sex: yes

Had sex in public: I *really* don't want to know the answer here because if any of my dorks would, it would be this weirdo

Gotten pregnant: no

Kissed a boy: yes

Kissed a girl: no (he’s really not interested in women)

Gotten tattoos: He has sun tattoos on the palms of both hands and on both forearms.

Gotten piercings: He has a series of small gold hoops pierced up his left ear to match Etri's.

Had a broken heart: yes. Of all my dorks, Sol's history here is the most tragic.

Been in love: Once and hasn't allowed himself to fall in love since. Watching your love be burned to death would do that to you. (Sol does get another opportunity for love later.)

Stayed up for more than 24 hours: Remember how Etri keeps caffeine away from Sol? Yeah. The one time he didn't, Sol was up for nearly a week building... something. I'm too afraid to ask what it was considering the things he builds on normal Sol-brain. This might actually be the reason the twins live with a different carnival troupe than they started with lol.

ARE THEY

A virgin: no

A cuddler: Sol is notorious for his bear hugs so this is very much a yes. 

A kisser: Yes! That's the bad thing about not dating much- he misses kissing. 

Scared easily: Surprisingly for someone as big and strong as he is, yes. He might come off as brave, though, because he doesn't always notice what's going on around him, but as soon as he catches on he's probably hiding under a table. 

Jealous easily: Nope!

Trustworthy: Oh gosh. Yes, he's definitely someone who will do everything he can to keep your secret or help you- he wants so much to be helpful! But he's also incredibly forgetful and it's probably safest not to trust him with anything important in case he breaks it, loses it, accidentally tells someone it, or explodes it.

Dominant: Nope. He tends to go along with what everyone else wants. 

Submissive: Yeah. At one point the other dorks assumed he was mind controlled along with everyone else, but it turned out that he was just going along with what they were all doing. 

In love: Not for a long time, but he does get there again. In the meantime he loves his friends very much and is constantly squeezing them in bear hugs.

Single: yeah

RANDOM QUESTIONS

Have they harmed themselves: Sol makes the worst possible decisions constantly because they seemed like a good idea at the time. He's always getting injured because he did something stupid and reckless. It's a good thing Blythe's a healer!

Wanted to kill someone: Sol is the most pacifistic of the dorks. He doesn't ever want to hurt anyone no matter what. The last time he punched someone it didn't help anything and he decided from then on he would never raise a hand to anyone. That said, he would pick someone up by the back of their shirt to make a fight stop. Sometimes it’s useful to be 6′6″ and really strong lol.

Ride a horse: I'm laughing about how wonderfully this could go wrong, but knowing Sol? He'd be amazing at this because he's good with animals.

Have/had a job: He makes the odd inventions for money and to help out his carnival troupe. He also shares a carnival act with his brother. 

Have any fears: He still has nightmares about what happened to his ex boyfriend. He doesn't really fear relationships and getting hurt again, more that falling in love would mean hurting the memory of the boy he loved. For all that he’s not particularly brave, I don't think he fears much. Maybe his friends suddenly deciding that he's too weird and they don't want to have anything to do with him. Thinking about it, his biggest fear might be losing Adair in this way. Sol never had a best friend and now that Adair's it, I think he's afraid Adair's going to change his mind. Addy means so much to Sol and it’s freaking adorable how happy Sol is about finally having someone in his life who gets him and actually wants to help with his inventions.

FAMILY

Sibling(s): Etri is his identical twin. It’s possible they have half siblings, but Montglace has no concept for family so they have no idea. The reason the twins were able to escape their home was because no one expected loyalty from siblings and for Etri to help/protect Sol.

Parents: Who knows? They have birth parents, obviously, but have no idea who they are because of the no family thing. 

Children: not yet, but there's a plot idea I may or may not do in book 3. He and Firedrake do become sort of parents/sort of older sibs to one of the younger carnies in book 2, assuming I keep this storyline.

Pets: He keeps "borrowing" Adair's cat and putting hats or collars or clothes on her. I think that's the only time Addy has ever questioned his choice in best friend lol.