#do they have gender issues? are they more of a pathetic wet cat than a man? yes

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if i had a nickel for everytime i loved when a fictional character named carol was in a qpr sometimes romance sometimes platonic relationship with weird an awkward wet cat …man…

id have two nickels. which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.

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Does jughead match Betty's freak

this ask ended up twice in my inbox and i think that’s so funny. ask so real it came as a two-for-one deal !

honestly? no. jughead and betty are like, the epitome of an arranged marriage with the genders inversed. like specifically, jughead is the wife with unfortunate and irreversible neediness syndrome and betty is the strapping young man who has been tied down against his will. like, all betty wants to do is get out there and explore - first in a journalism sense, then in an investigator sense, then in a sexuality + life’s pleasures sense. betty really really likes being in charge of stuff, in taking command and moving stuff forward and getting shit done. she’s also a little more substantially fucked up than jughead in the sense that jughead is like. abandonment/inferiority complex 1000 ie. his mom left him, archie left him, his dad left him, his gf cheats on him or whatever. jughead is mostly a bundle of soft-type emotional-relationship issues which are fucked up in their own right, but he also expresses those issues a lot more openly (the whole Being A Writer thing, narratively the dying over and over thing, his whole misanthropy thing being just an accepted part of who he is).

betty on the other hand has: a serial killer father, serial killer grandparents, a mom who kills assailants and hides the bodies under floorboards, a serial-killer FBI-agent half-brother, a serial-killer cam hooker half-brother-in-law, a cult-indoctrinated accidentally-incestuous sister who had twins with the town dead boy who was killed by his father (said father also being one of betty’s own blood family), a boyfriend that dies every season and is an attempted gang leader, a cousin who is an insane witch, a gang-leader step-dad-situation who is also the father of her boyfriend, not to mention her serial killer genes! when i say she’s substantially more fucked up than jughead i mean that jughead weeps/whines/acts pathetic about his circumstances a lot more, which are sad in general bc that’s his role, but despite betty’s increasing “darkness” over the seasons (something that she says verbatim . lol) she still keeps it together on a surface level. still dresses in pastels still wears little pink sweaters and skinny jeans and does her cute hairdos and sheer pink makeup well into her adulthood, which makes her all the more fucked bc cognitive dissonance goes crazy!! the difference between how she’s perceived/what she’s supposed to be and all the things that happened to her/the way she’s supposed to react to it are two different ends of the personality spectrum.

of course, the problem this creates is that jughead (ultimate sad wet cat) sees her suburban good girl aura and takes it for granted that she will stay the same sweet girl and attaches himself to her - unfortunately, betty’s core directive is to keep moving, so naturally she starts looking in different directions. jughead needs her too much and she doesn’t really need him at all. consider that also jughead walks around like a festering open wound and betty graduated from the cooper school for emotionally repressed women…like. there was no way for betty to be weird (to be a weirdo. to not fit in and not want to fit in. she doesn’t even have a stupid hat on) like jughead is weird bc jughead is a freak because of his problems - ie he has no one, originally, bar archie, because he’s so “misunderstood” and “misanthropic”. the inverse of that - betty has, superficially, zero problems - which is what draws veronica and jughead to her, and her freak is just that much more intense because she never deals with it except in really unhealthy ways (a pile of coping mechanisms for which she is always looking to add to.)

tl:dr betty’s freak is a lot more intense and unsolvable than jughead’s and so while jughead can be fixed by a one-hit wonder vent novel and a new project-focused girlboss gf, betty can never be fixed - ergo they really need to see other people (NOT ARCHIE.)

[halevren]

FHJY Spoilers || my live thoughts as I watch episode 3

Had a rough week so far, I am looking forward to this episode ♡

HIIIIII INTREPID HEROES

NAT 20

please bring ayda back this episode (begging) (I know it won't happen. but I'm desperate)

ZELDA AND GORGUG BREAK UP CONFIRMED.....

I am experiencing so much gender envy from literally everyone at the table.

The art team really pulled out all the stops for this season. The dome backdrop is so good

THIRTY INVESTIGATION?!!!??!

"Of course you and Adaine, of course, are... Nerds."

"Not ideal for the bad kids" oh no.

Lone Wolf Bloodrush player. That's oc material fr

"I like getting friends cast on me so I willingly fail" fig becomes more and more relatable every episode

"IT'S 10 AND I GIVE YOU THE HELP ACTION"

LYDIA!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

LYDIA MADE THEM LUNCH 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

THE EMO SONG 😭😭😭

It just says "Hey Adaine" on the inside 😭😭

Cloaca.....

how many binders do the Thistlesprings have

"Can I Run From You?"

Just Breathe

CHLOE SHORT FOR CLOACA

I love the casual conversation they have

TWO GLASSES OF MILK

"I'll walk you to Bard class" fig probably won't be staying 😭

NEW LUNCH LAD!!!!!

I hope Fig's luck issue gets resolved soon 😭

MAZEY IS SO PRETTY

Grix...??

THE PARROTS.....

omg mazey x fabian?!!?!?!????!?!?!!?!

A SECRET CLOACA WITH A GUN??

Jawbone is so filled with dad lore

Kristen class president is something I need

21 passive investigation is insane

"What are you, like 4 different dogs?"

Passive Aggressive Kristen is so good.

Ghost steaks 🔥

FABIAN FLIRTING

"You're looking at a party boy" oh fabian....

I think Kristen working to be class president will convince her to. Go to school and work on getting better at it

Gilear 😢 I miss my pathetic wet cat of a man

fig writer's block so relatable

Stressed Riz

WANDA CHILDA

HEYYYYYY GIRLIE

I miss Ayda

Porter is kinda.... ♡

Why is everyone so attractive why must I be attracted to all the adults. im supposed to have a type

"I'm going into a worry, yeah"

Fig taking Fabian to the wizard class instead of bard class is so real

TERPSICHORE SKULLCLEAVER!!!!!! she looks like she bakes incredible cookies. I can't dance but I want to be in her class

THIRTY-ONE????????? PERFORMANCE

Dance bard class is so cool

From Jock to Arsty kid, I love Fabian's character development so much

"I'm going to do a lot less partying" a full lie from Fabian

I need more Riz and Jawbone one on ones

KRISTEN CHILLIS APPLEBEES 😭😭😭😭

oh no the Applebees fam are here oh no...

Ripped Kristen approaching her parents.....

oh no. oh no. oh no.

Not good what is going on with Cassandra

MAKE HER OWN PEOPLE TO TALK TO?!!!??!???!??!?? WHAT???????? WHAT WHAT WHAT????

ALLY IS SO CASUAL WITH NAT 20S 😭

HE'S A LITTLE PALADIN....

BYE GIRLIE

RIZ HAS A BACKUP TIE

why is sorcery so expensive

SHE'S NOT GOING TO TELL JAWBONE 😭

oh god Wanda Childa....

"what smell would be enticing to emo kids" 😭😭😭

"Did you just come from a room full of cigarettes and peach schnapps" "you mean breakfast?"

I wanda'd in

NOT ALL WHO WANDA ARE LOST

SITTING OUTSIDE AND LISTENING TO BARD CLASS

watching Kristen deal with school and stuff and deal with Cassandra makes me slightly uncomfortable. not in a bad way but in a way that I relate to it a bit too much and it's a bit too real. i too had extreme trouble with school and I also have issues with pushing important people away when trying to focus on myself and it ruins a lot of my relations. I relate to Kristen too much in the worst ways and that hits closer to home than I like. I love Kristen but man. Too close

"Things can be bad, and things can be good, but they all can be true."

I worry about Kristen going to Cassandra's realm. I am going into a worry. I have bad feeling.

the sound design is so good

GENTLE SOBBING.... OH NO. OH NO.

"I can't rely on you." OUCH.

she already found somebody????

KALINA!?!?!?! !!??!?!?!!!???!??!!??!!???!!???!?? HUHHHHH?!!??!!

IT'S LEAVING IT OFF WITH THAT?????? WHAT THE FUCK???????? WHAT THE FUCK???????????????????????? WHAT?????

[oreo102]

Please I'm so so curious to hear your thoughts on 10/14

Ok so my thoughts on 10 are less than 14 so let’s start with him lol. I have not watched 10, so my hatred of him is more hatred by proxy of how the fandom treats him and proxy of 14, but I still do have a few specific thoughts and this will be long and definitely rambly

A) when talking about him I usually refer to him as Fandom’s Favorite White Boy or Pathetic Wet Cat/Twink mostly because it’s funny but for now I’ll use 10. The most I know about 10 is that he is angsty and in love with rose and besties with Donna… also that he’s pathetic but that’s more vibes

So- my hate of 10 is less tangible than 14 but i still have a few points, the main one being the way i see ppl talk about how he treated Martha and how obsessed with rose he was. I don’t think it’s ever compelling to have someone’s main personality trait be loving someone a whole lot which also honestly is my problem with rose (don’t hate her but don’t care about her)

From what I have seen and heard of 10 it’s rather… boring, honestly? Like it’s mostly clips out of context but for 13 and 15 I saw clips out of context and was like “ok wth is happening? /pos” with 10 it’s more like “wtf?” Also pretty sure his episodes were some of the ones I saw when my parents had the show on that played a part in me swearing the show off so

Ok onto the more tangible hatred of 14. A lot of this, admittedly, is more about the writing and showrunner decisions than 14 but those things by proxy makes me hate him

So- I have a lot of feelings on him quite literally starting from his first appearance in power of the doctor. I am SO PETTY that he doesn’t wear 13’s silly little outfit. Like I have gone on full rants about that fact to my friends and family

I’ve seen something claim that rtd didn’t want 14 to wear her outfit because people might be transphobic and derogatory towards him (even tho Dhawan!master wore it, and it’s pretty gender neutral) but then did nothing about the shit ppl said about ruby’s actor or about ppl who would be a bitch about rose the second being nonbinary(also i remember seeing a post about their deadname being mentioned in an episode? Not totally sure that’s true tho)

The 60th anniversary specials themselves don’t really celebrate Dr who as a whole as much as 10’s run with a few old villains but that’s not really my main issue with that. My main issue with the specials is that the Doctor gets their happy ending. With Donna. And her family. When fucking 3-4 episodes prior, their happy ending would’ve been yaz. It would’ve been staying with yaz. But nope! Donna! Because that’s what 10 would’ve wanted.

And I don’t want 14 to be with yaz, btw, I mean I want them to meet and for yaz to hit him, but I don’t want them to be a thing or like be together because I believe yaz is a lesbian but that’s not the point of this so moving on

I also have very much big issues with the scene where 15 and 14 are (presumably, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the full scene) talking about women they love and mention who I assume to be River and rose but not yaz, who again, they wanted to spend forever with 3-4 episodes prior. It makes the doctor seem like a douchebag even if it’s a writing issue and not a character issue

Also 14 being David tenant overshadows 13’s departure and 15’s arrival and since he is most likely going to show up at least a little bit in s14 he’ll overshadow 15 in his own series. It’s icky at the very least.

There’s something inherently bad about having the fandoms Favorite White Boy be with a contentious casting decision (because I have no faith in the Dr who fandom not to be bigoted) and even if no one has an issue with 15 being black and maybe gay (is he gay? He gives gay vibes) it’s still setting him up for failure by pairing him with 14

Also bigeneration is so fucking dumb and I hate it

Also also stop giving the Dr 19 year old companions it’s getting kinda weird now

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HEY. TELL ME ABOUT KOURA. i do enjoy divine mommy issues

Koura my pathetic wet cat of a man... my yoinky sploinky...

The short version is that they're my main gerudo OC! I play them in a TTRPG campaign set in the LoZ universe as a player character. They're a cowardly and heretical transmasc gerudo with a lot of issues constantly on the run from their past. They wield a whip Indiana Jones-style, and repress their gerudo equivalent of Catholic Guilt under a free bird lifestyle and bad boy attitude.

The longer version is that them being heretical and them being transgender are the exact same thing* since gerudo men are supposed to be kings (to me the position of "king" for gerudo is a spectrum based on what the voe has proven himself capable of; on the highest end he's a complete autocrat like OoT Ganondorf, and on the low end he's just a figurehead to be kept out of harm's way, but either way it's a position of significant religious and social importance)-- a blessing once a century-- which has meant that Koura has faced a lifetime of beatings and ostracization from their would-be sisters for their repeated crimes of "treating the trappings of a king like a costume".

Once upon a time, during a happier more prosperous era for the gerudo thousands of years ago, the gerudo had more than one voe per century, and their menfolk were thus capable of leading relatively normal lives. Young Koura was a history nerd and came to admire this time period and its possibilities, wanted that sort of thing back in some form... even dared to want a part in it. But that absence is still very much a sore spot for the other gerudo. So it didn't seem to matter that Koura tried to be a "good man", someone who strived to contribute to society, uphold the values of the gerudo, act as a proper voe should, compensate for what they lacked... because they couldn't ever fully compensate. Because their female body could never do everything a cisgender voe's could for them.

Despite all this-- and their rather punkass attitude-- Koura remained loyal and faithful and determined. It didn't matter much that the goddesses never answered them, because they were a gerudo! They just had to prove their worth, right? Prayers and wishes mattered little without actions, so act they did. They'd be a man that the gerudo would deserve. A proper voe takes care of his girls, after all. They'd find their niche in society and give back to it, even if it wouldn't give back to them. Unfortunately, Koura was just some guy. A fallible mortal with human feelings. Being a spunky gender rebel with a punk attitude takes a lot of energy and willpower, and a person can only get so much of those forcibly wrung out of them before they have to shut up or die. Even the stupidest snail retreats to their shell when they're being salted, and Koura eventually "wised up" as it were. They didn't expect any gods or spirits to come down and personally guide them through their darker moments, but it wasn't like anyone else ever came to their defense. The pain and isolation took their toll. Continually swatted back down the social ladder no matter what good they did, Koura was effectively stuffed into the closet. Best they could do was steal all they could when sent on routine banditry missions... as a vai. Their passions and reasons for their efforts had to be kept locked up tight if they wanted to avoid more humiliation.

But one day, they stole something special: An enchanted girdle, a magic belt that was a little small for most gerudo. On a whim, not knowing what it was capable of, they decided to keep hold of it a while longer and try it on. It revealed that it had the power to near-instantly "genderbend" its wearer, granting a perfect sex change so long as it's worn.

Naturally, this made Koura completely ecstatic. For a few minutes. For a brief moment they felt whole, like a miracle had occurred. But then it sank in: It really was a miracle. Sex change magic working properly on gerudo is simply not a thing that normally happens, as they're all already under sex-determining magic. Whether Koura was truly special, or if it was that someone out there had finally just so happened to create powerful enough sex change magic to work on any gerudo, something unprecedented had happened. Not only that, but they were a "real" man now, and to reenter gerudo society in their new body would mean having to face a voe's responsibilities and become a king. However, after a lifetime of making themself smaller and smaller in the hopes of fitting into gerudo society... in completely losing track of where "I just want to be a normal man" ended and "I swear I'm not trying to claim an unearned social status, please don't knock any more of my teeth out!!" began for them... feeling all the big responsibilities and unsavory duties of a modern, kingly voe alight on their shoulder for even a moment crushed them utterly like an ant under a cartoon anvil. They couldn't take it! THEY COULDN'T TAKE IT!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!

Shortly after, they made off with the belt, leaving Gerudo Valley and its daughters behind never to return. Something like the girdle Koura possessed could completely reshape gerudo culture, and access to such an artifact would be nothing but a net good for the species as a whole... Koura knew this, but kept it all for themself anyway.

Koura now lives in self-imposed exile, disguising their true race and steering clear of gerudo they pass. They conceal their rounded ears, and painstakingly bleach and dye their hair from the neck up to a shade of pale blue (flaming red hair is a nightmare to recolor, and non-ginger gerudo are scarce, so this does more work for their big racefaking act than you'd think). They're also a bit short for a gerudo at about 1.88m/6'2", so can generally pass as a long, tan humanoid of ambiguously hylian or sheikah descent.

"But what about the 'divine mommy issues'?"

Oh yeah! That's related to what they're going through in the campaign at the moment.

For starts, their story there begins with them losing their girdle, the discovery of this having happened causing a reaction not unlike Gollum losing the One Ring. Leads to recover it brought them to the other party members, and they've generally been feeling weary and wretched without their magic transition device.

Cut to a few weeks into the adventure, the girdle still unfound, and a vision of the Desert Goddess visits Koura in the night. She chides them for abandoning the gerudo and running from their destiny, but what's relevant to the note you ask about is that she calls them her son and uses their chosen name during this little meeting.

As someone for whom social transition in their homeland has been completely off-limits and impossible to safely approach (sure, the people of the nations of Hyrule can see Koura as a man or whatever regardless of the state of their body, but those are lame hylians! The gender isn't the same! They've got more men than they know what to do with, and don't understand the social differences that'd be had in Gerudo Valley's society for a gerudo voe! Also... physical dysphoria), Koura has a lot of mixed feelings about that. After all, them being a "good man" didn't matter much to the gerudo because of their female body. With the belt and away from the gerudo, they're a "bad man", but their body is the "right" one, so having a male body without any of the associated culture should be enough to be happy with, right? RIGHT?! So the goddess herself gendering them properly despite them being in the "wrong" body... man. After all they've been through, all the cruel lessons beat into them that worked... They don't understand. The sentiment towards that small kindness can be summed up most succinctly with just "Why?"

Could go on about their motivations, the subtleties of their gender identity... what standards they have and their goals... how often they leave the belt latched or loose... their personality and fears... but this particular post is getting kind of long so There you have it for now!

*I'M QUEER!!!!!!! If you even think I'm transphobic I'll kill you with a brick!!!!! And your little dog too!!!!!