#just because youre not having sex with someone doesn't mean that you arent having sex with them. in another larger way

[oury-boros]

i think that jez believes that he and mark are in a sexual relationship, its just that they haven't had sex. and also he's right

[murky-tannin]

People learn the difference between canon and headcanon challenge

[ikkosu]

Humans are so appealing to many cybertronians as both pets and partners. Incredibly friendly and capable of pack bonding with pretty much anything going so far as to anthropomorphize inanimate objects. So small compared to even a minibot or cassette bot and so fragile. Squishy organic bodies that are so easy to fold and bend to a Cybertronian’s whims. It’s insane how much a human’s body can stretch for their Cybertronian lover. Plus the insane libidos that humans have means that their lovers will never be unsatisfied.

However there have been reports of malfunctioning spikes and dangerously low transfluid levels from just how frequently humans seek out their romantic and sexual partners.

Many Cybertronians who have been to earth have been numbed to the exotic charm a human might have while those which haven’t been to earth can’t help but coo and prod at the humans they find

ABSOLUTELY

l absolutely love the idea that somehow despite having a more demure stature compared to the behemoths that are the Cybertronians, human libidos can pack quite a crazy punch. Given their 'fluids' aren't as fuel-like the way Cybertronian has theirs, they're not at all in any case harmed by that prospect.

But of course, that doesn't mean there is no any ramifications on the human's part at all — it's just less severe. While the bots themselves, worn out from their spikes wrung dry extensively could land themselves a delicious spot on a medical berth.

I can imagine professional doctors drafting up warning notices or leaflets about this particular problem.

With corny hospital slogans like : "Check your Tank before you bank it!!" Or "Those fluids arent going to fill up themselves!!" and some well known mech celebrity is giving them a thumbs up from the health poster.

Can you really blame them, though? Humans are known for their softness. And once you're shrouded with the slick tight warmth of their hole — it's not so easy to snap out of it.

They get too lost in the moment, frames shuddering with pleasure, overlords after overloads, they don't notice their energon dwindling down and once it's all gone they just suddenly fall limp on their human. Like someone had pulled out a plug. Said mech would never live the embarrassment down, a firm reminder of everyone witnessing a limp spike hanging off their panel as they're dragged across to the medical bay.

It would also be interesting. Since Cybertronians spike are naturally very hard? (No pun intended) And even after two overloads, it's still kind of bricked up. So, continuous overloads would render the spike flaccid ( energon keeps it pressurized) and a soft spike isn't a good sign since it kind of hinders the pathway of the transfluids.

Just imagine Ratchet chewing out a mech for being so horny that his spike is a literal water balloon, now. Said mech also wailing in pain, not because his dick hurts, but because his human is confiscated and he's banned from having sex for at least a month if he doesn't want his robot cock amputated.

[harbingersglory]

miko is SO REAL for that, two switches fighting over who gets to dom is the best dynamic. if you have time/want to i'd be curious to hear any sub headcanons you have for lisa, ei, ningguang and/or kafka!

this is so incredibly self indulgent because i see ningguang, ei and kafka in the same sentence and explode. everyone pretend i didnt accidentally pick a fav here um

ningguang i already see as a pillow princess more than anything she fits this so well. absolutely adores going slow + worship. treat this woman like royalty and lord you will not regret it. she goes all out to make the night as perfect as possible. will not let you have a hand in any of it sorry!! this is her turf. perfect atmosphere suited to your tastes (tons of candles, if you like that, or just going by moonlight is also her style). incense, taking a few minutes beforehand just to really get settled in the mood (usually by cuddling, but shes not against just taking a moment for some tea or even a game of chess).

you'll also probably need all that extra time to sort through whatever shes bought this time. when i said she goes the whole nine yards i mean it. she has money and she will use it. very expensive lingerie for herself (and you, if thats your thing.) and literally anything you could ever want. it heavily depends on what you both want out of the night but she spares no mora making it the best she can.

the non-sexual intimacy before hand (and especially after) is important to her she takes it very seriously (for the both of you). you'll probably get dragged into taking a long bath afterwards before actually going to bed. hope you arent too tired! because its gonna be a while before you actually sleep.

because this woman has stamina. technically. she's just really pent up and theres no better way to get that stress out then soft sex with her partner. shes not picky about positions really but she has a soft spot for laying on her stomach with a pillow to prop up her hips (really accentuates the pillow princess part, huh /j). if you start massaging her she's gonna wake up the entirety of liyue. she's normally quiet but lord knows she needs it and she cant keep quiet for the life of her.

genuinely just very soft and gentle. she just needs some good pampering after a long day to unwind (preferably with a glass of wine, but thats for later).

ei..is very awkward about it. she probably gets embarrassed if you bring it up but shes not. opposed per se. she's just used to domming that she has no idea what to do. genuinely a mess the first time around but she gets the hang of it quick (shes a quick learner :])

also you just really get to see a side of her you usually never do! she's usually big on topping and shes pretty calm and composed about it (usually). not cold, just..she doesn't outwardly express things often. except when shes subbing. its like a switch flipped

just dont tease her about how visibly flustered and awkward she is about it. because she is. horribly so. shes still pretty quiet but thats just ei, to be fair. its like a cute, nervous puppy. call her a good girl though and she might short circuit so badly the shogun comes out

though i also see ei as someone who prefers giving even when subbing. a dangerous combo considering her body is a puppet and, yknow, cant get tired. you will have to pry this woman off you shes lowkey insatiable when it comes to pleasing you. 100% less of a brat, though. you give her an order shes following through with it before you can blink. efficient!

kafka is similar to miko, imo. maybe yelan too?? she gives off big brat vibes when she subs. she wont use suggestion in bed unless your 100% cool with it and even then its usually when she doms but when she subs? shes a menace. bit of a masochist, to be honest. she'll push your buttons until you crack and decide to punish her but woops, thats just what she wants so she wins anyway!

she cant feel fear but she certainly enjoys a good thrill. specifically sensory deprivation. cover her eyes with a blindfold and keep her guessing. its probably her favorite part, the closest she can get to fear. especially if you add a bit of pain into it.

choking, spanking, bit of blood..this woman is smiling through it all like she's the happiest woman in the world. especially if it makes you frustrated. shes like it desperate and rough.

if thats not your speed, though, she can get that thrill in other ways. semi public sex is her jam so sandwich her against a wall in some random supply closet and make her scream. shes not quiet even in the comfort of whatever room shes booked this time and you'll have to physically shut her up if you dont want to get caught. shes still a brat at heart, though. put your fingers in her mouth and she'll bite. your gonna need the patience of a saint to dom kafka.

[chaifootsteps]

this show is so goddamn confusing because blitz what do you MEAN you "suck pussy"? you certainly weren't sucking verosikas pussy! or any of your other exes pussies for that matter!

it feels like they wanted to have a joke about him being pansexual, but its so out of place if youve watched the show up to that point, because blitz barely fucking likes women. if he doesn't like them, then his immediate reaction is misogynistic insults or straight up trying to kill them, and while millie is an exception, shes still in a committed relationship, which basically implies the one women he might actually want to have sex with will never reciprocate those feelings because of her marriage.

geninuely, as a pansexual person, it makes me wonder why they didnt just make him gay instead. hes shown more attraction to men then to women (which could just be a preference if he wasn't so cartoonishly and uncomfortably cruel to adult women in comparison,) and theyll never show him being attracted to someone in hell whos outside of being male or female, because knowing viv, she probably just sees nonbinary people as women lite. if his sexuality was made to be pansexual just so they could make jokes about him wanting to fuck moxxie and millie, then thats fine, but they even really arent taking advantage of that joke anymore anyways. and probably won't when s3 and s4 become the stoliz show. ghost fuckers probably wont either, even if it does look like a millie and blitz episode.

theyll happily use his pansexuality to have him have a giant party full of his exes when he needs to look worse then the guy who coerced him into sex for a year every month, though. it pisses me off so bad. its maybe the only time in s2 where blitz's sexuality mattered to the episode, but not in an interesting way like s1 did it with spring broken. and thats on top of none of the exes actually being characters with their own stories of how they met blitz and broke up with him, which would make them feel a little fleshed out and less like a plot devices that need to exist so the story can get where it wants to without putting it any critical thought into it.

because if they did that, since it's a pretty logical thing to happen at a party full of exes obsessed over the same guy, stolas would either need to respond by being honest and being kicked out of the party for the disgusting creep he is, or, he would have to lie to stay. both of which would highlight how little stolas deserves to be there, and shows just how much viv would rather create characters to conveniently make stool-ass look better, instead of actually exploring a side of the main characters life in an engaging way.

This stupid show needs to make up its mind whether Blitz is good in bed or not. It needs to make up its mind about a lot of things, but that's definitely one of them.

[genderkoolaid]

(different person than last anon) can you give us like actual scientific papers that "nonhumans" are real and not just ppl that need a lot of psychological help? bc like while gender + sex can be very diverse and change w the individual, species is extremely specific and thats why shit like making crossbreeds is so insanely hard and they usually end up infertile bc the genes arent meant to be combined. n also the only example i can think of of any other species having "i am not the species i was born as" thoughts is that one female monkey that was raised so close w people she thought she was a person and she would refuse to breed w any of her primate species bc of it. you would call that mental illness in that monkey because she cannot be a person in a monkey body, just like someone can't be a dog or angel or horse in a human body, so why do you not consider being "nonhuman" also a mental illness?

can you please explain about alterhumanity? I don’t mean to be negative, I don’t understand… “there are only two sexes” is wrong because biology knowledge we have today actually doesn’t support that. did modern taxonomy find out something similar about humans? that’s very interesting, I don’t know a lot about it! but if you do I’d love to read that research!

So I think "there are only two sexes" isn't the best example; the comparison is more like "people can't change their gender because gender is whats in your pants"

Yes, we can look at chromosomes and hormones and sexual organs, and that stuff is related to gender. But to say "gender/sex is a construct" does not mean "chromosomes/hormones/sex organs don't exist." Its pointing out that our relationship to those things is culturally dependent (I wouldn't say "unnatural" because humans making social constructs is natural).

Similarly, we do divide up species based on reproduction and common ancestors. But "humanity" is also a construct. What it means to be human & who is defined as human can and does change depending on our culture. Not only can some people be excluded from humanity (for example, people of color and neurodivergents), but some people believe they are spiritually nonhuman (whatever that means for them). Some people who have been rejected from humanity identify as alterhuman as a way of saying "you don't want me, then I don't want you" (voidpunk is related to this although not inherently alterhuman). Some people are delusional and identify with alterhumanity as a way of coping with their delusions (and also, yes, you can be self-aware about your delusions). Some people believe in reincarnation or alternate universes or have some other spiritual belief related to being nonhuman. Some people just feel like dogs and enjoy being a dog and it doesn't matter why because they just like it.

Honestly, the monkey does sound like a monkey-version of alterhuman, because (if I can get a little anthropomorphize-y on y'all), it sounds like she did not feel apart of "monkey culture." Obviously we can't know if monkeys have a concept of monkey-hood like we do with humanity, but if they did it would not be hard to imagine how a monkey raised with humans would feel more human than monkey. But regardless... we don't need other species to have alter-species-hood for the same reason we don't need snails to crossdress for trans people to exist. Other animals probably don't have the same complex. abstract social constructs we do.

Why can't someone be a horse in a human body? For the same reason someone can't be a man in a woman's body- because "science says"? Both trans-denial and alterhuman-denial emphasizes biology over sociological investigation, which leads people to just keep shouting "but science!!!!!!!!!!" at people who are more invested in questions of culture and constructs and what it means to be [man/woman/human] in society.

(Also, I'm kind of uncomfortable with how the first ask talks about mental illness. Specifically "person believes harmless weird thing, so they must need Psychological Help for their Wrong Thoughts")

[monarch-of-jack]

I might be the only one here. But the reason I feel conflicted when I see people shipping and sexualizing Aspec characters, is because I don't trust most of you to be respectful about it. Not to mention some of you straight up arent.

Yes, Aspecs are an incredibly diverse group of people. I KNOW. I've been in their circles for well over 10 years. But do you all really care about that?

If you don't, then you're really just using it as an excuse to ignore their identities.

Let me make it very clear that I support exploring ALL the nuanced ways that someone can be Aspec. We are so much more varied than just sex-repulsed Aces and romance-repulsed Aros. (Though those are still valid experiences, don't shit on them!)

There are Allosexual Aromantics. There are Alloromantic Asexuals. Aspecs in Queerplatonic Relationships. Grey-Aspecs, Demi-Aspecs, Oriented AroAces, Cupio-, Flux-, Lith-, Fray-, Recipro- Aego-, and a million other types of Aspecs. It's a huge spectrum.

And orientation doesn't equal action. There are sex/romance favorable Aspecs. There are kinky & kink favorable Aspecs. Aces that have and have had sex for whatever reason. Aros that are and have been in romantic relationships for whatever reason. Maybe they felt pressured. Maybe they were experimenting. Maybe they were still finding themselves. Maybe they were forced. Maybe they do it for their partner. Maybe they do it for money or their image. Maybe they just like it despite lacking attraction. Aspecs are people. They are all different and all equally valid in how they live their lives.

A character being Aspec literally just means they're lacking attraction in one way or another. So there's still endless possibilities in creating canon and fanon for them.

But are most of you really shipping characters like Alastor, Peridot, Jughead and co. as Aspecs, or are you looking for excuses to disregard their identity?

Have you actually educated yourself about their identities so you can portrait them accurately and respectfully? Are you infantilizing and patronizing them or make them act stupid? Do you make them pitiful, antisocial, or 'difficult to deal with'? Are you arguing with Aspec people when they point out something is problematic? Are you accepting input from Aspec people? Do you explain that you're shipping/sexualizing that Aspec character because of your specific headcanon or AU? Do you get angry if you have to clarify that after the fact? If you as an Allo, ship or sexualize Aspec characters, do you really do it with them still being Aspec?

The thing is, you can. But a lot of you don't. And that's why Aspec people react defensifely.

We have little to no representation in the media as it is. And yet you're annoyed when we ask you not to diminish or erase their identities.

I want to see Aspecs in all kinds of situations and with all sorts of preferences. But way too many of you are ready to shit on Aspec identities to get your fanon out.

I could go on for days about this. But the fact that some of you will get angy that I even made this post is exactly what I'm talking about.

[safetycar-restart]

Jealous Pierre in the porn au when he finds out you took someone else home for whatever reason

Ok we had a whole discuss on discord about this so I'm so glad you asked so that we can discuss it here.

So firstly, in the porn au we said that you would have a deal with Pierre where every day that he shoots something he gets to come home with you. He's so used to it by now, he comes home with you and you take care of him and make dinner and have slow, sweet sex that night or the next morning. It's extremely important to Pierre, and he won't shoot if he can't do that afterwards.

But you and Pierre arent dating, and you certainly arent exclusive. It has never even been discussed before.

So, when Lando has a bad reaction to trying out a new kink in a shoot with Carlos, you don't think twice about inviting him to spend the night with you. Maybe it was a heavy degradation shoot, and while he performed really well, he got stuck in his own head afterwards. He didnt realise it before, but he had entered subspace in the shoot and was now in subdrop.

Except he doesn't go to Carlos, he goes to you, coming into your office with tears in his eyes because he feels so bad and he thinks everything Carlos called him was true and he doesn't know what to do.

So of course you take Lando home with you, because he was in no state to be on his own (taking care of him can be it's own ask if you guys would like). .

The next week, Lando and Pierre have a shoot together. You check in on Lando and make sure he's okay to shoot this, and he is, it's just a simple shoot of Lando showing Pierre some of his favourite sex toys.

Pierre asks Lando if something was wrong, because he saw you checking in on Lando much more than usual. Lando tells him that he got really upset after a shoot the week before and so he went home with you.

But all Pierre hears is that Lando went home with you one night, and he gets so jealous and angry.

He knows that the two of you arent exclusive and even if you were, letting Lando spend the night wouldn't be cheating. But he can't help but feel betrayed.

He goes straight to your office, not even doing the shoot first. You're confused when he comes in because you know he should be filming with Lando then.

He just tells you that he knows that Lando spent the night at your place the week before. You're now even more confused, because you can't work out why that would upset him so much.

Maybe he even starts crying? Because it feels... it feels like his heart has been ripped out. He feels completely betrayed, because going to your place after a shoot is his thing, not anyone else's.

Seeing him this upset really makes you realise just how much you mean to him, and how much he means to you. He doesn't just need to spend the night with you after a shoot, he needs to be the only one who can. He needs a part of you that no one else gets to have.

Especially because when you have sex with him at your place, you dom him? And no one else does that? He only ever submits in the comfort and safety of your home, and knowing.... knowing you brought another actor there just made him feel awful.

You promise to never do that again, and remind Pierre he's the only one coming home with you that day.

But Pierre says he's no longer going to do the shoot with Lando. He knows that you have a rule that they can always decide they don't want to shoot for any reason, and so of course you tell him that's fine.

But really it's a test. He wants to see if he'll still be allowed to go home with you even if he didnt do a shoot with you. When you ask him if he's still coming back with you, telling him that he's always welcome...

He asks if he can always come.

[traumasurvivorshelpingsurvivors]

Tw sexual assault, manipulation

Seeking validation and support

My best friend said i wasnt assaulted bc i said yes and i consented and like technically she’s right but also i wouldn’t have said yes if theyd told me the truth

They lied to my face when i asked for reassurance before we had sex they lied so many times. They lied to get me to have sex over and over. I wouldn’t have said yes if id known.

Im so terrified that she is right. Please don’t tell me she’s right. I cant sleep anymore I cant shower. I get triggered over the smallest things and I dissociate all the time. I dont feel real anhmore. I cant leave my house without looking over my shoulder to make sure they arent around . I’m so scared. I dont know how to feel about it. It was coercion right? I feel like im losing my mind. Tey lied for our whole relationship about so many things bc they knew id leave if i knew

Hi anon,

This may sound confusing or contradictory at first, but just because you say yes doesn't mean you're giving consent. The context surrounding that yes determines whether or not it is a viable form of consent. For example, being pressured or coerced into saying yes is not viable consent, because you are not given the freedom to say no. Another example is being misled into giving consent, where you are told that one thing will happen, you give consent to that, but something unspoken then happens that you did not consent to. So, for example, you may consent to cuddle someone, but they may take that to mean you also consent to having sex with them next, even though that was not mentioned. It sounds like you were manipulated into giving consent to something you were not made aware of, in which case it is not viable consent. It's not about whether or not you say yes, it's about whether or not you wanted it.

It sounds like you're understandably experiencing several trauma responses after what happened, like hypervigilance, feelings of paranoia, and perpetual fear. If you can access or afford it, I strongly recommend reaching out to a mental health professional such as a therapist, as they can help you regulate your nervous system, process your experiences, and regain a sense of safety in your life. If anyone has any comments or suggestions, please feel free to add on. Otherwise, I hope I could help and please let us know if you need anything.

-Bun

[autisticlee]

i'm aroace, sex repulsed and don't get traditional romance or find the need for it, but I still often think how it would be neat to have a gf/partner for other purposes that arent romance and sexual. but it seems impossible to make someone want to date you if you take out those things????

sometimes I think it would be nice to have a gf to do cute gay cosplay photoshoots with. there would be mouth smooching and you usually can't do that with a friend and I don't really want to either, so a gf would be useful for that.

then there's hating showers because they exhaust me and it would be nice to have a gf to wash my hair and stuff for me??? can't call up a friend to do this every time I need to shower. that won't work and I doubt they'd want to/be comfortable doing that.

most friends will end up putting all their priority into their partner and/or family they create. I want someone that will make me their priority and not run off with someone else they start dating and abandon me??? something like that. their priority is cleaning our home together, hanging out together, going shopping and other domestic/partner stuff. they don't do that with someone else or use me temporarily until they can find a partner. so it's essentially dating/being partners. but it looks different from your typical expected romance and partnership.

doesn't matter how aroace I am, I have accepted that a relationship is beneficial in many ways and there's certain things that you can't expect friends to cover and they can't fill. but I have zero interest in looking for a partner in traditional ways that requires small talk/flirting/dates/etc. so that makes me realize i'll most likely not trick someone into partnering with me lmao

the internet seems to call this kind of thing "queer platonic relationship" (did I remember it right?) and you just need to find another sroace person to do it with. but either way, there's no textbook to study for how to get that and where to find these people. it seems harder than the puzzle that is regular dating tbh.

there's that saying "there's other fish in the sea" but i'm a worm in a puddle the other worms got out before they drowned. there's no fish here lmao. my options are so limited that I haven't met a single option yet in my life. there's barely any chance the first aroace person I meet irl will be compatible, or the first compatible person will accept a relationship with an aroace. you know what I mean? any other aroace that's interested in some kind of relationship/partnership and feel like you don't get that whole sea to choose from like everyone else and only have a dried up puddle? 😅

[chiyoso]

dude.

seeing other writers/mutuals who are so skilled at what they do talk about not getting support in their sfw, fluff and angst fics just piss me the fuck off, i'm genuinely so heated at the amount of old and new writers struggling because of new tumblr users

ik a lot of you readers like to read our smut fics/porn fics, but those writers, also talking abt only getting likes, instead of reblogs n interactions from those types of works as well is just so depressing that im starting to have this growing idea of what some to most readers are in tumblr

ill be the voice that other writers are hesitant and afraid to express:

REBLOGS; ARE SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO US THAN A SIMPLE DOUBLE TAP DOES.

LIKES are like a quick glance for us writers.

LIKES are like people who pass by us when we walk anywhere and everywhere.

LIKING is like telling us writers who take our time to write FREE shit for you; “we see it, we like it, but we will not do anything about it”

LIKES will NOT get us writers anywhere in this app.

LIKES is like deafening SILENCE for us writers, crickets, ghosts, an eerie dark night.

LIKES arent similar to instagram, tiktok and other platforms. it is DIFFERENT in this platform. they dont mean jack shit.

LIKES are like a hit and dip shit scenario. one night stand, loveless sex, meaningless encounters.

i've seen so much amazing fics, nsfw or sfw have over almost 9k interactions, then i look to the reblogs count and see only a whopping 500 or so like THE FUCK? SCUSE ME? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT RATIO?

if you're apart of the "ooh! i genuinely like this!" then only press like—thank you, truly. we're glad you like our work, to gain your interest and your silent support, but i want to inform you simply liking doesn't help us in a technical sense, it doesn't help our blog, our reach, it doesn't help our blog grow.

and if you're one of the blogs who only likes, i genuinely don't know what's so trifling and difficult about reblogging and adding the pre-made tags for you to spam and get it over with. i do it and its so, so fucking easy.

i genuinely, genuinely don't understand the analogy as to why you can't just... press that helpful ass button beside the heart. please, someone, enlighten me behind the reasoning.

if you're a bot, fuck you.

now, REBLOGS.

will at least (without tags/comments) be seen by your following and increase our significance only slightly.

REBLOGS with # tags INCREASE our chances of being discovered by a fuck ton.

REBLOGS with tags MIXED with your comments HEAVILY motivate us, your thoughts about our WORK motivates us.

REBLOGS are so, so fucking relieving for us, and that relief has been addictive to those starved from support, especially to writers who are struggling OUTSIDE of their work/hobby/blog.

REBLOGS in a literal sense, mean so much more to us than likes. especially with your damn thoughts. the mere thought of taking your time into writing something FOR US and OUR CREATION is so fucking motivating, every positive input from you will be CHERISHED no matter what.

and the fact we have to beg for it, to speak out about it as of late...

god, i remember in full detail the day where i wrote my first story, it had only 200 interactions max, and most of them were only likes and a few reblogs, but my inbox was full of positivity, mixed in with a few shitty ones, but i pressed on because of SAID INTERACTIONS AND MY LOVE FOR WRITING.

to my mutuals and other writers; i fucking love you and your stories so much, sfw or not, the writing community has done so much for me mentally, and lots of fics have been healing me. god its my first time releasing such emotions into this blog, but yea, ive just had it from the amount of turmoil ppl have been causing into all of you, outside tumblr or not.

hhh fuck im so pissed ill stop it right here, stay safe and may your favorite characters kiss you goodnight

[qprsmackdown]

PROPAGANDA (under the readmore):

Will and Grace

ok so the WHOLE SHOW is about how theyre more important to each other than anyone else. Will is gay so their feelings are never romantic. Grace gets married and we get like a 5 second scene of it, and then a whole of a lot more time of the two of them dancing alone on the roof promising each other that that doesn't mean they arent still each other's Person. at one point they try to have a baby together and only dont because they physically cant bring themselves to have sex with each other. Will breaks up with his s/o on the first run of the show because the guy wasn't ok with Grace being as big a part of their life as she would be, and he told the guy he did end the show with that he had to know Grace would Always be His Person (and he was ok with that). at the very end theyre seeing a house for sale but tell the real state agent they arent buying bc they "arent actually a family" but are best friends whove always lived together and are having kids at the same time and love each other and they want to spend the rest of their lives together. and the real state agent says "that sounds like a family to me." THEY END THE SHOW PLANNING THEIR LIVES TOGETHER WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE AND RAISE THEIR CHILDREN LIKE SIBLINGS. THATS A QPR BABY

Camilla and Palamedes

They have the most relationship ever. They love each other. They are not complete without each other, necromancer and cavalier. Yet, Palamedes is infatuated with a living corpse who turns out to be a mega death saint that's turning on her god. It's not completely romantic. They've been together their whole lives. Their dynamic. I kind of want it. (if you find this propaganda compelling then feel free to share lol but I will not be checking the box)

You ever so scared of leaving someone that your souls become cosmically entangled and you end up creating a new person?

oh my god. listen. i'm sleepy and it's hard to explain however however. When [SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS] Palamedes dies, Camilla collects pieces of his skull, figures out where his soul is in the ghost river, and then tethers their souls together. And eventually they just collapse into being the same entity (Paul). QPR behavior. Plus they just talk so well to each other, check out their quotes

[gayowlsntitans]

Since op of the post has me blocked I can't reply in a reblog:

What's a man? And how can trans men even be trans if they're already male? Actually adding onto that, what's the meaning of the word male?

You are wrong about intersex people, they are still either male or female, but with a disorder, they have a medical condition. If an individual has an SRY gene they're male and if they don't then they're female, but once again with a disorder. And sure they may be trans, that doesn't change their sex though.

What's the definition of menstrustion? Also a period is a synonym for menstruation, and it's not a scientific word. So once again what's menstruation?

Trans man is a man assigned female at birth, they arent originally male they transitioned to be a man. The main definition of man is an adult human man. Who grows up as a man, which most trans men do cause they transition earlier, go on hormones early to have a make puberty.

No Im not, considering the definition of Intersex is that "They dont fit into an exclusive male or female autonomy. They are either male, female or other. I didn't say it changed their sex, thats not what determines your gender, that determines your sex, gender is different then sex, gender is how you identify, sex is your reproductive organs. But being intersex is no longer considered a disorder, ad someone with SRY gene can still transition to change their gender, so they'd still be more than just male or female.

Menstration: the process in a woman of discharging blood and other materials from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month from puberty until menopause, except during pregnancy.

Menstration and period are still synonyms that mean the same thing.

Trans women can get uteruses, it's been a thing for awhile now.

@luesmainblog made a good comment about menstruation.

just a quick addition: a "period", as we know it, is JUST a collection of symptoms. if a cis women went through all the pain and bloating and craving and such, but didn't bleed, she could ask her gyno what happened and they would tell her that WAS a period. she just didn't have anything to push out at the time. and that itself would be a cause for concern, but only because she usually DOES produce a lining to remove. periods without bleeding happen all the time.

Phantom Periods, not mentioned in the article are a thing, so its possible to still have your period but not bleed, for both Cis and trans women.

[radsplain]

"If everyone identified as female, then actually a lot of problems would be solved, think about it,misogyny would hold no water because it would just be the hated of everyone and you couldnt oppress female rights without oppressing the rights of everyone, so L. "

This argument is completely incoherent. Do you really believe that men will stop being violent towards women just because they, en-masse, started identifying as women? That makes no sense. It doesn't matter what words we use. Hell, we could get rid of gender terms altogether and just start identifying as "humans." That wouldn't change a fucking thing, nor would it change the physical lived reality of females. This is the problem with all of you gender ideologists. You overemphasize the importance of words over reality and think that changing the meaning of them to be more "inclusive" will lead to liberation for women. I don't care if we were all one monogender. Our sex determines how we are oppressed. If you happen to be female, you are oppressed on the basis of your sex class.

“what rights do people who simply identify as females not have?”  Hmmm, let’s see, people are trying to remove trans rights all the damn time and yet here you are acting like it dosnt exist, hmmmmm. 

Trans people are not missing out on any rights based on the fact that they're trans. In fact, trans women, specifically, have more institutional rights than biological women do, especially as it regards to reproductive rights. What rights are they missing out on, exactly?

The universal struggles of female identifying people you ask? WWEEEELLLL I WILL TELL YOU! The same ones that you and I have (Yes, believe it or not, i have a vagina and tits! Woah!!! Meaning that you cant shoot down my argument by saying im “Not a real female” by your transphobic ideas!),Sexism, misogyny, lack of respect, ect, ect. AND ON TOP OF THAT, There are people who try to remove their basic human rights, or make it illegal to transition or harder to receive care. 

Trans women who happen to pass well (which, let's be real, the majority do not) may be subject to various forms of misogyny. However, this is misplaced misogyny. As they are not women, that misogyny is being misdirected. In addition, many trans women who don't pass well (ie they are visibly trans identified men) who find themselves being harassed by other men, that harassment is based in homophobia, not misogyny. Many trans women mistake the harassment they receive from men as misogyny, when most of the times it's just homophobia at seeing a man dress in stereotypical "women's" clothing. So, there's that.

But on top of that, they need to deal with transphobic asswipes like you who try to deny their existence and say that they arent valid.

Not believing in the mystical, pseudo-spiritual belief that states someone can simply self-identify into an oppressed sex class simply because they "feel" like they are a woman on the inside is not oppression. Someone not validating your feelings because they don't believe in gender ideology is not oppression. Just like an atheist who doesn't believe in God is not oppressing someone who does believe in God simply by stating the fact that God doesn't exist. Furthermore, if someone needs their reality validated by every single person they come into contact with, their identity may not be as innate and real as you think. Women who know they are women don't constantly need validation from others to know they are women. They just are.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, There are people who try to remove their basic human rights, or make it illegal to transition or harder to receive care.

No one is trying to remove basic human rights or make it illegal to "transition." Most people who are critical of the medicalization of a mental illness and maladaptive coping disorder simply want safeguards in place for people who choose to take this route. Currently, the standard practice of care to treat gender dysphoria is puberty blockers or teens and children, and hormones and possibly irreversible surgery for adults. Looking at the many, many accounts from detransitioners, who, yes, truly identified as and believed themselves to be trans, the overarching sentiment is that they wish their mental health issues and the delusions they had from their dysphoria were not simply affirmed (as affirmation gender therapy is the standard practice of care).

Affirmation therapy doesn't look at the root issues of a patient's dysphoria, and from what we're seeing, many people who transition have had troubled childhoods where they were sexually assaulted (making them feel disconnected from their bodies which led them to believe they were trans), are autistic (which is coupled with black and white thinking (e.g. an autistic women who is a lesbian and also likes wearing masculine clothing may feel like she doesn't "fit" the label of woman), not feeling the "same" as your peers, feeling alienated in social settings, etc), are gay (there are many accounts of children who realized they were gay at a young age and felt pressured, consciously or unconsciously, by parents who were so extremely homophobic to the point where they'd rather have a trans kid. So, instead of having a gay son or daughter, they would have a straight daughter or son), and in some cases, especially with trans-identified males, are suffering from autogynephilia (becoming aroused at seeing oneself dressed presenting in a feminine fashion). The list goes on.

Transitioning" as it is today is not a catch-all problem solver from many different reasons with people think they might be trans and decide to transition. Most people just need therapy, based in CBT, to work through their dysphoric feelings. Just like we wouldn't give someone suffering from anorexia a liposuction surgery just because they think they're fat, we also shouldn't be handing our puberty blockers to minors. Many of these drugs are experimental, and the long-term effects have not been properly studied. In the meantime, people are being hurt by these drugs and their physical health is suffering from it.

It's very likely that the majority of people who have dysphoria, especially as teens, will simply grow out of it with age and time. The evidence is showing this to be true. Why are we giving puberty blockers (which are not safe and can cause irreparable damage to their bodies - look up how puberty blockers effect vital bone density development in teens) to teenagers who will most likely grow out of their dysphoria? Adults who are suffering from it very well may decide to transition, that is absolutely their choice. But it should also be the absolute last resort, especially considering the many side effects that come with medically transitioning, whether that just be taking hormones or surgery. Currently, most people are able to walk into gender clinics and get their hormones in the span of two one-hour visits, with no further interrogation into their past mental health problems. This is an extreme medical oversight and we're already seeing the fallout (although it's not as publicized, as many detransitioners are scared to speak out about their issues publicly and any dissenting opinions on the trans issue in mainstream media is a faux paux).

Hope that helps.

[petorahs]

i'm just gonna: ☀️ anon. There.

Anyway: I can see where you're coming from and like I said it has been forever since I played the Answer and I don't /hate/ it. But I guess I always had an issue with Yukari, because she seemed to me needlessly mean to others sometimes? Like she was right and others are wrong so its fine if she can be mean? But that is just what I /remember/. And while yeah, characters are allowed to be mean and not perfect and allways kind, especially female characters, because GOD FORBID women do anything- it also doesn't mean I have to LIKE her. I guess it's because to me Yukari felt like someone who would unironically call someone having fun "cringe", which for me personally is a dealbreaker. But Persona ALWAYS had this issue with having the male bestie be the buttmonkey of jokes, some kind of pervert and dunked on by the other characters and Junpei is still having it the best?? (Yosuke, Ryuji, you boys deserved so so much better).

In any case, I guess I couldnt give her as much leeway or credit because her personality didn't really mesh with me. But now being older I also think that it is BECAUSE of the writing. Persona Games have all extremely low points and extreme high points. The entire first palace is great in persona 5, Persona 4s social links with the Dojima family are really gripping and persona 3 is still one of my faves because it just came at the very right time in my life. (Who would've thought that a game about DEATH as its core theme would SAVE me.) But the writing is not always very consistent and the characters really suffer for it, usually for very stupid reasons like """""humor""""". I guess I am just trying to say that I get what you mean, but Yukari is just not my fave so I guess it is easier for me to lose patience. Like there are characters I'd go to war for in the persona series, so its easier for me to see the GOOD writing aspects, while others might greatly dislike them and therefore have a far easier time seeing the writing from more negative perspectives.

But your analysis has really given me some food for thought. I will definitely try to pay it more attention on a replay!

Oh ONE MORE THING!!!

It always felt like Yukari was pushed as a sort of "main love interest" which always kinda felt off to me when persona games do that. maybe its because i am gay and therefore see myself more representated by same sex couples/queer couples, maybe its because the persona developers believe men and women cant just be friends it always has to be something romantic, maybe its because the romantic writing always seemed forced and reliant on little events like in a romance shoujo manga- idk, but that was also something that rubbed me the wrong way. But that has been issues in P3-P5 throughout. And i feel like p3 got it the worst??? At least in later games you could opt for just a friendship even tho the writing still made it APPARENT THAT THE GIRLS ARE IN LOVE WITH YOU SPECIAL BOY!!! Sorry Yukari, that's not really your fault, thats a systemic fault.

yoo valid as hell though i get wym. if the character isnt for you then they arent for you and again, im not here to convince you otherwise of anything!

when you say it like that i can see why yukari's a bit of a mixed bag. i still like her tho she kinda a baddie and as a guy i like when girls are kinda mean to me so agree to disagree

ah yes the persona lovers arcana girl suffering from pushed "main love interest" syndrome.. i havent played any other aside from p3 and p5 but i heard rise gets worse. but like you said it is a systemic fault. to be real with you none of the romance options in p3 really enticed me despite 3 being hailed as ""the best dating sim"" out of all three modern games. maybe i just need to play portable. or be able to romance ryoji as makoto lmaoo (i saw a screenshot with ryoji saying he'd like you regardless of gender and. 😭 thanks for nothing i guess atlus?)

hard agree on the persona series as a whole having a tendency of doing something really good but then!!........ not. sticking the landing at all. theres so much to be said about it god these games are a hot mess on average its funny. as much as i adooore it, p3's pacing was so ass that i got severe tonal whiplash on oct 4. couldnt even begin to grieve cause i was so shocked

if you ever replay the answer (which. godspeed to you thats a whole grindfest i wouldnt wish on my worse enemy) i hope youre able to have fun and find new things about it to like! overall we can agree that its good so theres that. talk to you soon o7

[funny---mose88]

my sympathies will always, always lie with the woman/girl, she has hopes, dreams and fears just like everyone else. her humanity is not forfeit, and i can and will value it over her child's, because no one else is going to. 'evil' women and girls have my everlasting sympathy.The radical feminist critique of sex work often emphasizes the exploitation of girls. Feminists argue that while protecting sex workers is important, there must also be efforts to dismantle the industry that exploits them. The focus is not on criminalizing the workers but on targeting the pimps and johns who profit from girls's vulnerability. This critique calls for deeper social and economic support systems that give girls the opportunity to choose livelihoods free from exploitation. And you may think 'I'm invisible to the outside world but in my house I'm irreplaceable', are you? How irreplaceable will you be when a younger, better wife comes in and the only safety you may have is the idea that your children will grow up to take care of you? How would someone possibly feel bad for you when you are nothing but a black trashbag? If you become a beggar, how will they see the suffering on your face if it will be covered and hidden away from the world? The radical feminist critique of sex work often emphasizes the exploitation of girls. Feminists argue that while protecting sex workers is important, there must also be efforts to dismantle the industry that exploits them. The focus is not on criminalizing the workers but on targeting the pimps and johns who profit from girls's vulnerability. This critique calls for deeper social and economic support systems that give girls the opportunity to choose livelihoods free from exploitation. And you may think 'I'm invisible to the outside world but in my house I'm irreplaceable', are you? How irreplaceable will you be when a younger, better wife comes in and the only safety you may have is the idea that your children will grow up to take care of you? How would someone possibly feel bad for you when you are nothing but a black trashbag? If you become a beggar, how will they see the suffering on your face if it will be covered and hidden away from the world? my sympathies will always, always lie with the woman/girl, she has hopes, dreams and fears just like everyone else. her humanity is not forfeit, and i can and will value it over her child's, because no one else is going to. 'evil' women and girls have my everlasting sympathy. an abused wife of the 1700s who's birthed 16 children and has not been allowed to leave the house for the last 7 years will write in her diary 'i am cursed to be a woman. i wish i were a man, so i could be free, and i wouldn't always be pregnant, aching, and i could explore, see the world, and learn. why did god forsake me with this body?' and you'll search her name on tumblr and get 'he was such a transmasc legend!! trans people have always existed! proof is right here! he suffered because he wanted to transition so bad 😔 this is why gender transition must be a human right, and deadnaming should be illegal. stupid TERFs, complaining about sex-based oppression. that doesn't even exist.' You cant dwellismols if youre toasty like women. Things arent as scrambled as they seem, especially in a cardboard box. TIB: I cant believe Heterosexual Mario actually skrunk in Under the couch; its so bengy. Just because you can cended doesnt mean you should spreads peanut butter.