#like they focus on piercings and the jewellry

[womenfrommars]

I dislike when GNC in women is only tied to aesthetics - do you have short hair, look androgynous, don't wear makeup, and don't wear heels? GNC!

Because I'm a woman who isn't really aesthetically GNC - I have long hair, my features and body shape are naturally very feminine, etc - but I've always been othered by women because I'm assertive, speak my mind, don't let people push me around, always done things considered "masculine"etc. Not that these are hardwired male-only behaviours, but they are associated with men and are part of the way men are socialized in my country. When I was younger I tried and failed miserably to conform to feminine aesthetics even more than I do now, but I've always gotten shit from other people and I realize now that it was because they could still sniff out those ""mannish"" traits, and it wasn't about my aesthetic presentation.

So it's like I don't look GNC but people can always sniff out that I don't behave in a way expected of a woman and have bullied me and treated me accordingly (as a disobedient woman in need of reform). Meanwhile I've met plenty of women who look GNC and are complete pushovers and behave in a very stereotypical female manner. The degree to their gender-non-conformity really is about how they look and nothing else. I feel it's the same with straight women who transition ("gay transmen") and start to look more androgynous bc they have short hair/facial hair/whatever, but bc they were, in a behaviour sense, very stereotypically feminine, they retain that and you can tell they are women even if they don't look like what a woman traditionally looks like.

So I think looks contribute to being GNC, sure, but behaviour, especially when it's just your natural state of being and not actively hostile to other people (some GNC women do try to mimic male aggression to overcompensate, it's a fact, I've met them), is so crucial to wether or not you actually fit in with gender roles or not, most people will be able to tell you're the odd one out even if you don't have the expected aesthetic and that usually has consequences.

I totally get the criticism of the idea of gender roles being turned into a conversation about aesthetics, as if gender roles are limited to our appearances. Gender roles also encompass how we ought to behave and what path we are supposed to be taking in life career-wise. You can critically analyse those aspects of gender roles if you're not ready (or conversely, done with) analysing your appearance. Ironically, the fact we focus so much on appearances is probably a feminine trait, since women are said to be shallow people who value their appearance above everything else. Not wearing mascara is great, but I think it is more useful to cultivate assertiveness, the ability to set boundaries, or even the ability to speak your mind

I think many female-to-male transsexuals have even retained femininity in terms of appearances. They don't look masculine. They just look feminine in an unconventional manner (with piercing, dyed hair, and jewellry). Some overcompensate with the masculine persona and start making jokes about women having ''fish tacos'' and what not. They adopt the worst masculine traits instead of going for the good masculine traits (bravery, risk-taking, courage, strength, assertiveness, independence, ...)

[hawksugarbaby]

Bakudeku- tongue tied

Lime + Tattoo/piercer Au

A/N: TO BE CLEAR. I don't ship toxic bakugo who told Deku to kill himself with baby deku who can't stand up for himself. I ship emotionally mature, developed, redeemed bakugo who is helping deku become a hero (more evidence in the manga than anime right now) with a strong independent deku who can stand on his own feet now.

It was a slower day for the parlour today than typical but this early in the year less people were interested in getting tattoos or piercings since it was cold and people would be wearing fleecy layer over layer and covering every stretch of skin on their bones to keep warm. What was the point in permanently altering a part of you if most of you was covered up?

Of course the tattoo side of the department had it harder than the piercing side as the piercers had enough options on the face and ears to keep them going. And that was where the great Katsuki Bakugo came into play. Hovering around the parlour like a moth waiting for the lights to flicker on, the annoying buzz of his angry voice that never shut up infiltrating Izuku's ears without of a choice making him unwillingly blush whenever he said anything that caught the freckled boy off guard.

The blonde barged into the shop like he owned the place and tapped his foot at the front desk ringing the bell for service continuously until someone paid attention to him. Izuku looked at his colleagues who all turned around and pretended to work, drawing scribbles on their page for new designs which looked like toddlers artwork until it was refined and then, if they felt like it, coloured.

The green haired boy stood begrudgingly from his desk and sauntered over to the front desk to greet his most common customer. "Afternoon Kacchan" he faked a smile and ran his hand through his curly emerald locks grabbing a pen from the pot, flicking the cap off so forcefully it flew across the room like a rocket for someone else to deal with. "It's evening deku" he argued and leaned his bulging arms on the counter smiling irritatingly at izuku. "Sure whatever. What are you here for" he asked, chewing the end of his pencil and glancing from the blonde's face to his muscular arms without a second thought.

Bakugo stuck his tongue out laying it flat against his chin and stared seductively into Izuku's green eyes. His face lit up red and he closed his eyes ignoring the taller man's angry flirtations. "A t-tongue piercing then?" he stuttered, turning around to face the wall and scribble on the clipboard. "Date of birth" he asked, not looking back at the angry customer being ignored by the reason he was there in the first place. "20th of april 2037" "making you 22" Izuku muttered filling in the information on the sheet. He knew Bakugo's phone number and email by heart by now, in case the courage ever took over to message him.

"Sign here" izuku said, turning and handing the clipboard to bakugo who was cracking his fingers as if it was a time killer and pointed to the line for bakugo to sign his loopy name on. For such an aggressive personality his handwriting was saccharine, it felt ungenuine watching the way his wrist flicked so smoothly with each curve connecting every consonant and vowel. "Can I get a hole in my tongue now or?" he asked placing the board on the desk and leaving the question open ended.

"Is everyone else busy!?" izuku shouted to his coworkers who all shouted yes back not wanting to deal with bakugo's attitude when he wasn't being pierced or tattoo'd by izuku. Izuku didn't have a problem around Bakugo, the problem arose when he couldn't focus on the work because his customer was seemingly attempting to seduce the poor artist. His insistence to be with Izuku was also an issue because god forbid he be with another customer when he came in, the indistinguishable groan when he was told to wait was enough to make the customers waiting to book flee the establishment.

"I guess it'll have to be me then" he sighed and walked to the back of the shop expecting bakugo to just follow behind (which he did). Izuku spun a wide leather seat towards the blonde and slapped the seat making a loud thump and he rolled his neck cracking the bones like loud enough you'd assume they broke. "Y'know for someone who's done this too me a bunch of time's i thought i'd know you better" bakugo sighed slumping into the seat while Izuku stretched a pair of latex gloves over his thick fingers, pinging the band against his wrist then pulling the other one on fiddling with the blue rubber.

Izuku his his blooming cheeks unable to tell if bakugo meant for his words to have a double meaning or if Izuku's mind was just all the way in the gutter. "What could you possibly want to know?" he grumbled looking to bakugo from his peripherals. The red eyed male fiddled with his ash blond locks of hair trying to spike them back up but they were flopping down and plastering to his forehead. Izuku's mini studio was ludicrously warm for the beginning of the year when it's supposed to still be winter, but his box felt like a trip to hawaii! "I dunno, why'd you start tattooing and piercing and shit" he asked gulping nervously at the needles laying out on the metal counter.

Izuku turned with the clamp looped on his fingers, a sure way to shut him up and scooted his own chair forward. "Tongue out" he ordered and bakugo smirked leaning forward "very demanding of y-" Izuku rolled his eyes and caught bakugo's tongue while his mouth was open talking and pulled it out by the clamp. "Eenngg! he huuh?" ("heey! The fuck?") bakugo began to gripe incoherently and izuku pressed harder making bakugo gasp and wave his hand "eh ehh ohay ohay" ("eh ehh okay okay"). He stopped attempting to talk but rested his warm hand's just above izuku's knee's making the green haired boy burn pink.

He fiddled with the needle and held his hands in front of him until they stopped shaking and held the clamp firmly grasped on bakugo's tongue "I started tattooing because my mum was struggling with money and I wanted to help her so I found an apprenticeship. Piercing just came easy after tattooing" izuku explained thinking about his mothers partially impressed, mostly shocked when izuku came home with his first tattoo. But she never stopped him if it was what he enjoyed. "Then you became obsessed with me and now I can't leave" he chuckled.

Bakugo's eye's rounded at the sound of Izuku's sweet laugh he'd never heard before. He would have smiled if he could have but there was a needle encroaching slowly. The tip of the sharp metal balanced on his tongue and izuku checked the placement again and nodded to himself "okay i'm going to count to 3 and on three take a deep breath through your nose okay" he quirked an eyebrow and the blonde nodded hesitantly.

"Okay 1... 2... 3 deep breath" he instructed and katsuki inhaled sharply as the needle went through the pink flesh a tiny dribble of blood and izuku switched in the jewellry so quick bakugo hadn't even realised the needle went through. "And you're done. You can exhale now by the way," izuku said, keeping the clamp on his tongue for longer than he needed to just for the satisfaction of silence but of course he had to take it off sooner rather than later.

"Did' ethen hur. Fuck i hath a lithp" he rolled his eye's and wiped away the drool at the corner of his mouth. "Hard to be sexy with a lisp," Izuku threw him an icy bottle of water he barely caught before the words caught up to him. "You think i'm thexy?" "not right now I don't" he laughed and sat back in the chair leaning over the back and hanging his arms over the armrest. "In about 5 minutes when your not afraid of moving your tongue, probably" he glimpsed at the blushing blonde and sighed. "Not afraid" he mumbled "then why do you have a lisp?"

Silence.

"Exactly." izuku retorted quickly and pushed bakugo into the leather seat climbing onto it himself and sitting between bakugo's thighs and grabbing his face. "I hate you you know that" the green haired male pushed bakugo's hair out of his face giving him a clear view of his sparkling red eye's and leaned into him pressing his soft lips against bakugo's rough, cracked ones. Bakugo's hand's hovered around izuku but izuku's gloved hands pushed them down so they rested on his waist gently.

He kissed back softly trying to pull izuku back so neither were in danger of falling of the chair and nothing could be heard except the heavy breathing and their hearts hammering rapidly in their ears. Izuku pulled away resting his forehead against bakugo who was intoxicated by his lips. "I really hate you" the freckled boy muttered and put his hands on bakugo's chest separating them slightly. "Can I come back for a tattoo?" bakugo mumbled not sure what to say and Izuku snorted sliding off the chair and standing up putting his blue gloves in the bin. "Just a tattoo?" he flirted and bakugo, still trying to reboot his brain just blinked and nodded dumbfoundedly.

"Sure come back for a tattoo" izuku laughed and showed him to the door trying too brush his hair down so he wouldn't draw any attention from his coworkers. Bakugo finally formed coherent thoughts and at the door leaned next to izuku's ear "you know why I really got my tongue pierced?" izuku shook his head and bakugo dug his hand into his pocket pulling out a pill sized piece of metal and held it in front of izuku's eye's. Clicking a button on his phone it started to buzz lightly and izuku shoved him out the shop. "GO. NOW. HERE'S YOUR CARE PACKAGE" he shouted shoving a small poly-bag in his hands and slamming the door shut behind him, hard enough an earthquake line ran up the glass.

His brunette coworker bounced up to him, "SOOO" her sweet voice started and izuku shoved her away jokingly. "Get away!"

[dimobserver]

Hi dim!!

Nosy anons let’s go I’m a nosy anon! XD (I’m shortening some of these bc too lazy to type out on mobile)

0: height 6: age mistaken for 10: want any piercings? 13/14: biggest turn ons/offs (I don’t mean this in the horknee way btw dkdjfk but just interpret it how u want xD) 15: favorite movie 21: what you love most about yourself 30: what you hate the most about work/school 33: what words make you feel the best about yourself 39: fave ice cream flavor 42: where u want to be rn 44: random fact about anything

No I don’t have self control yes u can just pick the ones u want to answer I know it’s a lot xD take ur time ^^

ALSO have a nice day hehehe

Hi Blu! ☺️

0. I’m 166cm /around 5′5

6. From the middle school age up xD Hard to say what age exactly now since i don’t go out much nor have to talk with strangers because of covid, but i definitely don’t pass as an adult that much xD And apparently i’m assumed to be the younger sibling if i’m with my brother (4 years younger than me)

10. No, i’m not really interested in having any. I actually had my ears pierced when i was younger (everyone my age around me got theirs pierced and i guess i wanted to fit in), but i’ve never actually enjoyed having them or wearing jewellry in general, so after a few years i stopped and let them close

13/14. The problem is i’m not sure how to interpret this one xD I guess it’s a turn off (from wanting to spend time with or near said person) if they’re loud, demanding and generally acting like an asshole, also if they act to make things worse for others just to benefit from it slightly or for no actual reason. A “turn on” (this sounds so bad xD) would be then being open for a conversation, respecting other’s personal space and comfort, ability to or at least genuine attempts at talking things out instead of trying to fight... and i can’t think of anything else at the moment ^^’

15. That’s actually a very hard question xD I don’t watch movies that much, but from the ones i’ve seen in recent years- i really enjoyed watching Mononoke Hime, also Makoto Shinkai’s movies (they always have such a good animation, i could watch them many times for this fact alone- i adore well drawn skies, plants, and the rain- i think i could just dumbly watch that for hours xD)

21. Love seems like a word too strong, but i guess i like the fact that i’m not likely to judge others quickly. Also when i’m invested in something, i can focus on it for hours with a good attention to detail, it’s pretty fun and i like that too (even if it’s also a very frustrating process ^^’)

30. I hate the organisation of work that often makes both us and the ones teaching us waste time for no reason, there are a lot of things that could be made more efficient. I hate just as much how often it’s not considered what will actually become usable knowledge in the future and we’re sometimes required to learn things we’ll never use. Same with demanding we learn from a chosen book and remember things exactly as said in it, treating it as some kind of universal truth when actually there are discrepancies in literature about this specific thing

33. Being told that i’m comfortable to be around :)

39. Mint, chocolate, vanilla, coconut (i can’t choose just one ^^)

42. At home, i’d like to just teleport there instead of having to travel by train for hours xD

44. In some cases the arteries in the neck kind or make a loop on their path before going up. It may cause worse blood flow in certain positions and cause vertigo, dizziness or tinnitus or in case of oclusion- even a stroke, so it’s better to have straight ones

And i almost forgot- have a nice day too! :D

[peaches-and-hoshi]

Guys can’t resist these pearls.

followed by a weird dentist appointment that gave @puzzlepeace and I some ideas

« Hey ! Ready for your check-up ? »

Yoongi lifts his head to blink at the figure in front of him. He pockets his phone and stands up when he recognizes Dr.Jung -Hobi- smiling down at him, dimples on display. The tip of his ears are curved by his face mask. Cute. He’s clad in his dentist blouse, a soft pastel green shirt with loose pants of the same shade, and abominations at his feet. Yoongi sneers at the neon green crocs. Why do all health workers have to wear these ? It’s literally contributing to the traumatizing aura of the place. Thank god the doctor’s personnality does all the work to brighten up the place.

« If by ready you mean ready to be judged on my brushing habits, then no »

The taller man chuckles as they make their way to his cabinet, opening the door for Yoongi and letting him get comfy on the chair in the middle before adjusting the angle. As the backrest lowers, he quietly observes the paler man’s face. New piercings have made their appearance in the tips of his ears, glinting in the artificial light of the cabinet. He enjoys the fact that the other has his eyes closed to stare a bit more as he gets his material ready, humming under his breath.

« Red Velvet, really ? »

Hoseok scoffs as he puts his mask on.

« Hey, let’s make a deal, I won’t judge you on your brushing habits if you don’t judge me on my musical taste. »

The corner of Yoongi’s lips lift a little.

« Deal. »

As the dentist gets to work, the patient tries not to stare too much. He’s gone to his cabinet for two years now, a check up every few months, and always looks forward to these appointments. A someone who likes to adorn his body with piercings and tattos, he’s always had a very strict hygiene, so these check-ups never bother him. He knows Hoseok won’t find anything. And if he gets to hear his dorky laugh and witness his little dances while he waits for his machines to boot up, well, that’s even more of a plus. It’s only normal that someone with a smile so radiant would become a dental surgeon. Spreading more sunshine smiles onto the world, one mouth at a time. He can just imagine the heart-shaped lips hidden behind that mask, the little mole delicately drawn onto the top left.

Too late he realizes he’s been staring for too long, because Hoseok’s eyes are scrunched up with delight as they meet his own. Thankfully, he doesn’t comment on it, choosing to focus instead on the other’s mouth. His hand brushes gently on the ring in Yoongi’s bottom lip.

« Oh sorry, did that hurt ? »

« Nah this is an old one. »

« Any new ones I should be careful about ? »

Yoongi gulps, then opens his mouth to reveal his latest stud. A shiny tongue piercing, towards the middle. That one had hurt like a bitch but it all becomes worth it when he sees the expression on his doctor’s face.

« Wow. »

Hoseok’s eyes widen, before he quickly turns away to pick up a tool. The tip of his ears are pink. Cute. This might be Yoongi’s favorite part about these appointments. Getting to see the doctor’s reaction to his new pieces of jewellry, as they get bolder and bolder. He had hesitated before doing that last one, but the thought of the other’s reaction was too much of a temptation. His lips tug into a small smug smile as Hoseok turns back to him.

« I’m gonna check for marks but it seems good as always. »

« Nice »

As he finishes the check-up, the shorter man thinks back to the tickets tucked into his backpocket. They’re for an upcoming rap show, one he wouldn’t participate in unless asked, for once, and he wanted to take that opportunity to bring Hoseok along with him. He’d heard him hum one of his songs a few months back, and hadn’t been able to hide his smile as the other checked his teeth. Now was his chance.

« Okay, all done ! These bad boys are clean as ever »

« Told ya, you won’t catch me with something »

Hoseok keeps his mask on as he leans away and begins to put his tools away.

« Too bad, that would give you an excuse to come more »

Their eyes meet and the mask shifts as Hoseok smiles. Yoongi stands up.

« Hoseok »

« I told you to call me Hobi »

« Hobi, would you like to go to a show ? »

His eyes crinkles. He takes his mask off to reveal his dimpled smile.

« Depends, which show ? »

A step closer.

« The rap performance in two weeks. »

His eyes widen.

« How did you get tickets to that ?? »

Yoongi takes a step closer, more confident talking about his field.

« I have my ways. »

« Do these ways involve you being a part of one of the crews performing ? »

Smiles bloom on their faces.

« Depends. Will you come if I say yes ? »

« I’ll come if you show me one verse of one of your songs. »

Yoongi offers his hand.

« Deal. »

They shake hands, a bit too soft and lingering for a proper handshake, but neither seem to mind.

« Deal. »

[serialoddities-blog]

14-20 + 24

THANK YOU FOR THE ASK, ANON!!! BLESS! (also I realized that this ask list skips 18 and 19 so I didn’t answer those, obviously)

14. Do you have a crush on anyone? I do. Alas, it won’t work out. Such is life!!!!!!!!!!!

15. Do you have any piercings? I have my ears pierced. I have a mild allergy to most metals that are in body jewellry so I’d love to have more but it’s not a good idea. Sometimes I wear a fake septum ring.

16. Do you have any tattoos? I DON’T BUT i’M GETTING ONE FROM MY FAVOURITE ARTIST IN MAY. I’VE WAITED TWO YEARS FOR THIS.

17. Do you like kissing in public? It’s okay! I know it makes a lot of people uncomfortable though so I always make sure the other person is fine with it.

20. Do you shower every day? Almost always. Honestly there are times when I skip a day but it’s usually when I’m busy / depressed.

24. Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years? It’s hard to say! I’d love to say yes because I’m a cheesy hoe that wants a fairytale wedding and a fairytale romance but I know that’s not realistic in the slightest. Right now I’m trying to focus on myself and my future and if something happens, it happens!