#like. the masculinity is always there bc that's who it Is. it just looks femme/frilly bc that's the genre of style it likes

[moe-broey]

A millennia ago I made a post I don't feel like looking for about Moe wearing dresses but the same way if you were to put a cat in a cute little costume OR to fit A Vision. But I think I have to amend that actually, I'm so sorry. I've tried. I've experimented w it. I really do think Moe is just someone who is sad it can't feel comfortable like that anymore. It MAY wear something dress-like to sleep in, but more than likely it's stealing something from Alfonse and wearing bloomers about it.

[liquidstar]

pakbet submitted:

i hope it’s not too late to send you a ‘what stuff abt u and ur identity do u wish got represented more when you were younger, and what stuff do u wish would Stop’ response; i’m a trans guy and i haven’t seen many trans characters that are popular at school, that a lot of other characters have crushes on, are jocks, or are charismatic and good at public speaking. this goes doubly so for northeast, southeast, and south asian trans characters since our ethnicities are always stereotyped as shy, bad at sports, nerds, and not romantically or sexually attractive to other people. i asked my best friend (bi filipino girl) and she said she likes the idea of more lesbian/bi/pan asian girls, and more asian girls who don’t dress cutesy and traditionally femininely, like asian butch lesbians! more of them would be great considering the childish, cutesy asian girl stereotype is still prevalent e.g. into the spider-verse’s version of peni parker, who acted cutesy, like a stereotypical anime girl, despite acting like a normal teenager in her comics, and was very small and baby-faced even though she’s about the same age (13) as miles (13-14) and gwen (15; ages are according to the movie’s website + gwen is 15 months older than miles). that’s not even touching on how, despite her being japanese-american, she introduced herself to a room of fellow americans in japanese instead of english.

to elaborate on the cutesy asian girl stereotype, before i transitioned i used to dress cutesy w/ pigtails and frilly dresses bc my middle school and high school classmates peer pressured ppl they perceived as girls into dressing femininely, with the only options they sometimes didn’t criticize being sexy feminine clothes like booty shorts - which look great on others but cause dysphoria for me - OR cutesy outfits like knee-length dresses with high socks and lots of pastel pink, ribbons, and flowers. dressing like this, asian fetishists would assume i would always be energetic, cutely eccentric, wanting to talk like a baby, and/or submissive and it was very, very uncomfortable. my friends later helped me realize wearing masculine clothes was even an option, which was cool, but even asians who’re perceived as girls who *don’t* dress femininely get all sorts of ppl assuming they’ll act a certain way. asian femme lesbians get the worst of this stereotype since they’re targeted by both lesbian fetishists and asian girl fetishists.

so, although asian girls who dress cutesy and wear lots of pastel pink are great - i’m friends with a lot of them and would like to see more asian girl characters who dress like that too! - i’d also like to see more asian girl characters who dress differently and, regardless of how they dress, are strong, good leaders, take action, and Don’t act cutesy, don’t pitch up their voices/do baby voices, aren’t always cheerful, and don’t act childish for their age so this stereotype would Stop.

+ more tan, brown, and dark-skinned east, southeast, and south asian characters! and more southeast and south asian characters in general.

sorry this was long i also have adhd lmao! but i hope it was helpful!

—pakbet

this is REALLY good input and super in depth, not to fault anyonese else though since i know submissions give you a lot more room to write. i dont mind the length one bit, its very helpful so thank you so much!!! i honestly dont have much to say in response that i havent in previous asks, but at the risk of sounding like a broken record ill just say im gonna try my best to incorporate these aspects as well as possible. thanks again!!!