#not only that you just don't say that to a non-binary bitch who doesn't know what their doing and hates their body.

[genderqueerdykes]

the easiest way to tell if someone knows literally jack shit about lesbian history & community is if they try to tell you masc, male, ftm, genderfluid, multigender, genderqueer and/or non binary lesbians don't and can't exist. it's saying you haven't interacted with the lesbian community & its history outside of small isolated internet circles without ever having to even say it. you might claim that lesbians can't be men, mascs, multigender or non binary, but our history & community loudly and proudly states otherwise.

no matter how many times you tell people transmasculine, male, masc, genderfluid, genderqueer and nonbinary lesbians can't be lesbians, we will always be here to prove that's not the case. you can say it until you're blue in the face, it won't change reality. it doesn't matter what you believe a lesbian "should" be, it will never change reality. ideals don't work like that. you can think and think and think about what you Want a lesbian to be all day long, but that doesn't control anyone else who identifies as a lesbian.

you can sit there and bitch and moan and cry about how lesbianism is for women ONLY and that won't change our rich history of male, genderfluid, genderqueer, ftm, masc and genderfucked lesbians. no matter how much it pisses you off that these people exist, we will continue to do so for the rest of time. you can throw a fit, but it doesn't change how people identify in practice. sure you can sit there and say the Ideal lesbian is a 100% cis woman, but we don't live in an ideal world. we don't live in an isolated bubble

real life is complex and nuanced. you can sit there and spitball about queer theory all you want, but it's not going to change how complicated real identities are. it doesn't matter if it bugs you that there are lesbians out there that aren't women. what should be more important is caring about that person and making sure they're accepted. someone who is more invested in telling you what lesbians CAN'T be than what we CAN be is not here for queer COMMUNITY. they're here to try to be right and die on a hill and it's not worth our time. "lesbians can't ever be men ever" is not a hill to die on. it's historically inaccurate and it's just not worth stressing over. move on to greener pastures.

you personally as a lesbian don't like the idea of a lesbian man and don't want to date them? i have fantastic news for you: you don't have to! you can accept lesbian men and mascs even if you're not attracted to them. whether or not someone's identity is taken seriously shouldn't hinge on whether or not you personally are attracted to them. that's not your business, and not your experience. you're not the arbiter of that lived experience- you have no room to comment.

lesbian men, mascs & enbies are not your enemy: we are your family. we have been fighting for lesbian rights since the inception of the modern community. this community has been built off the backs of ftm, transmasc and male dykes and you can't ignore us any longer. if YOU want to be in the lesbian community, you have to understand that there will be people with identities you don't like. you don't have the right to tell them they're not a lesbian. it doesn't matter whether or not YOU like it- their identity is not about you.

[puripurin]

[50, 100, 150, 250 and 350 follower special] [Yan! Omega x Male Reader x Yan! Bunny Hybrid]

— You coughed as you suddenly breathed in only to realize two large purple eyes were staring at you. They blinked two times before they were pulled away harshly.

"Move it you whore. Just because we made an agreement to share him doesn't mean I'll just let you infect him with your stripper mindset." The person with bunny ears degraded the man with a harsh tone. However, the crude remarks only made him burst into laughter.

"How about you stop coming at me when you look like some of my coworkers with that skin-tight body suit?" He mocked the bunny hybrid, who put his middle finger in his face.

"At least I don't go around shoving my dick into other people other than (Y/n). Sometimes I can't believe I have to work with a bitch like you!" The bunny hybrid scowled at the other person. You raised your eyebrow at the two's arguments.

"Right... so what the fuck is going on?" You stopped their glaring at one another by making them shift their focus on you. Almost immediately, they came super close to you. The bunny hybrid slapped his hand on the other person's mouth before speaking up.

"The name's Clear Blackwell! I'm non-binary, so use he/ they pronouns." They winked and blew a kiss before swiftly pulling their hand away and glaring at the man who bit his hand.

"I'm Cecil, and the reason you're here is that you need to be taught a lesson on why you shouldn't break the rules." He kissed you on the nose before moving back a bit to cross his arms with a glare on his face.

"What were the rules?" You questioned, not recalling being given any rules. "No talking to anyone outside of work colleagues for work-related things, friends, family or people in the service industry. No watching porn. No seeking dates with anyone and so on and so forth. We tried our best to make it lenient, but you broke Every. Single. Rule." Cecil shook his head in disappointment. Oh, they were probably the ones you kept receiving in the mailbox of your apartment complex that they wrote with blood. Obviously, you didn't follow it and threw it away. You were going to say something but Clear started to speak.

"Sigh, this is one of the few times I have to agree with this whore. You have been out and about prancing around, flaunting yourself to anyone who wants to see it. Ugh... do you know how many times I had to call up my bodyguards to kill all of those cunts who dared to indulge themselves in your desires?" Clear's eyes twitched as they seethed in anger and frustration. You looked at them with a blank stare before realizing what they meant.

"YOU KILLED MY DATES!?!?" You shrieked in horror. It was no wonder why not a single one of your dates messaged you back for a second date. You tried moving away from them, but Clear slammed his hands on the chair handles to stop you from moving.

"And don't play as if you're scared. I don't like it when someone that belongs to me pretends to be all innocent whilst whoring themselves out." Clear inhaled and exhaled to calm themself down and moved away from you. Cecil patted Clear on the back in comfort before moving towards you.

"Your punishment is going to be rough. Although we wanted our first time having sex with you to be gentle, unfortunately, you couldn't keep yourself in check, so it has come down to this." Cecil sighs and takes off his collar before putting it on you. He stops at a point before pulling it so tight you start to choke.

"Now let's see if you're going to disobey the rules after this." He relaxed the tightness of the collar before pulling you into a rough kiss.

"I- I'm sho sorry f- for breaking the rulesss!" You sobbed from the pain. Almost everywhere on your body was hot with pain. Your mouth and throat were in pain even though Cecil and Clear had innocent-looking faces, their sizes were no joke. Clear kissed your swollen and bleeding lips in contentment.

"F-fuck... Clear, do you think he's learnt his lesson?" Cecil moaned as he slammed back into you, making you shudder and moan from the roughness. His face was flushed as he watched both of you make out.

"A-ah haa... Yeah... He looks so docile now, with his lips all messed up and his body covered in lovebites. Shit, this makes me want to mess him up even more... but I think he's starting to reach his limits." Clear rubs his thumb on your cheek, which nearly makes you close your eyes if you weren't getting fucked by Cecil. Cecil nods before thrusting back into you a few more times before he came inside.

"Damn... You're better than any of my clients." He kissed your cheek before rolling his eyes and kissing Clear on their lips after they motioned for a kiss. "Right, time to clean up. I'll get the towels and water." Cecil got up and brought back some towels and a few bottles of water.

Cecil cleaned up both you and Clear so fast but was pretty gentle about it before cleaning himself up. You fell asleep from exhaustion and snuggled up into a pillow at first, but Clear switched out the pillow for you to hug them instead. Clear watched as Cecil wiped off his body before speaking up.

"You're so much nicer when you aren't spouting a bunch of bullshit, you know?"

"How about you shut the fuck up before I fuck that brattiness out of you."

Yall thought you were gonna get a full-length smut? Guess what, you got bamboozled. Sorry if their personalities switch up like crazy, yall have no ideas how hard it is to write this shit down before valentine's day so you have time to write a val. special.

Anyways, for those of you who don't know, Cecil and Clear are the very first ocs I wrote about to publish on here and I appreciate all of the people who scrolled through my blog to read everything like thirsty dogs. Thank you.

Also i squizshed every follower milestone to one poast is because realistically, i aint gon an write all of that but I might reblog later to write out the full smut. Ah, almost forgot, if Clear's intro is bad here IM SORRY CUS LIKE IDK HOW YOU DO THIS WITH CONFISENCE OMG IF YALL ASK ME TO CHANGE IT ILL CHANGE IT CUS ITS BADDD 😭😭😭😭 Also Cecil not saying his last name intentional.

Once again, without the jokes or spelling errors, I'm actually grateful that yall actually comment, like and follow my writing. So I might go back on my old quotev ACC to rewrite and finish the story that I posted before. Any questions that you all might have, I'll answer in the comments. Also yes, I will write pt2 for cute! Monster's father.

(noto prooftred)

[skylarsblue]

this isn’t really a request or anythin’, just a thought. 141 havin to deal with a southern team member who only gets progressively more accented the more they get mad.

100% projecting here

pretty unaccented, American, whatever —> ✨ anger ✨ —> Memphis called they want their “oo-ol” back (translation: oil).

i have no idea if they’d be annoyed, charmed, or just confused.

✦141 + Los Vaqueros With A Southern!Teammate✦

(My first C.o.D request and it's for pEOPLE LIKE MEEEE, southern traassh! This my shit. Fair warning, I've never played one of these games cause I don't have a console, so if they're ooc, please tell me how I can improve writing them!)

✦Random headcanons, Southern slang, GN!Reader, Race neutral as well but American, implied to be Oklahoma/Texas style southern, aggressive cursing because I have the mouth of a sailor, a bit of Google Translated Spanish(forgive me), Rudy doesn't have a color cause I ran out I'm so sorry precious boy✦

✧Simon Riley✧

He's not real fond of Americans, admittedly. He's got a little voice in the back of his head that automatically associates Americans with betrayal, but he'll keep quiet.

He cringes at your accent at first. He's not fond of Americans, even less so of most American accents. It's a very thick drawl and after being in the team for a while, he'll tease you about it, telling you to "Speak English" like he does with Soap.

He shuts up when you bring up his Manchester accent being illegible sometimes. It's all in good fun though!

After proving you're trustworthy, he'll basically call you his "special American", to show you're an exception. He will never stop poking fun at you though, just as you do to him. Particularly when you say something intensely American.

"Look at her ass, out here pitchin' a bitch fit with a tail on it." "...What in the hell is that even supposed to mean?"

He'll give you one thing, you treat beef well, which he appreciates. Given he used to be a butcher's apprentice. Americans from the southern states know how to make a hamburger and we know how to cook a steak, that's like...the one thing we can brag about.

If you're like me and you dunk on your own country, he thinks those moments are really funny. Especially when you sound so American.

He probably enjoys you being angry the most. He loves it so much, he thinks it's extremely entertaining. Especially if you're a more small, non-intimidating person on the surface.

"Fuck off! Out here makin' a damn mess of the place, runnin' around like a chicken with its head cut off, wrecking my shit! I outta whoop yer ass!" "Should we step in?" "No no, let it go on a little longer..."

Probably tries to make your call sign something heavily American stereotypical, in a funny way. (ie. Bald Eagle, Stars(JILL!), Shotgun, etc.)

A bit hypocritical but if you have a farm with cows on it, he doesn't really wanna see them. His first thought his how to butcher them from years of training, and if they're not butcher cows, he feels kinda bad for thinking it.

Congrats! You're the only American Simon likes, aside from maybe Alex but I don't know for sure.

✧Johnny MacTavish✧

Laughs when you first speak. He apologizes but like, he laughs at you, I'm sorry.

Definitely asks if you have a cowboy hat, and he will lose his fucking mind if you do. The more cowboy shit you own the more he's entertained, especially if you wear them around base/on field.

He understands you super well but no one understands how or why. Johnny explains that it's just because he's good with accents. He'll hear weird euphemisms and, though it may take a second, 9 times out of 10 he'll get it.

"Fucker's so cheap I bet he pinches quarters til they scream." "What?! What does that mean!?" "Means he's a penny pincher! He's cheap. C'mon, that one was obvious, keep up, yeah?"

If you're a woman/female leaning, he'll call you cowgirl. If you're male/male leaning, you get the nickname cowboy. Non-binary/Genderfluid/Etc.? He calls you partner, and he'll always say it with a shitty imitation of your accent.

Asks you a buncha questions about American-Southern stereotypes to see if they're true. If they are, he gets really giggly about it.

If they ever have a mission in America, he'll insist you lead them everywhere. He likes seeing how you interact with people, especially if you're in a big city where some nutsos are. This man would have a blast watching you in a Waffle House. It's the only time he likes seeing you yell in public, thinks it's hilarious.

If you have any farm experience he's gotta see it. He needs to. I don't care if the farm is your great grandpa's and you haven't been there in a decade, you better take him to see the cows and tractors right now, immediately. Especially if there are chickens. He loves chickens.

He makes fun of your accent but he thinks it's really hot sometimes and he's very annoyed at himself for it. Particularly when you speak softly, trying to console/comfort him, slipping in a typical southern pet name.

"You alright there, sugar? Took quite a hit there. You need anythin', sweetheart?" "...I uh, uhm, ahem. N-no, no I'm alright." "Are ya sure, sweetpea? Your face is goin' redder than a tomato."" NO, I'M GOOD."

Manages to get the entire team to call you a southern callsign, whether you like it or not. He'll force it to stick. Most are animal-based too. (Cowboy/Cowgirl, Chick/Rooster, Bull/Heffer, Big Tex, etc.)

Your accent grows on him significantly. While he thinks you're very sexy when you're angry, he's really affected when you're soft and sweet. (bonus note; if you're faux sweet when you're mad? The whole "Oh...bless your heart" type thing? He's prolly gonna pop a boner, not gonna lie.)

✧John Price✧

He's not American but there are a lot of American things he likes, admittedly. Specifically, old western stuff, horses, ranches, etc. That whole aesthetic is something he's always enjoyed. He won't say it, but he has a particular fondness for your accent when he first hears it.

Doesn't understand you when your accent gets super thick but he thinks it's entertaining nevertheless. Unlike Ghost or Soap, he doesn't comment on it, because he doesn't think he has room to talk. Maybe he'd do it once and then you'd throw it back at him and he'd realize that...yeah he has no room to talk.

He's a calm individual but he will yell when necessary. But, what he finds admirable is when you jump in and yell for him. Like you can read his mind and he can save his throat, watching the people who were pissing him off jump back at thick southern curses being yelled at them.

"I outta jerk a damn knot in your fuckin' tail, ya fuckin' dumbass! Didn't ya momma ever teach you respect?! You ain't ever gonna talk to my damn captain like that again or I'll skin yer fuckin' hide!" "Ahem, thank you, sergeant, that's enough."

Buys you a cowboy hat if you don't already have one, for sure. Whether you take it as a genuine gift or you take it as a light jab at your roots, he'll get a lil' dopey smile if you decide to wear it. Gaz definitely makes fun of you two. Soap points out that Gaz also wears a hat religiously and he & Ghost start callin' you the hat trio.

Man melts at southern-drawl-spoken pet names. He truly does. Much like Soap, there's something about it that makes the tension leaves his body, though he's not really sure why.

"You alright there, Cap? You're lookin' bout ready to drop..." "I'm alright soldier, just need to finish this." "Captain, it'll be there in the mornin'. How bout a nap instead, huh? You can't go workin' yourself to the bone, hun. It ain't healthy."" ...oh alright, just for a bit though." "Sure, sugarcube, just long enough to have some tea."

He'll probably pick up on a few pet names and call you them. Whether you wanna take it as platonic or not, it's really just a sweet gesture that he wants to return. Pet names are kinda just...a staple of southern slang. It's part of the accent that he really enjoys, therefore he wants to return it.

If he ends up helping you with a call sign, it's going to be a really sweet & nice one. Or perhaps something that's from an old western he's seen. Probably based on something you've said before. (Sugarcube, Lasso, Hun/Hunny.) Bonus points if you get a super sweet name that doesn't match your stature, he thinks it's funny if it throws people off.

Piggybacking off the last one, I think it'd be real funny if your call name was "Sugarcube" and you're like...a 6'0"+ buff dude with a deep voice. That shit would be funny. Anyway!

If you own/live on a ranch or farm in your off time, he'll feel honored if you invite him to see it. Don't worry, he won't laze around and just appreciate the cute animals. (Looking at you Soap) He's got a little bit of experience with cows & horses, so he'll do his best to help you move the hay and such. Don't let him drive a tractor though, it's one of the few things he just can't do.

John doesn't play favorites, he's fair and precise to his entire team. But...off the field? ...you might get a little favoritism, he's got a weakness for bein' sweettalked through southern drawl. Don't let that go to your head though!

✧Kyle Garrick✧

Kyle doesn't care too much, he thinks every country has shitty stuff and cool stuff. He's a pretty big believer in silver linings. While America is far from his favorite country, and he knows the common trope of uh...less than tolerant people from the south, that doesn't affect how he sees you at all.

He does snicker at your accent sometimes, but only when you say something really aggressively southern. Especially making up random southern phrases that he doesn't understand at all. He finds it endearing.

"We just gotta haul ass and go tear shit up, run through like a buncha Tasmanian devils, right?" "...I understood...some of those words. Uh, sure, right." "We need to move our asses and fuck shit up." "Ah, okay. Could've just said that, but alright."

Thinks you're kinda scary when you're mad. He'll be the type to try and calm you down, but he understands if it's someone who deserves it. Not that he doesn't find your drawl fun to listen too, especially if someone was being an ass, but he doesn't like seeing you upset.

If the person you're yelling at was being a real big ass, he'll let you yell for a little, but step in. However, if you're doing condescending rage? Oh, go for it, do it all you want. He thinks it's hilarious.

Finds it particularly sweet if you're angry on the teams/his behalf. He can fight his own battles but he thinks it's a big sign of trust, friendship, etc. that you feel the need to defend him.

"Bless your heart, your brain ain't firing off on all cylinders is it, hun? Tsk, that's a shame..." "Excuse me?!" "You're excused, sweetpea. You're not gonna talk to my team that way, but you can turn your happy ass around and walk away. I ain't gonna have you disrespectin' the people who've been fightin' the good fight. Have a lovely day!" "How can you sound so sweet and yet so angry at the same time?" "Southern livin', sugar. Southern livin'."

Gaz is a bit of a foodie type, he likes trying cooking from any area he can go to. Southern cooking would...it'd be a new weakness for sure. A lot of it is unhealthy, yes, but he doesn't give a shit. It tastes good. Sometimes he thinks American food is an absolute sin and a disgrace, and he'll state it as such. Usually, it's stuff you agree on. Like bacon-covered donuts or fried butter. That shit's egregious. But things like southern-style chicken or rib-eye on a grill? You're gonna make him swoon with them roasted vegetables. Cooking for him is a surefire way to make you an unapologetic favorite in his book.

He won't say anything at the little jokes that people jab at you for your accent, but he will tell someone off if they say something that's clearly not funny and upsets you. Like trying to imply you're stupid because you come from Texas. (Speaking from personal experience) He thinks it's such a dumb thing to give someone shit over and he won't hesitate to say they're an idiot for trying to use it against you.

Hates sweet tea, I'm sorry. It's just tea but he can't stand it. He'll drink the unsweetened tea you make, but he'll make a dramatic face if he mixes them up. Something that you always laugh at.

He's great at driving basically any vehicle. Helicopters to mini coopers. He's never controlled a tractor before, but if you sit him in one and tell him the levers, it'll take him like...three minutes to get it down perfectly. Definitely gets a smug ass grin if you show you're amazed.

If he helps get you your call sign, he won't necessarily make it based on where you're from, it'll probably be based on a nickname, skill, or crucial event in your career. (Crash; you were thrown through a window, Hotshot; skill for sniping, etc.) But if he were to have one based on your southern ways? Sweet Tea, both for the fact you make it and the pet name you sometimes call him. (sweet pea)

✧Alejandro Vargas✧

Like Ghost, he's not super fond of Americans. His experience with most Americans are annoying tourists and Graves, leaves a pretty bad impression. He comes across unintentionally snappy when he first meets you, but Rudy will point it out, and he'll correct himself.

You aren't the annoying people he's dealt with and he knows it's not fair to say you are. Definitely talks shit on America though, and he'll honestly give you respect if you do the same. Since he's used to the kind of Americans that think being American give them a right to treat others like shit. He hates entitlement.

If you speak Spanish, he's gonna try really hard to not laugh at how your accent affects some words, but it's really hard. He means it in kind and if you're still learning when you meet him, he's proud when he hears you doing well in comprehension and sentences. Still, sounds just a lil silly.

He loves when your accent gets thick from rage, but he his favorite thing is if you speak Spanish in a rage, with your accent on top of it. It's a combination that fills his brain with serotonin.

"Eres un maldito idiota. ¡Tan útil como las tetas de un toro!" "Wha- Haha! What does that mean?!" "Did they say some super weird analogy?" "Si! They did!" "Yeaaah, they do that a lot."

He's notorious for having a naturally flirty personality, it's just how he's always been. Hence why not much phases him, but he does get a quite wide & genuine grin if you flirt back, making your accent extra intense. Especially with the pet names, another man who likes sweet words.

Thinks you having a southern call sign is really cute, especially if it's something your team calls you exclusively. He thinks it shows your endearment to your team. However, if your call sign is something you insist is only for friends, he'll get super giddy about being allowed to call you it.

If he were to pick? (Belle; Like southern belle whether you're fem! or not, Rodeo, and he might call you Americano- but like, in the coffee way. Like it's a sweet nickname, not just him saying your nationality)

Southern hospitality is something he is not used to. Again, bad experience with Americans. So if you explain all the various manners and nice gestures that are considered expected in your home state? He's completely confused, wondering why the Americans he's met don't keep that attitude up when they leave home.

Again, really likes it if you use southern pet names. Especially if you're trying to console him after a really tough day/mission. For some reason it really helps, like a cup of warm coffee on a cold morning.

"Aye, don't stress yourself over it, darlin'. Bad things happen that we can't control, you did everything you could and you were great at it. Don't let it eat at'cha, honey-bun." "Gracias, Bella. Lo necesitaba…" "Anytime, big guy. Now, you wanna see me try and fail again to open a de la Rosa without breaking it?" "Aha! How about I show you a trick to do it instead?"

Again, like Ghost, you're his special American. Gaz calls you his emotional-support American once and he thinks it's really funny, he'll call you as such every now and then.

✧Rodolfo Parra✧

Sweet darling man. He has nothing against you being American, nothing. But...he cannot understand anything you're saying. He's doing his best but he really doesn't know. He can feel his brain frying every time you bring up something super southern, trying to understand.

He'll have to lean over to your team to ask for a translation, anyone but Soap & Price will tack on an "I think, I'm not sure" at the end of their explanation. If he hears you use a phrase more than once, he'll add it to a little list of notes with the translation underneath it. Treats it like a whole different language. It's adorable.

Like Alejandro, he thinks it's funny if you speak Spanish with your accent. He'll keep a straight face because he knows you can't help it, but man is it fun to hear.

He's not very fond of a lot of yelling if he can avoid it, Rudy prefers disputes to be handled with calm words if possible. But he understands that sometimes it's necessary. Still, he'd want to try and calm you down if you're yelling. But, if you're just acting sickeningly-sweet, kind words that are clearly dripping with venom? He'll just watch. He thinks that shows you handle yourself very well and it's pretty attractive to him, not gonna lie.

"Awww I'm so sorry you're upset, poor thing. God bless you, sir, you have a lovely day. I hope that stick up your ass doesn't hurt too bad." "¡Soldado! No digas eso…" "Shh, sugar, it's fine. He wants to be rude, I can be rude back. An eye for an eye. Don't worry your pretty lil' head bout it, sweetheart." "Dios, a veces me asombras y me aterrorizas."

He's really hesitant about American food. It smells great sometimes but all he hears about American food is that it's greasy, or too salty, etc. Still, he won't deny any meal you make. He thinks it's rude to deny food unless it's something you're allergic to.

He ends up liking a few things, but he is biased to his home cooking. But if you start making his favorite foods, or somehow combine the styles in an honoring way? Oh, those are his favorites. He's particularly fond of American sweets though!

Please bake for this man, bake for him, I beg. Apple pie is an American staple for a reason and he'll jokingly claim he'll move to America if it means he can have apple pie every day.

"Rudy, that's your fourth piece! Ahaha, if I knew you liked it so much I woulda made ya more." "Ay, please do! ¡Fue enviado desde el cielo!" "Alright then, hun, I'll be sure to make you all the apple pie ya want."

Rudy really likes if you wear stuff like a cowboy hat. He's not really sure why, he just thinks it's really cute. If it's a staple of your whole look(like John's hat), seeing you protective over it, he thinks that's really cute. If you're protective of your cowboy hat but let him hold it/put it on his head to hold it, it's gonna fluster him. Even if your guy's relationship is completely platonic.

If you live near the border of Texas & Mexico, it makes visiting you pretty easy, so he'll have no qualms about going back and forth when off duty. He'll be more comfortable in his home but he won't turn down the offer to see your home, especially if it's a ranch. He's got a soft spot for farm animals. (Particularly goats)

If he has any control of how you choose your call sign, he'll likely pick something the same way Gaz does. But, if you have a thing about what certain people call you - like how only Ghost can call Soap "Johnny" - He feels really warm and fuzzy if he gets a special privilege.

(Translations; "Eres un maldito idiota. ¡Tan útil como las tetas de un toro!" - "You're a fucking idiot - as useful as a bull's tits/about as useful as tits on a bull!" "Gracias, Bella. Lo necesitaba…" - "Thank you, bella/beauty. I needed it." "¡Soldado! No digas eso…" - "Soldier! You can't say that..." "Dios, a veces me asombras y me aterrorizas." - "God, sometimes you amaze and terrify me." "¡Fue enviado desde el cielo!" - "It was sent from heaven!")

[sing-you-fools]

saw another person bitching about "non-transitioning transmascs" and i am ready to start plucking eyes from heads and pouring hot wax in the cavities

do people get that "transmasc" doesn't mean the same thing as "binary trans man." do they understand that. it is important.

when you say "transmasc" you're including a fuckload of nonbinary people whose connection to masculinity could be literally anything.

i want people to consider the possibility that many transmascs who "don't transition" (because the only transition that counts is the medical kind, right? fuck social transition i guess) do not have the option to do so in a way that would be comfortable for them.

it seems like people assume they don't because they don't have dysphoria or don't have anything they'd be euphoric about changing and don't want to. why? why would anyone assume that?

oh. right. it's because no one's bothered actually breaking down their internal acceptance of the gender binary.

look. without going into all the nitty gritty details. there are effects of testosterone that i would very much like to have and there are effects of testosterone that i would absolutely fucking hate. there is no way to get the effects i would want without also getting the ones i would hate. and since testosterone affects everyone differently and you can't know what it'll do to you unless you just do it, there's always the chance that the stuff i would hate is the main thing i get and the stuff i want doesn't even happen.

i know there are different combinations of things you can take to get different results. i have looked into these and please just trust that none of them would work for me. i will get top surgery, but for that, i have to wait until i can trust my kid's impulse control a bit more, because if she pounces on me while i'm healing - well, i don't really want to think about that one. but i'm sure there are plenty of transmascs out there who feel like i do re: hormones and also don't want to change their chests. maybe because titties are a fine thing for a guy to have or maybe because their gender is more complex than just "guy." it doesn't matter what the reason is.

"non-transitioning" doesn't necessarily mean "not dysphoric." sometimes it means "doomed to be dysphoric forever unless trans medicine comes a long way in the near future." it's not fun for us.

[agoddamn]

So I'm pretty sure Leonard McCoy hasn't reappeared much in modern Star Trek is that they genuinely don't know how to handle his and Spock's acrimonious relationship in the Current Racial Climate.

Or, well. They don't know how to handle it in an appropriately marketable way.

I can appreciate that TPTB are in an awkward position with him. I'd say they were deranged if they tried to transplant the original scripts 1:1. The original Star Trek was written in a fever dream of homage, creativity, and network meddling that you'd be hard-pressed to recreate today. It was also created for a completely different audience. Continuity was more of a suggestion and worldbuilding was largely sketched in by feelings over fact.

For example--there is the distinct feeling throughout TOS that Vulcans are superior to humans. How else could the identity of the Romulans be a secret, or basic Vulcan cultural practices? How else could T'Pau elbow into Starfleet command with one word? But that doesn't quite square up with the other actual facts--Starfleet is clearly not prepared for non-human crewmembers and doesn't support them. Spock's isolation speaks for itself. Later Trek canon establishing things like Section 31 only tightens the focus on humans.

Now, we know that out-of-universe factors like budget or the need for quick weekly drama (or deus ex machina) dictated this. They didn't have the budget for other alien regulars, they needed to produce an episodic series where you could drop right in and know who was what in five minutes, etc. We know all this. Undeniably, though, it helps shape a setting where McCoy sniping at Spock feels more sinister.

Personally (and I stress me, personally, and I fully expect other people to feel differently) when it comes to series that have had some kind of large cultural shift over time I like to favor original intent. With that one episode with the racism anger machine, the writers (awkwardly) made it clear that racism is something different from whatever the fuck McCoy and Spock have going on. That it was written by white guys in the 60s projecting a binary fairy tale version of racism is...not to be forgotten, let's say, but I don't think it entirely defeats the point here, either.

(Or rather, I don't think it entirely defeats the point in a way that's not consistent with the rest of Star Trek as a whole. If you like Star Trek at all you've probably come to some complex middle ground in your head where you enjoy it by reminding yourself, "it was 60/30/20 years ago, standards were different then.")

I'm on the record of thinking that this is a solvable dilemma; you just need a writer with a deft hand who understands the thorny waters they're navigating here. You could foreground that Spock and McCoy mutually talk the most deranged shit to one another (remember that Spock frequently accuses McCoy of killing crewmembers in their bitch sessions), re-center McCoy's trash talk to be more methods-focused than something that reads as racial hate, make it a plot point that neither of them talks to anyone else like this--it's a solvable problem.

But you know what's way easier, cheaper, and less risky? Mothballing the character, which is more or less what they have done since 2009.

And honestly, from what I've seen of modern Trek, I kinda don't trust them with the necessary delicacy here...

[acidh2otoby]

Resident Evil Sexuality / Identity Headcanons, part 2

Ingrid Hunnigan

Lesbian / Female

Hunnigan is a strong headed lesbian that falls under the more masculine side but still identifies as female

Any time Leon tried to flirt with her in the beginning, she wanted to jab in his face but couldn't because he was in a different location

The only reason Leon stopped was because Hunnigan made the small joke after one of his flirts saying, "I pull more girls than you without all the stupid pick up lines"

Jake Muller

??????

It must be a Wesker thing because Jake confuses me as well

From one point of view I think "There really isn't enough screen time between him and any other character other than Sherry or Chris, who Jake clearly has a rivalry with"

From the other I think "But there's a chance he's queer of some kind"

But I honestly don't know...

Jill Valentine

Lesbian / Non-binary

You cannot tell me that Mx. Valentine is not a lesbian that doesn't identify as a specific gender

Like, c'mon, LOOK AT THEM

That was theirs and Chris' bonding in S.T.A.R.S. was both of them finding out they were attracted to opposite genders and Jill being non-binary

That's why they're both tight with each other because gays protect each other, it's a code

Karl Heisenberg

GAY / Male

If you think Heisenberg is straight, you are fucking mental

The part of his greatest plan of getting his revenge on Mother Miranda(r) that he didn't tell Ethan was trying to win his heart and running away with him, CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE

The moment Heisenberg saw Ethan, he thought, "I'mma make this bitch mine"

Leon Kennedy

(I love him and his stupid food-loving ass)

Bisexual / TRANSGENDER (female-to-male)

Leon's bisexuality has a preference, a preference for men, Ada is his only exception otherwise, he'd be gay

He's SO TRANS, it baffles my mind how much transness oozes off of him

Leon's flirting isn't to necessarily gain a female's attraction but more-so just because it boosts his ego just a bit because he knows he's hot

Piers Nivans

GAY / TRANSGENDER (female-to-male)

Riddle me this, Batman... have you, in your entire life, met ANYONE with the name Piers?

Doubt it, Piers rats out his identity faster than a bullet from his sniper

Also, he's SO in love with Chris, it's so fucking obvious

I said it once and I'll say it again, FRIENDS DON'T LOOK AT FRIENDS THE WAY PIERS LOOKS AT CHRIS

Rebecca Chambers

Aroace / Non-binary

I never remember Rebecca ever trying to gain anyone's attraction on purpose and actually kind of avoided it

They had love for people, but never romantic, they looked at Chris like he was a big brother and not a potential boyfriend

They didn't even show any attraction to Billy, who was more than nice to them while my dumbass was wishing I was getting saved by Billy every 20 seconds

Also, Rebecca being non-binary just clicks in my brain a certain way that works for me

Rosemary Winters

Pansexual / Genderfluid

Rose doesn't quite understand why it should matter who you're attracted to and even got into a few arguments about it

Being born from someone that had a virus also fucked up her genes pretty good, they were born female but their puberty process and mental gender never matched

They never blamed their dad for the weirdness of going through puberty but they did find it a bit annoying

Sherry Birkin

Straight / Transgender (male-to-female)

Sherry started her transition really early and didn't even realize what it was until she was in her 20s

It was also William that helped her be comfortable with herself even as a kid, because Annette sure wasn't about to

Leon made sure that she was okay with herself as well whenever he saw her

Sherry was able to twist her words to be able to get surgeries from the government for free, making excuses that missions would be hard if she didn't have the right kind of body

Sheva Alomar

Bisexual / Female

Sheva also has a bisexual preference, she prefers women over men

Not to say there's only one guy keeping her bi but she's threatened past boyfriends with it, makes her laugh every time

She definitely had a crush on both Chris and Jill in the beginning but it calmed down when she had to actually work with them (mainly Chris)

Steve Burnside

(I RAN OUT OF FUCKING PICTURES OF USE IN THIS STORY AND HE'S THE LAST CHARACTER FUCK!!!)

Bisexual / Transgender (female-to-male)

I think we can all agree that there was definitely something queer with Steve in all versions of him

Steve doesn't have a specific preference and is kind of a hopeless romantic

The sad thing about Steve that kinda separates him from the other trans characters here is that he never got a full transition before he died 🥲

Did I ads that part to make people feel sad for him again? Yes I did because I genuinely liked his character

[bbotan]

Jacket with a Non-Binary SO who's a complete chatterbox?

thank you so much for sending in this ask! since you didn't specify, i'll write these as a hc list if that's okay :)

Jacket with a Non-Binary SO who's a complete chatterbox headcanons!

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just wanna get this one out of the way first because i've been dying to say it lol, i feel like despite the fact that a lot of people might think he's straight, to me he just looks like the type of dude who would not give a shit about gender as long as you're of interest to him, ok ramble over !

He's never actually found it irritating or annoying to have someone talk his ear off so much all the time, it keeps the silence away and if it's from someone he holds dearly then that's sort of a plus. But, there are times when he'd tell you to keep it down or hush because y'know, he's a dangerous man and isn't always in the best situations.

Protect. Them. At. All. Costs. Not only that but holy shit does he find it adorable, he's very don't-ask-don't-tell so he enjoys having the conversation, or the rather one-sided conversing focus on yourself or your interests...or even just random stuff! he doesn't actually care about the topic, as long as you're happy.

If anyone made any snide remarks or comments about how much of a talker they are, he wouldn't need a phone call to tell him to take that bitch out.

Jacket isn't that good for coming up with intriguing responses to every little thing they say, but he'd really love for them to know and understand that he's still listening with intrigue, he just doesn't know what to reply with all the time.

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aaaa thank you again, i hope these are okay ! haven't written for tumblr in a while :)

[river-styxxs]

My ZZZ opinions as someone who hasn't played the game and has only watched pre-release stuff cus I don't wanna spoil myself on the story until I can play the game:

Ellen: - Very cool!! I would've pulled for her if I was playing. I like sharks so of course I'm gonna like the bitch with a massive shark tail

Grace: - She's just a cooler version of that one bitch from MHA. Please stop saying you want to look inside children (machines) it's creepy and gross

Soldier 11: - Couldn't give a shit. I don't care for her in the slightest. She's just orange Anby but with less personality

Nekomata: - She's super cute! I love how her animations look and her voice is actually really nice imo. Poor girl has already been white washed in a ton of official art but that's just the fate of being 'the brown one' in a hoyo game ig

Von Lycaon: - This man is genuinely convincing me into learning how to draw furries. Attractive,,,

Koleda: - My daughter!!! She looks super fun and honestly feels more like a Pokémon character than a hoyo character. Most of these characters actually feel like Pokémon characters

Alexandrina Sebastiane: - I think she's...kinda just there. She's pretty, and the fact that she has dolls is cool. I also like how all of Victoria Housekeeping is based on classic monsters. But she doesn't have that much appeal to me imo. Like I like how Lycaon kinda has a father type relationship with Corin and Ellen is really cool to me standalone but Rina just kinda feels like she's there

Piper: - I mean there's not much about the Sons since they were announced a week before the game came out. Close enough, Welcome back Herta Star Rail

Lucy: - Similarly to Piper there's not much about her since she was dripped a day before the special program. But also she just has a cooler design. I love the biker aesthetic. Also her bat is cool. Also pigs <3

Corin: - Absolutely smitten. I love her design and how utterly miserable she looks. She does not wanna be here. Also love her giant ass pizza cutter. Look, I just perfer cute characters i don't make the rules my brain does

Anton: - Like Rina, he's kinda just there..I don't have much to say about him

Ben: - It only took 13 years for them to add a playable fat character! And what a joy he is. He's just a nerd who likes math and that's cool. Also the only character in the game to alter another characters mechanics when in the party, so that's fun

Soukaku: - I don't really care for her. All I know about her is that apparently she's meta with Ellen and Lycaon so she gets brownie points for being a support to my 2 favs

Billy: - Slutty, slutty robot man. I love him. And his ass. He's had 2 adds now with ass shots and he deserves it. He's very much the same appeal to me as Boothill and Vash so yippie!! Also he's just a power rangers nerd so that's always fun

Nicole: - I love a good girl boss. Also the way ppl on Tiktok complain about her boobs is just funny to me. Like yes, her boobs are gonna move, they aren't bolted down to her ribs.

Anby: - For the longest time I thought her name was Enby so I headcanon them as non-binary now cus of that. Love her really, she's like the stoic quiet character but actually interesting to me at least. Like bitch is just obsessed with movies, and bad at socialising and she's just like me fr!!!

My replacement tablet pen is coming tomorrow so I'm gonna be so annoying about ZZZ

[raichukfm]

As a very very binary trans person myself, I'm pretty confident people who say they don't fit that binary are telling the truth. I've been mistakenly assumed nonbinary before, because of something about my looks or the fact I have two first names the genders of which clash. And that's pretty uncomfortable, actually! I am a woman and just a woman and that's important to me, I fit into the shell nice and snug even if I had to shuffle sideways over to get at it. Of course when that happens I just politely correct it, "Oh no I'm quite binary" is a silly enough way of putting it breaks the ice. But I bring it up because that visceral discomfort is a thing, although obviously it varies in severity or what it takes to set it off. It's not like cis people just don't care and can slip on the disguise and not feel any sort of ick at the lying. So... People probably aren't lying.

So if they say they're non-binary then they have some reason they're saying that. They're telling you an element of who they fundamentally are right now, filtered through their self-understanding and the messy imperfect words we have for these things. That's what it's about. They're nonbinary, so accept that, treat them kindly and with respect. Simple and easy.

Because gender isn't some sorting criteria for your convenience. It doesn't matter if you can personally understand their relationship with gender. Sometimes you won't! But it doesn't mean they're lying or appropriating when you can't see how their gender differs from some other gender. (And that's ignoring the fact that you can't look into somebody's heart and mind to know all the pieces in play. Presentation is presentation, not the whole of it all.) You don't have to know why they aren't a woman or why they aren't a man to be able to treat them the way they want to be. Not everyone can express that, even when they feel that. Even if they can, they don't owe you an explanation. Just... Be fucking normal about other people, maybe?

And if it's some principles thing, get over yourself. Whatever it is you think separates "real" trans people from "fake" literally what reason do you have to be mad at those other people also getting treated with respect? Even if we entertain you're somehow better, realer (which is absurd) and more deserving of whatever, why does that they mean they have to be undeserving? There's no good reason other than spite and bigotry, and deep down in your heart you know that's bad. Don't be possessive about respect and accommodation, just accept them. Respect isn't a zero-sum game, you can all have it. And you should. Obviously.

And again, respect isn't a zero-sum game. For people who have drawn some line in the sand and decry the other side for ruining things for the rest of you... The simple realpolitik of it is that you only stand to gain by society accepting them because it will shift the window closer to accepting you. If you think them existing is an image problem, tough shit, they do exist. You aren't going to bitch them out of existence, so you have that image problem, and sectarian infighting doesn't help that image problem. Play the hand you're dealt and focus on your actual cause.

If you just don't like them for some reason and so want to be mean, outright or passive-aggressive judgy, you're an asshole and I guess I can't say much, just help you grow as a person.

Like obviously the easy answer is that we should all accept people of whatever gender and there's nothing different about nonbinary people who "seem cis" or whatever to change that. But clearly the easy answer hasn't gotten through to everyone, so... Here's just all the thoughts I can think for why people might try to justify being weird and shitty that way.

I hope this can get better relatively soon and more people can stop being so fucking weird about breasts or clothes or whatever else.

"The nonbinary afab who goes by she/her, dresses femininely, and uses a push-up bra when I—" when you what? What's wrong with her?

Is she not nonbinary enough for you? Is the way she experiences her queerness and how she presents not perfect enough for you? Nonbinary people don't owe you androgyny, right? So why is she the exception? Why does she have to hate herself to appeal to your standards? Why is she any less trans—any less worthy of respect—cause it's "not visible"? Queer solidarity my ass. Don't spout this bullshit on Pride, man.

[fimproda]

given X is being taken down from Brazil, many fan accounts are posting their most non filter and that could cost them be cancelled thoughts fandom wise, so which are the ones you have for the fandoms you write about? If you want forward this ask to other blogs

Oh honey, I have too many.

Hit the read more button if you're ready to embark on this rage-filled journey with me.

Let's start with The Last Hours, which I'm expecting @zoyalannister to add to.

Spoilers up to Chain of Thorns because, duh.

I'm saying this as a cis person, so my opinion probably doesn't matter at all, but Anna was way better genderfluid/non-binary representation in Every Exquisite Thing than in the actual TLH books. I couldn't stand Anna's situationship with Ari as well; most importantly, Anna should have understood that Ari was justified in her fears around coming out in early 1900s London and supported her decision. Not everyone's parents are as open and accepting as Gabrily and Cecily were for Anna.

Speaking of which, I will never be able to comprehend why Shadowhunter society in 1903 London was way more progressive than in 2007 New York. Matthew could do whatever the hell he wanted with that violinist werewolf without anyone batting an eye, but Alec had to endure rampant homophobia for daring to like Magnus. To be honest, Alec has always been a whiny existential bitch, but that's another matter entirely.

The discourse around Matthew's alcoholism and the way it was handled was, in a word, hideous. He's miraculously healed at the end of Chain of Thorns and he's about to embark on a world tour where, of course, he can be trusted not to touch a single drop of alcohol. Give me a fucking break. Cordelia not understanding that he had been drinking in Paris is just another stupid thing among the myriad stupid things Cordelia has ever said and/or done, but again, that's another can of worms I'm unwilling to open at the moment.

The scene where Matthew explains what he did to Charlotte two years earlier (three years earlier? Man, I don't even recall) only being mentioned en passant is a fucking crime and Cassandra Clare should be held accountable for that.

Sona should have died in childbirth and Charlotte shouldn't have become pregnant (or been able to become pregnant) (with twins!) at her age. The former is just dumb, seeing as, again, we're in the early 20th century, in the London Shadowhunter society, and it had already been a difficult pregnancy, so all signs pointed towards Sona ultimately kicking the bucket; the latter is unnecessary and only serves as a means to, I don't know, heal Charlotte and Henry (and, I suspect, Matthew) from the pain of losing their child a couple of years earlier.

What Grace suffered at Tatiana's hands was one step removed from being actual child prostitution, and she should have been the one to kill Tatiana. You know what, I'm not even elaborating on this. If Zoya wants to, she can have this one for herself.

CHRISTOPHER SHOULD NOT HAVE DIED. We've gone from bury your gays to bury your scientists (those who have read Rule of Wolves know who else I'm talking about) and bury your neurodivergent representation. There's a literal interlude titled "Grief" in the book and he's not even the object of that grief: the characters are grieving TWO STILL LIVING PEOPLE that have only had the misfortune of ending up in a demon dimension. He's constantly mocked and belittled by his "friends", even though he's the reason why they're still alive and why Matthew can go about withdrawal symptoms painlessly and safely. Fucking hell.

And about Christopher's death, don't come at me and say that the family tree was always meant to be wrong. I would've accepted that explanation if it had been the one given in the actual book, but instead, we got Esme walking alongside his coffin and still writing him alive, married to Grace and having two children in her Shadowhunter family tree because, like, she shipped them together?

Jesse should've stayed a ghost and his and Lucie's relationship is gross, inappropriate, and borderline paedophilic. I'm not saying any more than this; they don't deserve it.

Finally, Chain of Thorns was a trash fire of a book. Terribly paced, terribly written, and terribly thought-out in general. I will never be able to delete from my mind that ghastly scene (Cecily yelling because Tatiana has taken Alexander hostage) being written THREE TIMES IN THREE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW. It doesn't work on paper, and I'll go so far as to say that it doesn't work on screen either, not when it's so packed with tension and you instinctly know something bad is about to happen. Reading that shattered my suspension of disbelief to such a degree that I felt myself leave my body, look at myself from the ceiling of my own room, and realize that, no matter what I do, I'll always be a better writer than that.

Now, ACoTaR.

Rhysand is a terrible High Lord. I've already said it once or twice on this blog, but I'll never get tired of saying it. His territory is basically split into three parts and he barely rules over one; he's the mayor of Velaris more than the High Lord of the Night Court. He has all the time and power to destroy the patriarchal, mysoginistic, overall violent and abusive social structure of both Illyria and the Court of Nightmares, he just doesn't want to.

Mor is shady as fuck and I don't trust her one bit. I'm fully expecting her to betray the Night Court and/or the Inner Circle in the coming books. The only reason why I ship her with Emerie is because she needs someone who can slap her across the face in sets of two until they add up to an odd number to destroy her and then rebuild her from scratch, because that's what she needs.

Amren should've stayed dead, and the High King thing she tried to push on Rhysand is a fuming pile of horseshit. Period.

No one, and I mean no one, in the series is a fully good or fully bad character. Not enough people understand this in the fandom, I'm afraid. Everyone has virtues and flaws: it's the balance between them, and the choices the characters make, that define them as a fundamentally positive or fundamentally negative person. Everyone is allowed to make mistakes, just as everyone is allowed to repent, apologize, and try to make things right.

Double standards are a plague in this fandom. For instance, in ACoSF, Rhysand did to Feyre a significantly worse thing than Tamlin ever did to her in ACoMaF, and I hardly ever see people holding Rhys accountable for that the way they do Tamlin. Rhysand doesn't get a pass just because he's Feyre's mate. The fact that Feyre forgave him makes things right between them in the narrative, but doesn't stop us readers from having a meta-literary conversation on this or another topic.

A couple arguing, not seeing eye to eye on something, having different opinions, et cetera does not mean that they shouldn't be together, that one character is a terrible mate for the other, that they're toxic and bla bla bla. It's just how relationships work. I see this with Nessian all the time and I can't fucking stand it. Do people seriously expect two hotheads like that to be all rainbows hearts flowers and kitty cats? Arguing is foreplay for them, for fuck's sake.

Which leads me to: Cassian isn't a bad mate for Nesta just because he doesn't take her side in a fight. Maybe, just maybe, he doesn't agree with her in that particular context. It can be argued that he always takes Rhysand's side, which is true, but fucking hell, do people have any idea how Cassian and Rhysand's lives are intertwined? How much does Cassian owe Rhys? How many years (centuries!) of history they're both acting upon? Do they think it's easy for Cassian to stand up to his brother, his companion of five centuries, his fucking High Lord?! I still maintain Cassian should tell Rhys to go fuck himself and stop being such a little shit (to Nesta and in general), don't misunderstand me; at the same time, though, I believe there are complex psycho-sociological elements at work, and I wouldn't like to be in Cassian's shoes. This is what I meant when I said that everyone is a complex character and we as readers should treat them as such: we're allowed to like a character and still criticize some of their choices, and to hate a character and still appreciate some things they've said or done.

I'm done with Velaris, Illyria and the Court of Nightmares. I want to see other parts of the Night Court. I want to see other courts. I want to see the continent. Please, Sarah, let us out of the borders of Night. Please.

The books (ACoTaR, ToG, CC, everything ever written by SJM) suffer from a severe case of bad press. They're not "fairy porn". They're not badly written. They don't send a wrong message like some other romances do. As a fandom (and, collectively, as readers), I believe we've strayed too much in one direction or the other, considering these books as either the ugliest abomination the printing industry has ever produced or the next Nobel Literature prize. They aren't either. They're silly, goofy things that still manage to be interesting, heart-wrenching, and fun.

If anyone has beef with anything I said, please come into my inbox and air it all out. I can't promise I'll reply readily because, as always, I'm studying for my last two exams and I'll be starting thesis work in a few weeks, but I'll certainly answer you sooner or later and show you exactly how and why you're wrong. (I'm kidding.) (Am I?)

[thessalian]

Thess vs PTO Guilt

I did everything possible to avoid as much PTO guilt as possible, you know. Even though I needed a break Right This Second Now when I booked it, I checked the website we have for such things to see when no one else would be out. We've been swamped the last little while, y'see, and I didn't want to go away and dread coming back to an absolute fucking nightmare of a backlog. Because a) the PTO guilt would eat my head, and b) by the time we got it cleared, I'd need yet more time off. This week coming was the first week when nobody was on leave, so I thought it'd be a great time to take the break I so desperately need.

And then fucking Goblin came along.

I only found out about this because Scruffman's having this whole thing where he's being prodded about regular staff meetings. Bitch, we are too busy for staff meetings. We just want to get on with it and do our damn jobs, especially the two of us who work from home (that would be me and Goblin). It's a little bit of an issue for Scruffman, though, because this means he has to effectively have two staff meetings - one in person for the staff who work in the office, and a Teams call for me and Goblin. Oh, he tried to get us to come into the office for the sake of a staff meeting, but he opened himself up to getting that shut down by "idly wondering" how convenient it would be for us to come in for a day for a meeting. Goblin shut him down hard. Which is one thing I salute her for. We're both in more or less the same position - health issues, live a long way from the office, and no earthly way either of us wants to have to commute all that way for the sake of a meeting that a) is fine for us on Team call anyway and b) honestly could have been an email half the time, if the first staff meeting we got roped into was any indication.

Anyway, that's beside the point. The point is that he was talking about when would be good to schedule the meeting, and told us that it would be the week after next because we were both away for most of, or all of, next week.

I know damn well that Goblin didn't have annual leave booked for next week when I booked it. Which means that Goblin either a) didn't check to see how we were looking staff-wise when she booked it or b) didn't care. I mean, also potentially c) there was something she really needed to do, but for "most of" a week? Honestly, given what I know of Goblin, I'm voting for some combination of a) and b) - didn't care enough to check. Which, I mean, that's her prerogative, but...

I'm just grumpy as shit. I was hoping it wouldn't be that bad when I got back from leave, the backlog. But since we two dedicated typists are both away for at least the lion's share of next week, that hope just got flushed down the bog, thanks. So I'm going to stress about that all fucking week. (Don't tell me that it's not my problem; my colleagues are very good at making it my problem, and we're getting robbed of at least an hour the week after next for a fucking staff meeting, so that's even more dumped on us.)

That on top of the stressing about the election on Thursday. That's going to be stressful no matter what, honestly. The Tories are on track to get slaughtered, which I guess is good for a bit of schadenfreude, but given that Labour is at this point just a carbon copy of what we're kicking out of office, with its sole good point being that it's not going to send refugees to Rwanda like Garfield shipping Nermal to Abu Dhabi...

I mean it, seriously. At least three parties are running around screaming "Trans women are men, trans men are women, non-binary doesn't exist!" and it fucking hurts. Starmer's on record as saying that we shouldn't be telling kids in schools that trans people even exist, like some gods-awful Margaret Thatcher cover band playing a cover of Section 28. Speaking of, the Shadow Chancellor has made some noises praising Thatcher's economic policies in recent memory. This is a Labour government echoing the scariest damn Tory we've ever had in office - yeah, Truss and Johnson were terrifying in their own way, but Thatcher was smart about her evil fucking bullshit. And fucking Labour is parroting Thatcher's economic policy?!? The one that made the slogan of the 80s "Three Million Unemployed"?!?

So while some people will be spending Thursday night watching Bell's Hells do ... whatever the hell it is they're doing at the moment (I haven't been keeping track), I am going to be watching election news. I haven't decided whether it's to be "curl up on the sofa in front of BBC News with a huggy-punch pillow, an obscene amount of comfort food, and a box of tissues" or "slump at my desk in front of whatever live feed the Guardian runs so I can be comforted by my friends". Because really, all I'm going to learn from it in the end is which colour tie the Prime Minister who would quite happily erase me from the world will be wearing. Doesn't matter if it's because of the disability or because of the non-binary; this just reminds me how much they seem to see hating my fucking guts as a vote-winner.

[samnelsonwrites]

Chapter 2: A Mundane Monday Morning

Monday mornings always begin the same way: I drag myself out of bed, get some coffee, and begin the dreaded walk to school. The scenery, the people, and the music I listen to at full volume is always the same. I meet Jamie at the school's main entrance; god, I despise this place. I always wonder why I didn't switch for 6th Form. I attend Viridis Grammar, a Co-Ed school full of students who have no chance of passing any exams, let alone attending university. I'm not smart in the least; I didn't get any grades higher than a B in my GCSEs, and yet I'm the smartest person here. It really just goes to show how dumb students are.

My friends and I are deemed "nerds" since we are not screwing up classes. We've all been friends since year 7 and we're extremely close. We haven't allowed anyone new into our friend group because we know it will ruin our dynamic. Tori is the eccentric one among us, and she is where the energy is. If she's around me a lot, my introverted self finds her a little socially draining. Imogen, I believe, is the "trendy" one among us. She has always been up to date on the latest trends and is constantly criticising our sense of fashion; it was irritating initially, but now we all roll our eyes at her when she starts being "influencer Immi," as we call her. She’s the token straight friend. Max is Imogen's boyfriend; I'm not quite certain how they hooked up since Max is the quiet, nose-in-a-book type of guy and Imogen is quite the contrary. Max doesn't say much, but when he does, it's usually with a witty remark. And then there's Jamie, my boyfriend. I feel like he's the only one who truly understands me, but I still feel alone. We've been dating for a year and a half, and I think it's safe to say things are going swimmingly. Jamie is the coolest person in our group; he is the lead vocalist and guitarist in a band called "Purely Purple," so named because all of the instruments in the band are purple. I am a huge fan of the band and go to every concert they perform at. One of their YouTube videos has received over 16K views. I imagine them becoming well-known one day.

“How y’doing?” Greets Jamie.

“Couldn’t be better” I replied sarcastically. Jamie grinned at me as if my comment was hilarious. He leaned in and brushed his lips against mine—instant butterflies. You would have thought that I would have gotten used to the idea of Jamie kissing me but no, I haven’t, I feel as if we are still in the “Honeymoon Phrase” as Imogen likes to call it. 

Imogen and Max walked through the gates, clearly arguing, as they frequently do. Argue one minute, then fall hopelessly in love the next. It's as if they're an elderly couple. Absolutely adorable. 

"Are you okay?" "Fine," Max grunted as he aggressively pushed past me.

"What in the world happened this time?" Jamie asked.

"It's just about how Max doesn't pay enough attention to me," Imogen responded.

"Oh my God, Imogen, he lavishes you with attention; quit bitching!" I sigh.

"I'd like for us to be like you guys." She directed her finger at us. "You guys can't stay away from each other for long."

"Immi, different people express affection in various ways, but we just like PDA," Jamie explained.

"Yeah, I don't think Max wants to engage in PDA." I agree.

The school bell rang at 8.30 a.m., indicating the start of classes. Jamie and I are heading to English lit.

"Ah, Twelfth Night, the gayest play ever," I said.

"Viola is obviously struggling with gender dysphoria," Jamie explained.

Viola would be someone I frequently associate with. I definitely have gender dysphoria, just like Viola. I really want to tell Jamie about my gender fluidity, yet I'm not sure how. I guess I need to find the right moment. 

"Hey, Jamie?" "How did you realise you were non-binary?" I ask.

"I suppose I've always known to some extent. I've always associated more with men than a woman, but I wasn't sure I was entirely a man."

"Huh, did you have a lightbulb moment or was it a gradual process?"

"I actually realised I'm not cis about 2 years ago, then came out to you a few months later, what's the sudden interest?"

Shit, do I have to come out now? Or no? Why am I asking this, did I completely screw up? "I don't think through my questions." Oh, I was just wondering" Is that a sufficient excuse? Will they buy it?

"All right," they said.

For the remainder of the English lesson, we sat in complete silence. I was replaying the conversation we just had in my head, cringing at how I handled it. After what felt like the lengthiest lesson ever, the bell finally rang at 9.30 a.m. 

"What are you going to do after school?" Jamie inquired.

"I'm not sure, probably curled in blankets in front of the TV, watching His Dark Materials or something."

"So nothing,"

"Sums it up"

"Would you want to come to mine? We could watch His Dark Materials together?"

"Sure. At 4, I'll meet you at the gates." I grinned.

Mundane Monday isn't so mundane after all now I'm going to Jamie's after school. Although I can see how the evening will play out. I predict we will watch about 10 minutes of His Dark Materials before Jamie does something so incredibly hot that my immense attraction to him will overpower all of my senses and we will start necking it. It's a tradition.

The remainder of the day dragged on. I was very excited about the evening. I attempted to finish all of my schoolwork at lunch and failed terribly since Tori was telling me about a band she really wants to see, The Ark.  I enjoy The Ark, but I wouldn't want to go to one of their gigs since the fans are so intense. When one of the guys, I believe it was Rowan, had a girlfriend, a jealous fan hurled a brick at his head. A bit mental, most of them are screaming teenagers who have nothing better to do than fantasise about shagging one of the members. Don't blame them, Jimmy Kaga Ricci is a snack. 

[marbleddice]

Hi, Sage here

Lily avoided correcting Lexyr because I truly believe she doesn't think non-binary people are real. She'll use they/them pronouns for me in the stream, but won't correct her fan when he misgenders me despite having known who I was and what my pronouns are for the longest time.

It's only a red flag to people who have been paying attention or to people who are starting to realise that everything they thought they knew about Lily was a lie. The only reason I didn't jump ship earlier was because I made up excuses.

The tell-tale signs of an abuse victim trying to protect their abuser. Giving excuses for their actions ("Lily just didn't know my pronouns at the time" or "Lily's just having a hard time") and even apologising for the shit that really didn't need apologising for.

And when Lily says "Sage was reblogging my posts with silly commentary one day and then the next day blocked me" she is not providing any context. The context where I called her out politely, where I explained how she made me out to be wrong despite not being wrong, and how I was extremely respectful about it.

I blocked her not because I hated her, but because my friends had helped me realised that Lily wasn't helping my mental health and was just a miserable person to be about.

Only after that did I start to look into the "gossip" blogs and the "stalkers'" stories did I actually start to loathe this woman. Only after Courtney started to talk did I go "wow, actually fuck this bitch"

Lexyr turning out to not be as progressive as he says he is? It fucking sucks ass. I genuinely considered this person to be a friend of mine. He knew what my pronouns were and he knew who I was. He claims I was a good friend and someone cool to talk to, but then fucking misgenders me when he thinks I'm not fucking watching.

Yes, I'm furious about this shit because it's absolute horseshit that Lily and her cult are able to misgender people all they fucking like, but if people misgender them? HOW DARE YOU!

These people, those who don't bother to look into any of the claims made against Lily and only believe Lily, are willfully ignorant. They don't care about actual CSA survivors (like myself and Courtney for example), they don't want to care because what if they are wrong? What if the woman they've been supporting all these years is a monster?

That's why people stay around her in part. And the other part is because they genuinely just don't fucking care.

And once again, fuck you, Lexyr.

Lexyr repeatedly misgenders Sage in Lily's latest stream, and Lily not only doesn't correct him, but starts ranting about how Sage "turned [on her] real quick" and that they're "deranged". Because it's not okay to misgender Lily, a transwoman, but it's SUPER okay to misgender non-binary people!

Should it not be a red flag to Lily's fans that Sage, a former diehard Lily Orchard fan, suddenly changed their tune? AFTER getting very rude treatment from Lily over simply explaining a misconception about a popular book series none-the-fucking less. It's a wonder, considering the other multiple times Lily has shown asks Sage sent in their videos to bash them while misgendering them, that Sage didn't jump ship before this.

These people are straight up delusional, Lily most of all.

that person is another one of LO's fans who supported her post blaming a 6 year old for her CSA, both suffered by LO and the one perpetrated by LO.

seeing them quickly to turn to bigotry and LO just let it happen is to be expected, but still not nice to see.

oh but we're the transphobic ones. because LO, who constantly misgender her critics, said so.

[inthestarsme]

Astro Observations pt.5

‼️Don't repost my Observations without consent and mentioning my page‼️

I very much respect non-binary or trans people. If i'm talking about man or woman, i'm talking about cis-men or woman i know, because often, due to societal coding/standards, there can be differences depending on the gender. But it could very much apply to you if you are non-binary or trans. Just take what resonates and leave what doesn't, as spiritual people like to say.🫶🏻

If you don't agree with my observations, please don't send any hate. They're only my personal observations that i'm posting just for fun. Especialy the specific ones can only apply to certain people. So don't take anything you read too seriously. It's not a science, just pop-astrology!😎

‼️TW: Mentioning of mental health struggles, abuse and other darker stuff. If you think reading this might trigger you, please stop reading!‼️

So let's go!

Lots of planets in the 7th house, especialy conjunct: A big part of this life might be about your marriage partner or life partner or just the relationship to your closed love ones. This can be amazing, but i need to tell you to be careful who you choose as a partner and who you let close to you in your life. As this is the house of open enemies too, this could also go south, especialy if there are also planets like mars, pluto or saturn involved. this could go from just staying in a unfulfilling relationship way too long (because your life seems to revolve around this relationship and you don't see a live without it) to being in an abusive relationship. ❤️‍🩹

Saggitarius AC: This gives the person bad guy vibes, but in a different way than Sag MC. In the MC it's more how the public perceives you, maybe through the career choices you made, but not necessarily how you actualy are as a person. In the Ascendant it is how you might actualy be like in more private settings or how you show yourself to your closer peers. Not a bad person, i feel like to be that saggitarius has way too strong morals, but just this bad b*tch energy that surrounds them and like a dark "emo" vibe. Or your actual personality could be described as "bad bitch"-like. could also really like dressing in black/ darker colours and/or with spikey/scary accessouirs.😈

Sun in Leo in the 8th house: I already talked about in another post how i've met a few people with leo sun who told me they love sex. One of those people has Leo sun in the 8th house, and he is into bdsm. so basicaly, i think the 8th (scorpio) house influence gives this love for sex a more extreme touch, and because scorpio is also posessive, stuff like bondage fits into it as well.⛓️

Chiron conjunct AC: You might've struggled with bullying or got outcasted by people who were dear to you because of the way you looked, dressed or how you behaved. But it doesn't have to be because of other people, it could just be that for some reason, you never liked your personality and always saw something wrong about who you are. Because of this, the thing you're most insecure about or hurt you the most is yourself or how you view yourself. I feel like this is a difficult placement for Chiron because it's hard to heal Chiron wounds. They are where we know how to heal others but we don't know how to heal ourselfes. And especialy because we might not think we're even worthy of healing, this placement might especialy struggle with dealing with their insecurities.🫂

Planets in the 22nd degree: As many may know, this is the so called "kill or be killed"- degree. How i personaly interpret it is, that in whatever planet or other placement you have this degree, it will be hard for you to develope the good trait of the planet. Let's take sun 22nd degrees in the 7th house as an example. You may naturaly love to be in love and love relationships, it's where your heart lies, but because of this degree, you have experienced so many relationship wounds, that you get a huge ego (the sun can also be ego if underdeveloped) to either hide your wound, or in the hopes of never getting hurt again (or both). This could then either make you completely turn away from relationships or a very narcissistic partner. And especialy when you have other more challenging planets conjunct the sun, it can make it even harder. You feel like, you either kill your heart, or you will be killed by it, because it may for example hurt too much. 🔪

Jupiter conjunct mars in the 10th house or conjunct the MC (also just Mars, but Jupiter "enlargens" the placement): Your career might be all about fighting. If it's just in the 10th house it's just your career and what you may be professionaly most respected for, conjunct MC may be what the general public knows you for. This can mean literal fighting like marshal arts or fighting in a war.🤼‍♀️

Ruler of the Ascendant in the 12th house: I personaly have this placement, and it's really hard for me to truly understand who i am and what defines me. As i get older i learn more and more about myself, but at the same time i have to unlearn a lot of stuff people told me about myself which i then belived to be true (because i didn't know who i am). For example, when i went to school i was always directly or indirectly told that i was more or less stupid. Everyone thought that, because i couldn't express myself properly in front of the class because of social anxiety. Because of this social anxiety, i was also always seen as shy, which is why i always thought of myself as shy and introverted by nature. But now as i got into university and learned how to approach people and my social anxiety has gotten a lot better, i now know i am actually way more extroverted than introverted as long as i'm surrounded by the right people and actualy not shy at all. And i learned that i wasn't actualy stupid, my struggle was just expressing myself properly and not having enough access to proper knowledge or the mental capacity to learn new things (i had quite a hard childhood, so i mentaly had to deal with a lot of stuff). So i feel like with this placement, it's important for you to always challenge what you believe to be true about yourself and be open to changing your perspective on yourself. Just because you may think something about yourself because everybody has made you feel like you are whoever they thought you were, doesn't mean you are actualy that. To you especialy i wanna say: i feel you, and you can got this!💪

Moon in the 12th house: This could mean your mother being abscent because of her having to stay in psychitric care or in prison or just some sort of very restricting place or situation. She might have been a drug/alcohol addict. Or she could've been emotionaly absend or it just felt like she was absent because the connection to her was missing. But i personaly could never make a connection from my moon sign to my mother, even though this is a interpretation a lot of astrologers make (which is why i feel like mentioning it, it's still valid). For me personaly, i feel like the moon just tells you about your emotions and how you might try to soothe yourself in different situations. With this placement specificaly, it might be very difficult for you to access your emotional life because you surpress your emotions and so they hide in your subconscious. Because of that, it might be very hard for you to know how to soothe yourself, so you might turn to drugs and because of that end up in prison or they express themselves in mental health struggles which may lead to you needing psyhchiatric care (or also to prison, if you do something bad because of that). But i don't want to make it seem like it's not okay for you to get the help you need. This is not an easy placement, so if you feel like you cannot handle what is going on with you psychologicaly, please seek professional help!🌘

Mars in the 7th house: This placement can indicate your partners (or just close loved ones) being potentialy abusive or you tending to be more aggressive towards your partners. Whoever is your open enemy might especialy try to go against you in a more aggressive way, so be careful with this one!🤕

That's it for today! If you liked it, feel free to leave a like, comment or to even reblog my post. Until next time, stay the beautiful human being you are.🫶🏻

[yharnamsnewslug]

How can you all argue that trans men don't have male privilege when literally most other trans men disagree with you all. So many trans men are able to admit that they have male privilege and benifit from situations that other trans people don't have the privilege to. There are literal papers and articles about trans men discussing their experiences with gaining male privilege and transfems talking about how transmascs trying to say they don't have male privilege is harmful because it plays off of ciscentric standards that say trans women have male privilege. The quicker you all accept the fact that you have male privilege, the better you'll all be in the long run and the less you'll hurt women and non binary folks (especially transfems).

"Male privilege" means so many things and while I'm sitting here, in my own damn family dinner, still spoken over, still dismissed, still found as an annoying little bitch, still struggling with ovary pain monthly which is dismissed by every doctor i know because I don't have a cyst, still not passing despite having scruff, still struggling because my country drinks from England's terfery, still called a disgusting greasy gamer MRA for daring to talk about my life as a trans queer man, still denied healthcare when I put an M on my ID, still denied healthcare because I'm a FAT trans man, still denied my own damn packages because my face doesn't match my ID yet but the moment it does I won't be able to get a pap smear, still denied basic human rights as a father if I ever give birth, still denied entry to men's bathrooms in most countries, still denied -

What the FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU ABSOLUTE CUNT, STOP TELLING ME WHAT I GO THROUGH.

I'm very fucking glad some transmascs don't deal with the shit i do bc y'all have fucking MONEY BUT I DON'T. AND I DON'T HAVE WORK. AND NAVIGATING INTERVIEWS IS HARD BECAUSE I HAVE TO FUCKING COME OUT OR BE MISGENDERED BECAUSE I NEED TO BE THREE YEARS ON HORMONES BEFORE THEY CAN CHANGE MY DAMN FUCKING ID GENDER MARKER ON MY ID AS REGULATED BY SPANISH FUCKING LAW.

"WAHHHH WAHHHH TRANS MEN ARE TREATED BETTER WHEN THEY PASS. AND THEY'RE STEALTH. AND EVERYONE THINKS THEY'RE CIS."

So you think bi people have straight privilege? Or non-visibly queer people have straight privilege? Or trans white women who pass don't go through any of the other shit trans women go through?

Just say you think cis manhood is the only manhood that exists. Or just get the FUCK out of my fucking inbox.

Trans women, trans men, NO TRANS PEOPLE HAVE MALE PRIVILEGE YOU FUCKING IDIOT.

Shut the FUCK UP. And get a fucking life, fucking hell.

[historical-paramedics]

House md lgbtq+ headcanons cus the brainrot is real:

House - bi. I would say more but that's really it. Maybe he/they, secretly dresses fem sometimes. Only wilson knows and it's amazing.

Wilson - gay and trans ofc, gotta love him. No srs I love him. Too much. It's bad. He/him

Cuddy - god she's amazing. Trans and bi, preference for men. Uhmm that's about it. I love trans cuddy tho. Only house and wilson knows and they're just a group of three queers owning this hospital I love it. She/her

Foreman - bi bi bi. Yup there it is. He's bi. He/him.

Thirteen - another bisexual ofc. This one's canon tho. That's so cool. Ppl don't talk abt that enough. Idk actually but I love her, also she/they.

Chaaase ahhhh I love him. But, wait. I haven't thought abt this. He's one of my faves and I haven't thought abt his queerness agh. This is bad. Okay. He's uhm I got nothing ppl help me pls. He's not straight I know that for sure. There you go. He/him?

Cameron, nah she doesn't even- straight. She/her.

Taub - non binary, they/he. Can't explain it. Poly and pan :) I love taub.

Kutner :_( agh I love him, srs, so much. He's gay tho. Don't think he was ever given a love interest. For some reason this feels canon? Don't think it is but, Idk. I mean the actors gay I'm pretty sure so. He/him.

Cutthroat bitch (Amber) - um. Lesbian. She/her.

Who else is there. I actually have forgotten. I have more ideas I just can't remember anyone. Oh well.