#post social transition

[yardsards]

some people on here make Hating All Social Rules such an obnoxiously large part of their personality that you could say "it is polite to avoid farting in a crowded elevator if you can help it" and they'd call you an oppressive puritan who hates the incontinent

[wormsical]

First summer

[foxsnails]

Unrelated note but i feel myself getting comfortable in the furry fandom again and have the urge to do more art and finish my fursuit finally, so this is a pre warning that i plan to be cringe and free

[cryptid-teapot]

This feels too short to add to my Trans cal chapters so have a little mini. Trans Cal and medication over time:

The first time Cal fills a prescription (or what passes for one, going to a doctor at a partisan affiliated base and bullying them until they gave him six months supply) on the Mantis he feels like some deep part of him eased that he wasn't aware had snapped. Bracca was broken and fucked in so many ways but it was also home. He'd spent more time there than anywhere other than the temple. But the constant tension in trying to make sure his body fit right, that he had medication that mostly worked, had been ever present. It had grated and stressed in a way he hadn't seen before it was gone. He hadn't thought of anything along the lines of 'gender euphoria' in so long, so sure of who he is, but right now he knows he's beaming, holding his small bag of glass vials.

Cere softens watching him, with that soft sad look she gets sometimes. He knows his joy about some things since Bracca bothers her, that the implications bother her. He sometimes tries to temper the rougher edges he gained near her, but right now he can't bring himself to do more than grin back.

-

The first time BD gives him a shot (and isn't it nice to not have to do it himself), it's as much an experiment to see if the ejection mechanism works with a heavier medication than anything. It still makes him smile. When he was young this part of him was both unimportant and tempered by doctors with colourful stickers and lollipops when he needed blood drawn.

On Bracca it had become something else, another aspect of his fight to survive, a wild animal in his chest fighting to keep them both alive.

Its a relief to reclaim this ease.

-

When Merrin is on Kobal with him, after. After.

They are both healing and raw and full of grief, and so it misses him initially, the reminder to do his shot. It's the ache in his back finally that pushes him to go, measuring the dosage quietly. It's late, BD is charging, and he can quietly hear the hum of the patrons upstairs winding down for the night.

So, he nearly misses it, in the sad quiet haze he's in, but when he takes out the needle and goes for a bandaid, he pauses. There's a tiny pack of bacta patches with cartoon characters on them the way he remembers from when he was young, that he only mentioned to Merrin once.

It's the first time he's smiled all day.

[i-like-forcefem]

Just curious what's your opinion on instant force fem?

like throw a pink gas bomb as a soon to be girl's feet, where she emerge with a complete make over from head to toe and no way her original self anymore. Now you'll be honored to help her with her new body, it's the least you can do for "dropping" the gas bomb

It lacks some elegance! I prefer the slow burn of a gradual transformation in her mind or body!

That said I do love it when only the mind or the body gets transformed, and we can slowly see the cutie come to terms with her new looks and sex… and that you know maybe this is her gender too!

Or we can slowly see this new identity take over, transforming this “male” body into one fit for a beautiful girl, dressing herself up and just loving life!

Bonus points if it’s an instant Mind Transformation, that then forcefem the body, but later leaves, returning the initial, masculine identity in a girls body

[tiger-balm]

@ mapleleafs: were greening from ear to ear 🍀

[theriverbeyond]

i have to be the best dressed person standing in the corner of a party like this 🧍

[sjweminem]

i was thinking abt those drastic transition timeline posts like oh jeez that's me.jpeg

(~9 years testosterone)

[cadaverousdecay]

huh. fuck.

[son-of-avraham]

Hey, same anon, the 'if you do believe in the religion' wasn't meant to be a dig, and I apologise sincerely that it came across as such.

I use with both converts, nonconverts, and non-jews as a sort of.... implicit cover? I guess, for semi in-depth theological or practical statements.

Because often online people positing questions or statements don't necessarly actually *believe* in Judaism, so I clarify that my answer is within the framework of one who does believe, but if they don't then the logic won't apply.

But I see that it would come off as dismissive to one in the process of converting, so I will be mindful of that in the future.

(I am also sorry for misinterpreting the initial post, I really need to stop pissing on the poor)

I'm definitely not angry, to be clear, and I want to make sure you know that. There aren't any ill feelings, I sometimes just talk about an issue without really directing it anywhere in particular, and I wanted to mention it just to expand on what exactly it is that I believe in the framework of conversion.

There are many, many interpretations of the ideas of permanent body modification, and even without having tattoos, I'm transitioning which is seen as body modification to others even if I don't agree fully with that categorization. It's a pretty sticky situation when things like permanent body modifications have genuinely saved my life, and that is the reason I generally think that body modification done out of respect for the body you're given is a much more reasonable position for myself personally. In that way, I might have to cut my losses and fulfill different obligations (because there are already many obligations in judaism I cannot fulfill, even if I want to, and I feel the best way to combat that reality is to accept as many obligations as I can and ones that I can do). I feel like explaining this might be helpful, and I didn't beforehand just because I didn't really know how to exactly address the issue.

[petrichoremojis]

could you make some transitioning symbols?

- medical transion

- social transition

- name change

- detransition

- bottom surgery

Thank you!

ID: A drawing of a light blue circle with a white cross on it across from a pink square with a white cross on it. A pink arrow points from the circle to the square and a blue arrow points from the square to the circle. End ID

ID: A drawing of a light blue circle next to a pink square, both in a speech bubble. A pink arrow points from the circle to the square and a blue arrow points from the square to the circle. End ID

ID: A drawing of two nametags, each with different symbols representing different names. There are two black arrows pointing from the first to the second. End ID

ID: A drawing of two nametags, each with different symbols representing different names. There are two red arrows pointing from the first to the second. End ID

ID: A drawing of a light blue circle to the left of a pink square. A pink arrow between them points from the circle to the square, and a blue arrow above them points from the square to the circle. End ID

ID: A drawing of a pink square, light blue circle, and light green triangle in a diagonal line. A blue arrow points from the square to the circle, and a green arrow points from the circle to the triangle. End ID

ID: A drawing of a pair of boxers across from a pair of panties. An arrow points from the boxers to the panties and another arrow points from the panties to the boxers. End ID

ID: A drawing of a pink pair of boxers across from a light blue pair of panties. A pink arrow points from the boxers to the panties and a blue arrow points from the panties to the boxers. End ID

Here!! The first is 'medical transition', the second is 'social transition', the next two are 'name change', the next two are 'detransition', and the last two are 'bottom surgery'!!!

There's another variant to bottom surgery but it'll be posted on its own as it contains nudity

The first detransition symbol is meant to show detransition that's seen as going back to your original gender, and the second detransition symbol is meant to show detransition as another transition. We know different detransitioners see it in different ways so we wanted to make sure both were represented

[coochiequeens]

Am I biased or does this not sound like a truly confused parent but a man who already had a lot on his plate, a single dad without a support system, who already knew how to raise a boy just took an easy way out and transed his daughter instead of reaching out for advice on how to raise a girl or gasp! Read a parenting book?

One weekend?!

So he will probably get cool parent status for being the supportive parent of a trans kid.

And how much girly stuff did this kid have that he has to rebuild a whole wardrobe? Didn't she have any plain clothes like jeans and t-shirts?

At least one commentor mentioned the very fast acceptance. He wants to know how to talk to his actual son and the kids doctors. And the way the dad stated "And he FINALLY actually resembles his brother!" Was he unhappy with her appearance before?

[ghostieboii]

I don't think anything could recreate the sheer pain I felt watching I Saw the TV Glow on some random website because I can't afford streaming, because every chance it got, my wifi would just give up. And I would just sob at my laptop, begging it to keep playing.

[woeisthey]

hi chat ^__^

[miirshroom]

Elden Ring and Introduction to the FromSoftware Meta-Narrative

If a rune is a story and a great rune is a great story, then what are the great stories represented by the Great Runes? The answer that I have arrived at: The abstract concept of FromSoftware's various videogame development pipelines. Afterall, the Elden Ring represents a metaphysical concept, so why not an examination of the past, present, and future identity of a company that produces videogames. Major spoilers ahead for Elden Ring, Bloodborne, and Armoured Core 6, and minor spoilers for several other FromSoft games.

Godrick's Great Rune

The Dark Souls (2011-2018) Great Rune seems obvious - Godrick's Great rune. If the 3 ringed shape wasn't the tip-off (corresponding to 3 games) then perhaps that the dragon figure on top of the Banished Knight helmet is the same creature as the Nameless King's mount. Dark Souls Eygon of Carim wears the Morne set and guards a fire keeper named Irena, while in Elden Ring Edgar of Castle Morne in Godrick's territory loses his eyes to frenzy after discovering the death of his daughter Irena.

Godrick himself seems to function as representative of Dark Souls Remastered, in a sense that the repulsive practice of grafting is being equated to the creative dead-end of revisiting old games such as Dark Souls (2011) and pasting on updated graphics and quality of life features while having to work around out-dated code. I think that Godefroy could be seen as a much earlier use of this practice as the difference between original Dark Souls and the Prepare to Die edition (2012) that included improvements + Artorius DLC. And Godwyn's parallel would be Dark Souls 3 (2016). I would thus consider Godwyn and Godrick as brothers in Elden Ring because in the internal logic of FromSoftware there were always planned to be a trilogy of Dark Souls games.

Dark Souls 2 is annoying to explain succinctly partially because it was directed by Naotoshi Zin Yui Taimura (correction: Naotoshi Zin was the supervisor, which was his role on all Dark Souls games as president of the company from 1986-2014) instead of Hidetaka Miyazaki. In short, there are some blurry lines between Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin and Bloodborne.

Malenia's and Miquella's Great Runes

Malenia herself has an obvious match in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019) - it is in the Dragon Rot being correlated to Scarlet Rot, the parallels between Malenia's dedication to Miquella and Wolf's dedication to Kuro, and that it's one of the few recent FromSoft games to be released without paid DLC or sequel (which as it happens is common among all empyrean and their game counterparts). Numerous people have commented that Malenia feels like a Sekiro boss to fight - although with the added twist of mechanics like clearing her poise break that allow her to "cheat" compared to the bosses of that game.

However, the exact nature of Malenia's Great Rune is more nebulous - probably could be a stand-in for multiple Japanese-style combat games in the catalogue including Shadow Assault: Tenchu (2008) and Otogi: Myth of Demons (2002). Certainly, it has been confirmed by FromSoftware representatives that Sekiro was internally considered a Tenchu game for some time before release, as discussed in the aptly titled 2018 GameSpot article "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Originally Started As A Tenchu Game".

Miquella may or may not have a Great Rune. If he does, it would correspond to games in a similar spirit to Déraciné (2018), the game which Miquella most likely represents. A much smaller game, the idea of which originated in the wake of Bloodborne's release at around the same time that the idea for Sekiro began to form - twin ideas. The game Kuon (2004) also seems to have served some inspiration for the Haligtree, as there is a side-story told about silkworms and a central Mulberry Tree in that game.

Radahn's Great Rune

Radahn's Rune represents the Armored Core franchise - or perhaps the broader idea of mech combat games - while he is himself a personification of Armoured Core 6: The Fires of Rubicon (2023). The opening part of his boss fight is an artillery bombardment, similar to the long range weapon capabilities of the AC units. The central motifs of AC6 are "fire" and "coral" - and the general theme of Caelid is using fire to control the rot that has eaten Radahn's mind and which manifests in the landscape as growths resembling coral reef.

A major part of Radahn's character is that he idolized Godfrey, who is himself embodying AC4 (2006)/4A (2008). The name "Loux" means "Lynx" - and in a departure from the Ravens of earlier titles AC4 introduces the Lynx units. It also simply makes sense that the progenitor of the Golden Lineage - who I previously correlated to Dark Souls - would be represented in the first game that Miyazaki directed.

And I can see the objection that this doesn't make sense because we know that Radahn must have been born before Malenia/Miquella, so how can he represent a game that came after? Simply: it's not about when the game idea was executed, but about when the concept was first proposed. FromSoftware probably knew that they would eventually return to Armoured Core at about the time they wrapped on AC5V.

Morgott and Mohg's Great Runes

Now that some boundary conditions have been set it is easier to speculate on the nature of Morgott and Mohg - AC5 (2012) and AC5V (2013), respectively. Points of comparison: 1) They are of the Golden Lineage as they preceded from AC4A represented by Godfrey, 2) They are omens that any game without Miyazaki attached will be perceived poorly in hindsight (as he did not direct either game), 3) The AC games were at the time FromSoftware's most well known and active franchise before being overshadowed by souls games - those touched by the Crucible were once considered divine and only later fell into disfavor.

But as I already mentioned, with speculation that Radahn holds the Armoured Core Great Rune Morgott and Mohg must have claimed some other stories. This also aids in understanding how they can exist as multiple copies - there is the version of them before and after claiming Great Runes that do not match their original natures. Morgott is the easiest to figure out - it's the Elden Ring (2022) Rune. There is one Great Rune in the entire game that is mandatory to beating the game, and it is the one held by Morgott. Perhaps this raises a question of how can the Elden Ring have a single Great Rune dedicated to itself, but as I have been attempting to describe - all FromSoftware games should be treated as a single body of work looking backwards from Elden Ring. The initial concept of an "Elden Ring" stretches back at least as far as Eternal Ring (2000), and Morgott's rune is described as an "anchor ring that houses the base" so it does have a central importance.

And there's a relatively straightforward answer to which game would be considered a twin to Elden Ring - Demon's Souls (2009). The leitmotif in the menu music for Elden Ring has been identified as a more triumphant version of the Demon's Souls menu music. The core themes of Elden Ring are also much concerned with philosophies of identity in much the same way that Demon's Souls explores the definition of the self as an entity that thinks (look up "Philosophical Analysis of Demon's Souls" by The Gemsbok on Youtube for more on this). And Elden Ring serves as something of a bookend to Demon's Souls - both games are divided into 6 sections via 6 stone structures (the Archstones of Demon's Souls and the Divine Towers of Elden Ring). The 6th Archstone of Demon's Souls is broken, but what lies beyond is a snowy landscape. Elden Ring finally provides access to that snowy landscape in the Forbidden Lands, which is again only available after defeating Morgott - and with the Great Rune being activated at the tower closest to this area.

But there are independent reasons why Mohg's Great Rune should be the one that encompasses Demon's Souls. The Demon's Souls franchise potential has been irreversibly corrupted by the recent remake. The philosophy is still generally intact - that is portrayed through text. But critical aspects of art design have been altered beyond recognition - mostly of interest to me is the portrayal of the Yellow Monk and the Fool's Idol and the area of Latria in general. Mohg himself has this in the design of his robes and trident which steal the motifs of the helix and the black flame but corrupt them in ways that read almost as gibberish compared to their deliberate uses elsewhere.

The four-armed doll of the Fool's Idol hints at who the original owner of this rune might have been - Ranni's mentor Renna. And through embodying the witch Renna, it may be that ownership of this rune was transfered to Ranni before she chose to discard it. Demon's Souls did generally fit the previously established criteria of Empyrean game (no sequels or DLC), but the potential for future games is lost now as creating a sequel to the original would alienate people confused by the aesthetic corruption of the remake. There is also a rabbithole here for what all this Great Rune encompasses because Demon's Souls itself did not spring out of nowhere - it is of a similar approach to game design that was previously last seen in Shadow Tower Abyss (2003) and Kingsfield IV (2001).

The Great Rune of the Unborn

The Great Rune of the Unborn is a difficult one to pin down through this method of unpacking the Great Runes as much as any other. It seems possible that Miquella wanted this Great Rune and thought that it could be obtained by arranging his own rebirth. It is also one of two stories that must be obtained for Ranni's Age of Stars to be possible (the other being Radahn's story) - indicating that it represents something that did not exist at the time of Elden Ring's release. Running low on demi-gods, perhaps this is best understood as Melina's Great Rune. It is implied through Melina's abilities to channel Marika's echoes and through her descriptor in the code "MarikaofDaughter" that she is an offspring of Marika. Contradictory to the other demi-gods who can typically be matched to FromSoftware games, Melina's bodiless status seems to indicate that she never has been and her burning at the Forge of Giants is acknowledgement that she never will be. A comparison can be drawn between Melina and the disembodied Ayre - voice of the Coral in AC6. The unrealized potential of the Great Rune of the Unborn seems a good match to Melina.

Rykard's Great Rune

So, by process of elimination there is one rune left and it is Rykard's Great Rune. Fitting that the one game candidate remaining is Bloodborne (2015). An article titled "How the Spirit of Bloodborne Lives on in Elden Ring" (posted on VG247 by Alan Wen) goes over the ways that Volcano Manor evokes Bloodborne. The Manor sits on top of a hidden town of gothic architecture similar to Yharnam being stacked on top Old Yharnam, the Ghiza's Wheel weapon found in the manor has a clear design lineage to the whirligig saw from Bloodborne, the Iron Virgin at Raya Lucaria transports the player to a secondary location similar to Bloodborne's Kidnappers. But to me, the most clear connection is the finding of the Serpent's Amnion and Rya's dismay of being born of a hideous ritual. This seems a form of call-back or iteration to the ending of Bloodborne that involves consuming four 3rds of umbilical cord and being reborn as a Great One - a repellent little squid-slug thing.

[yentl-anshel]

it's late, so I'm not going to articulate this right, but I find it so fascinating (and telling) when people separate environmental issues from social issues... as though being concerned for the environment is a wealthy white abled thing to do. as though we don't all live in the environment. as though Indigenous people don't protect 80% of the world's biodiversity. as though poor communities and communities that are predominantly not white and disabled people are not bearing the brunt of environmental issues right now.

like, I'm not saying that there isn't a sector of people out there who are single-issue on the environment. however, nature suffering is, in fact, a social issue, and social issues are not going to be adequately addressed without discussing the environment/climate crisis/environmental racism.