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I just got struck with the memory of how I used to watch slideshow stories recorded and put in youtube of the ppgz when I was 12....and like. I was a rabid consumer of this stuff and even tried making it myself and i never succeeded. I was so rabid in fact that youtube STILL suggests me ppgz slideshows. I even learned a bit of spanish specifically to consume these slideshows. I also had read ALL fanfic on the topic off of wattpad and fanfiction dot net.
Also! Egg moment! I wanted to be a rowdy ruff boy SO BAD. My self insert was named Bash! And he was the MIDNIGHT blue rrb and also he started off as a girl but I changed him to a boy later. His twin was the white rrb Blast. But ALSO his counterpart was the light yellow ppg known as Rika and her ppg name was blitz. I embraced this identity so fucking hard that my roblox name is a reference to this. Along with my password.
That self insert evolved into Maurice, and Rika, well he kept his name. And also became a boy. I had a single thought about these two boys kissing to Alluring Secret covered by Razzy and oh my goodness it changed the trajectory of my life. 12 year old me was like, "I know they're both girls but like he turns into a boy later..." and lightbulb. Lightbulb.lightbulb.lightbulb!!! Nevermind the fact that the rrbs and ppgs being gendered mirrors of each other is such an idea to pop out at young trans kids. It wasn't its intent but it definitely allowed for introspection.
Also. Here is a glimpse into my watch later playlist because I never ever cleared it simply for the memories. These are ALL the ppgz stories I absolutely needed to watch, before I stumbled into ouran host cub and noragami.
Also shoutout to that one person that drew brick winking with his tongue out and a rock sign. They CARRIED this media on the BACK. I would love to meet them.
Also at this time I was writing oko ruto x reader fanfiction on wattpad and doing NUMBERS. If that wasn't a damn sign idk what is.
#orion lore drop#orion having signs of a highly addictive personality and possibly untreated ocd as a child#ppgz#rrbz#ramble#ppg#jus one of those moments that really reaffirms that you're trans#not all trans people have gotcha moments#in fact I hope there is one day a world where transness doesn't have pointers like that#that kids are just allowed to be without gender and once they figure it out they figure it out and its as simple as#alright#lets take the steps
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First things first, I'm gonna be rewriting my fic due to new ideas flowing in.
Secondly, let me info dump some things about sparklings in my AU.
The Sparkling's name in this pic is Firefly. She's an Oplita kid.
A Sparkling's gender is in the optic color. Female Cybertronians will have cooler or lighter tones of the color they have. While males will have a more warm hue of said color. As an example of this, Starscream, who was originally forged as female, has a more pink color to the red of his optics. A Cybertronian born as a male with red optics will have more of a fiery orange tint to it, Grimlock and various Decepticons being prime examples. On the rare occasion that a Sparkling is born without an assigned gender, they will have the base color of optics and will be referred to as neutral pronouns. Nightshade is a great example of this. Gender can be changed in the future when and if they decide to.
On the topic of optic colors, the color of the child's optics will be based on the parents. If a Cybertronian with red optics is to forge a Sparkling with a Cybertronian with yellow optics, the chances of that child being born with orange optics is highly likely, with the rare cases of heterochromia occurring with both the eye colors of the parents. 'Pure color' optics, a rather derogatory term, is where a Sparkling has unmixed optics and has had parents with the same optic color, those two being typically red and yellow. Optic colors can also be slightly changed with a film over the optic, much like a colored contact lense, though, it is usually easy to tell.
Sparklings are born with only one base color, a white or light gray (debatable by cyber-parents) this color is the base color of the metal they are made of. A metal that grows with them and allows their bodies to change voluntarily into whatever mode they wish with some limitations based on heritage and age. Typically, they develop the ability to transform once they are six cycles (6 million human years) old.
Sparklings can change their paint jobs when they are old enough to transform. They also can change their colorings whenever they please as adults. The colorings that are typically chosen matter based on the colors of their parent(s)/guardian(s).
Much like human children, they develop to speak coherently at a toddler age. During their infant and newborn stages, they typically babble in unintelligible Cybertronian, which consists of cybernetic sounds and rumbles. Purring is not something only Sparklings possess. Adult Cybertronians also have the ability to purr and do it quite often to convey contentment or happiness to a situation or individual that makes them feel positive emotions. Cooing is something mostly maternal or paternal figures do in front of their offspring or anything they deem fit to be under their care. Typically, those who transform into avian vehicles coo to their young.
Female Cybertronians are typically more aggressive than males. Originally, in Cybertronian history, females were bigger than the males, dominating the planet until they were nearly all wiped out. Over time, and the lack of resources from hiding, they became smaller, some even becoming male to avoid scrutiny. Because of the shortage of females, homosexual relationships are quite common within the males of Cybertron. Some of the females who have managed to escape Cybertron have populated other planets where it is nearly all female.
Avian based infant Sparklings will likely learn how to run or move quickly with the thrusters built into their bodies, typically their backs or feet. While land based Sparklings will learn on their wheels or just like human children.
#Tf fan lore#art#digital art#maccadam#transformers#transformers fanart#artists on tumblr#transformers au#redesign#arcee#arcee g1#g1 arcee#oplita#Oplita child#fan child#ship child#sparklings#lore dump#world building#my wiritng#ao3 writer#writing#writers on tumblr#writeblr#writerscommunity#tf au#transformers g1#robotic#robots#robot
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scary dog privilege ! judah zelinsky ❥ headcanons / intro post
judah's a beefcake and i'minlovewithhim <3 reader is referred to as smaller but that's really just because dude's massive compared to almost anyone. yes i'm leaning into the wattpad stereotypical 7 feel tall x 4'2 reader dynamic. idc it's hot. reader is gender-neutral, no use of y/n.
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judah had done the whole bodyguard gig a couple of times now, but something about you felt different almost immediately.
he'd grown up much bigger and taller than the other kids he knew. by the time he was an adult, he was practically a giant. 6'7 with broad shoulders, and over 300 pounds of almost pure muscle to match. needless to say, most people found him pretty intimidating, especially factoring in his quiet, somewhat anti-social demeanor.
he ended up landing a few bodyguard gigs for minor celebrities and small-time politicians, working his way up a bit. he never developed a personal relationship with any of them. to him, they were just a paycheck. and to them, he was little more than a tool.
but when he ends up getting contacted by your manager, in search of the best of the best for protection due to your rapidly rising fame, everything changes. you're so sweet and down to earth. so different to anyone else he'd met in his line of work.
you always made him laugh. you always made him smile.
suddenly, his protective feelings for you far exceeded any job requirements. before, he'd allow his celebrity clients to receive rude treatment or mean comments. it was part of the gig, judah figured. as long as they didn't take it too far, that would be a problem for the therapists of his clients. not for him.
but now? anyone who dares to utter an insult towards you, whether to your face or not, has been given a death sentence. anyone who posts a series of bullying comments online about your appearance, suddenly has their whole account deleted and all their electronics are dead. working in this industry, he's made a lot of very powerful connections. but when it comes to your safety, no one is to be more feared than him.
definitely one of the most far on the homicidal scale of yanderes. very aggressive─ though not to you! no, never to you! he can't stomach the thought of scaring you. as a result, he can become quite manipulative towards you.
his yandere tendencies start almost as soon as he realizes his romantic feelings for you. for him, there is no true love without obsession. no worthy affection without a willingness to do anything for the one you love. because he's never really been exposed to love, he overdoes it. his job only enhances things, forcing his mind into the role of your knight in shining armor.
not very self-aware as a yandere, but not entirely the delusional type. judah knows you wouldn't like his darker side, knows it would scare you and make you push him away from you. but he sees that as having more to do with your own naivety. in his mind, what he's doing is only right.
due to your newly established stardom, it's only natural that you develop a few crazy fans. once, a man who considered himself your number one fan broke into your home in the middle of the night. oh, how glad judah was that he'd started staying the night at your's after the last stalker. if he hadn't insisted til he wore you down into agreement, who knows what could've happened? they could've hurt you in unfathomable ways. instead, he dragged them out of your place, and kept dragging him til they reached the middle of the woods behind your home. then, he stabbed him. over and over and over and over. sliced away at his skin until the man was unrecognizable.
maybe you'd hear the news about a man killed nearby. maybe you'd shudde at how close he'd been to your place, how something like that could happen to anyone. and judah would say nothing. only hold you against his broad chest, arms wrapped tightly around your smaller form. and promise you he'd keep you safe. he'd never let something like that happen to you, never.
you could trust him. you were sure you could trust him.
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❛ i wish i was the pedal brake that you depended on ❜
#lovely lily#petal#yandere imagines#yandere x you#yandere x reader#yandere x darling#yandere male#yandere#yandere oc#yandere headcanons#yande.re#yancore#yanblr#yan blog#scary dog privilege ❥ judah
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Bafflingly, some of my posts are yet again getting notes from terfs and transphobes, so once again, here is a reminder that:
I am literally trans and extremely happy about it. Love being trans and injecting myself with testosterone and being hairy and having a deep voice and being called "sir" by strangers. It fucking rocks.
Trans rights and let people do whatever they want with their bodies and gender presentation forever.
Men are great, I love men, they are not evil or inherently dangerous.
Penises are not inherently dangerous.
Women can have penises and men can have vaginas and anyone can have any combination of genitals and it's none of your business what they have.
Trans men are men, trans women are women, nonbinary people are nonbinary, people's gender is whatever they say it is and I don't care how many times they change it.
Trans women are great, I love trans women. I love all trans people but trans women get a special shout-out because they really seem to have to put up with the most bullshit, hate, discrimination, and violence. I am giving every trans woman who wants one a hug and/or a fresh-baked cookie and telling you how beautiful you look.
Yes, every trans woman is beautiful, this transcends cultural ideas about what is attractive, they are all inherently beautiful.
Intersex people are fucking awesome too by the way, whether they're trans or cis or don't think of themselves in either of those terms.
No one is giving the surgeries you're all so afraid of to typical trans kids, but they sure as fuck are doing them on literal babies who were just born if they are visibly intersex and that is some fucked up shit and needs to be banned everywhere forever.
Conversion therapy is just torture, doesn't work, does immeasurable harm, and should be banned in every circumstance everywhere in the world forever. (That also includes conversion therapy for autistic kids, typically called "ABA therapy," just while we're on the topic.)
People can fuck around and explore gender and try something and decide it's not for them and transition and detransition and retransition and redetransition as many times as they want and that's all fine and cool.
Dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans, you can be trans without dysphoria. Gender euphoria is more important than gender dysphoria.
Medical transition is not a necessary part of being trans, you can be trans without hormones or surgery.
Not all trans people know they're trans as children. Some of us don't figure it out until we're much older. (I was 35!) It doesn't matter when you realize you're trans, it's still valid.
Ignore whatever other people say about who you "really" are and whether you're "allowed" to be that. You are whatever version of you makes you feel the happiest with yourself, end of discussion.
Gender can also change. Genderfluid people are real and valid and awesome.
Trans people are in no way inherently a danger to children. While we're at it, neither are drag queens, I love drag queens too.
Misogyny is inherent in our culture and we are all touched by it but we can choose to fight against it, and that includes transmisogyny.
Medical misogyny is real and it sucks and we need to fight against it. (So is medical racism and medical fatphobia and all kinds of other discrimination.) These are structural problems caused by the way doctors are trained and not the result of men being evil. Female doctors are frequently just as bad or even worse in how they treat female patients.
Toxic masculinity is real and baked into our culture but it is not an inherent aspect of men or masculinity itself, it is something we are taught growing up, it can be unlearned, and we can fight against it.
Men are not inherently bad or dangerous, and if you hate all men you should genuinely get some therapy and work on that. Yeah, even if you were traumatized by a man, that doesn't mean they're all bad. The vast majority of them are good and awesome.
If you have been so badly traumatized by a penis that you can't handle seeing one, then I am genuinely sorry to hear that, but it is on you to avoid any place where people might be naked, and not on literally half the human race to hide themselves from you.
Women can also be aggressive, violent, and abusive. They are not all inherently pure and gentle and nurturing.
Most women are good too though, just like most men. People are mostly good!
Gender is not a binary but neither is "biological sex." Your third-grade education in biology was, believe it or not, extremely simplified, because you were a child, and does not reflect actual reality. If you can't face that, then I guess you are still a child, no matter how old you are.
Feminism is about how women are as good as men and can do everything men can, not about how women are weak and soft and men are better at everything. That's sexism, you're doing sexism, not feminism.
Fuck terfs, transphobes, radfems, "gender criticals," or whatever the fuck else you're calling yourselves these days when you realize once again that everyone hates you so you change your name to try to make yourselves sound like you're not a small, sad group of conservative extremists that, again, everyone seriously fucking hates.
Focusing on helping the people you love is more important and productive than focusing on punishing the people you hate, so once more: trans people are fucking awesome and I love every one of us.
Trans rights forever.
In the words of the legendary @drchucktingle, love is real. Now get out there and prove love and make your world a little brighter today.
Terfs please out yourselves in the notes so I can block you. 💖
#transgender#queer#lgbtqia+#trans#transphobia#fuck terfs#fuck transphobes#fuck radfems#fuck sexism#trans rights
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being eric cartman’s babysitter would include…
gender: female she/her (being referred to as a girl, as well)
warnings: use of y/n (I KNOW OKAY)
request: nope
a/n: thank you all so much for the likes and reblogs on my first post! i appreciate more than you’d think haha. these headcanons are set when you’ve been his babysitter for a while now, and are based on actually liking you, since i love the mother/older sister figure and eric dynamic (and also i don’t think there’d be much to write about if eric hated you, other than if it’s an enemies to friends i guess lol). also if you want these type of hcs for any of the others just lmk! also wanted to lyk i was fucking smacked writing this, so if there’s any mistakes tell me and i’ll fix them.
- eric dragging you along with him everywhere
- like genuinely dragging you by the wrist and booking it type
- he’s probably tried to take you to school with him
- the bell rings when you were just done getting ready for school and he’s just standing there like ‘ 😃 ‘
- you’re just staring back at him confused
- after a while he’s like “well, are you gonna put on your jacket?”
- FULLY SERIOUS
- and you’re like “what”
- and he just sighs, head down, pinching his nose, “jesus y/n, just puT THE DAMN COAT ON.” (squealing like a little piggy btw)
- “christ, okay - okay.”
- you have one arm in as you’re dragged down the path leading up to your house
- he forced you to drive and you were honestly so disoriented you just did it
- he marches into school, jaw locked dude 😭😭
- everyone is staring, like mr mackey fully stopped in his tracks but didn’t say anything
- mr garrison is so confused bro 😭
- “eric!”
- “yeees” (aka yiiiis)
- “why did you bring a teenage girl with you to school?!!!??”
- ofc you had to leave, because duh??
- don’t worry too much though, the little gremlin made your exit very dramatic
- full on screaming punching the ground at you slowly back away
- i read once about eric dragging out your name like he does his moms, and he does that here too
- has probably accidentally called you mom once (we don’t talk about that)
- you guys have sleepovers
- it’s actually so cute, whenever you’re set to come to his house he gets so excited
- like he’s so hyper the whole day of the sleepover
- his mother is not to disturb
- you improvise stories about clyde frog for him all night, setting up a theater with the plushie in hand
- now presenting: eric and clyde frog go to space
- .. -or the wild west, taking over the world, etc.
- he always opens up to you so much at these sleepovers
- like just fully starts telling you about how hard he has it without a dad
- has cried in your arms multiple times (we don’t talk about that)
- you were so there during the stick of truth
- you’re like an alchemist or a red mage (or a combination, if they’ll allow that)
- this is how you formally meet the other boys
- they like you, even though they didn’t really talk with you too much
- i think it’s pretty obvious to everyone eric is a jealous person, so he wouldn’t like sharing your attention much (hence you not really talking to the other boys)
- if you ever need to go away for an extended amount of time he will freak
- tries to manipulate you into staying like how he did his mom in the real estate episode
- also you better hope he’s the only kid you’re babysitting
- oh boy if he finds out you’re babysitting, like, butters or something he would throw a fit
- i swear
- so in conclusion you have gained 10 extra bucks an hour and a child making you hang out with him 24/7
- you guys have a sweet relationship
#south park#sp eric#eric cartman#sp cartman#south park x reader#eric cartman x reader#eric cartman x you#south park fanfiction#eric cartman fanfiction#qtkat writes
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Hello I am back for A request
How about A plantonic Adult Nozomi & gender neutral (male reader if it’s ok) where ingoring Otona existence (as most do) around the same time frame the palmier kingdom is going through A crisis for the third time and Nozomi is unable to transform to cure dream to help and during A monster attack in the city she sees A kid around her age when she first became cure dream attack at the monster and then she notices that it’s the new cure dream
Maybe how she would react or would she become A mentor type character to them
A/N ~ Sure! I love this idea! And btw, yes, the Reader can be male. I do all gender Readers:) Also, I assumed you meant that Reader’s cure name is Cure Dream. I apologize if it wasn’t what you meant haha. I can always edit it later anyway. Hope you enjoy!
~The New Cure Dream~
Nozomi Yumehara + Male!Pretty Cure!Reader
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Fandoms: Yes! Precure 5, Otona Precure(though the actual show never happened)
Fanfic Type: Oneshot
Reader: Male, Pretty Cure, younger teen
Relationship: Platonic
Genre: Action?
Word Count: 1,251
Synopsis: Nozomi wished she could be of help during a new monster attack. But to her shock and surprise, a new Pretty Cure jumped into battle.
Warnings: Minor violence and destruction, Coco and Nuts mentioned, sort of abrupt ending?
~Masterlists~
~Yes! Precure 5 Masterlist~
In this oneshot, the story/events of Otona Precure never happened
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One of the worst parts about growing up is that you’re not really able to do some things anymore. Things like playing on playgrounds, playing with toys or having slumber parties at your friend’s houses aren’t as fun or socially acceptable. Those are things that Nozomi reminisces about occasionally. But what she reminisces about the most is her time being a Pretty Cure.
Those two years may have been a long time ago, but they were truly the highlight of her life. She wouldn’t be the person she is today if it weren’t for them. She often wishes she could experience them once more.
But she’s never wished that more than she was now.
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Clouds of dust enveloped the scene of destruction in front of her. Rubble flew in all directions, causing Nozomi to run into a nearby alley for safety. It was a smart move, as right when she did, a large chunk of concrete crashed into her previous spot. The culprit of this incident was a monster in the form of a traffic cone. It very much resembled the Kowaina and Hoshina she used to battle in her early teenage years.
Nozomi had no clue what to do. She knew that this was a job for the Pretty Cure, but she wasn’t one anymore. She hasn’t been in over twelve years! Her eyes darted around, desperately looking for a pink butterfly to come and allow her to transform. But there was none.
Right as her heart sank in despair, a figure swooped past her. Hoping that it was what she was looking for, she exited the alley, following its direction. However, she quickly realized it was an idiotic choice, considering there was still rubble flying everywhere. A particularly large piece came falling towards her, making her raise her arms over her head as a weak defense mechanism.
Just as she prepared herself for the blow, a crash and a grunt was heard from in front of her.
“Are you alright ma’am?” A boy’s voice called out. Nozomi opened her eyes, and froze.
In front of her was you; a young boy. But it wasn’t you alone that shocked her, it was what you were wearing. It looked very similar to what she wore as a Pretty Cure all those years ago. Also, the crumbled bits on the ground implied that you had crushed the large piece of rubble that nearly crashed into her. No normal person has that strength.
“You’re a… Pretty Cure?” Nozomi asked without thinking.
You gasped in surprise, revealing to her that she was correct. You opened your mouth to speak, but you were interrupted by a call.
“Cure Dream!”
Cure Dream.
Nozomi gasped at the mention of her former Pretty Cure name. The one she hadn’t heard in years. But judging by the way you responded by turning in the voice’s direction, it was now your name.
Before she could ask any further questions, you placed your hands on her shoulders. “Please, you have to get out of here!”
Nozomi didn’t say anything, but nodded. She then bolted back to her previous hiding spot. Though, she peeked from behind the brick wall, just to see what you were going to do.
You landed a hard kick to the monster, making it tumble to the ground. It didn’t even get a chance to get up, as you kicked it again.
“Dream, now!” The voice called out again. Nozomi could see who it was this time, though. It was a small fairy, standing on a nearby bench. It resembled a flying squirrel, and had tan fur. She assumed they were from the Palmier Kingdom.
“Alright!” You said, then began powering up.
Nozomi’s mouth hung open in shock, as she remembered the exact movements you were doing. It was her attack.
“Pretty Cure! Shooting Star!” You called out. The attack hit the monster square in the face. Not a second later, it disappeared, only leaving a normal traffic cone behind.
You both watched as your surroundings changed back to normal. It was as if no destruction had happened at all.
“You did it Dream!” The small fairy cheered. Though you ignored them, instead, looking around. “What’s wrong?” They asked.
“Someone knew I was a Pretty Cure.” You said, still looking.
“What? But no one knows what the Pretty Cure are!”
“I do.” Nozomi called out, emerging from her hiding spot. You and the fairy turned to her, shock and confusion written on your faces.
“My name is Nozomi Yumehara.” She introduced herself. She walked up to you, kneeling down just a bit to meet your height. “And around twelve years ago, I was a Pretty Cure, just like you.”
You gasped, absolutely speechless. But it seemed that the fairy wasn’t. “Nozomi? No way! You’re the Cure Dream of the past!”
She chuckled. “Yes, I was.” She reached down, and pet the little creature’s head. “And what’s your name?”
“Cinnamon!” She responded. She got down on all fours, bowing to Nozomi. “It’s such an honor to meet you!” She tapped your foot, signaling for you to bow as well. You did, putting your hands to your sides, and leaning down.
“Oh please, you don’t have to do that!” She blushed a bit, and scratched the back of her neck bashfully. “I can’t believe there’s a new Pretty Cure! And you’re a boy too! I didn’t know there could be boy Cures. That’s amazing!”
“Heh, yeah. I guess all the past ones were girls.” You said. You then de-transformed, revealing your true self to Nozomi. “But anyway, I’m (full name).” You laughed, and stuck out your hand for her to shake, to which she happily did. But only for a few seconds, as she suddenly gasped, and stopped.
“Wait! If there’s a new Pretty Cure, that must mean that Palmier Kingdom’s in danger again! What’s going on?” She panicked.
“Oh, yes! There’s a new threat to the kingdom! That’s why King Coco and King Nuts sent me to find new Pretty Cures!” Cinnamon responded.
“Oh no! What’s the threat?”
“We’re not exactly sure. All we know is that the palace was attacked, and an ominous note was left! And after that, monsters began appearing here!”
“Yeah. I only became a Pretty Cure yesterday. It all happened so fast. And I don’t even know what to do to find the others…” You said, clearly a bit stressed.
Nozomi smiled gently, and placed a comforting hand on your shoulder. “Hey, it’ll be alright. Besides, I know a thing or two about being a Pretty Cure. So how about I help you out?”
“No way!” Cinnamon gasped. “(name), Nozomi wants to be your mentor! You cannot pass up this opportunity!”
“Really? You’ll teach me everything?” You asked.
“Of course! It’s my job as the old Cure Dream to help out the new one!” She said.
“Thank you so much Miss Yumehara!” You bowed yet again, this time much lower to show even more gratitude and respect.
Nozomi chuckled. “It’s no problem. Now come on, I know a building by a lake we can use as a sort of ‘headquarters’.” She said, and began leading you all to the mentioned destination.
Nozomi knew that she’d never be able to be a Pretty Cure ever again. The introduction of a new generation of Cures further proved that. However, she discovered that while she may not be able to transform and fight, she can still help out. And that’s just what she was going to do.
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~~baileypie-writes
#baileypie-writes#precure#precure x reader#precure x reader platonic#pretty cure#pretty cure x reader#pretty cure x reader platonic#yes precure 5#yes precure 5 x reader#yes precure 5 x reader platonic#yes precure 5 gogo#yes precure 5 gogo x reader#yes precure 5 gogo x reader platonic#otona precure#otona precure x reader#otona precure x reader platonic#nozomi yumehara#nozomi yumehara x reader#nozomi yumehara x reader platonic
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I know I haven’t been able to shut up about mickey mouse nonstop but sighs!!!! I’ve seen meta fics about toons existing in real life but still being the product of their creators and how that life is like a la Who Framed Roger Rabbit and when it comes to mickey either he’s an spoiled, egotistical asshole who treats his friends like shit and only pretends to be nice for the cameras, or he IS actually nice but also completely sanitized and passive under Disney and everyone shits on him for being so naive or whatever and both takes suck ass tbh
And it’s like. God how do I even phrase this.
I wanna see toon meta stuff where Mickey is still fundamentally kind and friendly and also so so SO unbelievably tired after almost a fucking century and has a MUCH lower threshold for bullshit as a result
A Mickey who has always loved to make people happy with his acting and still does in theory but also has become completely disillusioned with Disney’s business ethics and is now counting the milliseconds until he’s released into the public domain
A Mickey who adores his friends and particularly loves Minnie more than anything and viceversa not because they were made to be a couple but because witnessing and living so many things together over so many years has made them understand each other better than anyone else (and that love can be romantic or not, depending on your read on it; it shouldn’t change the trust in each other either way)
A Mickey who can make crass jokes and swear because screw you, just because he’s a kids’ cartoon doesn’t mean he’s a baby and he’s really tired of being treated like one, specially when he’s not even on the clock.
A Mickey who has a complicated relationship with Walt and— yeah, maybe he DID see him as something of a father once but over the years he’s come to realize he was really just his boss at best.
A Mickey who is aware of his (im)mortality and has lived too much but not aged enough and who has outlived so many humans and toons alike while wondering if he’ll ever see the end. If he’ll even want it or be ready for it.
(Also he probably spent months trying to figure out how smartphones work and is perpetually disappointed the 21st century doesn’t have flying cars like in The Jetsons and sometimes you can see his soul crumble to dust in casual conversation because what do you mean the 50’s were 70 years ago and not last decade????? Huh????)
A Mickey who can do whatever the hell he wants with his gender and sexual/romantic orientation because come one man, it’s been 90+ years. You really think he wouldn’t at least be questioning after all that time?
A Mickey who is very, very sick of people, complete strangers, thinking that because they only know him from his cartoons means they have him all figured out and can make assumptions on who he is or who he HAS to be instead of. you know. get to know him like an actual person
(A Mickey who still wonders in his lowest moments IF he’s even a person and not just a commodity to be sold, a brand pasted on overpriced merchandise)
A Mickey who is depressed and anxious and angry and scared and bitter at all once and is still learning to allow himself to feel all of those things without letting them define him because that’s not the kind of person he wants to be, even if he does have enough reasons to be. Who despite everything still latches on kicking and screaming to joy and whimsy and life and love because he refuses to fall into apathy. A Mickey that isn’t naive or a pushover just because he’s nice, but isn’t cruel or apathetic either just because he isn’t sunshine and rainbows every waking second
#mickey mouse#headcanons#text#‘are you okay’ I HAVE TO GO BACK TO CLASS IN A WEEK#pleeeeeeeease understand my vision
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Aïcha Bedi
B A S I C S
Name: Aïcha Bedi
Nicknames: none
Age: In her thirties
Nameday: 28th Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon (which she probably shares with a bunch of my characters)
Race: Midlander hyur
Gender: Cis woman
Orientation: Mostly straight
Profession: Adventurer, formerly a contract killer
P H Y S I C A L A S P E C T S
Hair: Long and curly. She takes great care of it and regularly despair at what Inge does with hers.
Eyes: Brown
Skin: Fair, but tan easily. Considering how much time she spends outside, people tend to assume her skin is darker than it actually is (on this point the screenshots aren't very accurate since they don't show her tan but that'd be a nightmare to represent accurately XD)
Tattoos/scars: No tattoos whatsoever. She's got plenty of scars, most aren't really remarkable, but there are two that are special: one from Zenos' blade when he stabbed her in Rhalgr's Reach (it's not just her ego who got bruised that day, sorry MSQ), and one from her cesarean section while she was on the First. Don't worry: nothing creepy happened while she was unconscious, G'raha just had the worst timing ever.
F A M I L Y
Parents: Her father lives peacefully in Tural. She has no idea where her mother is, if she's still alive or even who she was since she left when Aïcha was still an infant.
Edmont de Fortemps also counts (haha) as a paternal figure in her life.
Siblings: None by blood. She does consider Alisaie and Alphinaud like her siblings, however. Artoirel and Emmanellain are more like extended family.
Grandparents: Long dead of her father's side. No idea on her mother's.
In-laws and Other: Well, she's in a relationship with Estinien so I suppose Alberic counts as her father in-law. The moment both realized that their respective father would have to meet eventually was glorious, because the dad jokes will be neverending and mostly at their expense.
Officially, they also have a kid together born during her time on the First.
Officially, because Estinien offered to adopt the kid and pretend he was the biological dad. Only three people know who said bio dad truly is, none of them is the man in question, and Aïcha would rather die than say it out loud. It's one thing to make dubious life choices, another one to let the world know about it...
(I haven't decided on the name or gender yet, but we can thank @gatheredfates for the prompt she sent me. It got completely out of hand but I'm having a lot of fun with the idea it gave me.)
Pets: None
S K I L L S
Abilities: Excellent shooter, although her mechanical skills don't go much further than what she needed to maintain her guns. She hasn't touched one in years and has no intention to change that.
Excellent dancer given that she's trained since childhood. She dances about as much for the artistry of it as for the self-expression it allows without having to speak her feelings out.
She also went through the GLD/PLD quests in Ul'dah, and that's mainly how she's been fighting since then.
She's also a surprisingly good poet and singer, albeit that's not known to many people.
Hobbies: Writing or reading poetry, singing, dancing and trying out new food (including the kind of food that even the most adventurous people hesitate to put in their mouth). She's pretty receptive to art in general to be honest and will gladly watch plays or go to concerts if she can.
T R A I T S
Most Positive Trait: Open-minded
Most Negative Trait: her competitiveness. You'd think someone who succeeds as well as her would be graceful when she loses but fuck no! Every Scions and most people who played even a card game against her once know that she's a sore loser and will use every loophole under the sun to try to win lmao
L I K E S
Colors: carmine and gold
Smells: campfires, incense, fresh flowers, the ocean
Textures: Soft fabrics (silk and satin especially), the sand under her feet, the breeze against her skin (yeah it counts as a texture)
Drinks: the main thing that matters is how much caffeine there's in it and how much sugar she can add to it
O T H E R D E T A I L S
Smokes: No
Drinks: Alcohol sometimes, but never a lot and only very, very occasionally since the banquet and then the drugged beverage in Falcon's Nest. For the most part, she runs on water as well as coffee and tea if available.
Drugs: No, she hates not feeling in control of herself
Mount Issuance: Aïcha didn't join any free company. That'd mean taking orders and she's no soldier, so she didn't have a mount until Haurchefant offered her her black chocobo. As you can guess, it's been her mount ever since.
I'm not entirely clear on the timeline in StB yet for her, but if she got her yol, she left it with the Mols.
Been Arrested: no but she should have.
Tagged by: @lilbittymonster (ty again! I'm probably not gonna tag you every time because you'll get tired of it at some point I think XD)
Tagging @xsummoner-kuro @hinganskies @briar-ffxiv @confusedtia @paintedscales @fair-fae @mrlarkstin @thatonediviner @fatewalker @otherworldseekers @saeta @airis-ray @mymistymornings @riftdancing @sailor-artemis @starforger and anyone else interested. Feel free to ignore the tag if that's not your thing, and I'll do that template for more characters during the week so I'll tag new people then!
#OC: Aïcha#I'm like the one Wolstinien shipper with Estinien being the reasonable one of the two :'D
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Walking through the picturesque streets of Cardinal Hill, you find Sterling Webb, the 34 year old farmer originally from Cardinal Hill, WA. Living alongside them in such a small town, you know that they're cunning and wistful, but what you might not know is that they are a witch, and that they’re hiding something… ― jacob anderson, bisexual, non-binary, and he/they.
Basics !
Full name: Sterling Webb
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Non-binary
Pronouns: He/him/they/them
Age: 34
Birthday: August 12th
Sexuality: Bisexual
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Farmer
Time in Cardinal Hill: 24 years (10 years spent outside of Cardinal Hill between the ages of 18 and 28)
Enneagram: 3w2 - the enchanter
Aesthetic: Once smooth hands now calloused from work, the sound of pages turning in the middle of the night, having one foot planted in the past while the other reaches for the future, specks of dirt clinging to every pair of shoes you own, indistinct ramblings falling on the ears of farm animals, the scent of old books mixed with fresh apples, a sly grin, plans getting derailed
Quick Backstory !
The only child born to the Webbs, Sterling has always been their parents' pride and joy, while also bearing all of their hopes and expectations, largely due to the fact that he was the result of many years of trying. Instead of buckling under the pressure, he rose to the occasion each time, excelling in his studies and later pleasing his parents further when he began to show signs of his magical abilities.
Just like their academic pursuits, they seemed to have a healthy mix of natural talent and desire to put in hard work and time into mastering their magical abilities. Divination in particular was something he focused on, almost obsessively wanting glimpses into his own possible future in the hopes that they would see themself continue to live up to what others hoped for them.
Having always had his future sort of predetermined for him from the moment he was born, they did what was expected of them after graduating high school and left Cardinal Hill in order to pursue a college education. While he certainly enjoyed learning overall in his college courses, they seemed to open too many doors and left Sterling with a feeling of overwhelming uncertainty when it came to what he wanted to do with his life.
In this uncertainty, he decided to take a gap year to work a little and try to figure out what he really wanted for himself. What was only supposed to be a year soon extended into two and then three before it became clear he was likely not going to return to college. Instead, he did some travelling around the country, taking up odd jobs as he did so.
All the while they kept in contact with their friends back in Cardinal Hill, especially their childhood best friend who they also sent postcards to from the various places they would visit, that was until a two year period went by without a word from him.
Following those two years of silence, Sterling reappeared one night on his childhood best friend's farm, looking for a place to stay with a very vague explanation for the last two years. For whatever reason, his friend has allowed him to stay with them ever since and work on the farm there with them. Whether or not this is truly what they want for themself remains to be seen, but for now they seem rather content with how they're living for now.
Misc. !
Unfortunately has major "what do you mean I didn't reach out, I literally thought about you" vibes. They just get so wrapped up in their own little world that they aren't the best at maintaining their relationships.
Somehow manages to be so focused on both the past and future that the present often escapes them. That definitely adds to his neglectful tendencies.
He lowkey has some burnt out gifted kid energy about him, but will usually brush it to the side like "it's fine though, because look how useful I am on this farm!", even if not achieving something "great" still stings.
So very easily distracted in conversations. You mention one thing in passing that's even vaguely interesting to him and suddenly he's off on a tangent about something that's completely unrelated to whatever you were originally talking about or dragging you along to the nearest bookstore to get more information on the topic.
They know better than to mention they're a witch to whoever they meet, but they're still definitely someone who uses their magic regularly out of convenience (or to occasionally show off).
Tending to dairy cows is by far his favorite thing to do on the farm. Sometimes he just carries on full conversations with them in his spare time.
Wanted Connections !
Childhood Best Friend + Roommate: They were practically attached at the hip while growing up, very you never saw one without the other type of vibes. They kept in touch while Sterling was away through phone calls and random postcards up until the point he stopped reaching out to everyone for two years. Sterling then reappeared on their doorstep and hasn't left since. Whether it was properly discussed that they would stay with them or it just sort of happened can be plotted out. Either way he does carry his weight on the farm this muse lives on.
Friends: Old or new, former or current! They've lived in Cardinal Hill for a long time now so these could be friends he either grew up around or met once they settled back in town.
Enemies: To whatever degree of seriousness that will fit. Sterling has a strong personalities that I could definitely see rubbing people the wrong way and is unfortunately the type of person to find his own annoying behavior amusing so it wouldn't be surprising to find there are a few people who don't get along with them.
People They Met While Traveling: Could've just been a brief encounter while they were traveling outside of Cardinal Hill over the years, or maybe they were briefly friends in that time. Whatever the case, there's a 50/50 chance he sums it up to an odd coincidence or thinks fate is somehow involved and will be like "okay, but what do you think this means?? 🤔"
Literally anything !! These are just a few quick ideas I came up with off the top of my mind. I'm open to any and all ideas you want to throw my way <3
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As much as I love "Tangled Web" because it shows Kimiko winning her solo showdown and generally kicking ass, I can't sit all the way through it because that episode drives me up a wall. Even when I was a kid I hated the way the boys' sexism towards her essentially goes unchallenged and unpunished, but as an adult it makes me *more* heated because Master Fung is RIGHT THERE. Why are you allowing 3/4 of your team to belittle and deride your only female student right in front of you?! Not even mildly scolding them! And then to turn around and give *Kimiko* a lesson like *her reaction* to being mocked *to her face* on the basis of her gender is the problem!! I understand the point of the episode was that Kimiko needs to work on self-controlband maintaining her focus, I just think there are so much better ways they could have gone about itm
Absolutely one of the several moments that really makes me disdain Master Fung's teaching abilities.
Temperance may be important, but temperance is not the same thing as "letting disrespect fly" or "never reacting to anything".
The boys were walking out with her things, and the only one Fung deigns to lecture is Kimiko for getting rightfully angry about it, even when Kimiko calls to Master Fung for some help.
Digging through Kimiko's personal belongings, looking through her PDA, reading her diary. And Omi is sucking on her tube of lipstick like a baby bottle, parent him for once-- and that doesn't mean giving him that outdated book.
If Fung wants to give Kimiko artificial distractions for her exercise, he should, but he should get up and give those boys a talking to first and foremost. There's no foundation for any team without boundaries and privacy.
Master Fung!
Keep pouring.
If Master Fung was going to lecture anyone here, he should have lectured the boys. They're supposed to work as a team, and their actions right now are hugely detrimental to that, which is theoretically a more overarching lesson Fung wants them to learn.
Digging through Kimiko's personal belongings, looking through her PDA, reading her diary. And Omi is sucking on her tube of lipstick like a baby bottle, parent him for once-- and that doesn't mean giving him that outdated book.
She's being mocked and belittled and prodded as soon as Rai picks up that this is an exercise in patience for Kimiko where Fung has more-or-less barred her from reacting to "distractions".
If Fung wants to give Kimiko artificial distractions for her exercise, he should. But he should get up and give those boys a talking to first. There's no foundation for any team without boundaries and privacy.
And the way he just shakes his head in disappointment at Kimiko and walks away, when there's so much he could have said if this was apparently supposed to be a teaching moment.
Wanna bet chores on when Kimiko will find her focus? This century or next?
Not even a disapproving Fung-stare at any of the mockery that's thrown her way. He'll make his disapproval clear when Omi does something like try to trust Jack or try to set boundaries after he can't trust Rai anymore, but this whole sexist things the boys put Kimiko through goes unchallenged by him.
She does eventually figure out the part of it that she needs to.
And Kimiko and Master Fung have a surprisingly interesting character arc as a sort of foils to each other, and there's something almost sweet about contrasting this first lesson Fung gives Kimiko to the lessons later, where he makes an active effort to offer her more emotional support and be more aware of how much she needs to let it out.
In regards to Kimiko specifically, he does try to be better after this... in regards to the hands-off approach of teaching her to just suppress her emotions and never react to anything and try desperately to be perfect. They're two characters that ended up playing off each other surprisingly well, narratively.
But despite all that, at no point does Master Fung ever address the sexism here or otherwise. In the context of the fact that he tries to be better for her over time, that is a pretty glaring hole that he just... overlooks. The three boys on her team were being sexist towards her, and Fung's stoicism was not appropriate for that at all.
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Wait so is Lilith being aro/ace just Dana's headcanon and not actually canon because it was never stated in the show? If so...that sucks. Lilith's rep isn't even good to begin with but aro/ace things in media is so little, it's sad
NOPE! Just like Amity, she's no longer canonically repping anything. And actually to be fair to her representation, while she wasn't a good representative, at least she was emotional. Most aro/ace rep from what I know kind of falls into robots and not understanding the human condition which is... Rough. Honestly, all of this has me thinking of how to state in my stories what my character's canon sexualities are, especially in Rich Witch. It's more awkward in Eyes Beneath the Water but there will come a point where talking about it with Chary might actually make sense but that won't happen for a WHILE. Where as for Rich Witch, I can actually use the fact that their nobility to my advantage. After all, much like celebrities, they have the excuse to go to charity events. Make it a speed dating event and I play into the fact that they're teenagers and ones that normally can't be approached by others. Have the person at the front check preferences and I can officially state which gender each character is into. Even for the non-noble, she can be asked to check if she wants to be courting both the male and female nobility there.
Frankly, I talked a big game about sexualities being hard to talk about in stories but there ARE ways to do it. If they're adults, blowing off a guy at the bar. If they're kids, have one of the characters make an off hand remark about how embarrassing it can be to have to tell someone who asks you out that you're not into them on a fundamental level. The story REALLY has to be focused on adventure and the like not to allow enough socialization so as to make some remark about their sexuality or preferences made in show, even if maybe using the literal terminology might be awkward. And with how TOH is, the ONLY excuse for not doing it is that Disney blocked and them and it's PRETTY CLEAR at this point that Disney hardly gave a shit about what they were doing. If Disney was against the show for being gay as it claims, we wouldn't have even Luz's sexuality canonized, let alone having in the third season ANOTHER non-binary character canonized and these are done pretty quickly. If they had just figured out a quick joke to make it clear Amity didn't like guys, just like the joke that plagues people of her cuddling with a male looking Azura character, then we could have had her preference canonized. Hell, Eda is enough of a bitch and likes mocking people enough, why not make her tease her sister just once about not liking all that romance stuff? Eda literally makes jokes like that about the Azura series in S1. Without knowing all the behind the scenes stuff, I can't say anything for certain but it is one of those things that, frankly, feels like checking boxes. Luz is in a gay relationship not because them being gay is important, though I imagine for a bi creator who literally made their setting's initials BI it was important for her to be bi, but because of the optics. Luz could have been bi and still been into a dude after all. Post S1 she never does but it was theoretically possible. But making it a girl is not a larger selling point for the show but a larger shield for Disney against criticism that they're anti-LGBTQIA+ which theoretically helps people ignore the legislature they're supporting. The fact that Lilith is Aro/Ace but it's never reflected or contrasted against in the show just makes it feel like it's the creators telling the fandom "Don't worry, we got you." Which is a nice gesture but that's all it is. It's a gesture if you don't work it into the actual material because you have to keeping up with QAs and panels and livestreams and the longer we get from the when show ends, the harder that material will be to find. It is complicated. It is REALLY complicated which is why despite all the shit I'm giving it here, I'm still happy it's there. It's why I'm sticking with the headcanons because these groups do not get enough love and representation. At least the creators did at least at one point stay steadfast and firm on "Yes, these characters are a part of this community," regardless of what new statements mean for those old facts. It's still literally better than what main stream creators were doing just a decade ago. It's part of why my personal philosophy is just to try to do my best. Perfection is almost impossible when it comes to this aspect of the world because we're still as a culture and people figuring out what gender as a social construct means for everyone. What the full spectrum of sexuality is. And as someone who is firmly in the old titles and the like, I can only present what I hear and infer from others but I try to keep my ears open and learn from what people have to tell me so I can do better.
So I can't judge TOH for its representation as a whole. I can only judge it by what that meant to the story, like how Amity, once she becomes a full on love interest is just as bland as any character who's only purpose is to be a love interest to the main character and that sucks regardless of her gender or sexuality. I can judge the fact that Lilith is one of the worst treated characters in a show that LOVES its romance elements and she doesn't like romance which is... Awkward to put it mildly. Raine is a plot device and Masha is mostly for exposition, even if that's hidden better in Yesterday's Lie. Neither are true characters because they either don't have the time to be characters or are so dead set on a singular goal. And this is without getting into just how poorly almost EVERY male character is treated in TOH since they're all either villains and/or comic relief with VERY few exceptions. It reminds me of writing advice someone who was meant to work with me on my first original book gave me. When making Diane and Kat, they wanted the two to be lesbians because A: we were MLP writers but also B: I believe they were adopted by lesbians if I'm remembering things right. This is almost a decade ago at this point and I haven't talked to them in almost that much time because we just stopped talking for some reason. However, they made sure I kept the writing advice I do to this day about such characters: Make a good character and story first, then make it that the characters happen to be X. Then you can maybe change some elements in order to make X feel more natural or not depending on its place in the story. But above anything else, don't make X the one thing about them or their story. A piece of writing advice that directly to a great joke in the second chapter of a cheapskate mayor trying to short them their money not because they're female or lesbians but because they're a dating adventuring couple and "You know know how distracted those sorts can get! You were probably too busy making out to notice a bandit getting away or something so how I can be sure your report is accurate!" It's just a solid fantasy joke that happens to be being made at a pair of lesbians who will definitely still get their cash because they're very good at their jobs at that point in their career. TOH... Doesn't have that mindset with their characters, representative or not. They are meant more for narrative goals than anything else. The fact that Raine is a plot device more than person makes them no different than Willow except for pronouns. It's part of why I struggle to get upset about their representation in general because they'd have to care more about these characters to be more offensive. Instead, everyone is treated equally, even if equally bad.
Sorry. This ended up being more rambly than expected. This is just a topic that is on my mind a lot since I prefer writing female characters over male characters and so just gravitate towards sapphic representation of some sort even though I am not a part of that group. This isn't the first time I've considered canonizing Rich Witch's sexualities. It's not the first time I've thought about how I write these sorts of characters. It's all a mess and complicated and I think at the end of the day, the most we can do is try our best. And unfortunately, I do think that's what the writers of TOH did in this regard. Their best. (As a final note: This was not meant to be self aggrandizing or the like. I don't plan my blogs well enough for that. If you think it's me mocking TOH and saying I'm better, I get it but I hope the general point helps make it clear it's not meant to be that. Also initially this was meant to be a short blog but that went out the window, didn't it!?) =========
I have a public Discord for any and all who want to join!
I also have an Amazon page for all of my original works in various forms of character focused romances from cute, teenage romance to erotica series of my past. I have an Ao3 for my fanfiction projects as well if that catches your fancy instead, If you want to hang out with me, I stream from time to time and love to chat with chat.
And finally a Twitter you can follow too!
#The Owl House Criticism#toh critical#Rambles#I just saw Anti-Lumity as a popular tag while making these and it makes me sad that's a popular tag even if I'm not surprised.
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Kid Pirates hcs #2
🌹ꦽꦼ̷ More Kid Pirates hcs 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.1 - 4.2 | 5 | 6 | 7
🌹ꦽꦼ̷ Kid Pirates OC bios — Light | Blaze | Calista | Kira | Eun | Grunge
🌹ꦽꦼ̷ Manda — @silvernyxchariot ; Solace — @ramdeviltart ; Osiris — @/idonthaveacluewhatsgoingonhere
Hcs under the cut for length ✨️
🌹ꦽꦼ̷ On an island, the Kid Pirates' chef got into a minor issue with some other pirates. One of them had glared at her for too long, what she took as an attempt from them to start a fight. The crew wanted to move on, since they were rushing to set sail again. Kid, Killer, Solace, Heat, and her were out together to retrieve the last things they had to restock. Eventually, Light had switched into her Zoan form to attack the pirates. She didn't hear Killer calling for her to stop throwing a hiss fit and to catch up, so Kid walked over to the group. He scooped her up like she was nothing but a small pet cat and threw her over his shoulder. The Vivacious Puma allowed him to proceed; It took a few moments until she went from yelling, growling, cursing, struggling and wiggling to just resting on her head on her paws, ears relaxing, tongue sticking out in a blep, starting to purr and relaxing against him after turning back to human. When they returned to the others, Killer only sighed and scolded her for causing such a ruckus when they're in a hurry. After laughing at how she almost immediately calmed down, Kid figured he'd allow his crew to pick her up and carry her like this whenever they need to prevent a similar situation.
🌹ꦽꦼ̷ A lot of daily things became rather embarrassing and uncomfortable for Kid for the first weeks to months since he got disarmed. Having noticed his struggles, Light started subtly helping him until he directly told her to help him. Either way, his ears would flush a little, and he'd get grumpy whenever he had to try asking her to lend him a hand, but she promised him not to tease him for it. For some things, they only needed to exchange a look, a nod of the head, or just any subtle gesture to communicate after a while.
🌹ꦽꦼ̷ Mosh is known to be one of the tanks of the crew. Alas, he not only can take a lot of hits without going down immediately, he also hands out a lot of damage himself whilst utilising his Zweihänder he can swing with just one hand. Before he had joined the Kid Pirates, he used to be a blacksmith in the town he grew up at. This got him the same position on the crew later on, but Mosh isn't above also helping their shipwright Eun and the others when fixing the ship, nor when he is asked to fix someone's weapon (or craft them a new one). He doesn't mind carrying any heavy things either, as he's strong enough to handle it on his own. Sometimes, just sometimes, their chef abuses this fact when she's going on a shopping spree. Overall, he's a rather flamboyant person as he likes loud colours and flashy designs, stating that those are exactly what describe him. In most cases, others would have to remind him to use his indoors voice, as his volume is rather big. Mosh tends to pick up anyone much smaller than him once he first spots them, so he doesn't just plow them over - focussing especially on Doflamingo's and Kid's partners as well as Solace as they're the shortest of the bunch. He apologises when they start struggling but explains to them every time that he wouldn't want to squish them if he didn't see them. Man's got a heart of gold, radiates big himbo energy, and is part of the big tiddy committee. Some people think that he might be as straight as a pole, but they forget he's part of the rowdy Kid Pirates; and thus rather as straight as a pole someone just was heavily beaten up with. Mosh does identify as masc, probably with the tendency to use he/him and they/them interchangeably, but he's more on the poly and pansexual side with little to no preference for his partners' gender.
🌹ꦽꦼ̷ Oscar, Osiris, Emma, and Eun function as those with probably the most brain cells, next to Killer, Manda, and Light. The other members of the crew usually make fun of the blond, though, since he's the most laid-back one of them. They also call him "grandpa" for reading the newspaper, sipping some coffee every morning, without fail. Eun often is considered the wine 'aunt', as they tend to sip their wine and just watch the others (primarily Killer and Oscar) handle the "children". Albeit the Fishman hybrid isn't that much older than some other members of the crew, they call their crewmates "brats" majority of the time, claiming that the others aren't their responsibility to keep in line. Emma is generally one of the calmest ones, bringing the crew together even when there are internal fights breaking out within the little cliques of the crew. As for Osiris, she was raised by the Marine (thus having learnt quite a lot about various topics). That aside, they share their taste in music: A little bit of everything with classic rock mixed in it.
🌹ꦽꦼ̷ Kid Pirates pet edition! If they had enough space on the Victoria Punk, some of them would have pets. Kid would want to keep a fighting and/or hunting dog breed and a bull, most likely. Killer would be the type to keep a hedgehog. Heat has a few different lizards and snakes. Wire takes care of a bat that has randomly nested in his room one day. Mohawk has ferrets and a possum. Oscar keeps a goat. Noe would want to keep a bear, presumably. Eun definitely would get a blob-fish. If she could, Light definitely was going to keep all the stray cats she comes across - but she only has a black cat named Salem. Aside from keeping Ziggy the racoon, Kira would help Light, though he might try to get more cats and raccoons for himself in general, too. Chrom is the type of person who'd like to keep something bigger, such as a rhino because he thinks they're cool. Grunge's pet since his days at the Shadow Bazaar is a Blue Pit Viper named Sir Lapis Lazuli, often just nicknamed Lapis. Osiris' black and grey ball python is named Mercury (Hg).
🌹ꦽꦼ̷ Since he's somewhat clingy, Kira will seek the company of his crewmates when he feels lonely. It doesn't really matter whether that is the case while he's fixing or making some clothes, when he feels anxious and needs distraction, or just when he wants to relax after a rough day. The tailor tends to just plop down next to whoever is available. In most cases, that is his boyfriend Mohawk, their shipwright Eun, or their cook Light. Mohawk will just babble about what comes on his mind to entertain and/or distract the redhead. Eun tends to pick him up and either cradles him like a child, or when they're working, they put him down somewhere above or next to them so they can talk about things. He watches Light make prepare some snacks for them from the door frame whilst talking to her about what's up, though she also has him sit down in front of one of the few mirrors on board of the Vicky, so she can see what she's doing while braiding his hair and they can see each other's mimics.
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8: A late night walk
The Great Assembly, gender neutral reader x monster (male naga). Sfw. Previous Next
You eat an early dinner (actually managing to convince Amren to COOK his food before eating it) and pull on your now only slightly damp clothes.
You grimace. Hopefully, they’ll dry a bit more as your body heat does its thing.
The sun hadn’t completely set yet when you went out, though it’s not long before you have to pull out your flashlight to know where to place your feet without slipping. The night air is cold, and you mentally berate yourself to allow Amren once again bringing you along for his wacky ideas.
It’s like with Irwin, you realize, constantly being pulled in several directions at once for the next shenanigan - the only difference this time being it's not funny at all and includes slightly more potential for bodily harm.
The sounds of the night isn’t helping your confidence, and you look up and around at every crack and noise.
“You’re like a deer in headlights,” Amren comments, slightly amused.
You glare at him. “What the hell did you expect? I can’t believe I let you drag me out here.”
“You’re walking on your own. As far as I’m concerned, you came at your own volition.”
You ignore him, and turn your light to the source of some brush rustling nearby.
Amren sighs exasperated. “It’s a deer.”
“And how would I know that?” you grunt. “I don’t have a magic detect-animals tongue to flicker around. What I have currently is a flashlight. You bet your ass I’m going to investigate every single thing out here. If it’s annoying, it’s your own fault.”
You can’t tell in the dark, but you can almost hear how he is once again irritably rolling his eyes.
“Squirrel,” he says, when something in the branches above move. “Mice in the brush in front of us. Bird on your right. The deer from earlier is running away.”
You look up at him as he’s looking around and tasting the air as he lists off anything he happens to note.
“Molerat. More birds in the shrubbery.”
“What are you doing?” you ask, even though you do have a feeling you know.
“Have a glimpse of my world,” he says. “Did you honestly think we’d be out and about right now if I wasn’t sure the boarbeast had left for good?”
You look at him for a bit. “You’re not just messing with me? You can actually tell all of those animals are around?”
“Figure it out,” he grumbles.
There’s not much to figure out. If he’s actually trying to do something sort of nice in reassuring you, you shouldn’t bark at him about it.
“Is that just a naga thing, or did you have to practice?” you ask.
“Terrible student,” he sighs. “And you still haven’t answered my question from earlier.”
“I’ll answer yours to the best of my ability if you answer this one.”
“You first.”
“No.”
He gives you a stubborn sideways glare. “Fine. It’s both. We’re just good at recognizing all sorts of scents. Though I had to train to learn to follow a specific one to a location – but it’s useful for hunting.”
“Wait, hunting? So that’s why you know these mountains?”
He nods. “Been here a lot.”
“Huh. You weren’t kidding when you said ‘carnivore’.”
He snorts. “In case it wasn’t obvious. I can eat bread and stuff. I just don’t like it.”
“You don’t like bread?” you gape, incredulous. The nerve. The actual mockery. How can someone not like bread?
“You don’t like raw meat?” he copies you.
“If I ate it I’d get. So sick.”
“And there you have it. Now. Your turn.”
He looks at you expectantly. You sigh. Explaining the whole ordeal of body issues is somewhat of a difficult topic to tackle. You try your best to cover the basis of bodily dysphoria and the many ways it can present itself.
Amren listens intently to your description, a somewhat concerned expression on his face. When you finish, he says: “That explains your modesty-thing."
"Oh, no that's different - for most of us it's like- it's rude? And uncomfortable to show yourself like that. Unless everyone who can see you, and you yourself, is okay with it."
He looks utterly baffled. "I don't understand."
"It's kinda hard to explain," you finish.
He doesn't press the issue.
“What do you hunt?” you ask after a beat, mainly to change the uncomfortable subject.
“Whatever is around,” he replies. “Though I prefer deer, they’re easier to wrangle and one alone will last me about two weeks.”
“’Wrangle’?” you inquire.
His taps the side of your foot with the tip of his tail.
Ah.
You guess it’s pretty regular in the mon world to take down something like deer with your bare whatever-nature-gave-you. A mental image of Amren crushing the life out of a defenseless deer with his tail intrudes your mind, and you quickly file it somewhere under lock and key in your short term memory. You walk through the night, your clothes thankfully dry enough now to actually help keep you warm.
The quiet walk in the night gives you space to think back on Irwin and Elise, and wonder how they’re doing with all this - and more importantly if they actually had a run-in with the northern pack of boarbeasts. You’ve only seen one, and that was more than enough.
Why on earth would you be sent out into dangerous territory on a working conference? And why send you out two-and-two? Wouldn’t groups of four or more be more beneficial, if the whole point was to create some sort of cheesy bonding experience? Clovers are rare, sure, but then choose a different price – people would probably still be happy competing for a hotel stay or something.
If you had Irwin and Elise with you here, or maybe even Mira as well, this whole trip would have been so different. You’d be four on one, and actually have gone north, and you wouldn’t be out here feeling somewhat useless, stumbling around in the dark.
On the other hand, you probably wouldn’t have gotten to know Amren at least a little bit better. He’s still a living brick wall to get through, though you sense there are cracks in the cement forming. At least very small ones, since he’s somewhat actively engaging with you now.
You glance at him and wonder what spurred you to even start the process of socializing with him. Any sane person would probably have taken his hostile behavior for what it was, and not made any effort whatsoever. He sure tried to make it very clear he wanted to be left by himself. To be honest, if Irwin hadn’t pulled Amren’s name from the hat, and you weren’t forced to be out here alone with him, you’d probably have listened to him.
But here you are, and at least he’s shown he doesn't want you dead. Progress!
“What are you thinking?” Amren suddenly asks, taking you out of your thoughts.
You frown. “I’m wondering how things would have been different if Irwin hadn’t pulled your name from the hat,” you reply. Might as well be honest. “And then I’m worried about him, Elise and Mira.”
Amren thinks for a minute, tasting the air.
“Do you wish your partner had pulled someone else?” he asks.
You grin. “We didn’t exactly get off on the right foot, so in the start I was kinda grumpy about it. I’ve accepted my fate by now, though.”
Amren snorts, but stays silent to let you continue.
“And don’t get me wrong. You’re still a major pain in the ass. But I guess you are practical with all this survival stuff. If I’d been here with Irwin, we’d probably both be dead by now.”
“Your partner doesn’t seem like the most responsible type,” Amren agrees. “I’m still surprised you went out of your way for him like that.”
“Come on, this again? Really, you’re starting to sound like my manager. I would ask if you wish he’d pulled someone else so you could get a cohort who’s actually useful,” you say, looking at him.
He looks somewhat puzzled.
“- but since you hate everyone, I guess it doesn’t really matter.”
“I don’t ‘hate’ everyone, and who told you it didn’t matter?” He smirks. “If I’d gone with Elise instead of you, everything would have gone much easier.”
You scoff and lightly punch his shoulder. “Asshole.”
“Slowpoke.”
“Bastard.”
“Tiny.”
“Oversized serpent.”
He nods at you. “Correct."
“Well, if I’m so tiny, it’s a good thing Mira was around to help me up after you snapped at me when we first met.”
He ignores your attempt at guilt-tripping. “You keep mentioning ‘Mira’, but I don’t recognize her name. What department is she from?”
“Does it matter?”
“I work security. Elise and I know who’s attending the conference,” he shrugs. “It bothers me I don’t remember seeing her name on the list.”
“She’s with the cleaning staff,” you offer his memory.
Amren frowns. “Cleaning? The cleaning staff isn’t attending this conference. They get their own trip later in the year in the holiday season.”
Now it’s your turn to frown. Mira definitely said ‘cleaning staff’, didn’t she? Maybe you misunderstood? “She came here alone. Said she was the only one they could spare.”
Amren flicks his tongue. “Maybe she was on a separate list then. Odd they’d send her alone, though.”
“Or,” you offer nonchalantly, “could it be possible you forgot her name?”
He looks at you grumpily, and doesn’t reply.
You continue through the dark forest and, according to Amren, you manage to make up for some lost time. The forest has been mostly quiet, save for a few noises from the nocturnal part of the animal kingdom and the wind howling through the trees. The moon shines down between the branches, and though it’s dark, the starry night is beautiful.
You’re however exhausted and cold at this point, and you catch Amren every so often also suppressing a yawn. One time he fails, and you get a full view of his long row of small, but needle sharp, teeth.
“You don’t have fangs,” you note.
Amren stares at you puzzled, mid-yawn, as very clearly he does. “What?”
“I mean like. The two long ones in front,” you elaborate.
You can’t tell if you’ve offended him somehow from his expression, and you’re about to mumble an apology when he beats you to it.
“I don’t have venom,” he explains. “Don’t need them. You’re thinking of another type of naga. I’m a constrictor, not a viper.”
“Huh,” you say, and grin to yourself. “I’m still confused about something, though.”
“What?”
“How did you get the venomous attitude, then?”
You laugh at you own joke as Amren looks very unimpressed.
“You’re horrendous,” he exhales, rubbing his face.
“I’m tired,” you correct him. “Which is your fault.”
“Being tired is nowhere near an excuse for your behavior,” he grunts.
“Sure it is. A tired human is a messy human,” you state as-a-matter-of-factly. “But seriously, we should probably camp soon and get some sleep. It’s like 2am, and you honestly don’t look so fly either.”
You shine your light in his face for a better look, though he actually hisses at the light and covers his eyes.
“Ow, Tiny, not directly in the face!” he snarls, harshly pushing your flashlight down.
“Oh hush you big baby,” you pull the flashlight out of his hands and wave him off, but keep the light pointed to the floor.
You look around.
“There’s a clearing over there. Should we make camp?”
A little while later you’ve both set up your tents and crept in to settle for the night. Despite your eyes being so heavy, you find it difficult falling asleep. Today’s events has grown nervous strings through your core, gripping tight. The looming anxiety of you actually being in danger won’t leave your gut. You try and logic your way out of it, because nothing really happened and you are by all accounts, safe, but it doesn't seem to work.
You hear Amren moving around in his tent again, and berate yourself for the sense of security the sound gives you. It’s not that you exactly feel completely safe just because he’s in your proximity, but it somehow feels.. safer.
Though you’d never tell him that. You don't think you'd be able to reach his face in time to punch off the smug expression he would make.
The wind is howling outside your tent. You stare out in the darkness, just listening for a bit, and waiting for sleep to take you. You’re about to drift off when Amren suddenly hits against the plastic wall of his tent and it makes a sharp squealing noise, immediately startling you back to full awareness.
You groan in annoyance.
“I was this close to falling asleep,” you complain at him.
If he heard you, he ignores you.
You sigh. You momentarily wonder if there’s any connection out here. Since you're up now anyway, might as well check. You pull up your phone, turning it on, wincing as the sharp light from the screen hits your eyes as it’s booting up.
You wait for a few seconds for everything to start, and smile slightly when you spot you actually have bars in this location. Then, your phone starts chiming rapidly.
You swear and cover the speaker as much as you can as it blares multiple times with text messages and notification sounds.
“You were saying?” Amren hisses from his tent.
“You woke me first,” you hiss back.
Your phone finally calms down, and you dare peek at what caused the calamity.
Your stomach drops.
You have 13 unread messages and 6 missed calls.
They’re all from Irwin.
#colderwriting#monster romance#gender neutral reader#x reader#monster lover#naga#why didn't this post alongside the other one#oh well
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[WARNING] KALEIDOSCOPE OF DEATH SPOILERS
Credits to @zintranslations for their translation of the novel which I binged in less than a month.
Okay. First of all I wanna say that I loved this story all the way through to the end. Aside from the author’s strange perception of women and gender in general, I have no beef with them.
But...
Y'all, I really did not like the Ruan Nanzhu twist at the end of the novel. And I'm glad it's just an Extra because it allows me to pretend like it's a not part of the main story. No tea no shade no pink lemonade to the author but RNZ being a door god not only invalidates plenty of things established throughout the plot, but also most of his actions and emotional beats as a character, it also makes many of those actions feel really twisted. I'll elaborate;
Index:
Ruan Nanzhu's actions and what those imply.
Lin Qiushi's life post 12th door.
Ruan Nanzhu's life and emotional beats as a character we are invested in.
Why Lin Qiushi should have been the door god.
1. Ruan Nanzhu's actions and what those imply.
First of all, he willingly put himself and Lin Quishi through the doors from start to finish, full risk, no breaks, no safe words, and even though LQS had supposedly just left his 12th door and was meant to be safe. Our boy had to go to the hospital so many times during the first few doors, he almost got burnt to death!! Both of them almost got incinerated!! Quishi was shot!!
It would've been a little less worse if at some point throughout the story both RNZ and LQS had died, or were meant to die but then surprisingly came out alive in the end, and then the glitch made them realize something was off about one of them. Then they would’ve looked into it at some point and Quishi would've been able to figure out Nanzhu wasn't human BEFORE CROSSING THE 12TH DOOR, actually foreshadowing the twist instead of just showing it to us out of nowhere. It would also imply RNZ didn't actually put LQS through the same lethal risk he survived once without RNZ. What if one of them perished during the second run because RNZ was unable to remember he was actually a god and could protect them if he truly wanted to? And aside from all the risk, they also had to deal with the fear of losing eachother, all because RNZ has a penchant for dram
2. Lin Quishi's life.
Are you really telling me LQS got a lifetime of memories where he was mostly alone, where his parents abandoned him and he had just the one friend, all while Nanzhu was running around living Quishi's life? With his loving parents, his contact list full of people who either worshipped him, cared enough to work with him, or directly lived with him under his leadership???? Yo, what??? And even if it wasn't intentional, it was still his actions that caused it. If you really want the twist of RNZ as a god, then either the writer could've established Nanzhu's life as his own (it still would’ve made sense for him to become unwavering the leader of obsidian and go through thousands of doors per year if he was a god), or at the very least she could've made him a mysterious stranger without a past who caught Qiushi's attention inside the doors, got invited to join obsidian (by LQS who would still be the leader in this case), and when Nanzhu really doesn't remember how he got in or what his life was like before the first door, others get to assume whatever he was about to die from must've affected his memories.
3. Ruan Nanzhu's life and emotional beats as a character we are invested in
So... None of it was real? The grief and guilt he felt over the people he lost; his seniors, his colleagues...was actually Quishi's? Nothing about him being a scared kid who had to grow too strong too fast to survive the doors and eventually take over Obsidian was real? Nothing about the supposed lover (not the friend from the tenth door, but point still stands) he lost to the doors, something that was mentioned ONCE and never explained, was really his own experience? Like, why was he even a physics teacher in the eleventh door If he wasn't human? He shouldn't have appeared for Quishi at all. That would've also worked as foreshadowing if RNZ only existed during the nightime like everyone else, because he would’ve been an NPC.
4. Why LQS should have been the door god
There, I said it. It makes more sense. A guy who was mostly detached from life by having no one around him, aside from a cat who suddenly starts to resent him before he enters his first door; which, btw, maybe Chestnut didn't like him because cats are usually more intuitive in paranormal stories, so he knew he'd never seen this man before the first door, or at least he knew LQS wasn't human and then started warming up the more time LQS spent in the real world going throuh the doors.
About LQSs abilities;
He's oddly calm in front of most harrowing events, which would make sense if he was an omnipotent god, or just knew in the back of his mind he'd already seen it all play out before.
According to Nanzhu's supernatural perception, his aura of light is greater than anyone else’s.
It's often mentioned in the novel that compared to most people Quishi got used to them much faster and needed less time to recover than anyone. Even when compared to Nanzhu, who supposedly went through thousands of doors (and who is supposed to be a god)
It’s constantly mentioned how fortunate he is about the items he encounters and how he’s constantly coming out of the doors by the skin of his teeth.
Also, Nanzhu had a troubled backstory, he had friends, had seniors, had parents who cared for him, had a past lover he lost in a tragic way (allegedly). One of LQS's best qualities is being mild-tempered and calm, the life he supposedly lived fits RNZ's character a lot more Namely hooking up with Bai Ming. . Even if this was technically all Quishi's life, according to the eleventh door if RNZ hadn't gone into the doors he still would've had a life as a physics teacher! That’s definitely not something he got from LQS’s life and memories. And if we were supposed to see it coming that he wasn't human, he should have existed only at night like all the other NPC's. Because then all we saw about Qiushi's life without the doors was that he would've stayed the same. Untethered to reality, too focused on his work and studies to live a normal life which... feels like an excuse from someone not quite human to explain their lack of experiences in life WHICH QUISHI COMPLAINS ABOUT CONSTANTLY "I'm going to die without ever having lived through most things".
To conclude: I have no idea how they're going to write the twist into the upcoming drama considering it's just an extra in the novel and a barely foreshadowed one at that, barely integrated with the rest of the novel. Let LQS be a good and let RNZ be a human with a troubled past and an unusual companion who enters his life when he’s about to enter the most dangerous of the doors and will need the support and drive to keep going.
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I posted 1,647 times in 2022
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#5
The amount of casual ageism in fandoms is so gross.
"Oh you're a young boy and you like barbie and my little pony? Good for you! It's about time we break gender norms!"
"You're an adult male and you like my little pony and barbie? Ew!!! You're clearly a massive creep and a p*do just by existing! Go die in a hole!"
"You're a young girl and like action figures DBZ? Good for you! Be a strong young lady!"
"You're an adult woman and you like action figures and DBZ? Omg, you're such a loser/fake fan! Get a life you poser! You're clearly just a (insert transphobic slur)!"
"I'm allowed to criticize whatever I want! Nothing is free from criticism!"
"Pfft, come ooonnnn. You can't criticize that movie too harshly. It's for kids! Everyone knows kids don't deserve quality entertainment like us grown adults!"
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#4
I hate that things have gone from "be careful on the internet, don't give out any personal information, and there's gonna be some stuff you won't want to see so just do your best to avoid it" to "the internet is my playground, I can go where I want and do what I want and if I see anything I don't like it's YOUR fault, these content warnings can't stop me because I can't read, here's my carrd where i dox myself by listing more information about myself than anyone would ever need to know" and it's just…accepted as okay and normal? Keep your private information private, you don't owe strangers ANY information, but also just stay AWAY from places where you're not comfortable, especially if you're underage (DON'T go to 18+ websites and demand that they bend to your whims) though there are definitely also adults who need to hear it too. Strangers online aren't responsible for your comfort.
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#3
A lot of people don’t seem to realise that when we talk about fiction not effecting reality, we mean that it’s not a 1-to-1 type thing— an author killing off a character is different from them murdering an actual person, people can enjoy dark content in fiction & fantasy without thinking it’s good/wanting it to happen irl, and of course fiction can never truly make someone do something— if a murderer is inspired by a fictional murder, they still chose to kill someone and can’t blame the writer for that. The same with unhealthy relationships in fiction— so long as young people are taught about healthy relationships they’ll understand what they’re reading about isn’t one, and if not, that’s a failing on their guardians not the writer.
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#2
JK Rowling is criticised for claiming Dumbledore and Grindlewald were gay but only showing them interacting platonically. Neil Gaiman claims Aziraphale and Crowley are “a love story” but only shows them interacting platonically, and is adored for it. I’m sorry, but that is a double standard caused by the popularity of the author.
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My #1 post of 2022
not submission. I really hate the "My OC, my rules" thing. Cause like, no? Just because they are your oc doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with them. If you want to make your oc suffer and not like them get help, you deserve to lose rights over them. Especially if you only do that stuff to purposely trigger people. Once you do that, your oc no longer belongs to you. they belong to the public who will take better care of them instead
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Gender detransitioning: Ritchie Herron and Keira Bell share their stories | Free Speech Nation
Andrew: In both of your cases, I mean Richie's talking about struggling with being a gay man, you yourself were struggling with being a gay woman, and there have been whistleblowers at the Tavistock that have said the same thing, that actually sometimes parents are struggling with the idea of having a gay child. To what extent is there a kind of anti-gay or possibly even homophobic element to this situation?
Keira: I think it's pretty ingrained in the whole situation really, across the globe I mean, society in general is uncomfortable with it, and I think this is unfortunately considered a solution to an extent. Transitioning children is considered a better way to to live, but evidently it's really a really bad way to go.
Andrew: Can I ask you, Keira, how much information did the specialists give you when it comes to - I mean some of this surgery is so invasive and so irreversible, you had a double mastectomy, Richie had surgery on his genitals. This kind of stuff that cannot be undone, and how much information was given you in advance of what you would be going through?
Keira: Nothing besides very basic side effects, such as in my case, facial hair and a deepening voice, for example. I wasn't told about any of the real issues that would come later down the line. They were pretty much content with me saying that I've done a bit of research online and wanted to proceed, and they were pretty much happy with that.
Andrew: Ritchie, this whole situation strikes me as a very odd because in both of your cases, this diagnosis appears to have been rushed through without other avenues necessarily being explored. But activists will say that if doctors do explore those attitudes - consider for instance that you might be struggling with your homosexuality or some other depression or some other anxiety - that is branded “trans conversion therapy.” What do you make of that?
Ritchie: I mean, I really wouldn't know because I wasn't asked about all these things. It was just all assumed that this is part of my trans identity. And when I brought up the regret, or when I brought up any sort of maybe conflicted narrative as to, maybe I'm just a little bit too obsessive, it was all brought back into that transphobic society and the reason isn't you, it's everyone else, basically was the message that we got fed to us.
[..]
Andrew: Why do you think we've reached this point, where if a young child, a young girl has what are traditionally masculine tastes, maybe in football or that kind of thing, or a young boy is traditionally effeminate, that we have to somehow, that that's a problem to be fixed? Why can't we just let kids be kids, what do you think's happened there, Keira?
Keira: It's a good question. I think that's something I'm still trying to figure out. I'm not sure how really we're gonna kind of be able to co-exist in a positive way, just because it's always been frowned upon, in my experience. It's considered a problem once you go past puberty, you're not allowed to be a tomboy anymore, you're not not allowed to be a feminine boy. So, I think that's something that still needs to be figured out really.
Andrew: And Richie, I sort of understand the homophobia aspect, I don't approve of it obviously, but I understand that homophobia has been something that's been there for a long time, people are very uncomfortable with it and that prejudice can be sort of explained in a way. But what I don't understand is the idea that children that don't conform very strictly to 1950s stereotypes of what it means to be male and female should be “fixed,” I suppose, through medical intervention. Where do you think it's come from?
Ritchie: I believe it originated mainly from WPATH Standards of Care 7, where in 2011 we adopted the “affirmation only” approach, and that approach and model itself was funded by interests that would have benefited from it. And they have. And I do think the world does need to look at the organization WPATH, and we need an alternative to WPATH because a lot of this has also come from good intentions. Whenever there's a debate about trans women in sports or anything like that, it all comes from this space of people believe that they're doing the right thing, and I believe a lot of it comes down to this affirmation at all costs approach which originated in 2011.
[..]
Andrew: Us part of the problem that a lot of people, when they listen to the stories that you're describing, they sort of just can't really believe it's happening? The idea that there would be an NHS Clinic that would step in and effectively try and fix gay kids at the Tavistock? There was that dark joke among the staff that "soon there would be no gay people left." When we hear those sorts of things, it's difficult to believe them, but how prevalent is this?
Ritchie: I think the numbers speak for themselves. I think it was what, an 8000 percent increase in referrals over the last several years for young boys and girls to these clinics? But I do believe we are kind of approaching the other side of that, and I believe if we look at the numbers in the next few years, you'll see a drastic decrease, which I believe is happening as the trend is, I believe, coming to its life-cycle end.
Andrew: Can I ask about de-transitioning, though, to what people often say to me: but there aren't many detransitioners, there aren't many people who regret the surgery they went through. What do you make of that?
Ritchie: I obviously think that that is not true. I speak to a lot of detransitioners, I can speak quite well for the male side which is largely underrepresented because there's different dynamics at play, especially ones that want to speak out publicly. And I also believe that a lot of males, especially because of the way males are socialized, generally tend to go off and do their own thing and just go off and live their life. And that is a real healthy detransition, which is to separate yourself from the identity politics and just go back to your life, go back to normality, and go back to the things that are healthy and good for you.
Andrew: Keira, in the early days of the Tavistock, it was mostly boys, there weren't many but there were mostly boys who were coming in, struggling with their gender identity. But now it seems that predominantly this is affecting teenage girls. Why do you think this might be?
Keira: I believe it's been kind of viewed as an easy way out of just the struggles of female puberty, I believe. I believe that's a big one. Girls are becoming more and more aware of being objectified and different issues like that. So transition is kind of seen as a way to evade all of that. It can be very awkward growing up as a girl, and a boy, I'm sure, but I can only speak to my experience. And I know that I definitely jumped to any chance of evading the issues that I was going through as a result of puberty.
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