#trans!penny

[bridgyrose]

Wasn't expecting you to make Nickle a trans Penny, but that works. But what about the gang meeting him?

(Sure, lets have him meet the gang.)

Nickel flew through the air above Mantle, looking for grimm that managed to make their way through the streets while the walls surrounding the city were being repaired. His eyes scanned the city, nearly pausing as he detected several grimm sirens going off in different sectors of the city. For a moment, he closed his eyes to start to plot a course on the best way to make it to each grimm attack. Once that course was found, he rushed forward, taking care of each grimm in his path. 

Green lasers shot from his swords as he flew above each grimm pack in the streets. Though, the longer he took care of them, the more annoyed he became that the grimm almost seemed endless. Sure, it was usually only a pack of ten or so in each section of the city, but after months of protecting the city, it almost seemed like the walls were never getting repaired. Stuck in the role of tired hero. 

Nickel stopped as he finished defeating the last pack of sabyrs, catching a few familiar faces down on the street below him. Every instinct told him that he needed to go, to leave before any of them saw him, though, as he saw Ruby down below him, he couldnt help but make his way down to see why Penny held these memories so dear. Memories of team RWBY that never seemed to go away, a haunting memory of his past life. Though, he put his swords away as he landed, looking over his old friends. 

“Penny? Is… is that you?” Ruby asked as she slowly stepped forward. 

“It is Nickel now.” Nickel took a few steps forward to meet Ruby, scanning her to find out just how much he actually remembered. Memories flooded through his mind in the blink of an eye, watching the girl that had become his past life’s first and only friend for the first few weeks Penny was in Vale. His voice nearly broke as he spoke again, sadness running through him as he spoke again, saying the one sentence he had practiced over and over in case he ever ran into these old friends. “Penny was… unrecoverable.” 

Ruby nodded and looked away, holding her arm to her chest. “O-oh.” 

Nickel paused as he heard how heartbroken Ruby sounded, confused about why he cared so much about what she thought. Penny had cared deeply for Ruby, and those same feelings had stayed with him. A small sigh left his lips as he took Ruby’s hand, giving a small smile to her. “She would be glad that you are okay.” 

Ruby nodded and wiped a few tears away from her eyes. “You look just like her.” 

“I… I guess I am her, just a boy now.” No, that wasnt right, he was supposed to be different from her, a brother, right? He wasnt supposed to be her, but… the more he thought about it, the more he found himself being unable to deny it. “What are you doing here? You are supposed to be in Vale.” 

“We need to speak to General Ironwood,” Weiss answered in a matter-of-fact tone. 

“What for?” Nickel asked. 

“Its… complicated.” Ruby moved the lamp on her hip behind her cloak. “Though, we’re not entirely sure how far we can trust him.” 

Nickel nodded and looked around at his old friends, seeing there was something they were all hiding. “I think I can get you to him.” 

Ruby smiled a bit. “Thank you.” 

“I’ll need you to stay here though.” 

“Why cant we go with you?” Yang asked. “We need to get to him-” 

“Because there is a curfew and travel between Mantle and Atlas is a bit restricted,” Nickel answered, already starting to take off. “I will go talk to him and get you clearance, but I need you to stay with my father.” 

“We cant just sit here!” Nora exclaimed, getting her weapon ready. 

“Let Nickel go alone for right now, and we can find out a bit more about what’s going on here,” Qrow said. “Storming in to see Ironwood right now may just cause us problems.” 

Ruby nodded and smiled up at Nickel. “You will be back, right?” 

“I will,” Nickel said as he took off, flying off to Atlas Academy once more. He mentally cursed at himself as he thought about Ruby, already feeling old feelings starting to come back up. He wanted to be him, not Penny, and yet, Penny seemed to be trying to resurface at every turn. Even now, all he could think about was Ruby and how it made him feel. But for now, all he wanted to do was get them an audience with General Ironwood, and then he’d talk to his father to find out how to get rid of these feelings to keep Penny from being recovered. 

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[desib717]

Fun art hack I've discovered: it's 100× easier to convince myself to draw when I'm tired if I fully commit to not digitally rendering it or taking it too seriously lmao

Anyway, I wanted to get something out for pride month this year, so here's a quick little Penny doodle!

[bodacious-becc]

Penny pokemon save me 🫠

+ epic bonus version 😳

[pennymations]

When I was addressed as Aunt Penny for the first time

[transbookoftheday]

Hi, do you know of any trans m/f romances? I feel like the majority of them are m/m, which I enjoy, but I want some variety sometimes!

Yes! Here are some of my favorites:

Book Titles:

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee

Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues

Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander

[lucy-the-demon]

Saw this portrait, you know I had to do it to him

Feel Free to take all of these, all I did was put a flag on a piece of paper

I won't be making anymore ( okay maybe one of just the bi flag too , but only if you want it.)

[azuremist]

Oh come on now. The only way it could be MORE obvious is if she were literally dressed in trans pride colo-

[blue-solstice]

Hope y’all had a good pride month! This one goes out to all my fellow letter gang homies ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩵🩷🤍

[somesnails]

The pride posts!!

Jun 1 2024

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYBODY!!!

I’ve got a few more of these drawings going on, so be on the lookout!

Jun 6 2024

One of my favorite CANON things, 100% CANON, I promise. IT'S CANON, IM MANIFESTING.

Jun 8 2024

I think this the lest one I’ll draw but who knows?

Let’s give it up for my babies, anybody!!!

[hoofpeet]

Is bunny transfem? I think I missed that until now! What’s bunny’s pronouns? Love your work 🩵

I would say so yeah ! Bunny's character arc is pretty closely tied to the sorta incel --> Trans girl pipeline; As an adult she typically presents femininely but doesn't really care about gender any which way --> Probably somewhere in the vicinity of agender/smthn like that honestly. This doodle that's been laying around for a bit sums everything up pretty well V

[bridgyrose]

Penny was irrecoverable after the first accident. Her 'brother' Nickle greets the gang instead.

SYSTEM ONLINE…..

SYSTEM BOOTING. 

ERROR. DATABASE CORRUPTED. 

ERROR.

ERROR.

ERROR.

BACKUP SYSTEM BOOTING. 

SYSTEM RUN SUCCESSFUL. 

The words ran through the android’s vision as she, they… it? started to wake up. The room it was in didnt seem familiar to it, nor did the men that were talking loudly next to it as it sat up. The android took a few moments to adjust it’s hearing to catch what was being said, closing its eyes to focus. 

“I-I can get her back up and running but it may take a few days to recover who she was at her core,” the man in the moving chair said as he moved to his desk to pick up a tablet. “We still havent been able to recover her core-”

“Then make a new one,” the other man said calmly, yet sternly as he kept his hands behind his back. “That android is our hope to save Atlas, to save Remnant. If you cannot get it fixed, then maybe I wasted my trust on you, Pietro.” 

Pietro sighed and flipped through a few applications until he came across a few blueprints labeled as Project P.E.N.N.Y. “I… I uh… will do what I can, General.” 

“You have a week to show me progress.” 

The android watched as the General started to make his way away from the room Pietro was in, still confused about what was so important about it. It connected to the Atlas Network to try to learn more, frowning when it couldnt get more information about who it was supposed to be. Only images of a red-headed girl called Penny. 

Pietro made his way back to the room the android was in and sat his tablet down on the table in the middle of a coughing fit. He paused for a moment when he saw the android sitting up, a small smile crossing his lips. “You’re awake. Were you able to recover yourself?” 

“Recover… myself?” The words came out of the android with a slightly deeper voice than Penny had had, almost like someone learning how to speak again from months of being mute. The android caught it’s reflection in a nearby mirror, slowly reaching up to the patchy skin on its face. Green eyes still showed brightly, the bits of synthetic skin that were still covering the mechanical face showed freckles along its cheeks, almost looking feminine. “What… What is my name?” 

“Penny,” Pietro answered as he made his way closer, trying to inspect the android. “If you dont remember, then that means her recovery failed, didnt it?” 

The android nodded, closing its eyes and running through a system check on its body. “Mechanical functions are normal. Network connection working. Penny program… corrupted. Missing key components, backup system N.I.C.K.E.L. running.” 

“Nickel…” Pietro sighed and pulled away from the android. “Not the persona that I was expecting to come back to me, but without the core that houses Penny… That doesnt matter right now. What matters is getting my child back up to running order.” 

“Child?” Nickel asked as it stood up, testing out its joints. “I… I am your child.” 

“You are, and same with Penny. Though, unless we can get her core back and install it into you, I’m afraid she’s lost.” 

Nickel moved his arms, watching the joints through the patchy synthetic skin. “And what will happen to me?” 

“You’ll be pushed back while Penny takes the front again.” Pietro paused for a moment as he looked over the blueprints for Penny, waiting for them to update once Nickel was finished testing his movement. “Though, I dont see how we’ll be able to retrieve it. We couldnt find it on Amity and if its at Beacon, it could be anywhere. Worst case, it was picked up by someone and could be sold to find someone else to make an android like you.” 

Nickel nodded quietly as he finished running through his tests, relieved that his body was able to move and calibrated correctly. “I… I want to stay.” 

Pietro nodded and smiled at Nickel. “Everything has come back as normal, so all we’d need to do now is test your weapons and then we can worry about your looks.” 

Nickel looked at his reflection again, gently moving his fingers over the exposed mechanical bits and wires on his face and arms. “Then, can you make me look similar to Penny?” 

“Are you sure you want that?” 

“I-I do. I want you to have a reminder of Penny, but I still want to be like me. Like a… a brother to her.” 

“If you’re sure-” 

“I am.” Nickel walked over to the mirror and smiled a bit as he looked over his frame. “Penny seemed to mean a lot to you and I… I dont want that to go away.” 

Pietro nodded and grabbed a tablet before heading out of the room. “Take a few more minutes to get used to yourself and then meet me at the training room. I want to see how much more I need to fix for you. Or adjust.” 

Nickel nodded and continued to look around the room, making his way around to find out more about who Penny had been to everyone. He paused for a moment as she saw a picture of team RWBY on the desk, framed with small hearts drawn around Ruby. With a steady hand, he knocked the picture over to keep himself from seeing Penny’s friends. If he was going to stay, he had to avoid as much of Penny’s old life as he could. At least so no one would try to bring her back over him.

[enthyrea]

personal designs / headcanons for the older TGM characters!

other HCs:

- cyclone is divorced and has two kids

- warlock has a side gig recording audiobooks

- penny is afraid of heights

- mav’s first kiss was penny and vice versa

- mav learned sign language to talk to ice

- ice knits sweaters for fun

- hondo was a theater kid in college

love these guys. u can check out the dagger squad HC post here!

[savannahwiththegreenest-eyes]

call me a ride the cyclone character the way I. autistic and transgender

[speg-draws]

happy (late) trans day of visibility :33333333 (+ non binery orb)

[desib717]

A bit late to the party, but before Pride Month is done, I wanted to make a little something with my HCs for these two!