#trans narratives

[some-assholes-familiar]

Okay but like, weirdly hot take: a trans story and a trans character are two different things with a lot of overlap, but a lot of potential.

Like, Jason Todd’s whole backstory post death has a lot of insanely trans themes. Like to a truth ridiculous degree. That being said, I don’t really consider him to be a trans character necessarily, just a character with a lot of struggles that undoubtedly will resonate with trans ppl. Can you headcanon him as trans? Absolutely, I’m certainly, not gonna stop you, but I personally think his story is more interesting if he’s a cis man experiencing a lot of the same struggles I do as a trans masc.

That being said, Danny Phantom? Trans character. Trans as fuck. Yes his story is incredibly trans coded, but it’s far less subtle (intentionally or not) and at least to my understanding, far less nuanced in its approach.

Jason Todd feels like a bridge between cis and trans ppl in understanding a lot of struggles not exclusive to either in exploring personal identity. Like it’s obviously really fantastical in its approach, but if anything I think that lends itself more to exploring these ideas regardless of gender identity or AGAB.

Danny Phantom just feels a lot more overt. The same way Nimona is an overtly trans feeling character. You could read it as a cis guy experiencing purely outlandish fantastical secret identity drama, but it loans itself far more heavily to a trans and LGBT+ experience of familial paranoia to not be inextricably and overtly tied to the experience.

Either way I’m probably a hypocrite, these are just my thoughts on the matter. Regardless of whatever headcanons you might hold or stand by I do believe these are the kind of stories that make bridging the gap of understanding much easier by virtue of being told the way that they are. And have a lot of great potential to bring a lot of comfort to anyone who needs it.

[the-grove]

idea: RPG that says it's a game that gives you an option for being trans but as you actually play the game, and as you pay close attention to the dialogue the options, what endings you gain access too... You start to realize something. The character you are playing as... *Is trans,* theres signs of dysphoria or longing. Your choices aren't deciding wether or not the character has these feelings, your choices are wether or not the character is going to recognize, vocalize or do something bout it. And sure you can technically play the game and get to a "good ending"(for the world, the story etc) but they don't don't transition or recognize ethe feelings but it's still hollow. But also crucially even in that ending, if you finish and watch the final cutscene for it you can still be offered a final option, " it's not too late, do you want to see the truth?"( Or something fancier or metaphorical or something) and the game ends, even if you feel like time is running out, that the story is over, that you consistently made the wrong choice, or the choice to ignore it, that there's always a chance, it's never too late to figure out who you are.

[butchious]

we need to make peace with the fact that "i am a girl and retroactively i always was even when i didn't personally think so" and "i am a girl but i used to be a boy" are both equally valid ways to be transfem and both are punk af bc they equally reject societal norms of what a person's gender experience should be

[broitsf-ckingfreezing]

I’m curious about something

I would appreciate if NB or other non-cisgender identifying participants use the OTHER poll option but PLEASE EXPLAIN WHICH TRANS NARRATIVE OPTION YOU ALIGN WITH. You do not have to explain your gender identity.

This is an experimental poll for a university gender ethnography project.

[theeditorandnarratorcollaborate]

Quotes from Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

“The second problem with our existing criteria for inclusion in ‘trans history’ is that they privilege an incredibly narrow version of what it means to be trans. The trans histories we tend to tell are those that conform to the trans narrative that’s centered and recapitulated in contemporary media. The non-binary writer and activist Jacob Tobia, in their memoir Sissy: A Coming-Of-Gender Story,…

[motziedapul]

I want to say... Despite being made for mainstream, it's also the most trans movie I've ever seen. It's very gay, but it's incredibly trans. I don't know how else to say it. Take that as you will from a cis queer person. But it was created by a trans creator, and you can feel that in the story and the central theme. It's a powerful story and I hope everyone gets to see it.

Also, I will say, this movie really makes you think you know what it is in the first 30 minutes to an hour. But by god you don't know. You just don't know.

[zan0tix]

My fav agents of the transsexual empire 🫶😁🏳️‍⚧️

I think personally we should draw them as adults getting to fully indulge in their teen fashion aspirations. (see second image) Callies outfit was inspired by paint splotches and embroidery as if she made her outfit herself :) A true artist!

Third is my updated readings. I say "readings" because i believe theres textual evidence for these and its how i interpreted them from my read throughs. (Only jake has the autism symbol because hes the most explicitly disabled coded in text but all of them to me are neurodivergent)

The gender labels are used loosely bc i think each of them has an incredibly unique journey/relationship with their gender that cant be encapsulated in a small set of words, and i do not think any of them would actually fully use labels either.

I am just using these to simplify down my thoughts into something easily digestible LOL MY THOUGHTS ON THEM AND THEIR PARALLELS + MIRRORS + INVERSIONS ARE SUPER COMPLEX i think about them Genuinely Literally Every Day of my Life. theyd have to be saved for a different time </3 but ya alpha kids trans 4EVER howd hussie cram THIS AMOUNT of queerness into these guys.. will never know

[cr0ws-doodles]

“But in answer to your question, yes. I’m gonna bloody kill you.”

[esoterictboy]

If I caught your faggot ass looking at me in the locker room ? I’d ask what the hell you want. I’d pull down my shorts, flash you my dick and say “this what you want, you just wanted to see some dick ?”, wagging it back and forth at you. “Never taken real man’s dick before huh, you want me to fuck your ass ? Get a taste for real man ?”

Now my dicks right up again your face, every time you breath it twitches, you look up into my eyes, “eat it fag.”and you take me into your mouth as far as you can’t until you choke. “I know you can do better than that,” I say pumping into your throat to push myself deeper. you look up at me and place my hands behind your head. I gently force myself down your throat. Nose up against my bush and your bottom lip nestled in my sack. “That’s it your satisfied now huh?” And you nod at me as spittle drips down your chin and spills in between your thighs. “Next time I do this to your hole.”

@/tooesoteric2tboy - now

[nova-rpv]

"i have a sister now! thank you, granpa! we are going to do so much stuff together!"

(trans masc newborn shado btw. tag as ship and ill kill you)

[corviiids]

there are many arguments for why light could be transmasc but chief among them to me is that it explains why soichiro and sachiko yagami have one child named "sayu" and one child named "light but it's written with the kanji for moon unusual isn't it"

[wickedlyqueer]

i have to say that it's been very interesting and endearing seeing this new wave of gelphie/glinda fans that have come up from the movie. tho i'm not sure i necessarily agree with this new popular take i've seen going around that glinda is basically the wizard's prisoner after defying gravity. like i love glinda, but she's very morally gray in the musical (maybe in the book too, but it's been a while since i've read it). i'm curious what you're thoughts are on this interpretation.

Oh, it's clear I'm on the outskirts bc i don't remember seeing this take. :')

Regardless, if it's like an idea people like to explore in their fics or art or even just in their mind, that's totally valid. I'm not going to police people's takes they like to explore (and neither should anyone else tbh). That's what fandom is all about, after all!

If it's used to explain canon, then I honestly need more information than your distilled ask tbh? Like, in a very literal sense, Glinda is not the Wizard's prisoner. She could leave if she wants to, making her not a prisoner.

But that doesn't mean Glinda isn't very much trapped and stuck in this idea of being "Glinda the Good". In that sense she is - metaphorically speaking - very much a prisoner in her own prison, which happens to be located in the Wizard's prison.

From the musical's Thank Goodness we know that "all her dreams came true". She's popular, she has her fiancee. She fully believes in this Societal Ideal™ that has been projected onto people, and pursuits it without question.

until she finally gets it and slowly realizes... she's fucking miserable. Of course she is! It's Glinda's tragic flaw that she is so calculating in how to move on the board, that she misses the opportunity to follow her actual heart's desires.

In that sense, I think it's more (canon) accurate that Glinda will always willingly walk into a prison of her own making. Because at least then she knows what to expect. And in a way, that brings safety and control. Even if it comes at the cost of being miserable.

She only steps out of her prison when she realizes Morrible was behind Nessa's death, and tries to salvage what can be salvagable. But by that point, the pieces on the board have already moved too far out of her reach. Her window of opportunity to follow her own heart (and be with Elphie) is gone. And the only logical move, is to walk back into her own prison.

The Wizard doesn't need to keep Glinda as his prisoner. He knows she'll do it herself.

[heyitslucky]

local transgirl can't stop taking L's

[nyaagolor]

don’t cry, ok? We can go to the ocean together

[djarin]

one of the main reasons i love ofmd is the unapologetic queer joy they show us. there's not a single moment where the drama revolves around a character's "coming out" moment. there's no need to accept or reject anyone for what they identify as. like, for fuck's sake, there have been so many moments in the show where they explicitly tell us, "hey, this is us, take it or leave it." no explanations, no justifications—just pure, unfiltered representation. it truly drives in the point that at the end of the day, queer people are also just simply people.

as much as i appreciate the abundance of queer representation we're getting now, i cannot emphasize how much a show like ofmd means to me. i am begging more companies to do what ofmd is doing and just show queer people living as boring old fucking people instead of as victims. take us beyond existing as an educational tool or a plot device. show queer people being people, and we'll stop being victims.

"kill me. kill us all. our spirit will last throughout your entire fսckin' empire because... we're good." you know what this show teaches us? that queer people are resilient as fuck, and that whatever we may have been told, shown, and made to believe about our queerness is wrong. we're good. we continue to be good despite the hardships we face. despite all the shit our elders and trailblazers have gone through from the beginning. despite the political landscapes of today that continue to try to strip us of our dignity and rights. we still exist and we will continue to exist—as people first, and victims last.

[alleyesony0u]

CW: discussion of child abuse, mentions of blood/violence, implied death/su!c!de, kidnapping

There is so much gutwrenching about Petscop but one of the most gutwrenching things I have sort of uncovered in my most recent rewatch is the fact that Paul's last true interaction with Rainer before Rainer died was the night Paul was taken. And I came to this conclusion by the fact that Tool refers to Paul as "Newmaker" and early in the gameplay, Rainer is referred to as "Rainer, Newmaker". In some parts of gameplay, Paul played Rainer. But where, exactly?

Petscop 11.

Rainer was left with Care one night, maybe Anna had left for some sort of important legal thing, maybe she just needed a break. In any case, she asked Rainer to watch Care, to stay with her. She stuck a paper on the wall. "My husband may come here after 6:00 pm. Please stay overnight if you can. Thank you so so so much."

She knew Marvin had an idea, she knew what he was capable of. She trusted Rainer. Rainer was the oldest cousin, he could watch Care. Her beautiful Carrie. Make sure she was safe. Marvin wouldn't get to her. He had been risking it too much. That's why visitations only happened on weekends now, after all.

And dammit was Rainer going to take care of her. He loved Care, that was his little cousin for goodness' sake! He never liked Marvin anyway. Not after they found out how he used that Tool on Belle. Not after the digging digging digging, the hole filled with Marvin's sins that Rainer had found himself in. No. Rainer would protect Carrie.

It wasn't Rainer's fault the closet locked from the outside. He tried to get out, he really did. He heard Carrie scream, the crash of the air conditioner, the struggle. And Rainer fought with that doorknob, slammed himself against the door, used every ounce of strength in his adrenaline spiked body and the door did not budge.

And when he finally got it open, he was too late. She was gone. Window shattered, stuttering air conditioner smelling like smoke and electricity on the carpeted floor. Droplets of blood staining it. It was just Rainer and the air conditioner and the whistle of wind outside the window.

Anna blamed Rainer. He hadn't done enough and now? Now her baby was gone. Missing. Never coming back. Rainer was supposed to protect her and he failed. Failure.

So when her baby returned, Rainer wasn't allowed to see her anymore. They wouldn't even give him a picture of her. They were all scattered in graves. Maybe he spotted her once, one more time, at a Christmas party as he set down a carefully wrapped PS1 game disk under the tree, a note with vulgar words plastered on the wrapping paper, before slipping into the bathroom one final time.

But she doesn't remember. So when he is in his 20s, all he can say is: "I saw him at a birthday party once. All the older kids were down in the basement playing video games to hide from everyone. He was down there, too. He was older than the rest of them, though."