#wHAT IS *EGG*???

[foone]

Crypto-trans? Isn't that what we called eggs?

Nah, because that's both not what I meant, and I'm not certain that explains what's going on with the author or the character in their story. I mean, it might? but I don't know.

What I meant more was that the story is not explicitly trans: no one in the story says "trans", no one references any equivalent concepts, and no one decides to transition. Yes, someone does change gender, and they end up happier, but this all happens for Story Reasons and not their own direct choices. So I meant "crypto-trans" in that it's the kind of story that's going to resonate with many trans people as having some themes they can identify with, sure, but it's not exactly a "trans story". Think, like, Ranma ½. Sure, it's very easy to see it as a trans story, but in canon it's not exactly one. Ranma Saotome isn't specifically trying to become a girl, he actively doesn't like his curse, and tries to cure it. (You could probably even argue that if he's trans, he's a trans man).

And as for calling the author or the character an egg... I don't know about the author. for all I know they could be openly trans! or they're cis and just write about some subjects that stray into crypto-trans territory on occasion: TF, hypnotism, possession, body-swap... these are all subjects that often get into Trans Areas but just as often don't. Maybe they write about a lot of these and are only posting their vaguely-trans ones on the specific site I was looking at, so I got the incorrect impression they're trans?

And as for the character being an egg, I don't know if that applies. Maybe?

Generally I understand term "egg" to mean "someone who hasn't yet figured out they're trans", which means they'll later figure it out and then Be Trans, and transition however they want based on that decision. This kinda has the arrow of time & consequence backwards: The character doesn't ever "figure out they're trans", they end up being a different gender because of Magic Shenanigans, get stuck that way, and in the long run they end up happy with that. That's not how trans people usually do, you know? You kinda have to decide you're trans BEFORE you transition. Doing it the other way around is the kind of thing that (I hope) only happens in stories, and I don't know how applicable "egg" is in this case.

[rants-about-opm]

Do people genuinely enjoy soft boiled eggs? I'm just saying that if I wanted runny yolk I'd make a fried egg, I want a completely different experience with my boiled eggs, hence boiling them for 20 minutes.

[inbabylontheywept]

so once me and my wife were watching a documentary where a snake ate like a million eggs. that snake just went to fucking town on eggs. and the snake made the eggs look so good that i kept thinking about it, and thinking about it, and thinking about it, and eventually it was 11pm and i ran out of willpower and decided to eat one (1) singular raw egg just to prove to myself that the snake was surely a liar.

the snake was not a liar. texture is like, super important to me and raw eggs are very Texture so i had another one, and then another one, and then another one, and eventually i ran out of eggs.

i had like, fifteen raw eggs.

i didnt really know how to explain this momentary madness to my wife, so my Plan was to put all the eggshells into a grocey bag, and then throw that grocery bag in the dumpster, and if she never noticed that would be Excellent and if she noticed immediately i could lie and say that the eggs went bad.

except i cant lie very good, and of course with murphys law being such, i got salmonella.

so i threw up a lot and my wife asked me what poisoned me so and i tried very hard to dodge the question but i was oozing shame like oil from a room temperature cheese and eventaully i gave in and told her everything and to her enormous credit she was more flabbergasted than actually upset. she did make me promise to not eat any more raw eggs, which i have stuck to, and she gives me weird looks during nature documentaries now as if desire was the only thing keeping me from eating thousands of pounds of krill anyway i made a joke earlier about being able to eat my age in eggs and my sister in law in law made a drawing to comemorate the moment and also because it was my birthday. she's excellent. thank you 10000000% @cintailed. you should all visit her page and admire her work.

[lemongogo]

mimics

[oddarette]

This here is a ketchup lava lamp :)

[eggbabey]

welcome reddit refugees

[lotus-pear]

charm stat at debonair ‼️‼️

[zaahvi]

GLORY TO THE RISEN GODS

[ahyuggg]

feeling lucky? ☆★☆

[composeregg]

edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

[saltedbiscuiit]

Egg Bread

[azuneekun]

MY EGG ???????????????????????????

[selfindulgentraptor]

Thinking about his wings

[consolecadet]

Bonus questions: how many eggs are you getting? What are you having with them? What would you like to put on top?

[eggsploded]

heiress eternal

[princerevelucide]

the BEST new pokémon in gen 9 btw are these two sanrio reject ass mice that count as one pokemon together

but they they silently evolve from level 25+ into the exact same two mice but now they have 1 or 2 kids with them. literally you open your party to discover that these two mice FUCKED in their pokeball and have now sprung their kid(s) on you