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Baldwin and Lips in "Kicking it" (Human Ver.)

The seahorse hitched his shirt up so his large stomach was exposed. He reached out and took one of Lulu’s tentacles, placing it against his skin. 'Your skin is so warm,' she said."

From "Kicking It", by Porter-bailey.

Well, this fanart has been stored on my archive for a long time so I decided to take it out of the drawer. All the credits for the inspiration for this fanart, the fish hooks fanfiction wrote by Porter-bailey on DeviantArt!

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Baldwin and Lips in "Kicking it" (Human Ver.)

The seahorse hitched his shirt up so his large stomach was exposed. He reached out and took one of Lulu’s tentacles, placing it against his skin. 'Your skin is so warm,' she said."

From "Kicking It", by Porter-bailey.

Well, this fanart has been stored on my archive for a long time so I decided to take it out of the drawer. All the credits for the inspiration for this fanart, the fish hooks fanfiction wrote by Porter-bailey on DeviantArt!

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one two three four who’s that knockin at my door

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well. here you go

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Fish Hooks came up on my feed again and well… Mr Baldwin made my brain explode. So obviously I had to draw him as a human and with his fiancée, Ms Lips~

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This post just has a complete lack of critical thought and understanding, so I want to go through it bit by bit to really get into this post thoroughly.

In order for "transandrophobia" to be real, androphobia has to be real.

That's not how words work! Those are two separate words, and you're conflating them because you don't think marginalised men should be able to talk about their problems. That's like saying "defenestration" isn't real, because "fenestration" isn't a word. Like, that's not how any of that works. "Bisexual" doesn't mean "of two sexes" or "having two sexes". "Homophobia" isn't the FEAR of gay people, because phobia means fear. This is just being willfully obtuse on purpose because OP doesn't want to think about anything for more than two seconds.

The word is "trans + andro + phobia", meaning "trans + men/masc + phobia". The discrimination, oppression, and prejudice against trans men/mascs. That's it. There's nothing else to it.

that means cishet white men have to be oppressed. they are not, they benefit from a cishetero patriarchal society.

Again, this is conflating two things that have nothing to do with each other. We aren't talking about cishet white men, here. We're talking about trans men and mascs. And also, like, if you don't think cishet white men can be oppressed then idk what to tell you, because there's other marginalisations out there outside of gender, sexuality, and race. Ability, class, religion, and weight are also all factors in this.

Cishet men DO benefit from a cishetero patriarchal society, but we're not talking about cishet men. We're talking about TRANS men/mascs. Because, again, that's why the word is TRANSandrophobia. Also I'd argue that the benefit cishet men get varies differently based on different circumstances, some more than others, but unfortunately these kinds of people are so caught up in "man bad woman good" ideology that they can't comprehend anything else.

every example used for androphobia ends up being racism, classism, homophobia or transphobia.

And here we have a fundamental misunderstanding of what intersectionality is (don't worry, it gets worse!). When people talk about androphobia or misandry in this context, they generally mean that a person's manhood or masculinity impacts and intersects with the way those other marginalisations manifest to create a unique experience, where you cannot separate their manhood or their masculinity from their marginalisation. Gay men experience homophobia for being GAY MEN. Not just for being gay, but the specific type of homophobia they may experience is that of gay MEN specifically. Take the word "faggot" for example: That's a slur that's historically been used against gay MEN. Because they are gay, and men. To separate these things out is to erase one or all parts of their identity, because intersectionality requires you to look at the complete picture of somebody's life and draw conclusions based on how everything interacts with each other.

that does not make transandrophobia a real thing.

You know what DOES make transandrophobia a real thing? Trans men and mascs going "here's a word we've decided to use to describe our experiences." That's it. Full stop. If you deny this language you are actively being a bigot, because you are saying marginalised people cannot define and come up with terms to describe their own experiences. If you deny this, you are just a transphobe. End of story.

"but intersectionality!" that still requires androphobia to be real. a woman posting "i hate men" is not androphobia or misandry. it has to effect ALL men, much how misogyny effects ALL women, regardless of race, class, sexuality, or whether or not they are trans.

Here we have it, folks, the thing that gets misunderstood time and time again from people arguing this: intersectionality.

That is simply NOT what intersectionality is. Coming from the same crowd who spouts the idea that "transandrophobia doesn't make sense if you have a basic understanding of transfeminism", they sure don't have a basic understanding of intersectionality. Let's do a quick google search to see what the definition of intersectionality is, on a basic level!

"Intersectionality is a sociological analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege. Examples of these factors include gender, caste, sex, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion, disability, height, age, and weight. These intersecting and overlapping social identities may be both empowering and oppressing."

That was literally taken from the first paragraph of the wikipedia page. Notice how it does not specify only axes of marginalisation, but instead actually specifies "combinations of discrimination and privilege" and "both empowering and oppressing". Wow!

What this means is that all aspects of a person's identities intersect to create a unique and specific experience to that overlap in identity. So, no, androphobia does not need to exist as a systemic form of oppression to be able to say "trans men/mascs' identities as both trans and men/mascs create a unique experience that you cannot separate out into both "trans" and "man" because of how intersectionality works."

transmisogyny is the intersection of misogyny (which all women face) and transphobia (all trans people face), but BECAUSE androphobia isn't a systemic issue, transandrophobia is not a real issue.

So, I'd like to point out the fact now that OP has posited TWICE that women face misogyny - correct - but has conveniently left out the fact that other genders can also face misogyny too, namely trans men and mascs. That's part of that intersectionality we keep talking about - some people also define transandrophobia as the intersection of misogyny and transphobia that is targeted at transmascs.

So, which is it? Do trans men and mascs suddenly not face misogyny because they're men/masculine, which is why they can't use the term transmisogyny to describe their experiences, or does transmisogyny have a more specific meaning "targeted at trans women/fems" and therefore transmascs need to use a different word to describe that intersection that they absolutely do face?

And again, for transandrophobia to be a real issue, it just takes trans men and mascs saying "this is the word we've decided to use to describe our experiences." That's it. Again, if you say its NOT REAL, you are denying very real discrimination and oppression that happens to marginalised people.

you are not oppressed for being a man, you're oppressed for being trans

And there it is, folks, the absolute worst take ever.

This means a couple things, depending on the way you think about it:

Trans men are not men. They are only trans, and they are not men because they are trans.

The default trans experience is men's and masc's experiences. Everything else is an offshoot, because there is no way that being a man/masculine can have a unique impact on the type of transphobia they receive. This is why there's no "male" version of homophobia and no need for a men's version of transphobia. Men are the default and therefore should be catered to before anyone else, and women's experiences are just an offshoot of what men's experiences are first and foremost.

Those are both ridiculous obviously. To actually refute that last sentence, here is what I say:

Trans men are men BECUASE they are trans. And they are trans BECAUSE they are men. You cannot separate these identities, and doing so is erasure and transphobia.

Get better arguments.

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A little ghoap family lay-in. And, could that be another on the way..? So soon?? Wow Ghost, you didn't waste any time at all.

Let’s let them have a good sleep 😴

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I like the coloring in this one, so I think I’ll be doing coloring in procreate like this one~

And below the cut is a more lighter tone for the darkness, lets you see the details on him better me thinks~

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Commissions

I've never made kink work for anyone but myself, but I think I'm in a place in my art journey where I'd love to make someone else work based on pregnancy or adult ;) content.

feel free to use the below form to commission me :)

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for old times’ sake

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Why Cryo Visions are Given: A Theory

expert consult provided by @crows-of-buckets

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Cryo Vision Users

given for: being walking contradictions

[a chart with two columns and 14 rows. The first column as the name of playable cryo characters in Genshin Impact, the other is the reasoning behind them being a “walking contradiction.]

Kaeya : Obligation to Khanri’ah & to Mondstadt

Qiqi : Dead but alive

Chongyun : Exorcist that’s never seen a ghost

Diona : Hates alcohol, blessed to only make delicious drinks

Eula : “Betrayed” her high blood family to join the Knights of Favonius

Ganyu : Torn between the human & adeptal world

Rosaria : A nun that doesn’t know the name of her God. Raised by bandits, left to be a member of the church.

Ayaka : Incredibly popular among her people but is truly lonely

Shenhe : Adeptal bloodlust trapped in a human vessel, just barely contained

Mika : Nerdy cartographer that still makes a competent knight. He’s strong enough to be a member of the Front Lines

Layla : Timid and paranoid when she’s awake, determined and productive when she’s asleep

Charlotte : Dedicated to the truth but works in a career known for dishonesty

Freminet : Deadly enough to be used as a weapon but stuck in his own daydreams

Wriothesley : A jailbird that became the jail warden

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Why Electro Visions are Given: A Theory

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ALT + (some) additional info below the cut

ALT + additional info

Electro Vision Users

given for: unwilling or willing isolation

[A chart with 2 columns and 10 rows. The first column has the names of all the playable electro characters in Genshin Impact. The second column is the reasons they are “willingly or unwillingly isolated.”]

Lisa : Being the top student in 200 years & an unwavering confidence. Despite still being renown in the Akedemiya, she chooses to live as a librarian in Mondstadt.

Razor : Raised by wolves & has trouble connecting with humans, despite his lessons with Lisa.

Fischl : Uses her vision as a translator (Oz) so she can stay in her delusion. Her facade is not the same as Furina’s because Furina was directed to act high and mighty in order to save a nation, Fischl instead chooses to live as the “Princezzen”

Keqing : Duties as Yuheng kept her from learning to connect with people. She seems to have a lot of anxiety about how exactly friends interact with each other

Beidou : Reputation in Liyue as the Uncrowned Lord of the Ocean. Most citizens of Liyue are scared of the tales that come back with her ship and are weary of her.

Yae Miko: As Guuji, she isn’t allowed to attend festivals, Ei’s last living friend. (I put this there as shorthand, what i wanted to say was “Ei’s only remaining friend from before the cataclysm)

Shinobu : Left her “perfectly planned” life as a shrine maiden to be the right-hand to a gang leader. She tends to do the background work, staying in the shadows and keeping the main team out of serious trouble.

Cyno : Position as General Mahamatra. Scholars of the Akedemiya see him as the harbinger of career death ((which is very fair))

Dori : “Lord of Sangemah Bay” most citizens don’t know that this is her. Uses mora as a replacement for human companionship & only sees people in terms of what they can do for her/how she can make mora off of them.

Clorinde : Duties as Top Champion Duelist. “Radiates coldness” during battle.

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HI… I MADE A GENSHIN QUIZ… You guys should take it and tell me what you got

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quick doodles to welcome natlan 💋

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Why Pyro Visions are given: A Theory

expert consult provided by @crows-of-buckets

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