#non-binary is a secret third option.

[rosie-kairi]

Here's a little slapdash edit of the hypothetical "missing link" era Belrose, who I'm calling Laurel for reasons that should be obvious. I imagine them as being very straightforward and no-nonsense. They exist solely to hurt Brain. I wonder what they think about the fact they look almost exactly alike their deceased great-uncle-cousin whatever....

[lordwoolselytaxservices]

Growing up I was all like ‘I think it’s so cool when women have boy names or wear fake mustaches and beards and stuff’ and now that I’m getting closer to my fourth decade on this space rock the only realization I’ve come to so far is ‘oh 🤔’

[femalepope]

i have asked this before but i have a serious question. do people actually have internal senses of gender or is that a rhetorical flourish. because maybe i am using language inaccurately. like does anyone out there actually feel like a man or a woman. what does it mean what does it feel like. like i have always wanted a male body but i have never felt like a man. or a woman. but also i could never in good conscious describe myself as non-binary or something like that because it implies there is just a secret third gender option for me. when for me this is a system where i am in one group and i am displeased about it but i would never make it in the other group. this isn't meant to make you feel sorry for me i am genuinely curious.

[app1es0uce]

Okay- here’s my take on trans Telemachus

I do love Trans masc Telemachus, I love Odysseus being a supportive dad, but it just doesn’t make sense because Telemachus must’ve been an infant when Odysseus left, so Odysseus wouldn’t have known he transitioned. And Trans fem Telemachus is very possible, seeing as she had been raised without a father figure and more likely picked up more “feminine” traits, I’m more inclined to the option I’ve settled on

Which is the secret third option-

Non-binary Telemachus

[yourcourtmage]

Allan kinda non-binary to me ngl they made this whole kens and Barbies with Allan being the only secret third option. There’s other reasons also but considering the themes it’s very clear that Allan falls into nether group.

[confessions-official]

i don't mean to make this into oppression olympics or anything but i feel like being a binary trans person would be easier for me (as in less of a mental toll), especially with how little support there is for non-binary people where i live, in the eyes of my government i'm practically nonexistent. i guess all i can do is sit back and pray that maybe in my lifetime things will get better but at this point i just wish my gender was like... normal. either cis or trans, whatever. just not the weird secret "third option" that everyone is too afraid to say out loud and acknowledge

 

[tboy-trash]

so like i'm a cis woman but i so badly wish i had a penis. my gender is a bit fucky i guess. like i don't want to be perceived as a man but if i could snap my fingers and have a penis and nothing else about me or how i am perceived changed i would do it in a heart beat. what is this? i know what a strap on is and i'm not afraid to use one but it's just not the same for me, i want a dick. maybe i'm not cis but i'm not trans but perhaps a secret third thing. also i know what non binary is. maybe i am just that. i have penis envy. don't mind me while i play 5d chess trying to figure out my gender situation in your inbox

honestly, and i hope this doesn't come across rude or dismissive, i'm not the guy to ask metaphysical questions about what someone's gender is if they feel xyz, because i'm very bad at abstract thinking in general?? i understand my "transness" if you will as a thing i did because i wanted to. i changed/am in the process of changing my sex through social transitioning, hormones and legal procedures and that's why i'm trans. it's a social reality imposed on me because of how i choose to live my life much more than some kind of internal identity tbh. other people definitely have different understandings of themselves, but if ****i**** were you i would focus on the "what i want" part of the question much more on "what i am".

for example: do you know about bottom growth on testosterone? that might interest you, and it's virtually the first effect of T, so one can take testosterone for a couple months, then stop (to my knowledge needs to be done gradually though, but idk i'm not an expert on stopping HRT obviously lol) and you'd be left with basically a little dick and probably nothing else except maybe marginally thicker leg hair if anything (for me at 2 months i looked *exactly* the same except the bottom growth and a sliiiiiiight voice drop, but every body is different etc). maybe that's not for you and you prefer pumping, which, btw, A LOT of cis women are into. options are endless but my points are 1. you can do whatever you want with your body while not wanting to be a man i'm not the gender police 2. you will encounter a lot of fearmongering about T being this all-powerful hormone that will destroy your body the second you come close to it but it's just not true, and not just bc of the "destroy" part. the first 8 or so months of transition i was begging for anything to fucking happen. HRT is very mundane and boring for a while. and also 3. maybe there's nothing you can/are willing to do to alleviate this feeling, but either way, i think dysphoria like that means... whatever you want it to mean. the feelings of dysphoria can precede the social constructions we place on top of it, i don't think it's weird that someone cis might wanna have different genitals anymore i think it's weird that someone might wanna have a different color hair. that being said do consider that a lot of people are absolutely sure they're cis and have none or very little dysphoria... until they socially transition/try hormones and then they realize they were just dissociating it all

[pumpkins-and-penguins]

hello @quiddie i’ve been thinking about this all day do the first stoats use they/them bc they’ve some how discovered the human concept of gender nonconformity and discovered they’re non-binary or as a part of a weird cult thing or some secret third option thanks

[cowpokezuko]

kay, I've got a transfem brutus poll going, but honestly there is something very gnc about Mark Antony as well, so fuck you, transfem Antony poll.

Source? I saw it in a dream. Reasons? Idk she seems like a girl. But like a Charli XCX kind of girl. A wet cat, dee reynolds type of girl.

(please reblog for more widespread results)

[yonderghostshistories]

I've just had a thought about this idea. It only made sense for such crossover to happen....

[piracytheorist]

Sometimes I think about how I don't feel the non-binary label would fit me, and other times I think how my "imaginary friend" when I was little was actually non-binary, and how I would see animated characters without clear indicators of their gender, like Tweety or Terk from Tarzan and I would go "Huh. I don't know where I'd put them but neither in girls nor boys" without actually consciously thinking about the possibility of a secret, third option. I mean, not that that should necessarily say something, just that it's pretty interesting that without having had any knowledge about non-binary identities, I still came up with the idea of "neither girl nor boy" not only for my imaginary friend, but for certain fictional characters too, and felt completely comfortable with them not fitting one category.

[shinysparklesapphires]

Instead if getting gay sin ir that daughter my parents got the secret third option of non binary baker

[f411isinthewalls]

Once more, I come to Tumblr seeking advice. Does this make me a fool? Quite possibly. Will I stop? Nien. So: I've been thinking about being gay, for the thousandth time. Here's the thing with this round of shenanigans, I'm trying to figure out if I'm bi, a butch lesbian, or something else. I use he/they pronouns and I'm a guy, just not a boy [if that makes sense]. I'm definitely attracted to gals of all types, non-binary people, and maybe some people on other parts of gender. There's one thing I'm not really that into, though: men. Even trans men, they're just not my jam. For example: I have considered all my girl and trans friends for romance at least ever so slightly. Of course, none of them I am that interested in, I just believe I would be fine dating them. I'm not interested at all, though, in dating any of my dude friends. So now I'm wondering if I'm bi because I'm still interested in non-binary people, or if I'm a butch lesbian, due to my lack of interest in men. Or, the secret third option, I'm straight because I'm a dude and find gals attractive, or a fourth option I haven't considered. Seeing as this is a gayer site, I hope I may receive some feedback. Thank you.

[thistle-and-thorn]

Where are you hiding this Jon Snow pegging fic? I need the link (I almost wrote "for science" but no...I don't need it for science. I need it for pleasure, obviously)

WRITE THE PEGGING FIC sometimes you have to be the slut you want to see in the world 🌈

Okay so I don’t know your ships and squicks but here is a smorgasbord of options of varying degrees of sweet to dark. I’ve tried to divide up into Jonsa vs Non-Jonsa. Really enjoying pegging is a new discovery for me so I am still finding fics but these are all ones that I’ve been reading the past few days:

Jonsa: There’s only four or five Jonsa fics with pegging 😭

Wolf’s Bitch by DarkLit79

clear and sweet is my soul by Nickedty

Mesmerized by DarkLit79

The Marriage Prizes by Janina and WendyNerd

Non-Jonsa: Daenerys pegs Jon A LOT and good for her

A Secret Third Thing by winterkill Jon/Non-Binary/Body-Shifting Satin

Quality Assurance by atetheredmind: Jon/Daenerys

A King Crowned by emmaliza: Jon/Daenerys and by my Favorite Smut writer of all time!!! They have made Theon/Robb/Jon canon to me. Seriously check out their stuff they have tons and tons of asioaf smut

King and Queens by emmaliza not Jon getting pegged but Jon assisting Robb getting pegged Jon/Robb/Jeyne

I am always open for erotica recs…I read pretty much anything and everything 🥸 so if you need more I have a plethora of options (the submissive Jon world is large and full of wonders)

[dendrophalaen]

can we talk about baldur's gate i've been dying to talk about baldur's gate

(spoilers below, mostly about act 3 and the ending)

i'm sure these points have already been discussed MANY times and by people who are better at articulating their words than i am. BUT I GOTTA TALK ABOUT THIS STUPID GAME CONSUMING MY MIND (brain worms (real) (tadpole) (not clickbait))

very rambly

i am a cut content truther

i did not play Early Access but bring daisy back!! i think she is more interesting than what the guardian became

daisy can still be the manifestation of the tadpole and the guardian is there to steer you away from its influence. plus down by the river gets to make sense again

obviously the guardian is the emperor, who does have an interest in convincing you to embrace the tadpole powers in canon HOWEVER. in my silly little fanon, the emperor wants you sane and/or manipulatable enough to work with him to defeat the elder brain, so he would discourage the use of the tadpole

why would he NEED tav to be a mind flayer too? 🤨 like buddy what if i'm a STRONGER rogue illithid than you are and i ruin your plans?

there should've been actual consequences for consuming tadpoles/using the powers (even with the emperor's/orpheus' protection) → as in: you start to lose control and your sense of self because you are accelerating ceremorphosis

not sure how that would work game mechanics-wise, but it gives more weight to the dilemma of choosing to use the tadpole or not than just "raaa i am upholding my morals and values i want to stay 100% non-illithid raaaa" (which i think is a valid reason but feels a bit flimsy)

speaking of orpheus, i think he should've had a more active role earlier on in the story than being reserved for the very very end, whether that be actually being freed from his prison or just a way for tav to interact with him

just some way of getting to know him better instead of just taking voss' and lae'zel's word for his character (i guess taking the gamble on if orpheus is trustworthy IS part of the story and my tav was stupid enough to do that, but i feel like there are many companions/other tavs who would rather make a more informed decision) lol

emperor... what a guy (it/he)

it would've been so funny to play up his straight man/Only Sane Man role, especially for a tav who is easily distracted off doing side-quests

no fun allowed (emperor) vs yes fun allowed (daisy)

anyway he is SO frustrating like he says he's Special and not like other mind flayers because he still has his personality, but at the same time he says "i can't help it i'm a mind flayer"

WELL WHICH IS IT (this may be the point. to cast doubts over trusting his words. i am still allowed to hate it though)

was balduran already an asshole. is that why his personality stayed

ooohhh OOOOOHHH BALDURAN/ANSUR. WHY DO THEY GOTTA BE DIVORCED OLD MEN (affectionate)

dear ansur.... i'll always be your balduran....

I WOULD TREAT ANSUR RIGHT

(← dragonborn tav)

let me ride this undead dragon into battle just to kick the emperor's ass

SPEAKING OF kicking the emperor's ass, i hate how freeing orpheus makes the emperor throw a tantrum about trust and join the netherbrain

mfer i can trust you WHILE ALSO disliking the idea of imprisoning and exploiting a whole ass PERSON

YOU SAW WHAT I DID FOR NIGHTSONG

i've seen people speculate that it's because the emperor believes he has a higher chance of survival by siding with the netherbrain and willingly allows himself to be dominated by it

but i think it is so. stupid 😭 cmon man it can't just be two binary choices for you (get killed by orpheus vs join the netherbrain) i'm sure there's a secret third option we can work out

it would've made more sense to just have a fight in the astral plane right then and there over the netherstones (but he wouldn't initiate an unnecessary battle where he would be outnumbered lmao)

plus that choice/ending should've factored in more of what your relationship with the emperor was (making overall positive/cooperative choices over the course of the game → chance of convincing the emperor to stay on your side or something)

IT'S JUST SO SUDDEN

i had more things to say but i forgot them all. the emperor scrampled my brain and i would let him do it again

also i'm still early in act 1 in my dark urge playthrough, so i do not have thoughts on how durge aspects fit in with everything yet :]

i love this game i like to think about it