#since technically they’re nonbinary

[treefulofmonkeys]

I, um,

I’m not sure we watched the same show???

Like yes, I also pine for my buddies for 6000 years, risk my life countless times to save them, stop apocalypses so I can be with them longer, dance with them, change myself for the better with them, desperately kiss them in a last ditch effort to convince them not to leave me, dine with them at the Ritz, constantly ask them to run away to Alpha Centauri with me, let them drive my car, hop around on holy ground to rescue them and then miraculously save their books, feed the ducks with them, rebel against my nature because they are my side, look at them like I’m a drowning man and they are my lifeline, etc

[sproouts-jpeg]

i hc all the straw hat pirates as some flavor of trans or just having some kind of hyper specific gender weirdness (it’s the highest honor and privilege i can bestow upon them as my favorites)

ok straw hat gender + sexuality hcs now cause ig it’s on topic (some are basic and brief and some uber specific cause idk that’s just the vibes of how they would feel abt themselves) (also lots of little drabbles abt gender that someone could write a whole paper on but that won’t be me lol):

luffy

technically a guy but really just here to have fun (he/him)

in the way of “ppl who im equals with in many ways (e.g. ace, sabo, usopp, zoro, etc.) are men so im technically a man by proxy”

like he wouldn’t describe it like that but that’s how it works for him

i feel like he used to be kinda insecure abt being perceived as feminine pre-ts (like yk that scene in amazon lily with the “girly” vest) he learned from growing up with ace (ace, who’s a trans man, used to have some internalized misogyny when he was a kid)

but now post-ts he doesn’t care how he’s perceived at all, and will most of the time respond to almost any pronoun or descriptor (tho half the time he won’t simply cause hes not listening)

aroace

(if we’re gonna get into the semantics abt shipping: he has a lot of love in his heart and could be in a qpr, in whatever way he would call it and what it may entail to him idk)

zoro

trans man (he/him)

[insert that tiktok meme abt working out instead of getting top surgery]

will bind with kt tape sometimes but mostly just doesn’t bind at all

also on testosterone (i think the idea of him being afraid of needles is funny, but it makes no sense to me since he uses even sharper larger swords with seemingly reckless abandon)

i think he was the kind of kid that always knew he was a boy, very sure of himself, but in a way that also left him naive to how other people perceived him (also cause autistic zoro lol). kuina’s feelings on her gender as instilled by koushirou (that going through female puberty will only make her weaker over time, etc.) made him realize in retrospect (once he started puberty himself) that people will start to doubt his masculinity. I think that’d also play into why he works so hard to get stronger (besides fear of not being able to protect those he cares abt) and why he seems to be afraid of fighting female swordsmen (i wouldn’t find it out of the realm of possibility if he accidentally internalized kuina’s fears despite how he wants to disprove them)

gay demiromantic/demisexual (idk it’s just the vibes)

nami

transfemme bigender in the way of “not 100% a girl: one of the boys but also one of the girls, because being a girl’s girl is intrinsic to her being” (she/he)

also jokes aside something something abt being the only female crew member in the all-male environment of the arlong pirates and how she had to navigate socially there to survive and how that would impact her sense of gender as she’s had these experiences that are more commonly understood by women. but also i feel maybe to navigate certain other situations she might’ve had to “man up” (not only be ruthless and cunning but also to adopt more masculine social habits) to not be entirely isolated, underestimated, or manipulated as the only girl

she gets all the typical feminization surgeries done at some point throughout her life and will swindle her way into a good deal every time 😋👌

demiromantic lesbian

i’m a namivivi truther they’re in love your honor and they’re t4t (as all good ships are)

but also like she dates girls on every other island the crew goes to for funsies

usopp

transmasc nonbinary (he/they)

he’s kinda overcompensating a little about his masculinity due to anxiety about not feeling “completely like a man” but he’ll figure it out

i feel like sogeking could be used as an allegory for this too, it kinda already is (usopp is shown a few times to be preoccupied with manliness)! sogeking overall is strong and cool, but also manly, because that’s what usopp feels he himself isn’t, thus the persona is used to compensate for this (in the way of “usopp isn’t a strong manly person, but someone diff/sogeking would be, so he’ll just be a diff person instead”). usopp being seen as weak and feeling weak makes him feel like less of a man by extension.

wears a binder pre-ts (i hc franky got him his first actual binder cause he used to wrap his chest before. raaah big bro franky!!). got top surgery post-ts, will spin the tallest tales that change every time about how he got the scars

knows he likes guys, not 100% sure how he feels abt girls (tho he does find them pretty), doesn’t like to think abt all this too hard

sanji

some kind of genderqueer or genderfluid that he’s in denial abt (he/him, he/she eventually)

(cause he can’t wrap his brain around the concept that u can present fem or masc or however, whenever u want) (he’ll figure it out when he gets older)

grey asexual (doesn’t even know it yet)

(his romantic attraction to women is genuine, just exaggerated as overcompensation for all the other weird stuff he’s got going on)

(if he ever thought abt it he’d realize he wouldn’t really care what gender his partner is tho, and that he doesn’t really care for sexual intimacy as much as he’s romanticized it in his head) (but he won’t for a while :/)

vivi

trans woman (she/her)

no-op, but is on estrogen (idk that’s just the vibes to me)

sapphic (knows she likes women, but is not entirely sure abt men)

i love namivivi, but i also feel like they understand that they won’t be like together together for a very long time (cause yk pirate stuff and royal responsibilities) so they’re 100% ok with not being exclusive cause they know they’ll come back to each other in the end 👍

chopper

a boy in the way of “this is a human concept that was assigned to me, but with my crew i find comfort and camaraderie in it” (he/him)

but also if u ask him he will respond with “a male reindeer”

he’s only attracted to other deers/deer mink obv

(maybe other minks too idk (do minks in general only have relations with minks of the same species or???))

i feel like he’s still naive in that aspect, like he’s still figuring out what he likes but is kind of embarrassed to think abt it (idk what 15 yo isn’t lol)

robin

intersex trans woman (she/her)

being seen as “wrong” or a “demon” for an intrinsic aspect of herself; her df powers in canon, but also in this context her gender/sex (cause for some reason ppl actually believe that kind of crap irl).

having these similar experiences to franky (both in regards to gender and being a “freak” in a way) makes the whole “existing is not a crime” thing much more potent to me (omfg i’m gonna cry just thinking abt that line ;-;)

straight (but only attracted to the weirdest of men aka franky and exclusively t4t) (sorry bi robin enjoyers i can see where you’re coming from but that’s just not how my brain sees it)

franky

the most suuuuuper trans dude (being a cyborg is 100000% gender affirming) (he/him)

i could write a very long post going over individual details of his character that could be interpreted as an analogy for transness but i’ll just list my biggest points: 1) EXISTING IS NOT A CRIME (like wtf again gonna cry just thinking abt it), 2) being a quite literally self made man like he augments his body to fit his ideal self image, 3) reclaiming being labeled as a “pervert” as a form of self expression (like many queer people do irl)

(makes bootleg testosterone cola… tried to offer some to zoro but z would rather die than risk getting cavities (i also hc zoro really cares abt oral hygiene but that’s irrelevant rn))

bisexual

definitely a ladies man but idk i just feel like he can really appreciate another nice looking buff dude

brook

self-proclaimed “dandy” a.k.a. after decades stuck in the past, for my future i’m just gonna do whatever i want for the fun of it

like he’s a flamboyantly dressed rockstar, why not???

chaotic queer

he was definitely in a matelotage with yorki im telling you!!! (definition: an economic partnership established by pirates where 2 men were mates/matelots and would share income and inherit the others property if they died, sometime used as a form of civil union/marriage cause y’know ✨sodomy laws and stuff✨)

but also it’s mildly implied he did some stuff with some mermaids on fishman island and possibly big mom??? so yeah he’s just here to have fun

also more private about these aspects of himself in his past, but dead men can do whatever they please!!

jimbei

intersex male (he/him)

based on how many species of irl fish can change sex characteristics if needed to balance the environment. but also on how he can talk to fish, a skill apparently only mermaids have

unlabeled (likes people regardless of gender, but has a preference for women)

i mean like he could be bi or pan or whatever, but he just personally doesn’t use labels

[lsd-astronaut]

Hi!!! I’d like to ask if you could possibly write something short about nonbinary Pippin? :> maybe he comes out to the fellowship and they’re supportive, or something? Or it could be something else, whatever you like :) Only if you want to ^^

Hello, darling, I saw your latest request apart from this one, and it's no problem for me if Pippin uses he/they pronouns so don't worry about that 💕

Anyways, I wrote this based on my personal experience coming to terms with the fact I'm agender after many existential crisis lmao and although I didn't have as supportive safety net as Pippin has, I'm still here, and I'm fine. So anyone who reads this and relates to it, you will be okay. You're still you.

Pippin comes out as nonbinary (he/they) to the Fellowship {General}

Nights ever since the Fellowship had formed in Rivendell had been uneventful for the first months of the gruelling Journey to save the world from the hands of Sauron. Our heroes at present are not aware of any future events that might transpire, and the Ring has not started to affect their minds yet. However, tonight, as they’re sitting around the fire, one of the nine companions appears to be restless, looking down at his food and simply playing with his fork. Of course, this behaviour does not go unnoticed by the hobbit beside him, who turns around and checks up on him in his usual manner.

“Pip, I can hear your thoughts from here. What’s the matter?”

As if startled out of said thoughts, Pippin breaks his focus from his now-cold dinner that sits in a bowl on his lap and quickly replies.

“Hm? It’s nothing, Merry.” He waves his hand in what he hopes is a dismissive way, but as always, he underestimates the observation skills of the blonde-haired hobbit.

“We both have very different notions of what ‘nothing’ means. You have barely touched your food, and usually at this hour, you would be trying to wrestle the pot out of poor Sam’s hands.”

The mentioned hobbit decides to intervene in the conversation with one of his quips, that always surprise the rest of the Fellowship due to his quiet nature. “And failing, Mister Pippin.”

“Oi!” Pippin shouts offended, although not that much. “That’s not true at all!”

“Sam is right, Pippin.” Great, now Frodo had joined in the whole thing. “You truly are a lightweight in every sense of the word.”

“Even my own cousin?” Pippin sighs with his usual dramatics. “Am I not going to be defended?”

At this, Merry scoffs and smacks the back of the younger hobbit’s head. “I am your first cousin, you oaf. You’re not even a Baggins!”

“Excuse me, Merry, but I am half Brandybuck on my mother’s side so that would technically make me closer to being a Took. Actually, I could already be considered one.”

Frodo opens his eyes after his little spiel and is confronted by Merry’s furrowed eyebrows and Sam’s apologetic face. It is the latter who has the courage to speak their thoughts. “Um… Are you counting Bilbo being half Took, Mister Frodo?” He is answered by one of Frodo’s usual enigmatic smiles.

“What are you even talking about?” Pippin mumbles as he rubs the sore spot.

“Gentlemen, what is the matter? Everyone is trying to have dinner.” The kind voice from above makes the four hobbits look in its general direction. Merry grins like a wolf, although his height nullifies the effect almost completely.

“Oh, Aragorn! Pippin is just being weird.”

The ranger raises an eyebrow and looks at the ginger-haired hobbit, who is sputtering and trying to reach to his cousin to probably cover his mouth.

“Is that so, Master Took?” The hobbit vigorously shakes his head.

“That’s not true!”

“It absolutely is,” Merry insists from a safe spot behind Frodo. “Why don’t you tell us about it?”

Pippin furrows his eyebrows, pouts, and crosses his arms. “You’re not exactly giving me much trust in you.”

“Oh, come on, Pip,” Merry whines. “I’m sorry, okay?” He puts an arm around the other hobbit’s shoulders. “You can tell me anything you want.”

The younger hobbit nods, although more to himself than anyone else, swallows, and looks up at Aragorn from his seated position. “A-Actually, I wanted to talk about this with the eight of you, if that’s alright?”

The ranger seems surprised at the request but immediately nods and walks up to the fire where everyone is seated and talks to them in hushed tones. A mere minute later, and Pippin is surrounded by the entire Fellowship. He burrows more under Merry’s half embrace; it is an involuntary action, but one that has Merry reciprocating with concern. Just what it is that Pippin wants to talk to them about?

“Alright, lad.” Gimli says as he is the last to sit down. “What is it that you wish to tell us?”

Pippin opens his mouth, and his hands immediately go to play with the ends of his scarf, something he has done ever since his mother gifted it to him all those years ago. The coarse fabric seems to ground him, and words start to spill over.

“I… I don’t really know how to explain it, to be honest. I don’t want to be a guy, but I also don’t want to be a girl.” It’s not coming out like he wants it to. Pippin closes his eyes and shakes his head, covering his face with his hands. “Sorry, it’s stupid.”

He can’t see it, but he can imagine by the utter silence that has come over the campsite. They are all disgusted, they have to be. Who wouldn’t be? However, when he opens his eyes, he is surprised to see a pensive expression on Aragorn’s face. Boromir opens his mouth but is interrupted by Frodo shooting him a withering glance. “What? I wasn’t going to say anything!”

The raven-haired hobbit scoffs and murmurs what seems to be a “yeah, sure” under his breath. The steward turns to Aragorn for some support, but the ranger is too deep in his thoughts. He sighs and looks at Pippin. “I simply wish to understand what has brought you to make this declaration, little one. You have not seemed to have any problems with us referring to you as a male the past months. Although, I could have missed any signs you might have dropped, and for that, I sincerely apologise.”

“So, how does it exactly work?” Aragorn finally breaks out from his reverie.

Pippin hums. How does it exactly work for him? That’s a good question. He quietly mulls on it before answering. “I guess sometimes I feel like I’m a boy, but other days someone will refer to me, and I will stand there like I can’t believe people perceive me as a guy…” He trails off.

“Oh, is it a problem about not wanting to be perceived at all?” Legolas inquires with genuine curiosity. Pippin shakes his head. No, it’s not that. Of course he wants to be perceived, but how, that is the problem. Aragorn’s face visibly brightens, as if the answer to everything has dawned on him.

“Legolas, do the elves in the Woodland Realm have the same gender conventions as the elves of Rivendell?” The elf seems to catch on what his friend is implying and turns to Pippin with a grin.

“Now, Master Hobbit, we elves don’t have such strict rules on gender as the rest of mortal races.” He ignores Gimli’s offended scoff and continues. “Some of us will change the form that we wish to be referred as, with our pronouns mainly. We can also change our appearance, but I doubt this will be possible for you, I’m afraid. Still, does it seem like something you would be comfortable with?”

Boromir furrows his eyebrows and raises his hand before interjecting. “I’m sorry, but how does that actually work? Pronouns? It’s only ‘she’ or ‘he’; I don’t see how that would help young Peregrin here.”

Aragorn sighs and shakes his head. “Boromir, how do you refer to someone you have just met and don’t know the sex of, but you don’t want to assume and very possibly be offensive?”

The steward starts to reply, and widens his eyes, sudden realization on his face. “That’s actually a thing?!”

Aragorn nods and smiles toward Pippin, who is looking dumbfounded at the sheer support he has received from everyone. “Are your troubles sufficiently dispelled, Pippin?” At the confirmation, he stands up and brushes the dirt off his pants. “Then, it seems everything is solved. Do not worry so if you have anything else to tell us. Hope remains while all the company is true, and we are not going anywhere.”

Pippin nods with a smile, and rubs his eyes with the back of his hand, before sniffling and turning to Sam. “I don’t suppose you could make me another serving, do you? I’m afraid my dinner has gone cold.” Sam smiles and shakes his head as he stands up and walks up to the pot on the fire.

Merry ruffles his cousin’s hair and grins. “I’m awfully proud of you, Pip. For trusting us with yourself. Although, I did suspect some of it ever since we were little. Just tell us how you feel like, and we will accept it. Still, you’re my little cousin and our friend through and through, so nothing has changed at all.”

Exactly, thinks Pippin. Nothing has changed at all. I’m still me.

[dragonpride17]

Do you feel like neoumbrella and neoterms/genders similar/adjacent to them should have a specific name for themselves considering they’re usually separate/independent from, or at least not inherently, xenogenders but also don’t seem to be inherently anthrogenders/labels (man, woman, masc, fem, etc)? All neogender means, if I’m correct, is all genders/terms/labels that were made/coined within a recent time, and any gender/label, (xeno, anthro, and [potential name] alike), are neogenders/labels so it would need a specific name for them, no? Idk just throwing a thought out there…to see what you and other people might think and whether or not it does more harm than good..

interesting proposal!

youre right, if we're going literal, any umbrella for gender coined recently is a "neogender umbrella" -- that's why i don't think it should end with "-gender", since imo the most important distinction between neogender umbrellas and xenogenders is the fact that neogender umbrellas (while called this, for lack of a better term) encompass much more than just gender. i think "neoumbrella" is a great shortening for this, but perhaps the "neo" part could be short for "neoidentity" instead of "neogender".

and yeah, there are xenogender umbrellas and anthrogender umbrellas, but neoumbrellas are pretty much *always* umbrellas, so i dont think they should be a counterpart to xeno/anthrogenders. i feel like making a new name for the type of "gender" neoumbrellas are would just be recoining xenogender.

i know that neoumbrellas have been divorced from xeninity entirely, but im not entirely sure why this is (though i know it originated with kenochoric), because many do fall under the definition of xenine.

my theory is that its a situation of a label *technically* being under an umbrella term, but an individual identifying with that label might not resonate with that umbrella term, even though it technically fits. ive met people who dont identify as nonbinary or trans even though it technically/objectively fits, and thats okay! individual comfort should always come before hard set definitions.

like fuck yeah, im xenine, im a xenogender user, and i experience the neoumbrellas i identify with in a xenine way, but not everyone does.

tagging @radiomogai for discussion seems like something it'd be interested in

[tree-of-growth]

FINALLY - THE LONG AWAITED “FRUIT CULT: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?” POST HAS HIT THE PRESSES!

It’s only been like. 3, 4 months since the saga ended so this is right on time fuck you! - It took a LONG time setting up interviews to record all this information ESPECIALLY since the majority of the ex fruit cult members hate me and I had to go undercover to procure them.

So, at long last - here it is!

The Tree of Growth / Fruit Freaks - Where Are They Now?!

Apple is living their best life (for the most part) under the care of Allison in their shared home in Illinois. They have come out as nonbinary and aroace (and cut their hair!!) and spends plenty of time in therapy and at their local community garden, munching on apples and garlic bread. They also enjoy coloring. Oh wait- oh shit :/ the drywall got them. Oops. Nevermind. Rip.

Fig has joined an incredibly shady secret government organization and is working on an extremely top secret mission as we speak (probably has something to do with hunting down Mulberry though.) She and Cherry remain happily married and are making it work long distance.

Shrimp Man / Cherry Tomato has broken out of jail, hopped the border, and bought a beautiful cabin by the seaside where he will spend the rest of her days in (moderate) peace!

Lemon / Sadie is finishing her agriculture degree and renting a lovely house in the New York countryside with Polaris and their foster daughter Charlotte. They are in therapy and using gardening and animal husbandry to cope. She’s planning on proposing to and marrying Polaris for real once they graduate and settle down a bit more.

Lychee / Polaris is finishing up her astrophysics degree at Cornell with Sadie and Charlotte. She’s developed a particular interest in radio astronomy and has scored an especially exclusive summer internship that will almost certainly lend her to a fantastic career after graduation. They regret their time with the cult but can’t help but miss it, maybe - just a bit.

Date / Allison is currently fulfilling their prison sentence in community service as Apple’s caretaker! They reside in a small bungalow in Illinois. They’re desperately homesick and missing their family (and Percy) but is doing their best to take genuine care of Apple (but maybe not top notch. Who can blame them.) They regret everything :)

Cherry / Aura was deported to Canada and has returned to the Children of the Sun (very fun hippie commune). Technically they are jailed there but the hippies aren’t too fond of the prison industrial complex so I’m sure they’re vibing. Fig brings them “cool stuff that THEY CANNOT TELL the government about” from time to time.

Mulberry / Vrispeta is not dead!! After Area 51 they’re just trying to figure out what to do with her life. You can follow her adventures at @muppetjokernum8ereightfan ! I think she’s on the moon right now or some shit?!

Peach is in physical recovery after being turned into a quadparalegic thanks to Apple and is currently staying with his boyfriend while waiting for their prosthetics to come in. He is in a lot of debt.

Custard Apple has just woken up after a very long nap and is extremely confused.

Acai / Percy died of lead poisoning :( they’re out there rotting in the ocean, somewhere… - their ghost is likely haunting the shit out of Allison :) (Affectionate haunting, of course, nothing crazy.)

Starfruit has gone back to their normal life - but is still very dedicated to the Fruit God! He is also still posting at @squireofthegrove

Orange went home with her mom and is currently working on finishing her One Piece binge an hour at a time.

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If YOU are an ex member of the fruit freaks and have something you’d like to share about your life after that is not listed here, feel free to reach out and I’ll edit you in <3

But enough of those losers - What about me?! The infamous mysterious tog blog… Who am I?! Was I really just Lemon pulling a fast one on the rest of the group? Or was that only a facade ?? Am I an angel?! A crazy super fan?! The Fruit God Herself?!?

Heh. Wouldn’t you like to know.

I’ll continue posting here on occasion. Its members may have moved on but the Tree is eternal.., And I have many… many unfinished plans….

[forsaken-headcanons]

Hm…I wonder who my favourite unreleased killers are? Gonna have to sit down and think for this one.

I honestly don’t think Whistle Occurrence/Flowers is evil, especially considering how that term can only really apply to humans. I see them more as a cryptid that’s just been around for a long time.

While it prefers to be a spectator, WO usually becomes aggressive towards those who invade its personal space, which unfortunately happens to be whatever game it’s living in currently. They’re constantly hopping from game to game in an attempt to avoid the admins, after all.

They honestly don’t really mind what you call them pronouns-wise, but with a slight preference towards nonbinary ones. They/Them, It/Its and the like.

Technically an AI? I mean- they were born from Roblox’s code, and has a close connection with it. It even has the ability to use admin commands, albeit sparingly.

They speak in whistles and clicks (and somehow the Killers can understand them.) However, the frequency of those noises has the nasty side effect of causing seizures in younger robloxians. (Lavender Town Syndrome ahhh-)

The spectre didn’t even bring it here. It just stumbled across the spectre’s domain one day, and has been trapped within ever since.

c00lkidd was the first one to find them after they got stuck in Forsaken, and they’ve since become close friends. It’s pretty common to see them playing together between rounds.

Kidd was actually the one to give them the name Flowers (in this timeline, at least). He got the idea after he saw WO picking whatever flowers it came across.

Flowers has no idea if killers can respawn or not, and thus hasn’t spoken a peep around c00lkidd. It’d hate to hurt their one friend.

Vocal cord deformities are unfortunately very common amongst Guests. Doesn’t help that it’s a hereditary thing, too. At best, guests can speak with raspy voices. At worst, they’re completely mute. 

Not being able to speak AND pre-existing anger issues didn’t bode well for Guest 666. He lived quite the isolated life before Noob came along.

Noob would act as an interpreter for 666 most of the time, but he also carried around a notepad. He never had the patience to learn a sign language.

There’d be times where 666 would spiral, thinking that he was ‘undeserving of friends’ in the first place. But he’d never show that part of himself around Noob.

No idea what would justify the banning of an entire group of people, but to Noob, Guest just. Vanished one day. Just poof. He didn’t even know what was going on. One minute, 666 was minding his own business. The next, he’s in a void alongside the rest of the guests.

‘Well, shoot.’ He thinks. ‘I’m sure Noob will appeal my ban. I just know it!’ And so he waited. And waited, and waited, and waited some more. And the more he waited, the angrier he got. Angrier at himself. At Noob. At the world. Just SEETHING.

That’s when he was approached by none other than the Demon King (yes, I see him as a separate character). DK offered him his freedom AND his voice, but for a price. I’m sure you can tell what Guest’s response was. That’s how he got to be the monster he is today.

What he didn’t know is that DK had already been made into one of the Spectre’s pawns. Guest had great killer potential, after all. Even more so after his literal deal with the devil. So once the deal was struck, he was ‘freed’ from banishment…straight into Forsaken.

He had to be separated from the other killers for a while due to him being much more animal-like and violent. He eventually came to his senses, but retained some animalistic urges and instincts.

Voice claim is the ink demon from BATDR because I love that game sm <3

— Respawn Anon

The Whistle Occurence ones are surprisingly sweet and the Guest 666 ones are very interesting. The Respawn anon cooks once more.

[our-queer-experience]

I know other people are probably in this scene right now, I still just wanted to get it off my chest, and see if anyone else could relate, yknow what I mean? anyway

I’m a nonbinary teen; I haven’t changed my name for my family, and live in a split household. For reasons I’m not going to get into, I’m out to my Mom, and technically out to my Dad, I just don’t remind him, so he doesn’t remember. I was outed by someone else to my stepmom years ago, but again I don’t remind her, and I don’t really want to remind her even though she would most likely be accepting, generally because the first time I came out it was in…not spectacular circumstances. lol.

Anyway, my Dad and stepmom generally tend to make offensive jokes, though they’ve both told us they’re not racist/homophobic (my sister and I are both queer), and I try not to really take it personally, since for where I live, that’s incredibly normal, and you’re sort of seen as “sensitive” for taking it personally. The problem came up when my sister and stepmom started talking about trans people online, more specifically a trans woman who sat alone at a large table, and got offended when the restaurant moved her. She apparently made a scene, so they kicked her out, and she had said that they did it because she was trans. That started a conversation between them about how trans people are so “sensitive.” The conversation did take a turn for the better in my case, however, where they were just like “idk why people are so weird about seeing trans people in public spaces/why they’re not taken seriously in some areas.”

Still, they continue to have conversations about trans people, in which I don’t feel that their opinion is needed or wanted, such as trans women in sports. I’m nonbinary, however these jokes and conversations are still a little too much for me, if that makes sense, especially because I’m in Arizona which can be very iffy; there are a lot of people who are accepting and normal about the fact that I’m trans, however there are also people that avoid me for that reason, or make fun of me, or would completely ignore that aspect of my identity (i.e telling me I’m “faking it for attention”/ it’s “because I’m retarded”/I “can’t be nonbinary because it doesn’t exist.”) and it just??? Sometimes it does genuinely rub me the wrong way when they do things like that, even though I know they have good intentions.

That’s all I wanted to talk about, thank you for listening.

-Sal

🫂

[phightingheadcanons]

Ever since I came up with that headcanon that Pwnatious is Flipside’s evil nonbinary uncle, I can’t stop thinking about it so here’s a more in-depth explanation… + some headcanons on their dynamic.

Okay basically, Flipside’s mom, who I’ll call Lady for simplicity’s sake, is Pwnatious’ older sister and she had an (arranged) marriage to the son of Firebrand… Lady’s marriage to a literal demi-god is the reason why Pwnatious was so emotionally neglected in their childhood, because their parents were so focused on Lady.

The reason why Lady and Firebrand son’s divorce happened is because someone had an affair!!!!! (Ban Hammer describes the divorce being extremely messy and how Demi-deities and mortal relationships are bound to fail,,, so…) I don’t really know how it would work in canon because for demons to have biological offspring, they have to sacrifice their gears but its funny to think that one of the hated the other so much they figured out how to have a bastard child, just to spite the other.

Anyways, this means that Valk and Dom would technically be half-brothers…. It would explain why they both look vastly different too. When the divorce was finalized, Firebrand’s son kept Valk and Dom went back to Blackrock with the nobles.

[ This particular headcanon stems from this dialogue..

Valk: Wow… This Teapot ship is just incredible to look at!

Dom: It’s even better to be on.

Valk: Do you think we could get on sometime?

Dom: Maybe, but you’re paying.

THE TEAPOT OBSERVATORY IS OWNED BY PWNATIOUS’ FAMILY AND DOM HAS BEEN ON IT!!]

Flipside’s dynamic with Pwnatious would be very funny I think. Pwnatious would constantly attempt to convince the two to sell the rights to the Flipside. They’d attempt to argue that they’re Dom and Valk’s uncle but get shut down due to the fact that Pwnatious is only two years older than the two.

Also, outwardly, Pwnatious would pretend to absolutely despise the Flipside’s music, calling it “Unsophisticated” but stream it more than anyone else in the Inpherno.

Some more Dom-Pwnatious centered HCs I have is that Dom is way better than Pwn at proper etiquette, despite being the bastard child. Another is that because they are so close in age, Pwnatious’ nanny would set up playdates with Dom and Pwnatious would force him into outrageous escapades.

ok this is getting too long… sorry i just needed to rant.

-🗡️🩷

[personal-progress-dropout]

Rainbow Sheep II

(Also Titled: Why I Will Fight For Queer Fiction to Be Available In Libraries. Rainbow Sheep is now a series because I say so.)

This is a less spiritual post than last week's, but my journey towards embracing my queer identity wasn't always spiritual.

I grew up in a conservative home. I don’t think we ever called ourselves that, but we were immersed in a brand of patriotism that comes from being a military family, and watching Fox News with my father was an evening ritual for us kids. For our family, gay people…existed. But we weren’t homophobic! We were nice to gay people, and our neighbor was a lesbian!

But queer people couldn’t exist in fiction; if they were ever involved in a story it was as a political statement. Why can’t the character be straight? Being gay doesn’t add anything to the narrative. (Fast forward eleven years and now I’m headcanoning all of my favorite characters as queer. Go figure.)

The first book I ever read with queer representation was Rick Riordan’s The House of Hades, in which one of the characters came out as gay. I was viscerally uncomfortable with the concept that a character written by one of my favorite authors could be gay. I jumped through all sorts of mental hoops to explain why this character was actually straight, and finally, I dismissed the series as Rick Riordan becoming woke and politicizing children’s fiction.

The first TV show I ever saw with queer representation was Steven Universe. I was babysitting some kids and they started binging the series, which I’d never heard of before. It sucked me in. I was enchanted by the animation, delighted by music, and charmed by the characters—wait a second, there’s a gay character? Multiple gay characters? And they’re showing this in a kid’s show?!

It had been years since The House of Hades had been published, and I had the benefit of actually talking to and making friends with queer people. I was no longer uncomfortable with their existence, and so I didn’t tell my parents about the show. It was awesome, and I was positive that they’d ban me from watching it. I was always good with mental gymnastics, and I rationalized that if they didn’t know the show existed, then they couldn’t forbid me from watching it, and I technically wouldn’t be breaking any rules. Instead, I snuck around watching clips of Steven Universe like some kids snuck around smoking joints. 

I’d always thought that being queer was inherently sexual, but here was this cartoon showing queer characters fighting off antagonistic space rocks and just living their lives. It was completely alien to me. Queer people can just…exist? Without an agenda? (By the way, kudos to Rebecca Sugar for making a show so good that it caused a conservative Christian girl to have an mental crisis.)

Reading fanfiction helped. I was interacting with other writers and readers who wanted to be seen in their favorite fandoms, and that was something I could understand. It helped me learn more about the world and about myself—I wouldn’t realize I was queer until I was sixteen, and I wouldn’t come out to anyone until I was 18. I didn’t have the language to describe what I was, and I was limited by my lack of understanding. I didn’t know what aroace meant, let alone terms like transgender or nonbinary. Reading and consuming media helped me realize that the world is more than what I was raised to believe. 

I love the stories I mentioned above. They helped me realize my internalized homophobia, and they helped me discover that I have a lot of progress to make. And that’s why stories are so important! They challenge our beliefs and shake up what we thought we knew, expanding our vision until we can see a world more different and beautiful than we could have ever imagined on our own. 

Anyways, support your local library, vote for school/library boards, and screw book banning.

[victorluvsalice]

Hi again everyone -- it's now time to look at the CAS items that came with the April Pride SDX drop for Sims 4! However, unlike the Build/Buy stuff, which I loved unconditionally, I found the new CAS assets more of a mixed bag. Like, there's some good stuff in here, don't get me wrong -- I liked the new clothing fine, and the tattoo is at least interesting --

And then you have the new makeup they added. A very dramatic eye shadow in various Pride colors, with stars drawn on the sides of the eyes and sparkles underneath. And – okay. I really, really wanted to like this eye shadow. I really did! Because it looked just like the kind of fun, over-the-top thing that Smiler would put on for a rave or something like that –

BUT. For whatever reason, this makeup ALSO comes with a blush – and the blush is HORRENDOUS. It’s a dark pink, and it’s not only on the cheeks, but also ON THE TIP OF THE NOSE. Like, seriously, LOOK at that first picture – it makes Smiler look like they’ve either got a sunburn, or they’re having an allergic reaction to the makeup! It completely ruins the entire look! *facepalm* Ugh...I’ll stick to the other eye shadows on offer, thanks Sims 4!

Fortunately, as previously indicated, the other CAS stuff proved to be much better than that horrendous makeup. I in fact quite liked the new clothing on offer – as is probably obvious by the fact that I dressed all three of the trio in almost the exact same outfit. XD To go through them in more detail:

-->First, we have Smiler, aka the person most like to actually wear these new items, showing off the new open checkered button-up and undershirt, jean shorts with stitched rainbow decoration, and pride flag shoes! All in the nonbinary swatches, of course. :D However, I didn't like how the new thigh-high socks looked on them, so I instead went with some High School Years socks with a cool “etched” rainbow leaf design on them. Seriously, that pack is AMAZING for finding shit Smiler would wear in it.

-->Alice got the asexual flag swatch of the top and shorts, of course – AND the thigh-high socks, since they actually did look good on her. I like how fun this swatch is, with all the rainbows and hearts and plumbobs. :D The sneakers, however, are a pair from Fitness Stuff, as I stumbled across them while looking for the Pride sneakers and thought they paired nicely with all of Alice’s ace stuff. :)

-->And Victor got the bisexual flag swatch for the top, shorts, and sneakers! Along with short purple base-game socks because the taller ones didn’t look good on him (they’re technically striped but you can’t see that here...mostly because you can barely see the socks). I admit, I’m not so sure of this look on him as I was with Alice and Smiler – his absurdly thin frame makes some CAS items look weird, and those shorts are one of them. The shirt’s not bad, I’m just not sure the bi pride colors suit him that much. Maybe a more pastel version would be better? I dunno, but hey – gotta try these things out before you know for sure, right?

And as for the new Pride tattoo – well, I had to check that out on Smiler, since I’ve always envisioned them as the most likely to get a tattoo out of the three. I’m – not exactly sure what to make of it, honestly. It’s a very abstract, ribbony design, with little flowers or starbursts in it. Not bad, just – I’m not sure if it’s them? *shrug* Certainly not the worst, that’s for sure! THAT honor belongs to that damn make-up. sigh Seriously, what is with that blush…

But yeah – overall, not a bad little Pride update! It was fun to update the Polyheart OT3 House some more, and to do some dress-up with my trio. :) Hopefully it won't be too long before I'm showing you the completed OT3 house! (Or, if we're really lucky, pictures from a new save file with the three, though that depends on if they can fix that new "occult eyes don't stay on Sims" bug, AND if I can figure out why Smiler's yellow eyes stopped glowing when I was able to check them out in CAS...)

[crimsonhydrangeavn]

Hi i hope it isn't too weird? I'm new to all of this, i just wanted to know if Teagan is AMAB or AFAB?

That’s a completely fair question! I’ve tried to keep the specifics of their gender identity under wraps for a few different reasons. Though the main reason is because ultimately I want to leave it up to the player to decide.

Since they’re technically the mc’s/ your ex, I wanted you to have some customization over them so that people of all sexualities could feel comfortable with having them as an ex. Well, as comfortable as someone could be with someone as toxic as Teagan that is haha.

Regardless of what gender they were assigned at birth, they always questioned it from a young age. They never fully fit into one binary and came out to you in high school about wanting to be nonbinary. You were there for them throughout the journey and that’s one of the many many reasons why they adore you and don’t want to lose you forever.

That being said, Teagan really is fine with any pronouns you use for them, though if they had to choose, they/them would be their preference.

Some dialogue and scenes will obviously change depending on what choice you end up making for them, but it shouldn’t really effect the overarching storyline.

Of course I personally have a “head canon” of what their gender journey was, but I’d rather not share it since some people might feel invalidated in their own head canons if the creator has a personal preference.

It might not be the answer you expected, but I hope it answered the question!

[theredoesnotexist]

I’m so mad I straight up wrote back down as much of it as I could recall. Out of spite

(For brevity’s sake, most of the system is ‘alters’ who willingly self-identify as just different versions of the same guy (Ekho) with varying degrees of separation day to day, so if they have individual fictomeres, I’ll just speak on those as mine because I am Ekho. lol. (Fictomeres is the word I’ve seen people use for ‘fictional identity’ also.))

33) This is frustratingly complicated for me because of confusion on where to draw lines, like what’s a recurring flicker versus a specific alter’s fictotype, at what point on a scale of fictionality or the significance of a heartedtype do you declare something fictionfolk, do I include transient plural experiences that weren’t permanent alters, but if I give the most lenient possible answer to each of those questions and exclude repeats (like if two of us have the same fictomere), that is something like.

50.

That surprises even me but I guess if I don’t do all that stuff like grouping in heartedtypes of specific alters that are fictional species but don’t necessarily feel like fictional identities, or a hearthome that’s speculative not technically “fiction” (O’Neill cylinders) or stuff like “that one time a fictional character talked to me but wasn’t, like, A Fictive.” It’s more like 18

37) Yes

Not even just considering when we have fictives who are women or cis men in their source and feel askew in the body when they’re present because we’re outwardly a post-transition trans man; like a fictive who in her source was ostensibly a cisgender lesbian with undertones of dysphoria who never had the opportunity to question anything in her life but as an alter identifies as both transmasc and a woman while the rest of us are mostly agender or men. Or the guy who literally forgets we’re not cisgender to the point of once making a joke about it in front of our friends who know we’re trans. We have an alter who is essentially mentally stuck in 2020 when we were 19 years old doing online school in quarantine and had certainly never done an ykind of medical transition yet and his response to our body is somewhere between euphoria and heavy dissociation. When I was still untangling having some kind of genderqueer identity, Link as a fictotype was like a masc-presenting nonbinary vehicle for questioning, and even before either being out as trans or knowing what the hell a fictionkin was, having a fictional identity as Cecil Palmer (that in hindsight I can now recognize as a flicker or maybe even fictive) was probably what cracked my gay Jewish egg.

I have a species fictotype that is a species of alien from a garbage Terraria knockoff space game I’ve talked about influencing feelings of star-based genderlessness since 2021 since when I feel more attuned to that one I drift out of the orbit of masculine or feminine entirely because in my mind that culture does not even do the whole “gender” thing.

[krystaldeath]

Cotl Auuuuu

It’s modern time babeyyyy

* This au does take place in modern day but it technically “starts” in the late 90s bc it’s a Narinder and Lamb were childhood best friends au :))

* I honestly have the most ideas for when they’re in high school but I’ll get to that in a bit (also should say this was inspired by that one prom post from redcrowncafe where Lamb talks about their prom date who was an asshole and wishes they knew Narinder then so they could’ve gone with each other. Saw that and thought “okay but what if they did” and that spiraled out of control)

* I’ve yet to say that my personal headcanon for Lamb’s family is that they had two moms, and three younger siblings (a sister about 12 years younger, and 18 years younger twins; one male one amab gender-fluid). The twins don’t show up till Lamb is, well, 18 tho so they won’t come up much yet

* The Bishops (Bishop is just their last name here) are all foster siblings who have shitty foster parents. Shamura stays even a bit into their early 20s because of this since they don’t want to leave their younger siblings alone with those two. The foster parents’ were abusive in multiple ways, and they also kept any money the Bishop’s respective parents might’ve left for their offspring to themselves (spoiler: Shamura’s in particular were LOADED and so when the Bishops are finally away from these two they’re pretty much set for life). It’s after a particularly scary night where a two year old Leshy and a six year old Heket are threatened while Shamura and the parents are arguing that something in Shamura snaps and they begin to plan to murder their foster parents. Yay!

* I don’t have the details but they in fact /do/ kill them. Thing is they’re super smart about it and hardly any evidence can be traced back to them. It is a small town though so there aren’t too many suspects and overall the one who would have the motive and probable method would be Shamura (unless they wanna try and pin it of 13 year old Kallamar or 8 year old Narinder). Thing is, their foster parents? No one liked them. So no one’s gonna point fingers. The police try and press people to give a suspect but no one does. So the case goes cold. But, even though no one liked the two, murder is still frowned upon by most so the siblings move away.

* But BEFORE all that let me explain a bit about Nari and Lamb’s friendship: they met in kindergarten (idk why they’re in the same grade when I hc Lamb to be a year older but shhh) and while Narinder tried to act “cool” and “aloof” Lamb was having none of it and dragged him along on little kid adventures like playing in the mud and pretending to be power rangers. Also almost from the get go Nari had a little crush on Lamb lol. Since Nari and his sibs move away when he’s 8, these two knew each other for 3 years. Idk what all happens in that time. Like I said most of what I’ve thought up for this au (mainly about Narilamb) happens in their high school years. It is thanks to their play dates at each others houses that Lamb figures out that being nonbinary is a thing from Shamura and is like “Wait… Me too???”

* After the move, Nari and Lamb stay connected through letters and phone calls. They also send pictures of all kinds of things, mainly of themselves so the other “won’t forget what I look like!” Neither make many lasting friends, at least, not ones around the same age as them (Lamb befriends Ratau and his buddies. Narinder befriends kind library assistant Forneus and her two twin sons).

* Lamb is loud and proud about who they are, which unfortunately makes them targeted for bullying, though it’s not just for their gender, it’s also because of their - Idk a better word than quirky Sorry - personality and the rumors about their long distance best friend; there’s multiple rumors, like that he doesn’t exist (this comes from those who don’t know much about the whole Bishop family scandal) or that he’s a murderer, just like his older sibling (this comes from those that /do/ know, ofc)

* Btw over the course of these years they’ve been apart Nari’s crush has only grown and Lamb has also gained a crush on Nari themself

* OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY TIME FOR THE BIT I HAVE THE MOST OF AN IDEA FOR GET READY (it’s super cheesy and corny and honestly feels like a Disney channel original movie but this fandom could use a little more of that imo so let me live)

* So, I know some schools would let Juniors have their own prom. Let’s say Lamb’s school does that. They had been asked by some guy to be his prom date and figured “why not?” and accepted. Thing is the guy asked if they could buy his ticket, and being the nice person (yet to decide if this is also a human au or if they’re still all animals) they are they do so. The guy then just takes the ticket and tells them to get lost. Lamb didn’t like the guy but it still hurt to have their kindness taken advantage of. They tell Narinder all about it and admit they probably won’t even go to the prom, even though they already bought a ticket and outfit. Nari, who Lamb can’t see bc it’s just a phone call, is absolutely SEETHING.

* Now Narinder has a mission: Get a tux, flowers, and other gifts. Convince Shamura to let him go in his truck (yeah he drives a truck in this au, idk it’s just the car I imagined when I thought it up lol) and be away from home for a few of days (it would take about a day to drive there, then he’d want to stay for at least one or two, then another to drive back). Shamura is reluctant (that town holds a lot of bad memories and him being so far away when he’s only 16 is scary), but seeing the determination in his eyes makes them relent.

* He calls Lamb’s moms and lets them know his plan, but wants it to be a surprise. They both agree to convince them to go to prom even if they will be going alone, without letting it slip that they will have a prom date after all.

* Prom night comes around, and Lamb, who is dressed in a tux-dress combo, is confused as to why their moms, who were so insistent that they go, aren’t ready to take them? (Projecting my reluctance to learn to drive onto them here, so that’s why they can’t drive themself). Then the doorbell rings. They answer and see Narinder (who is now like a foot taller wow couldn’t tell that in the photos he sent) in a tuxedo holding a bouquet and corsage. He’s got a nervous smile on his face as he says “I know it’s a little last minute, but will you allow me to accompany you to prom?”

* Almost a full minute passes in silence, making Nari sweat and begin to regret doing all of this. Then he gets jumped by Lamb into a hug that topples them both to the ground as they scream “YES!!!”. Thankfully they aren’t hurt and their formal wear is alright, though they wouldn’t notice otherwise, their focuses only on each other’s laughter and presence.

* When he opens the passenger door for them there’s a basket of treats, jewelry and a black cat plushie. “Ohh, Narinderrrr! You’re making me feel like I’m royalty!” “You are, to me.” *pause as they look at each other in flustered silence* “A-ANYWAYS WERE SHOULD GET GOING RIGHT?” “OH YEAH YOURE RIGHT. Uh, help me up?” He helps them climb into their seat, close the door, and silently screams about how dumb that was (while Lamb is inside internally screams about how sweet that was and oh no they think they’re falling for him)

* They get there (Yeah I realized Nari doesn’t have a ticket but let’s say somehow there was enough for him to buy one at the entrance) and they’re having a good time (only barely noticing the looks they’re getting and the whispers of “Isn’t that one of the Bishop siblings? Figures Lamb would have to settle for a murderer to be their date.”), dancing, eating and drinking the possibly spiked punch. I’m sorry to say some hurt is about to happen

* They have a run in with the guy who tricked Lamb and Nari almost breaks the guys nose before Lamb pulls him away saying it’s not worth it. He’s about to disagree and say something embarrassing again like “maybe /he’s/ not worth it but /you/ are and he hurt you so he deserves to be punched” when a girl “accidentally” spills her whole cup of punch onto Lamb’s outfit. Everyone around them laughs and Lamb, barely blinking back tears, runs out of the building. Narinder growls at them all and runs after Lamb.

* He finds them curled up by a tree outside, and sits down next to them. He tries to comfort them but they sob out “Just take me back home.” He agrees to do so, but tells them to go wash up a bit in the bathroom while he gets something. As they’re washing up he knocks on the door and asks to come in. They let him and see he’s holding a box. He tells them he planned on giving it to them later after Prom for something else he had planned but figured they’d just go now since Lamb didn’t want to stay anymore. He hands it to them and says he’ll be waiting outside.

* Surprise! It’s another outfit :)) It’s a bit more cozy than what they were wearing before, but still fit for “royalty”. And a black crown with a big red jewel inlaid in the middle-front

* They get dressed and marvel in the mirror before going back out. Narinder’s heart skips a beat when he sees them.

* Idk what to put in between so let’s skip ahead to when they’ve arrived at a spot out in the open wilderness where it’s easier to star gaze. He sets up the trunk bed to be comfy and reveals he had a cooler and basket of food for them to have a night picnic under the stars.

* After they’ve eaten some, one thing leads to another, and then Lamb pulls Narinder into a kiss. They both confess and spend the rest of their time cuddling (until Lamb gets a phone call from their very nervous moms because of how late it’s getting and they’re not home yet lol)

* I have more ideas but to sum them up for now: The rest of this AU is just Narilamb long distance relationship angst & fluff. Eventually the Bishops move back to the small town and then it’s not long distance narilamb (and eventual leshycat and whatever else).

* I will say this: Another murder will happen, this time it’s Lamb who commits it. That’s all I’m giving y’all ;))c

[cezarcalad]

I have so many questions!! >:3

1: what was your favorite childhood show growing up? (If you only grew up on YouTube that’s fine lol)

2: What got you into big Nate in the first place

3: Will you ever make a Wattpad account?? (There’s not many big nate stories on there expect for my own but they’re outdated now -___-)

4: what’s your opinion on the Gocomics update

5: Is Nate non binary in your Au?? (Because they are in mine)

And finally, what’s your favorite peanut/Charlie brown special of all time?

That’s all I have for now lol, have a good day/night!

Also I managed to get the big Nate show for free on a website, don’t tell anybody /Jk

https://www.wco.tv/anime/big-nate

woahh i feel like a celebrity with all these questions XD

1 . i had a lot of favorites growing up , but some standout cartoons would probably be pocoyo , octonauts , mlp : fim , and animaniacs ( + some other looney tunes related stuff )

2 . technically the youtuber infamous swoosh was the catalyst for me getting into big nate , but in all honesty , it was the one 9/11 comic . . . it was so bizarre that i had to see the rest of the comic , it did not disappoint

3 . i do have a wattpad account , actually ! i don't use it anymore since i have really bad fanfics i made in middle school on there and they're all from a fandom i don't interact with anymore , but i have one nonetheless :3 i opt to using ao3 more , but i haven't posted a fic yet . . .

4 . gocomics used to be my one source for a big nate archive , so them pay walling said archive is a big downer . plus , i think they purged my old account after the update for reasons unknown , but i have a new one 🤷🏾

5 . i don't really headcanon nate with any other gender other than a cisgender male , but he definitely is bisexual in my world . making him nonbinary is cool though ! :D

6 . my favorite peanuts special of all time is definitely " it's the great pumpkin , charlie brown " , i absolutely love halloween related everything and i have a lot of nostalgia for it . it's a big improvement from the prior special " a charlie brown christmas " in the animation section , but they both have a ton of charm . second place would probably be " you're not elected , charlie brown "

thanks for all the questions ! you finally gave me an excuse to infodump about peanuts hehe

[hidingoutbackstage]

aus for your own ocs are fun to play around with but for me i like to use them to explore why it’s an au and why that isn’t the way things are in this universe. after all they’re my ocs so why couldn’t this be the reality? ultimately i use it as a way to play with what makes my characters who they are and what makes the story what it is

examples relating to my own ocs (c:tgitw) below

i only really have two aus for c:tgitw, not including daisy meadows because that’s its own thing and technically unrelated to c:tgitw.

the first one is a good old fashioned swap au that i call “Girls in the Woods” basically just take the main five boys and replace them with four girls + one nonbinary character (who i haven’t talked abt before bc they’re entirely offscreen lol ANYWAY) and make the dead girl they discover a dead guy. for this au, logan is replaced with chelsea, charlie is replaced with leigh, steve is replaced with brooke, isaac is replaced with riley (i’ll explain them in a minute), and thomas is replaced with perdita

(quick rundown on riley and perdita, perdita is the name of thomas’ missing sister, the one he thought chelsea’s body might be. riley is a member of the friend group who is entirely a character of function. they get brought up like twice in the whole story, once ehen some of the guys mention them and charlie has to be corrected on their pronouns bc charlie’s a dick, and once in the sequel bc they have a cousin who lives in the state where the first movie took place and therefore gets told about the cabin burning down and can relay it to the friends living back home. they were the only other named character i have visuals for despite them never showing up and they’re part of the friend group so they go in this au)

and the dead body in this au is logan’s bc that’s what all swap aus do lol

my main goal of this au is basically pointing out that the story we see doesn’t really happen if all of the main characters are women. the group of c:tgitw have a certain air of toxic masculinity to them which causes them to not share their feelings and struggles with one another, which is what causes a lot of them to implode. if the story were about women, sure a lot of them could have similar struggles that the guys had, but the fact that these struggles are entirely inner due to the guys’ stubborn adherence to masculinity and not sharing their emotions or leaning on each other for support is what causes a lot of what plays out. also this may be a me thing but i feel like men banding together to ignore the murder of a woman feels more realistic than the inverse because of. well. awful parallels to things that happen to women that men stay silent about.

the other au that i have a lot more fun with is the “Everything Works Out” au. my story has basically the worst possible ending, and since it’s basically human nature to wonder, “what if the tragedy wasn’t tragic?” this au is less concrete and is more of a thought experiment. Basically, what is truly a “happy ending”? Like ok so this movie ends with all of Logan’s friends being dead, his girlfriend having cheated on him, and he unknowingly raped a dead body. So, start off simply, what if none of Logan’s friends died? Then this toxic friend group with people that are slowly drifting apart continues to be unhappy and continues drifting apart and continues to feed into their toxicity. Well ok what if they didn’t find Chelsea’s body, the catalyst for everything getting so much worse? And they decide to talk to each other and work out their issues? Then it’s a happy ending for everyone except the dead girl whose body was never found and who was never done justice. Ok, forget the cabin trip. What if Logan and Charlie had admitted they liked each other back when they first hooked up? Well their friends are still homophobic, so that would have put a strain on their relationship with each other, their friends, or both. Fine, they stay repressed. What if Leigh never cheated on Logan with Charlie? Well, she cheated for a reason, (which is expanded upon in the sequel) so if it wasn’t with Charlie, it likely would’ve been with someone else, or if not, she still would’ve expressed her dissatisfaction with the relationship and they’d eventually have broken up. What if they didn’t break up and she didn’t cheat? Then she and Logan are in a dissatisfying relationship, dissatisfying at both ends. Ok, back to the other woman in Logan’s life, Chelsea. What if he hadn’t seen visions of her and had done what he promised to and told the police about finding her body in the woods? Then his friends would’ve been upset at him for being a narc and the rift in their friendship would have deepened. Wild card time, what if Logan, Leigh and Charlie had just said fuck it and just had a threesome? Ok now you might be onto something (jk the jealousy would have been brutal)

[skye-the-fandom-dragon]

My Tav!!! :D

I thought I’d share how they look in-game, since drawing them can only do so much lol

If you want some additional info (+more how i see them) it’s under the cut lol

So, my Tav.

Their name is Zion, because they’re essentially a self insert and I’m very uncreative

They’re a sorcerer

They’re nonbinary (use they/them), aromantic (but still willing to be in a relationship when they find a person they feel comfy with), and asexual (sex positive tho)

(Let me explore my sexuality through fiction okay-)

They’re around 180 years old during the game’s events, which I’ve decided is more or less 25-30 human years

They’re a human-drow-dragonborn, but the human traces are very slight because their parents were pure dragonborn and a half-drow, but down a few generations of drow/drow relationships. Their most human parts are the slightly creamy colors to their cheeks and ears, as well as a small amount of almost-white hairs, mostly over their arms and legs

From more draconic features, they mainly have slitted pupils, like a cat, because it’s fun, and their teeth are sharper than average. Plus they have scales, other than on the face, on their biceps, and all over their chest area (no nipples lol). Plus sharper-than-usual nails :)

I’ve also decided they do have a draconic tail, despite that not being an option in in-game customization, because it’s my imagining of the world and I get to do what I want, I am the DM now >:3

On that note, big sucker for wings here, so… you know. They have “retractable” (part-magic) draconic wings. But, to make it less op, I’ve made it hurt like hell whenever they summon them, cause it’s essentially like speed-growing an additional body part with bone in it, then shedding it like a skinwalker on supernatural, so they don’t use that nearly at all, unless under really strong emotions, or under extreme circumstances. But, to make it more fun, their feet also turn draconic when they do that

(Ik people are probably gonna come at me for that one, but eh, I don’t really care. It’s my version of the world, after all. Besides, it doesn’t come up often so you can technically just ignore that)

They have the criminal background, and I don’t quite have their backstory fleshed out just yet, but I know they became a thief to survive after their family was killed due to debt (drow are brutal), then it became a sort of revenge thing, to steal from rich people and such

They got found out at one point, at around 150 years of age, and were hunted down, but escaped the town before they got caught and/or killed, which is pretty much like a banishment if you think about it lol

Since then they’ve just been living sorta on the run, stealing or foraging and hunting to survive, at first in the Underdark, then, later, on the surface

Twas on one of their heists for food the nautiloid got them

Now for some fun facts and other little things!

They actually dislike the sun, it makes their eyes hurt from how bright it is. Were very disappointed because everyone who’s seen it and been in the Underdark praised its beauty and shit, but when they saw it for the first time they were just like “I cannot see”

They still appreciate sunsets and sunrises though

They speak Common, Undercommon, Drowish, and know how to say a few basic phrases in Draconic/Glav (they can read the alphabet as well, just not out loud)

They’re very morally grey. Like, would sell your soul to a devil for a single corn chip with no remorse but would also immediately stand up to your abuser kind of morally grey

They can eat raw and rotten food without much consequence, because their draconic ancestry makes their stomach acid more… well, acidic, so it just melts all the bad stuff away. They don’t like rotten food tho, it tastes bad. Raw meat on the other hand…

Once they get attached to someone they will do anything for them

Despite Astarion’s lines being pretty much copy-pasted from a script, they find them endearing (until they learn about his past, then they want to hold him every time he falls back into that habit)

They have unreasonable amounts of charisma when they want (17), despite the fact they’re a total dumbass other times

Speaking of stats, STR is at 8, so they’re very lean

Their favorite animals are snakes, they just love the noodly babies

They make dirty jokes every chance they get (to the delight of Astarion and demise of literally everyone else)

They hate kids. Like, really. They let that tiefling child who stole the locket from that one guy get slapped lmao

Aside from the visible piercings, they have a belly button one as well

That’s it I think for now. If you’ve read this far, I hope you enjoyed me dumping all the info on you lmao <3