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Just a heads up, we made a new blog for our main that we'll be using from now on, so if you see mass follows from @soliestrial then thats us :]

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When the whole party is down but your bard is up

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tumblr should give the option to change main blogs. i dont want this one anymore

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WARRIOR CAT HYBRID SPECIATION AS PROMISED!

disclaimer: i am not a biologist, i just passed AP bio. i know this isn’t exactly how things work but these cats can talk and have a concept of cat hell so whatever.

basically, the ancients are a hybrid of f. catus and f. silvestris, f. bellator. they are a very small species created by genetic isolation of the hybrid up in the mountains and in the lake territory.

after they moved to the forest territory, they interbred with f. catus to create the hybrid f. catus bellator. i’m calling this a hybrid subspecies. this subspecies also has a golden pelt gene.

cats like firestar are purely domestic cats. he and other kittypets are much smaller than their clan counterparts. they can interbreed, though, and are completely fertile.

f. catus bellator genes tend to be dominant to f. catus ones, and many hybrid offspring tend to take on the traits of the former. they are bigger than f. catus and have ear tufts, for example. however, they have a full range of pelt and color patterns like f. catus.

this concept can be used however anyone feels, and i’d love to see what others do with it, with credit! feel free to ask questions as well :)

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“parents’ rights” isn’t just a dogwhistle for homophobia, transphobia, racism etc. it’s evil in its own right, even when it means the literal meaning of the words.

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"They shouldn't socially transition until after 25"

So trans people magically aren't adults at 18 like cis people!?!?!????

[sarcasm] Wow yeah that sounds good and like something a normal government would say. Hope this isn't a dangerous precedent that will be used to repeal rights from other minority groups

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ive been seeing a new wave of transmedicalists lately I think we gotta start being vocal again about how nasty they are. you don't need to take hormones or have surgery to be a trans person. changing your name and pronouns is gender affirming care. wearing new clothes and hair and makeup is part of transitioning too. you dont need to pass to be trans, you don't need to be male or female.

nonbinary, agender, genderfluid, genderqueer people are trans too if that's a label they want to use for themselves. and anyone who says otherwise is a piece of shit. it's not "anti-transitioning" to say so, it's anti-telling other people what to do with their bodies. it's pro-minding your own fucking business and letting people do what they want with their gender and treating them with compassion and enthusiasm

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i just found this fantastic guide made by a fantasy author for creating a realistic planet, but which doesn't go into the math or the teeny tiny details while still being like. exactly all the information that im looking for

check them out you won't be disappointed!!

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btw the thing she couldn’t ignore was someone calling her out for saying anti-depressants/hormone therapy are only perscribed by lazy doctors

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Please try and reach out for help and reassurance in a way that doesn’t involve guilt tripping your loved ones.

I understand what it feels like to feel abandoned or unloved or any number of things but telling a loved one “I guess you don’t love me” or “you’re just going to leave me like everyone else” isn’t the way to handle it.

As someone who has been on both sides of it, that is hurtful. While you may tell yourself it’s not personal, it doesn’t change that it hurts to be accused of something when you love someone so much. It’s also exhausting and just overall something that can damage your relationships. In some cases, it can create self fulfilling prophecies. (Things like accusing a loved one of planning to abandon you like everyone else take a toll.)

This could be much better framed as “I’m feeling really insecure today. Could you please give me some reassurance?”

Remember that your feelings aren’t facts. Don’t accuse your loved ones of things like this.

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Something I think about this, and a lot and recently due to the awful terf arguing about "mutilation" rn, is that many terfs think that boobs are an essential source of feminity and removing them is ruining "perfect female bodies", when in reality that's so unfair to say. I know so many cis women who've had their boobs removed, bought binders, and also used tape because they don't associate their femininity with their breasts. They can be women WITHOUT their boobs. Many women find them in the way, and there's nothing wrong with that. By saying that it's 'mutilation', they're not only hurting trans people, they're hurting cis people who have done it to feel MORE like themselves. Terfs do an excellent job hurting other women in their useless "mission" to "defend 'real' women".

(this wasnt meant to shift attention away from the hurt it causes trans people, but it's also important to think about)

yes! exactly! trans people aren't the only people that are allowed to customize their body, and they sure as hell aren't the only ones who do! I know of cis butch lesbians taking testosterone to be more masc, which is totally valid!

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a few of these i had lying around. idk

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choices made in anger is such a crazy image. if you know what i'm talking about

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“the intrusive thoughts won” “that’s psychotic” “i’m so delusional haha” “narcissistic abuse” “the weather is so bipolar” SHUT UP!!!!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!

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above all else a trans woman is a person. above all else a trans women is a woman who goes to the same grocery store as you and buys fruits in the same grocery cart as you and goes home and eats her dinner the same as you. above all else a trans woman is a woman who dresses like you do and talks the same way you do. above all else a trans woman is a woman who wants to be cared about the same way you want to be cared about and a trans woman is a woman who makes friends the same way you make friends. above all else you should care about trans women because they are people. treat her as such.

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Two days late but here he is!

SOL

“...No cat should just accept what has gone before. StarClan's time is over. These cats are dead, and their spirits have no power over you.”

[Black-based chimera with ginger classic-tabby and chocolate mackerel-tabby tortoiseshell patches, high white spotting, short-and-long fur, and heterochromatic gold-and-blue eyes.]

Oh Sol… They did you so dirty… You could have been such a cool villain if you were utilized properly…

Design notes!

Uneven fur lengths due to his chimerism. Most of his coat is sleek and short, especially around his torso, tail, and the length of his face and ears. Much longer, thicker fur grows naturally from his tail-tips, mane, belly, legs, ear fluff, and from the sides of his face.

Polycaudal! I think I was one of the first to come up with this idea, but I could totally be wrong… Means “many-tailed”; very rare, but something that can occur in real cats in real life!

Sectoral heterochromia in both eyes.

Tons of striking, stylized markings. His left ginger tortie leg is styled like a star, while the patch over his eyes is like a circle or an eclipse.

Each of his paws are unique. Hind left has ginger and brown spots; upper left has ginger toes; hind right has a single brown toe; upper right is pure white.

Scarring includes: A slash on his jaw, made by Leafstar on accident while being driven from SkyClan; this is purely headcanon.