#Alexis Meade

[fadedsaturated]

This really was THE show, you guys. It never got better than this four season warm blanket.

[sakebytheriver]

I mean, the transgender rep in Ugly Betty is obviously flawed for casting a cisgender actress as a transgender woman, but for the time it was written, I'm honestly shocked it's as nuanced and well-written as it is. And the fact that going into this show I had no idea that this was even going to be a plotline for a main character is insane. The show came out in 2006 and yeah it's the big twist of the first season, but the fact that I was never spoiled for this is crazy especially considering how much time I spend on the designated queer people talk about TV shows website.

The fact of the matter is I really like Alexis Meade, I think her storyline while clumsily handled sometimes is actually really well done and if only it hadn't been 2006 and casting a transgender actress was a beyond unheard of thing I really think Alexis Meade could have been an icon. It's really too bad I've never heard of her before, she really is a revolutionary character being one of the first transgender main characters on a mainstream TV show in the early 2000s and she was nuanced and well-written, she wasn't a villain or a stereotype she was a real person whom I'm sure her inclusion in this show was a lot of people's first introduction to trans people. Ugly Betty actually took the time to explore why Alexis would do the melocramatic soap opera thing of faking her death only to return with a sex change, they treated her story with respect and explored her motivations as if she was a real person rather than using her as a punchline or shock value and I truly was not expecting that.

They didn't have to do that, but they did, this show really took their core theme of "every woman is beautiful in her own way" and said Yes, even trans women and I for one think that's beautiful

[choerrypies]

On my way to turn a dead ship into an alive one. I also kind of um...designed the outfits they're wearing in this. Betty looks good in orange!

Bonus:

[svicolotuttoamancina]

When an Ugly Betty watch party becomes a Ted Lasso crossover

[biblionerd07]

Not only did Alexis almost let Daniel take the fall for her attempted murder but THEN to make everything worse he finds out she slept with the model he slept with just because their relationship sucked and she’s DJ’s biological parent?????

[icarus-enthroned]

i feel so soft about alexis asking wilhelmina, “i threw that like a girl, right?” when they’re in that dive bar in “derailed”

[shallyne]

Not to get hot and heavy on main but I need a bat boy, a hawk boy, a fallen angel, a demon prince, a demon king, a dragon, a demon, a wingleader, a mafia guy with a motorcycle, a mafia heir, a mafia guy with one eye, a dude with death powers and/or the High Lady of the Night Court to fuck the depression out of me

And a talking sword to give me a pep talk

[starlooove]

WAIT WGAAAAAAAAT

[sunflowerencrgy]

visage tags.

[eviltransswag]

Evil Trans Swag Competitor List

I'm not posting a bracket because I'm still making it and it's by hand, but here are the characters who are going to be in the tournament! The match-ups will be randomly generated and there are 64 characters. The polls will last a week. Alright enough of that here is the list (in alphabetical order bc yeah)

Thanks everyone for submissions and the voter fraud!!

Akaza (Demon Slayer)

Akechi Goro (Persona 5)

Alexis Meade (Ugly Betty)

Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl series)

Ashiok (Magic the Gathering)

Beatrice (Umineko: When They Cry)

Bloodraven (Tales of Dunk and Egg)

Buggy the Clown (One Piece)

Cesar (Big Top Burger)

Sir Crocodile (One Piece)

Dio Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Dr. Starline (IDW Sonic)

Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)

Edward Nygma/The Riddler (DC Comics)

Elendira (Trigun)

Envy (Full Metal Alchemist)

Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

Giselle Gewelle (Bleach)

Goblin King Jareth (Labyrinth)

Golden-Winged Peng (LEGO Monkie Kid)

Grelle Sutcliff (Black Butler)

Grima (Fire Emblem)

Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Henry Cooldown (No More Heroes)

HIM (Powerpuff Girls)

Hubert von Vestra (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Ienaga Kano (Golden Kamuy)

Infinite the Jackal (Sonic the Hedgehog series)

James (Pokemon)

Jessie (Pokemon)

Jester Karture (Fate/Strange Fake)

John Hart (Torchwood)

Joseph Bertrand III (inFAMOUS 2)

Lestat de Lioncourt (The Vampire Chronicles)

Liquid Snake/Eli (Metal Gear Solid)

Loam Arnault (Entropic Float)

Merasmus (Team Fortress 2)

Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog series)

Millions Knives (Trigun)

Moot Tarbella (Epithet Erased)

Mordred Pendragon (The Mechanisms - High Noon Over Camelot)

Mutsuki Tooru (Tokyo Ghoul)

Neferpitou (Hunter x Hunter)

Orochimaru (Naruto)

Pigma Dengar (Star Fox)

Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid series)

Scaramouche/Wanderer (Genshin Impact)

Scourge the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog series)

SCP-004-J/Stanley Nichols (SCP Foundation)

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)

Serafine Savoy (Lackadaisy)

Shamura (Cult of the Lamb)

Shiromori (Mystery Skulls Animated)

Silver (Pokemon)

Suzuki Emiri (High-Rise Invasion)

Sweet Tooth (Moshi Monsters)

The Leading Light (HLVRV)

Turkey (Dorohedoro)

Tyki Mikk (D. Gray Man)

Uncle Wiley (Hatchetfield)

Vaati (The Legend of Zelda series)

Vegas Theerapanyakul (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu (The World Ends With You)

[anextrapart]

been rewatching ugly betty on netflix for the first time since it aired* because i am a simple bitch, and yes obviously it is so so so stupid (affectionate) but the daniel meade manwhore-to-extreme-wifeguy transformation remains just *chef's kiss*

*and hoo boy are there some elements that suffer from "victim of their time" syndrome. the handling of most of alexis' storyline is just... yikes

[appendingfic]

Alexis Meade: *gets the best gender affirmation treatment a trans woman can get* Alexis Meade: *keeps the ugly tattoo on her thigh*

[ofbeautsandbeasts]

Aahhh!! I just received your gift @obesessedwbeautiesandbeasts!!! 🤩🥳

Mead is so freakin' cute and I love that they're nonbinary! I think this is my first drink-related Squishmallow! 🥰 Mead's been warmly welcomed into the house by Alexie the Cow and Vlad the Vampire (who also joined my Squish squad in recent weeks) 😆

Thanks so much for this Halloween surprise! 🎃 I'll be sending your card shortly!! 😊

[soffies]

Soooo I'm watching Ugly Betty. I'm on S4 rn. [Don't continue reading if you haven't watched Ugly Betty or you'll spoil yourself] At first it was really hard to watch because Hilda, Betty's sister, seemed so off to me, like their relationship don't really add up to me. But maybe I'm biased by my own experience (my own sister hates me because I'm not they way she wants me to be) and I can't understand how Hilda loves Betty sm and isn't embarrassed of being related her when they're so different. Hilda cares about her appearance while Betty is a fashion disaster. Anyway, once I got over that (and maybe I'm really projecting onto the characters) I started enjoying it.

I love that they took the original Betty and put her in a whole new context (NY and a fashion magazine instead of Bogotá and a clothing company) with new people (there's no really Daniel Valencia, Marcela Valencia or Nicolas Mora. You can see some of them through other characters or are erased altogether). Daniel Meade (this version's Armando Mendoza just as in that he's a manwhore and B's boss) is has a really different storyline than his Colombian version and as far as I got, didn't fall for our girl just yet. But learns to appreciate her earlier than Armando and kinda like him way more. He's still got daddy issues and all, but also is kinda way less toxic that Armando (ik that that's the whole point of ysblf and loses part of its charm)

I also really love Alexis Meade's character, Daniel's sister. I just wish they'd handled her exit differently, without turning her into an almost baby-murderer and exiled. She deserved more love. Her introduction was also beyond bizarre, I mean Daniel hitting on his deceased brother who was now a gorgeous trans woman? Idk. That was a little bit too out there.

Anyway, you wouldn't really connect Ugly Betty with Yo soy Betty la fea weren't ir for the main character's name and the title, they could've been two completely separate shows.

[readtilyoudie]

I couldn’t help but eye the burly woman who just pulled a full ax out of her skirt. She locked eyes with me and shrugged. “It’s my good luck charm. I’m Becca, by the way.”

“Never get on her bad side.” Alexis whispered.

“Agreed.” I replied.

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf (Mead Mishaps, #2) by Kimberly Lemming

[princessofmanyfaces]

Mead Mishaps

That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon:

A 5 star read for me. It was funny, I loved Fallon and Cinnamon's dynamic. I liked the plot. The spice was good.

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That Time I Got Drunk And Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf:

A 5 star read for me. Brie and Felix are adorable. Brie getting over her abandonment issues and starting to trust Felix. Alexis gets introduced and she's my absolute favorite. It was hilarious and again the spice was good and didn't overshadow the plot.

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Mistlefoe:

A 5 star read for me. I adored this whole book. Alexis was a masterpiece. I was laughing a lot, it was amazing.

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A Bump in Boohail:

A 4 star read for me. A short Halloween story that I adored. Felix falling over a child? Definitely my highlight.

Mead Mishaps Series:

A very earned and deserved 5 star series.

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