#like changing my name and pronouns

[sleep-nurse]

after 3 centuries i finally managed to properly redesign my dumbass sona, i was gonna initially just change their hair for a more androgynous look but then i. changed their lore a bit too

basically they volunteer for various jobs like delivering mail and milk, nursing and gardening (even though that's also their hobby)

no one knows their gender or their real name but they go by various plant/nature related names (like willow or sunflower)

[carlyraejepsans]

for real WHERE does the idea that [utdr humans] are nongendered so that "you can project on them" come from. their literal character arcs are about NOT being a blank slate to be filled in by the audience

i think i understand the assumption on some level for undertale, because there is a very intentional effort to make you identify with the "player character" in order to make your choices feel like your own (the beating heart of undertale's metanarrative lies in giving you an alternative path to violence against its enemies after all, and whether you're still willing to persue it for your own selfish reasons. YOUR agency is crucial).

of course, the cardinal plot twist of the main ending sweeps the rug from under your feet on that in every way, and frisk's individuality becomes, in turn, a tool to further UT's OTHER main theme: completionism as a form of diegetic violence within the story. replaying the game would steal frisk's life and happy ending from them for our own perverse sentimentality, emotionally forcing our hand away from the reset button.

i think their neutrality absolutely aids in that immersion. but also, there's this weird attitude by (mostly) cis fans where it being functional within the story makes it... somehow "editable" and "up to the player" as well? which is gross and shows their ass on how they approach gender neutrality in general lol.

but also like. there's plenty of neutral, non PCharacters in undertale and deltarune. even when undertale was just an earthbound fangame and the player immersion metanarrative was completely absent, toby still described frisk as a "young, androgynous person". sometimes characters are just neutral by design. it's not that hard to understand lol.

anyone who makes this argument for kris deltarune is braindead. nothing else to say about it.

[stiffyck]

Sobbing thinking about casual acceptance.

Hermits just being chill about each other. Someone announcing in chat they use different pronouns now and the hermits just responding with thumbsup and "cheers man" and stuff like that. Then using those pronouns without any issues.

Someone dressing in a more non conventional way and just getting casual compliments.

Just them not making a big deal out of stuff like this.

[skuaclan]

Moon 2.

[flareboi]

what if purple never calls him dad

[autumnalhalcyon]

that feeling when you're trans in a customer service position and you and a regular customer clock each other as Not Cis, and suddenly you're their preferred goto by virtue of being Not Cis and being trusted with the Not Cis problems

brought to you by: This Just Happened To Me

[gideonisms]

I feel like I should get a different name for every occasion like I should just be able to pick one for a day and put it on like an outfit. taking embrace of change to its most extreme conclusion or something

[actualaster]

Fun things about being a repeat patient at PT for neck, back, and shoulder pain is nobody even suspects I got top surgery for gender reasons because I legit had some of my chronic pain almost entitely fixed nearly instantly by it so everybody just figures I did it for pain relief

(I mean, that was also a reason, but it was secondary)

[the-kestrels-feather]

Donna Noble is out here threatening homicidal maniac aliens because they were disrespectful to her daughter, meanwhile my mom won't even change my contact in her phone to my proper name.

[buryam-soul]

I hope picking the Male Rover from Wuthering Waves is the reason I sort out my gender situation bcs that would be a pretty funny way for that to happen

[wowa-bublord]

anyone else feel sooo disconnected from their name but just can't be bothered to put in the effort to change it? LOL

[necromimetics]

having a job that gives a fuck about like, workers rights is actually crazy. yesterday I stayed later working on something and emailed it to my supervisor and just thought whatever cause that happens at every job and the next day my supervisor was like “hey I saw you sent this email late, make sure you log those hours you worked as overtime so you can get paid or get comp time” and I was like what

[inniave]

dropping 'helen' cause i keep getting misgendered lol

now it's just 'saint hyssop'

[gender-euphowrya]

spell of explode all transphobes Activate

[sonknuxadow]

you know normally i think top surgery scars on teen characters is kinda silly and doesnt make sense because like. theyre not old enough to have gotten it. like legally. but on sonic its more funny than anything because somehow managing to get top surgery without going through any of the normal and legal processes to do so sounds exactly like something sonic would do

[femboyyuri]

oh one of my fave youtubers shaved the beard and wear loop earrings now