#societal ideals

[dismembered-narrator]

i tried writing out a long post on how refreshing the way tsv portrays the societal expectation of romance is and how i haven't seen any other media take that kind of perspective but i'm bad at articulating my thoughts so i'll just say. the silt verses aromantic show of all time

[bb-fennelposting]

I made this last year (just before the creation of this blog, actually!) and it's taken me until now to actually show anyone

i believe u posted this before, actually

but fuck it, lets bring this back

[tchaikovskaya]

On one hand I’m like “how did we as a society fuck up so hard that being around small children in regular public shared spaces, not age-restricted businesses or organizations etc, is like a point of Discourse?”

but on the other I’m kinda like. idk. I watched, for several years, lots of people tell us we were Bad People for being willing, in theory, to pay more money for a flight with a 14+ age limit. or expecting you to take your screaming baby outside if you’re at an event in an enclosed indoor space. Or even privately complaining about a crying baby on a plane when you don’t say or do anything antagonistic to the parents in response. Just anything other than unbridled joy about being around a little kid is an indication that you have rot deep in your soul. So 🫠

[razzledazzletrassh]

no major fic updates just yet guys TAKE MY WOY OC I MADE LIKE. April of last year IM PLUGGING SOME INFO ABOUT THIS GUY IN THE TAGS.

I may also redesign her soon or something. Make her more bug-like with some stuff. I can cook guys let me cook !!!

[cyberpunkboytoy]

My DID-having ass is experiencing so much world-envy for the fictional country of Vaugarde I'm going to throw up

[sporesgalaxy]

in your post about vlad and silence being super normal you said they both had medical problems, what medical problem did silence have? also i love her

I don't mention it directly much because I don't think SHE would mention it, but she was physically unable to have children. and thank you!!

[smilepaint]

anyway the concept of passing is a scam. we will never be liberated until the idea that a trans person's inherent value and worth and validity is directly proportional to their resemblance to a cis person. and i say this not just to those who struggle to or do not fit into that box, but to those who very much do and are counting themselves lucky.

the same way that its unhealthy and unreasonable to expect a same gender couple to conform to notions of what a heterosexual family should be, its unhealthy and unreasonable to have to expect a transgender experience of identity and a transgender body to conform to a cisgender ideal. not only does it further the marginalisation of trans people and drive a wedge in our community, but it's an unhealthy way to see the world and relate to yourself. its not fair to expect a human being to go their whole life in states of checking the value of their body and their life against a societally imposed, often unattainable model that may not even reflect their own desires or goals.

it's tough, i know how tough it is to go against everything you've been taught, and the right to seek medical intervention to reshape ourselves in a way that deepens and solidifies our connection to our bodies is and will always be important. but for your own mental health, whatever shape you take must reflect yourself first. not a cis persons. transition is about making a home out of the body you're living in, in whatever way works for you.

you deserve the mental freedom that comes with removing "passing" from your emotional radar entirely. trans bodies are good bodies.

[theefaggotamerica]

shame?? in MY sti diagnosis??? it's more likely than you think

[chipjrwibignaturals]

literally so fucked up i can’t realistically just do socio-communication research my entire life. why must i have a “career” to “make money” and “care for myself”. i want to study fujoshis.

[itskrejsaitsparty]

why is figuring out your gender so hardddd

[apotelesmaa]

Like to an extent I do think a part of identifying as a women or even just presenting femininely comes with suffering as a result of a patriarchal and misogynist society but I think it’s just stupid to assume trans women don’t experience similar issues to those that cis women face. I would argue they actually experience it worse as a result of transmisogyny. But I also don’t think we should be centering the definition of womanhood on suffering because that is just stupid and wraps right back around to being sexist. “Womanhood is about hating being a woman” <- deranged take. Do you not hear yourself. The more opinions of t*rfs I’m (unwillingly. Thanks Twitter.) subjected to the more I feel that they really just want women to stew in self hatred as opposed to trans women who contribute far more to the body acceptance movement for women. Reading about the journeys of trans women towards appreciating their own appearance has helped me be far more comfortable with my own body. Reading anything that comes out of a t*rfs mouth just makes me feel like I need to hate how I look.

[spineless-lobster]

I could talk about the phallic implications of the Captain’s swagger stick but my brain won’t go past the stage of “Haha he has a dick-stick and he’s gay!” Which is just… super productive

[musical-chick-13]

Can somebody please explain to me what the appeal of vampires is.

[frogs-in3-hills]

also armsmasters little redemption arc is interesting bc it’s not that i don’t think he’s genuinely trying (being recruited to the slaughterhouse nine by fucking. mannequin. is a pretty effective wake-up call after all even IF you’re an asshole!), but it kind of rankles when viewed alongside his corruption of/power over dragon. it’s not even that he’s taking advantage of her because they are genuine partners (like they ARE a power couple & i hope they have freaky robot sex), but the nature of their relationship is that he is the one tampering w her brain and dictating how she functions, and she just has to trust him. all of the autonomy she’s gained has been granted by him. and he can only gesture at reciprocity by automating his own body and becoming “questionably human” (as presented by the narrative not reflective of my own beliefs) like her. anyways i think he’s not going to turn out to be evil the whole time but i think he is going to snap at some point and make a mistake. you kind of have to think about him in relation to taylor as someone whose interiority doesn’t match their roles and who builds delusions around themself in order to cope with that right. and i think the fact that he is still relevant in taylor’s story indicates that he is going to make another big mistake in the future.

[wachi-delectrico]

Gonna get spicy for a second and say that everyone loves spewing hate about narcissistic (NPD) parents and how awful parents with personality disorders are, but if someone were to make a post with the exact same cadence about ADHD parents they'd get shot in public at first sight

[downsteepy]

sunday doesnt need to be sitting in that damn confessional he needs therapy