it's so funny (read: sad) that if bigoted fuckheads didn't insist i was a woman simply by virtue of my body at birth, i'd probably be chill with she/her pronouns in addition to he/they. if my mom didn't insist i was her daughter, i'd probably let her call me that, and we could still have a relationship.
i'm nonbinary and 'gendered' words are hypothetically meaningless, but because there are so many people who are more interested in telling me who i am rather than lovingly and curiously letting me express my own sense of self, those words carry trauma.
there's no reason a nonbinary person like myself can't be a son and a child and a daughter. there's no reason a nonbinary person like me can't go by he, they, and she.
'she' is not a slur. 'daughter' is not derogatory. 'beautiful' 'pretty' 'gorgeous' 'feminine' are not insults.
to the contrary, they're parts of language that express certain facets of a multi-faceted human existence, like mine.
and i have this sad, mournful feeling that if it weren't for unloving, condescending people, i'd probably be down to be called any of those things alongside my usual masculine/neutral terminology.
but i'd rather die than let anyone tell me what i have to be called.
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Idk if someone already talked about this or not, but when Ha-ni asked him how she's different from the other humans and the hunter old man empashized how he liked Ha-ni cause she's empty with no desires or dreams etc, it's just feels so fucking dehumanizing wtf. Like how some awful parents in real life like their child better if they're an obedient soulless empty shell that the parents could control and order to do whatever they please, not a human being with their own will and desire
I know this might be intended as a subversion to the classic "grumpy old man accidentally adopting a young girl" trope, but in the end, it still icks me off. Glad he got his fucking karma in the end
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of experiences and other characters
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you leave people feeling challenged (affectionate)
a shiver. a breath of cool winter air, a stick n poke tattoo; the last few switchbacks at the end of a hike. a deep red. a proud sweat, a delicious ache. early dawn’s blue hour. a favorite story you love to retell. the excited scream, the staggering leap into water below. not fearless, but not afraid to let a good memory leave a few scars or stains. while you have moments of being rough around the edges—an acquired taste, a book not fully grasped in the first read-through—you can rest knowing that there will be people that rise to your challenge. you give off a sense of knowing yourself, and while that could be the case, you’re still learning, too. the close people in your life aren’t afraid of your seasons, your come-and-go silence, or your own way of showing love. they’re there to stay. they’ll join you on that blue hour dock just to read. they’ll take that last-minute road trip to the desert. you’re here to say, “I know you could do it.”
my oc as other characters (a sampling from the top 20)
leroy jethro gibbs (ncis)
mike ehrmantraut (bcs/brba)
sun bak (sense8)
john wick (john wick)
sayid jarrah (lost)
trinity (the matrix)
riza hawkeye (fullmetal alchemist)
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