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fellhellion · 8 months

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sorry i need to expel the demon that is comicsverse thoughts from my head w a weirdly structured ramble ive been trying to articulate fdsjkfhkjds

-> miguel is initially alienated from his body post transformation - not just due to the nonconsensual nature of being spidered - but because he views the transformation as alienating him from a claim to humanity

-> however, the identity of spiderman and the ideals that represents seems to be in big part the means by which miguel reconciles himself to the nature of his physical body. not only do his abilities become naturalised to his understanding of himself as Miguel (rather than being thought of as alien) but they enable spiderman to be that force for good and change that miguel so desperately wants to see in himself

-> but miguel simultaneously depersonalises himself from his spiderman identity. he thinks of it as the better half of himself, as something almost ephemeral, that he doesn't quite have a claim to or is able to reconcile completely to Miguel The Human Being and all his associated baggage

-> and that's an interesting internal conflict to have when he simultaneously can never escape the lived reality of his own body and where it diverges from those around him, even as that lived reality eventually becomes something he can reconcile himself to far more easily

-> and what overhangs across this entire discussion is context of (and thus how Miguel would be influenced by) Nueva York's hypercapitalist society and thus the understanding and conception of your physical body in that lens. how much or little your body is owed by you yourself. the access you are told must be permitted to it by others/corporations. how the physical body is policed and politicised. the commodification of the body in the most literal sense via Vulture's cannibalism.

#something something to miguel the change to be a better man is far more fantastical to imagine than turning into a spider mutant #jesus fuckinggg christ this is a mouthful #sm2099 #miguel o'hara #am i just insane or does like fjsdfkjhs does anyone see the threads i am gesturing towards in my sleep deprived crazy spiderman posting fkj #also. the longer i wrote this the more i think about what the dimension of transgender or queer gender identity in general would do to the #overall strokes i have outlined here. please feel free to say this crosses a boundary as i am cis but. i just think about how i relate to #stories of alienation from the body as a bisexual person - through the lens of sexuality and queerness #and ig i just wonder if any 2099 trans fans have thoughts on that lens to miguel #apologies for main tagging this im just. very curious as to if im shooting blanks here or not fsjkdhfjksdhjfkd #tunes talks 2099 #long post

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lieutnt · 1 year

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I was wondering if you could give us some more trans Rudy. WIAT- don’t even have to be trans, just some sub Rudy would be fantastic.

For an idea, I was think about cock warming.

Don’t feel pressured to do this, and have a good day. Feel free to ignore.

Warnings: NSFW, 18+ Only. Cockwarming, teasing, some afab terms used (cunt, pussy), you have no self restraint.

You're ripped from concentration by the gentle kisses Rudy places on your neck, his hips shifting as your cock drags against his walls.

"Rudy," you warn, restraint already running thin as he tries to get you to move.

"I'm sorry mi amor, you feel too good," he whines into your neck, cunt twitching around your length as he finally gets some stimulation.

You sigh, putting your pen down on your desk and reclining back, hands coming to rest on his waist. Rudy leans back, giving you the perfect view of the relief washing over his face when he rocks back particularly hard against you, a pleased moan releasing from deep within his chest.

Tightening your grip he stills, looking at you with the best puppy eyes he can muster. "What did I tell you?"

Rodolfo shakes his head, hands tightening in their grip on your shoulders. "Please, I can't wait that long."

With a sigh you give in, standing up and perching him on the edge of your desk while you move things out of the way. Once it's clear he lies back - fuck, you can never resist him.

You draw back until just the head is in his cunt and then thrust forward, his cunt swallowing you perfectly. "Christ, I'm addicted to this pussy."

"Dios mio, please move," he begs, crossing his ankles behind your back.

His breath hitches when you trace a finger around his stretched opening, eyes wet with pleasure as he watches. "Don't worry, by the time I'm finished you'll be dripping with my cum."

#rodolfo rudy parra #trans!rodolfo rudy parra #rodolfo “rudy” parra x male reader #call of duty #top male reader #lieutnts drabbles #lieutnts writings #male reader #top reader

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becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys · 9 months

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I'm off to fringe for a few days soon, do you have any recommendations on who to see this year?

I have no idea of what kind of comedy you like, but I do have a few! Although if you ask me in a week I may have more, as my husband will have had chance to see more and rec them to me; I'll be going up later in the month. But I have seen some in preview and heard great things about others.

Steffan Alun: Free Stand-Up Will Blow Your Mind. 11.45am, Just the Tonic at the Mash House.

Very good show this year, and when I saw it in final preview a woman in front of me very literally cried with laughter at one point, and had to take her glasses off to dry her face. It's about approaching middle age and wondering if you're a role model, and it's his usual style: very anecdotal, lil bit moral and political, very optimistic, and very Welsh. Owing to some Fringe Bollocks he's not in a great time slot, so every audience member is very appreciated this year, because it's a fantastic show that deserves more coverage than it's going to get (why do we even HAVE morning time slots...)

Josh Elton: Mountain Jew. 13.45, Brewdog

Another one I've seen in preview! Josh is a Welsh Jewish comedian and his show this year is about labels, and the benefits and drawbacks of them (eventually examining his own). It's charming and irreverent and makes good points while being hilarious.

Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019. 15.30, the Alcove at Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

A Tumblr darling, if only Tumblr kept up with comedy outside of famous TV comedians. Cerys is NB and autistic and had one of my favourite shows last year - it was about how they joined a women's rugby team and had to navigate being unfit, socially awkward, and trans. It was amazing. According to Steff, this year's show is even better, so it's first on my own list to watch when I get the chance. (Also Cerys is an absolute delight on a personal level. This is rare in a comedian. I mean, so is everyone else on this list, but eh.)

Jake Baker: Alone Together. 17.30, Just the Tonic at the Caves.

Another I saw in preview and Very Enjoyed! Gently political but charmingly whimsical and extremely funny, and I saw a relatively early preview so it'll be even better now. Jake has a really lovely stage presence, kind of sweet and slightly shy, which means you feel at ease but are therefore floored all the more when the bigger hooks come. Really good show.

Priya Hall: Grandmother's Daughter. 16.20, Monkey Barrel 2.

God, I remember when Priya did her fifth ever gig. At the end the MC, pro Welsh comic Matt Rees, got up to see her off the stage, and once she'd sat down he went "So...was that really your fifth gig?" And when she said yes, he said "Because... I don't know if anyone has told you yet, but... it's considered courtesy among comedians if, when you're starting out, you remember to be shit for a while."

We knew she'd be going places, is what I'm saying

Anyway, she's doing her debut! And I believe it's about her quest with her girlfriend to become parents, while talking about the role her Indian grandmother played in her Welsh family. I haven't seen it yet but I intend to.

Sooz Kempner: Y2K Woman. 15.45, Underbelly, Bristo Square

They've all been free or pay what you want so far, but this is the first of two ticketed shows in the Big Four that I'll flag up. £11 a standard ticket, £10 a concession, but with the Big Four keep an eye on the specials board - plus they often do two for one offers on tickets on Mondays and Tuesdays, so see if her show is included in that.

It's about late 90s/early 00s nostalgia, and also the fact that she's starring in a really interesting Doctor Who mixed media spin off project atm that hardcore Doctor Who fans hate and are furious about for reasons of being boring nerds with zero fun.

Alice Fraser: Twist. 20.30, Underbelly, Bristo Square

Honest to God the woman is just. A master. A maestro. A goddess of comedy. She could read the phone book and you'd be in hysterics, plus rolling around on the floor. You could receive news that every single person you'd ever met and liked had all been accidentally jettisoned into space in a freak accident involving a Tesla crashing into a SpaceX rocket, and you'd still laugh yourself sick at her show. She's breathtaking. Go and see her.

#comedy #asks

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sparklepirate · 1 year

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Okay, I'd like to throw my hat in the ring about Murtagh's surname because I have some thoughts and feelings.

I know a lot of people are gunning for Murtagh changing his name in order to sever his connection with his father, and I think that's a fantastic idea! I really hope Paolini does that in this upcoming book! Changing his name can be so powerful in forging his own identity and taking control of his life and his image and frankly, as a trans person who has in fact changed my own name, I think that is so sexy of him.

But I've seen a lot of different contenders for what his name should be and I'd like to contribute one I haven't seen yet but really like? So far I've seen

Murtagh Selenasson: I like it a lot! I think there's something so powerful about a man in this culture taking on the name of a woman, especially in as deliberate a nature as this, and honoring the legacy of his mother. That said though, this probably would be my favorite, but if I remember correctly didn't he feel abandoned and betrayed by his mother leaving to give birth to Eragon, like she thought only one of her kids was worthy of being raised in peace and it clearly wasn't him? Obviously the situation in reality was more complicated than that, but I wonder if those feelings of hurt still linger, and if it would occur to him to take on her name in spite of that. I give it like a 8.5/10.

Murtagh Tornacson: Honestly, no complaints about this one at all! Honoring the man that was more of a father to him than his own father! Very sweet! 10/10, except I personally prefer...

Murtagh Thornsrider: I haven't seen this one around (and if it HAS been floating around, come talk to me 👀), but I really like it? It feels the most like staking entirely his own identity, completely free of his past and any other implications except for that this is truly who he is now. He is a rider, and he is his own. It also is honoring the one figure in his life that was there for him throughout the whole of his very darkest days, and the person he is absolutely the closest to. He seems to be on the path of mending his relationship with Eragon, but Thorn could probably be considered his only true family at this point. Plus I just feel like it rolls off the tongue. This is what I'm gonna be using in fic if I ever decide to post any.

#thoughts?#ashna reads the inheritance cycle #murtagh morzansson #murtagh and thorn #murtagh thornsrider #murtagh tornacson #murtagh selenasson

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aricastmblr · 8 months

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19th Fantastic Jimin's day

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지민이의 vV. 뒷자리에 타실 분 모집 중입니다.

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오랜만에 지미니랑 😄😄 #RM #JIMIN

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형이랑 3년만에~ #JIMIN #RM

Trans) Con Hyung por primera vez desde hace tres años~ #JIMIN #RM transmisión de vídeo) JM : ( Respiración) RM: Jimin-ah tu vas primero (Ultima foto K-Media)

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cycles-ptau · 1 month

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Peek-A-Boo!

Hi everyone! Sorry that there hasn't been any update to the blog, school's been kicking my butt especially with deadlines and such (that plus my job which takes up my only days of free time nowadays aka the weekends)

But I figured I can post the old blog's data for you all to read for those who have recently followed the blog and don't know what's going on AND I will be posting a long-time link for the server on this blog as well! (it's quite dead because i've barely posted anything but things will come and go :3)

With that being said, I hope you all have a fantastic spring break and a wonderful Easter for those who celebrate! Oh and Happy late Trans Visibility day as well!! -C

#not an ask #important #pizza tower au #mod post #heeheehoohoo

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cha0ticr0b0tic · 11 months

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I just watched Manhunter – the 1986 Michael Mann adaptation of Thomas Harris’ infamous novel Red Dragon – and I have some THOUGHTS that I cooked up in the shower because this could not be more different from Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal, and that’s not a bad thing at all!

A little bit of context so I can explain where I’m coming from: back in late 2019 I was studying abroad in the UK and our professors took us to a Blake exhibition in London. As a writer, socialist, and avid horror fan, I was floored. I got really overwhelmed in there and spent the next couple days decompressing before I started digging into his work in earnest, as well as works revolving around his art. I bought a copy of Red Dragon not long after that trip and worked my way through it when I had free time. I also started working on a paper for class about Blake’s influence in my favorite movie, Blade Runner, which meant I was deep-diving into noir as well as this trippy artwork – lots of anticapitalist rhetoric, lots of body horror, lots of monsters. Sooooo many monsters.

The pandemic hit, we all were sent home, and I watched a lot of crime shows – Twin Peaks, Mindhunter, and Hannibal were the main ones. I was really excited to get to the Red Dragon storyline in Season Three and I was not disappointed. By that point in the show, Hannibal had turned from a police procedural with supernatural undertones to a full blown queer Gothic romance. That also includes the Dolarhyde/Reba storyline, even if it didn’t last.

Dolarhyde got a lot of attention in the show – more than I was expecting, honestly. Richard Armitage did SUCH a wonderful job portraying that character, it’s incredibly nuanced and sympathetic. Our first moments with Dolarhyde are where he’s working out, practicing his speech, and getting his infamous back tattoo of the Dragon. There is a lot of attention paid to his body, and his discomfort in his body. I’m half-joking, but the trans vibes are strong with this one: “Becoming” might as well be referring to transitioning, albeit into a giant monster (whatever floats your boat!). As an out-and-proud director making an out-and-proud show, it makes sense that Fuller is focusing on the queer elements of the Red Dragon – the coding was always there, but now he’s really bringing it front and center via Dolarhyde’s physicality/body language.

I was kind of surprised, then, that Dolarhyde was not as prominent in Manhunter. There was hardly any discussion of the Red Dragon artwork at all, which was also surprising – is it because it was too fantastical for a director who deals with grounded, gritty crime? Compared to the NBC show, this Red Dragon was kind of one-note, which was a shame. He’s the bad guy, after all. He’s the guy Will is supposed to catch. But then I remembered: Dolarhyde is this movie’s Waingro. He’s the destabilizing element. I’m not an expert in Michael Mann, but I know he’s very into the stability of the family unit (shout out to good dad Will Graham!) and Dolarhyde specifically targets stable families – this was already in the Harris novel, he didn’t have to make that up to fit his thematic interests. Dolarhyde only matters because he serves as a threat to our hero and his values.

This version of Will Graham is surprisingly grounded, privately tortured, and full of resolve and dedication. We see that he’s got a history with Hannibal – there are definitely some queer moments here (there are a surprising number of 80s love songs in the soundtrack, hmm wonder what that’s about), and it’s a bummer we don’t get much of Cox’s Lecter because he is delightfully funny. Still, I don’t see this Will succumbing to his inner darkness anytime soon; he’s got a very good relationship with his wife and son (Vincent Hanna, take notes.) He is very much a Michael Mann Protagonist, even if he comes from another writer’s mind. In contrast, Bryan Fuller’s Will comes across as a Gothic hero(ine) in that his sensitivities are always highlighted, he looks like he needs to be taken to the seaside for his health, and he can’t seem to shake his demons (Hannibal is, after all, difficult to avoid.)

In any case, both adaptations are valid and it’s kinda comparing apples to oranges. Manhunter leans way more noir, Fuller’s Hannibal is Gothic all the way. I am definitely going to be rewatching Manhunter to pick apart some of the queer coding & subtext hehe

#rant #hannibal #bryan fuller #will graham #manhunter 1986 #michael mann #the great red dragon #thomas harris

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kamreadsandrecs · 2 months

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Title: You Dreamed of Empires

Author: Álvaro Enrigue, trans. by Natasha Wimmer

Genre/s: historical, literary fiction

Content/Trigger Warning/s: rape, murder, drug use, slavery

Summary (from publisher's website): One morning in 1519, conquistador Hernán Cortés enters the city of Tenochtitlan – today’s Mexico City. Later that day, he will meet the emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds, two empires, two languages, two possible futures.

Cortés is accompanied by his captains, his troops, his prized horses, and his two translators: Friar Aguilar, a taciturn friar, and Malinalli, an enslaved, strategic Nahua princess. After nearly bungling their entrance fo the city, the Spaniards are greeted at a ceremonial welcome meal by the steely Aztec princess Atotoxtli, sister and wife of Moctezuma. As they await their meeting with the emperor – who is at a political and spiritual crossroads, and relies on hallucinogens to get by – Cortés and his entourage are ensconced in the labyrinthine palace. Soon, one of Cortés’s captains, Jazmín Caldera, overwhelmed by the grandeur of the place, begins to question the ease with which they were welcomed into the city, and wonders at the chances of getting out alive, much less conquering the empire. And what if… they don’t?

You Dreamed of Empires brings Tenochtitlan to life at its height, and reimagines its destiny. The incomparably original Álvaro Enrigue sets afire the moment of conquest and turns it into a moment of revolution, a restitutive, fantastical counterattack, in a novel so electric and so unique that it feels like a dream.

Buy Here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/you-dreamed-of-empires-alvaro-enrigue/19997322

Spoiler-Free Review: Gosh but this was an intriguing journey. It kind of reminds me of the kinds of daydreams a person can come up with when they’re REALLY focused on an idea. I don’t know if this is something other people do, but there are people (myself included) who can build out entire scenarios in their heads and just play them out from all angles, from the perspective of all the characters, with all the possible outcomes that occurs to the daydreamer. This book feels like a very refined version of that.

But with that being said: the dreamlike narrative is a result of the deliberately Borgesian thrust of the narrative. Because that’s what this is, at its core: a Borgesian take on a very specific historical event. There’s no certainties here, no hard, specific truths; it forces the reader to question the relationship between “fact” and “fiction” and address the fluidity and gray areas between the two. This story is a labyrinth, and the reader must navigate the labyrinth and meditate upon the story being told.

Another way to look at this story is that it’s a reclamation, of sorts, of the historical narrative. In the dream that is this novel history is turned on its head, wrested away from the “hard truths of reality” as created and put forward by the colonizers, and instead put in the hands of the colonized. This feels extremely powerful and empowering in a way that can’t be replicated in straight historical fiction, and likely not even by alternate history narratives.

Overall this was an utterly fascinating read. It might not be the easiest to get through, since not everyone is into Borgesian-style stories, but the payoff for those who DO enjoy that kind of style and for those who stick through it is DEFINITELY worth it. The experience will also be very interesting for anyone who’s from a country with a history of colonization, especially Spanish colonization, since the narrative brings up interesting questions about the interplay between fact and fiction, and how storytelling highlights thee fluidity between the two.

Rating: five quetzalcoatl feathers

#book review #book reviews #you dreamed of empires #alvaro enrigue #natasha wimmer (trans.)#historical #literary fiction #books

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theenpcbracket · 9 months

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Three Cheers for Balthazar D. Blackstone!

Congrats to Balthazar D. Blackstone! We've had an awesome time learning about him these past few weeks.

Here's a quick summary of this awesome NPC! Feel free to add on your favorite things about him, if you know a character from your own campaign you think would get along with him and why, or anything else that comes to mind! This post is dedicated to celebrating Balthazar for being such a fantastic NPC!

Party: Emissaries of the Cradle of Twilight Relationship to party: One PC's wizard mentor, killed another PC's family. Estranged grandfather figure.

What makes them the best NPC: He is an ancient necromantic bone dragon/skeleton wizard. He has bound his magic in a spell to keep his pet dog around so he can see him once every 100 years!

He is helping the party fight the evil fascist empire. He is the wizard mentor of one of the party members, and also the dragon mentor (helped the PC do a ritual to become a dragon). When the party first met him he was called Magic Max and ran a small magical store. He has published books! He wears old fancy suits because he’s old as balls and likes that fashion best! He’s even trans!

Quote: "For over a thousand years, I have resisted that covetous urge of our kind. But now, after residing here for only a month, seeing how wonderful life can be, being amongst those who have found safety here, it seems that I have made this whole city my hoard.

I didn’t even mean to."

This post and other extra comments can be found under Balthazar's tag on this blog, but here's some highlights:

Give it up one more time for Balthazar D. Blackstone everyone!

#balthazar d. blackstone #celebration post #dnd #ttrpg #d&d #dungeons and dragonns #homebrew #dnd oc #character tournament #dnd npc #oc tournament

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docholligay · 11 months

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Lone Women

Non-spoilery: I wanted to like this, and the blurb made me think I really would, but boy is this book equal parts mind-boggling, boring, and pandering. It makes PERFECT sense to me that most people who have read this got a free copy or a Book of the Month copy.

Spoilery:

OY and also GEVALT. Jesus herschel Christ, okay so, first of all this book is a textbook example of what I’m talking about when i say sometimes representative fiction and media risks becoming a Pokemon ‘gotta catch em all’ situation. The story centers around a Black woman, Adelaide, which is fantastic and absolutely relevant to the story given that Montana was very “sure fine whatever” about giving Black homesteaders land. But then, it just...keeps adding up. Another Black woman and a Chinese woman who are also lesbians, obviously, and lesbianing together join up with Adelaide and her new friend, a single mother with a young trans son that she is 100% accepting of. This is in a 250ish page book, and at a certain point you just start sighing because it’s this author is just ticking stuff off a list at this point. This would be very doable in a longer book or maybe a better written one, but this is a piece of genre fiction par excellence, and none of that is on offer here, so you end up just trying to figure out how he’s gonna shoehorn in another minority. Because none of these minorities have problems with each other, by the way. Obviously. There is no such thing as inter-minority oppression and hatred, there is “majority” and “minority” and the white straight people who are the villains are truly mustache twirling in a way that is damn near hilarious. I think that actually identifies a big problem: None of these characters feel like people. I was sitting here thinking about having read and interacted with MANY other properties that play the ‘gotta catch em all’ game, and as a person who can often be included in ‘em all’ I am often not bothered, but the issue here is none of them FEEL like more than the Minority Experience he has highlighted for each of them. The villains have no internal life. Everyone is the flattest possible version of what a person can be.

That’s all very truly annoying, but I think I could forgive it if the horror was good. I have forgiven MUCH MUCH bigger sins in other books because the horror was enjoyable. Please don’t let the above make you think I am discerning in my horror tastes.

But oh my god. what the fuck.

The whole story centers around Adelaide having this secret she keeps locked up in a trunk with her. It’s heavy and burdensome, but she MUST carry it with her. It contains a murderous thing, a thing that killed her parents, and she dreams of being free of it. It nearly kills a man she falls in love with, and he goes away. Sounds great, right? Me sitting here wondering what I think this whole thing could be a metaphor for, for generational trauma or what have you. When it killed some mean white people I thought maybe it was a metaphor for Black anger. It’s a faceless monster described only in terms of its sharpness and its lust for men and horses (which did throw my theory about black anger out the window.)

But, at the end, it turns out the thing she’s been carrying around was born at the same time as she was and is, I shit you not, a literal dragon. Lavalle has intentionally avoided ever calling it a dragon throughout the book, I suppose because he thinks this twist is exceptionally clever. The dragon is Adelaide’s sister, and the secret is for her to learn to love her sister and also after they beat the bad guys--where, it must be said, they attempt to hang the lone women on the stage of a grand opera house-- everyone goes and lives in a secret town for “lone women” where everyone gets to be happy.

I read that, reread it, and quietly uttered “What the fuck”

I would be much angrier about it if I were a slow reader, but I’m not, so I don’t care. Read this if you’d like to read a book that feels like a bold attempt to cash in on people’s desire for representation in stories that also understands very very little about racial and social politics in the American West, which unfortunately I know a lot of, and also the big twist is SHE IS CARRYING AROUND A LITERAL DRAGON WHO IS ONLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT DOESN’T GET LOVE.

#doc reads

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giantroboticplatypusbutt218 · 1 year

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Oversight

This is Part 3 of the Magnetic Attraction series.

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Content Warnings: Fantastic Racism, Internalized Homophobia, Suggestive Content, Mild Language, Canon-Typical Violence.

Summary: Rev receives some friendly advice from Tech after a mistake of his is brought to attention. Desperate to prove that he took Tech's words to heart, he seeks the aid of his other friends to improve himself before the evening is over.

Unfortunately, he missed the most crucial piece of advice that Tech tried to convey.

Word Count: 27,277

Chapters: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (Link to Chapter on Ao3)

Chapter 1

Word Count: 3598

Notes: This is part 3 of the Magnetic Attraction series. If you haven’t read the previous parts you will probably be confused. Feel free to skip the rest of these notes if you don’t care about the content warnings.

(Continued under the cut)

Content warnings are similar to the previous fics, with the same themes of racism and internalized homophobia. As for new warnings:

You might have noticed this fic is rated “T” rather than “G”. That’s mostly due to some suggestive humor, and 90% of it is contained in chapter 2. Basically, I joke about the sexualized nature of modern pop music. A character also says a mild swear and there are allusions to blood (that’s not actual blood) in chapter 4.

There is a comment in the third chapter that is mildly transphobic. Honestly, I don’t even know if “transphobic” is entirely the right word. A well meaning character (you can guess who) voices some bad assumptions. I’m trans myself and I’ve dealt with well meaning people saying worse. Compared to literally everything else in the fic it feels pretty minor.

Lastly… I don’t know if this deserves a warning, but I hope you’re prepared for various characters to make some dumb decisions.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy, and feel free to give me comments and/or criticisms.

“Oh wow! Three apples! Can all of you count to three? Let’s do it together!”

Tap.

“Tengo que confesar. ¡Estoy enamorado de tu prima! Eres maravilloso, pero él puede correr tan rápido…”

Tap.

“Are those lions, tigers, and bears you see? Of course they are! Because this is channel 4 news, and this is our annual conservation special!”

Tap.

“That’s right folks; This entire evening is dedicated to the zoos of Blanc and all the wonderful creatures contained within.”

Tap. Tap.

“So get cozy, because you won’t want to miss all the amazing animals and the stories behind bringing them back from the brink!”

Tap. Tap. Tap. Taptaptap. “UGH! What the heck?!”

Duck mashed the channel up button a few more times before tossing the remote onto the coffee table.

Ace glanced over his book, otherwise not moving from his casual position on the opposite lounge sofa. “The batteries probably died.”

“I know that the batteries probably died. I’m not an idiot.” Duck crossed his arms. “But now what?! I don’t wanna be stuck watching some stupid news channel.”

“You wouldn’t mind if we were still in Acmetropolis.”

“Will you ever stop bringing that up!?”

Ace shrugged. “If you don’t wanna watch the news then just get up and change the channel on the TV.”

“Absolutely not! I’m not walking all the way over there!”

“It’s like ten feet. Also, you can teleport.”

“The buttons on the TV have a delay.”

“So does the remote.”

“I’m not going to get up and use the TV buttons like a loser.”

“Well, there are plenty of other TVs in HQ. Just go find one with a working remote and watch TV there.”

“But-! Uh…” Duck hummed, looking away. “The uh… lighting is better here. Yeah. I don’t want to go where there’s not… good lighting.”

“I guess the sunset does look pretty nice with all the big fancy windows. That still means you’re out of luck, though.”

“Don’t remind me.”

Ace went back to reading his book while Duck sat cross armed and frowned petulantly at the TV.

“What you see here is the Tiger Terrace Zoo, home of the best captive breeding program in all of Blanc. Thanks to the efforts of all the wonderful staff, the incredible Blanc tiger climbed from extinct in the wild, all the way up to endangered!”

“Bor-ing. Who cares about the stupid tigers? They just chase things half the day and sleep the rest! What are they even useful for? Nothing. That’s what.”

Duck looked over to Ace, who wasn’t paying attention.

“Ughhhh.”

“…”

“Ughhhhhhhhhhh!”

“…”

“UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”

“…”

“Fine! I’ll just get Tech to give me some new batteries!”

Ace poked his head up. “Actually, I think I remember Lexi buying some the-”

But Duck warped away before he could finish.

“Oh, well, nevermind I guess.”

Duck appeared near instantly in front of the lab door and began pounding on it.

“Tech! You in there? Open up and give me some batteries!” He continued pounding on the door for a few moments. “Hello?!”

A few seconds later, he crossed his arms.

“I’m coming in!” he announced, deciding to warp inside. “YEEEOUCH!!!” And immediately he warped back in front of the door.

“What the-! Oh right. The security thingamajig. Ugh. How am I supposed to find Tech?”

The sound of metallic equipment clanking against itself toward the entrance got his attention.

“Bingo,” he said, teleporting over.

Suddenly he was in front of the main elevator, pointing triumphantly and shouting, “aha!” However, his celebration was a little premature.

“Uhhh, hi Duck,” Lexi greeted with mild confusion.

“Hello,” Slam greeted as well.

“Dang it!” he exclaimed. Then, his eyes trailed down to the things they were carrying. “Uh, what’s that?”

“Hurdles, balance bars… Just some gymnastic equipment to get our blood pumping!”

Slam nodded enthusiastically.

“Eugh. Isn’t it too hot outside for exercise?”

“Oh, we actually set everything up inside. The 2B storage room has loads of space. Nothing in there but an old refrigerator and a few floor fans. As a nice bonus, it’s a little harder to hear the rest of HQ while I’m in there too.”

“But isn’t the door busted?”

“Just the opening mechanism,” she explained. “Slam’s strong enough to pull it open himself, even if the steel is a little slippery for him to grab onto.”

Slam shrugged.

“Hm.” Then Duck jolted, his mind getting back on track. “Wait, have you seen Tech around?”

“Not recently. I think he hasn’t left the lab much since last week. Probably caught up in a project or something.”

“Just great. His security system stops me from quacking in and he won’t answer the door.”

“Why do you need to see him?”

“The TV remote died and I need new batteries, and with Tech being a nerd he’s bound to have some.”

Lexi perked up. “Oh, actually I-”

“Wait! I bet he’d open the door for Rev! I just gotta find him, and he’ll get Tech to lend me some batteries.”

“If you would-!”

And Duck teleported away.

Lexi and Slam looked at each other and shrugged, before continuing on.

At Rev’s bedroom door, Duck began pounding on it similarly to how he did in front of the lab.

“Rev?! You in there?!”

“Oh! Yeah. The security is off and the door is open but give me a sec to-”

Upon opening the door anyway, “AHH!” a mountain of papers fell out and completely buried Duck.

In a flash Rev was by the door. “…clean up.”

Duck popped his head out of the pile and glared at him.

Rev chuckled sheepishly. “Honestly I tried to warn you and considering how fast I talk I’m surprised you didn’t manage to hear my entire warning before opening the door.”

“Yeah. Yeah. Whatever.” Duck wrestled his arms free of what was apparently a post-it note pile and picked one up. “What were you even doing? You’ve hardly been around for the past week.”

“Oh uh, just some research.”

Duck squinted at the chicken scratch covering the note. “Public opponents of the 1989 ICZN Opinion 1567 ruling regarding Case 2607,” he squinted harder, “-the moving of Canis latrans sapiens to Latrans sapiens under family… can-did-ay,” he tilted his head concernedly, “rudely wore shirts depicting a coyote with stink lines in protest.” Duck looked up and grimaced at Rev. “…What the heck kind of research is this?”

“Um, well, you know…” Rev quickly swooped over and gathered the pile of post-its in a big bunch before shoving them in a corner of his room.

Duck got up and brushed himself off, then followed Rev inside. “I really don’t. That paper was covered in weird nerd stuff.”

Rev chuckled nervously. “You see, I recently realized that some of my views and behaviors regarding Tech were… not fair, so I made a small effort to remedy that.”

The incredulous frown on Duck’s face grew as he failed to find a single space in Rev’s room that wasn’t plastered with colorful notes. Actually, no. Duck quickly spied a framed photo on Rev’s nightstand with Tech not so subtly left visible in it. But besides that, there was a nauseating amount of colorful papers absolutely everywhere. “‘Small’?”

“I… wanted to be thorough.”

When his eyes returned to Rev, he noticed a few dozen notes covering him as well. “Have you tried not being stupid?”

Rev huffed. “This is me trying not to be stupid.”

“Well, hopefully you’ve at least figured out that Tech didn’t want to eat you, then.”

Coughing awkwardly, Rev looked away. “How… do you know about that?”

“Lexi told me you came flying past her screaming about it.”

“Oh… I… guess I should’ve asked her not to say anything…” he cleared his throat. “But uh, yes. I do know that Tech wasn’t trying to eat me.”

“Great. And since we’re already talking about Tech, can you get me into the lab so I can talk to him?”

“I can see if he’ll let us in. But what do you need to see him for?”

“I need some new batteries.”

“Oh! I have some batteries!” Rev ran to his desk and pulled open a drawer, inadvertently flinging some post-its into the air. “I’ve got Double A, Quadruple A, A Twenty-Three, C Cell, D Cell, Nine Volt-”

“REV!”

He stopped his rummaging. “Yeah?”

“Any Triple A?”

Rev glanced back into the drawer for a moment. “Oh, uh, no.”

“Then can you open the lab already?!”

“Sure. I’ll meet you there.”

In an instant, Rev was gone. Duck soon followed.

When he appeared directly in front of the door, Rev was off to the side speaking through the intercom.

“Are you sure, Tech? You kinda sound like you don’t want me or especially Duck to come in.”

“It’s… fine. Just open the door.”

Rev inputted some kind of overly elaborate code onto the keypad and the door slid open.

“WAH!” And Duck was buried in papers again. He warped upward and landed on top of the paper pile. “Geez Tech!” came Duck’s scolding as Tech walked closer. “Have you ever heard of a folder?”

“Yes. But I’ve also heard of staples.” And like that, Tech used his power to yank all of the papers out from under him, landing Duck straight onto his butt.

“OOF!” Getting back onto his feet and brushing himself off, Duck scowled. “Any reason you had a pile of paper precariously placed right at the door?”

“Genuine mistake,” Tech stated through a smirk before walking his paper tower further into the lab.

“Whatever,” Duck huffed, following him inside with Rev shortly behind. “The TV remote’s dead. I need Triple A batteries for it.”

“Alright. Hand me the ones in the remote.”

“Okay.” Duck teleported.

…

“YEEOUCH!”

And immediately he was right back where he teleported from.

“You didn’t turn off the security thingy?!”

“It takes a while to shut off, so I didn’t bother. Sorry that I forgot to mention it,” Tech said with faux innocence.

“You’re despicable.” Duck sharply turned and walked out of the lab’s door, before teleporting away properly this time.

Rev brought his attention to Tech.

“Something happen between you two?”

“Not really. I’m still mad about something he said last week… even though I probably shouldn’t be by now.”

“What’d he say?”

“Eh, it’d take too long to explain. Long story short, he gave me some dumb advice I’d never use in my right mind.”

“Well that definitely sounds like something he’d do.”

Duck appeared at the doorway again and stomped inside. “Here’s the batteries,” he said, practically shoving them into Tech’s hands. “Now, give me some new ones.”

“I don’t have any.”

“WHAT?!”

“I used the last of the ones I had a while ago. You’ll just have to wait for these ones to recharge.” With that, Tech walked over and set them into the battery charger on his desk.

“How long will that take?!”

“A few hours, at least.”

“You can’t be serious?! How am I supposed to go without the remote for that long?!”

Rev stuck up his pointer finger triumphantly. “Actually! You know what? I just remembered; While I was grabbing a quick snack the other day I think I overheard Lexi talking about-”

“Would you quit yackin? Some people have real problems to deal with.” Duck groaned, stomping back to the door. “I guess I’ll have to find some batteries myself! You literal and not-literal love birds enjoy your freaky nerd nests; I’ve got some battery hunting to do.”

“We’re not-!” And Duck was gone before Rev could finish.

Tech crossed his arms. “You know, he’s just trying to get under your skin.”

“But-! He can’t just… keep saying stuff like that!”

“Just ignore him. Don’t give him the satisfaction of thinking you’re actually listening.”

“I… Yeah. You’re right…”

Tech looked around his lab, papers in towers all around. “I guess this would qualify as a ‘nerd nest’,” he said. “Duck made it sound like you had one too?”

“Yeah. I’ve been doing some research on-” Rev’s words got caught in his throat. “Uh, stuff.”

“‘Stuff’?”

“Y-Yeah. Just… nothing weird or… I don’t know.”

“Mmm.”

Tech took a few steps closer, and Rev held his breath.

Then Tech snagged a post-it caught up Rev’s crest and brought it into his vision.

“H-Hey!”

“You said it was nothing weird, right?”

“I-I did, but-”

“Then why can’t I see what you’ve been up to?”

“I… well… I don’t know. Something doesn’t feel entirely right… but as far as I can figure out it’s okay…”

Tech raised the note into his view, reading it aloud. “In a 2165 speech, the governor of New New Jersey was quoted saying that coyotes were cunning and untrustworthy, contributing to the spread of these stereotypes.” His gaze returned to Rev, giving him an expression of mild concern. “This is what you’ve been doing for the past week?”

“Well not entirely. I mean I did spend a bit of time on it as I wanted to be thorough but I did have to eat and sleep and…” Rev cowered. “Did I screw up?”

Tech handed Rev back the note. “Doing some research is a good idea, but if your room is looking anything like it does in here, you might’ve gone overboard.”

“Um…” Rev looked around, avoiding eye contact. “Anyway, what have you been up to? You said you were working on something but you’ve been pretty quiet about it all week.”

Tech sighed, deciding to ignore Rev’s sidestep for now. “Well…” His ears drooped. “I wanted it to be a surprise, but nothing's come of it so far. When you asked to come in I figured that… I couldn’t keep you out forever…”

Rev stepped over to one of the stacks of paper and took a stapled group off the top, scanning through. “Oh!” Rev perked up with a bright smile. “You’re experimenting with your potential electromagnetic abilities!” Slowly, his smile dropped. “But… you said nothing’s come of it?”

“Yeah… I haven’t managed to generate a single watt, let alone a circuit frying EMP.” Tech turned away, sighing wearily. “It should have been so easy. Magnetism and electricity are intrinsically linked, and I used both so effortlessly just last week. Yet… stacks documentation and experiments later… and I think I’ve lost all hope of figuring it out…”

“Aw, I’m sure you can do it eventually! Maybe you just need to come at it from a different angle.”

“Different angle?”

“Sure! How’ve you been trying to create electromagnetic energy so far?”

“Well…” Tech motioned Rev to his main work table, which had a few stacks of paper and a simple energy monitor attached to some loose wires on it. “I know that, mechanically, all that I should have to do is rapidly oscillate my magnetic fields near some conductive material to generate electricity, so I hooked up some wires to an energy monitor and tried to do just that. If I managed to generate even a single watt, I’d be able to see it. So far though… no luck.”

“Hmm…” Rev leaned down and tilted his head, looking at the simplistic set up. “This kinda seems like a cold and mechanical way of figuring things out.” He straightened up and turned back to Tech. “What about the emotional part? Didn’t you say you’d figure out what you were feeling when you produced the EMPs and try to replicate the circumstances?”

“I’m… still not entirely sure what specific emotion correlated to producing the EMPs, or if that correlation even exists or matters at all.” Sighing, he wiped his face. “Nevertheless… I have tried inducing various emotions through different means, but the longer I continued, the more the utter failure of these experiments got to me and possibly influenced the results…”

“Maybe you should try something else like- Oh!” Rev rushed out of sight, then came back with a simple LED lightbulb. “It’ll take very little energy to get this to light up, and when it does, you’ll have a quick and easy indicator that you’re on the right track!”

Taking the lightbulb offered to him, Tech turned it in his hands with an unsure expression. “Even if LEDs are more efficient than other bulbs, it’ll still take more energy to produce results than creating a current through the energy monitor.”

“That’s true, but a lightbulb is easier to carry around, and getting out of the lab might help things feel a little less stagnate.” Rev stepped around and started ushering Tech to the door. “And I don’t know about you, but I would have never learned about the full potential of my powers if nothing changed. Running faster, sure; I already run everywhere. But flying? That was entirely different territory. I looked into the sky and wondered if I could, and after many failed jumps, it wasn’t until I stopped thinking about the ground that I finally took off.”

After a moment to hum in thought, Tech shrugged. “I did only discover my powers when I wasn’t thinking about them. Mostly because I had no idea I even had them. Maybe a short break will help me clear my mind a bit.”

“That’s a great idea!” They stepped out of the lab and the door automatically locked behind them. “Once you’ve cleared your head a little I just know you’ll figure everything out! Maybe I can even throw you a party once you do! Complete with nice clothes and everything. But, since it’s been like a week since you’ve left the lab, before all that you could probably use a good meal and-” Rev sniffed the air and gagged, “uh, maybe a shower.”

Nodding with a shrug, Tech continued forward a few steps before noticing that Rev had gone entirely still. He turned to him in curiosity and was met with a mortified expression.

“Uh-”

“I’m really sorry if that was mean or uncalled for! I wasn’t even really thinking about what I said and then it came out and I don’t know why it even did because I’d never mean to-”

“Rev-”

“-hurt you even a little because I’m supposed to be your best friend but I should’ve known better and-”

“Rev!” Tech shot his hand out toward Rev’s beak, but stopped himself before actually grabbing it. Thankfully, the movement was enough to get Rev’s attention, cutting his rant short.

“I’m… sorry…” Rev summarized quietly.

Tech crossed his arms. “Well, I’d like to know what for, because I’m entirely lost.”

“Wait you don’t even-” Rev paused. “Uh, maybe it’d be better if I didn’t elaborate…”

“After how much you just freaked out? No. I really think you should explain yourself.”

“Oh…” Rev rubbed his arm, his eyes locked on the floor. “Well, there were quite a few records of people assuming that coyotes smelled and I don’t want to be one of those people…”

Tech rolled his eyes, sighing with a neutral expression. “Okay… It’s great that you did some research, and also great that you’re making an effort to be more considerate,”

Rev froze with dread of what was coming next.

“but,”

And there it was. That sharp stab to the gut.

“I’d really like it if you didn’t make things awkward, alright? Like I already said; If you say something uncalled for, I’ll let you know. And when I let you know, then you can say sorry, and then we can move on. Got it?”

“Got it…”

“There’s no need to overreact if you say the wrong thing to me. I can handle it, I promise. So, unless I make a big deal of whatever you say, just treat the situation like you would any mistake you’d make. Alright?”

“Alright…”

Tech smiled warmly, stepping forward and giving Rev a few pats on the shoulder.

“You’re on the right track, so just relax and have some confidence in yourself already. Everything is going to be fine. Okay?”

“Okay…”

Finally, he pulled away. “I do need to take a shower though. Afterward, maybe a nice walk around HQ will help me figure out my powers. So, I’ll talk to you later, Rev.”

He started walking away.

“Later, Tech. I promise I’ll take your advice to heart.”

With a thumbs up, Tech stepped around the corner and out of sight.

Finally alone, Rev sighed, rubbing his arm.

“Dang it… All that research… and it still wasn’t enough to stop me from screwing up…” A warbled breath left his beak, and Rev immediately straightened up and cleared his throat.

“No. Tech wouldn’t want me to cry. I just… need to never make another mistake, and then I’ll never hurt his feelings again, and then I’ll never feel the need to cry. Everything will be fine. Just… think… Where did I go wrong…”

He started pacing back and forth, though, at a characteristically fast speed. A few post-its jostled off and fluttered to the floor.

Abruptly, his feet came to a halt.

“Confidence! Tech said I needed to have some confidence in myself! I’m not quite sure how confidence will help me avoid hurting his feelings, but Tech knows what he’s talking about so getting some confidence will definitely work. Now… how to get some confidence…”

Another brief bout of pacing later and he triumphantly raised a finger into the air.

“Lexi’s got confidence in spades! I’ll just go ask her how to get some confidence and then I’ll be the most perfect best friend that Tech could ever hope to have!”

And with that, Rev dashed across HQ to find her, more post-its fluttering to the ground in his wake.

Link to Oversight Chapter 2 ->

#Loonatics Unleashed #Rev X Tech #Tech X Rev #Rev Runner #Tech E. Coyote #Danger Duck #Ace Bunny #Lexi Bunny #Slam Tasmanian #Shipping #My Fanfiction #LU Fanfic Series Magnetic Attraction #LU Fanfic Oversight #LU Fanfics #I'm a day late to posting but whatever. You can't blame me for falling asleep at 5 PM. Unless you do anyway. But please don't.#Anyway the next chapter will be out in 1 to 2 weeks depending on how far apart I feel like spacing out the updates.

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wind-becomes-lightning · 2 years

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Reader insert / OC fic rec list

I'm feeling very petty today, so let's go with this.

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The White Wolf in the Woods - @pinkrelish

Genuinly great post war Obito characterisation, the best one out there in my opinion. It is funny and heartwarming and sad and you can watch Obito grow in front of your eyes. Can't recommend it enough.

cursed. - @lemony-snickers

Supremely underrated character study of Kakashi and his many moods out of the eyes of someone else. When I reached the end I cried. I can't believe this isn't making big numbers when it is so great.

the moon thus led by its angel - @chojuuro

One of those fics i keep recommending and recommending. This is mainly a Konan character study out of someone elses eyes and it is absolutely fantastic. Des creates this story so well and gets you invested so easily. I'm not even a Konan simp, but I adore this so so so much and its criminally underrated.

helping hands - @lemony-snickers

Ongoing Jane Austen like fic with Kakashi as the owner of an old mansion. Please I can't believe this one isn't doing well it is so interesting, such a classic historical romance with a little spice. Lem would say its because her writing is not good enough, but we all know thats not true. You should read it.

Bitter and Sweet - @whatshernameis

Very sweet Obito story that center his facial scars. It's nice to read about his insecurties about them, especially in a real world scenario. I was very in love with him after this and I would not mind a follow up at all if Hela ever wants to write one.

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oc fics:

of letters and memories. - @uchihashisuii

Fantastic exploration of Jules' oc Akari's relationship with Shisui all through letters and scribbles. You don't need to know anything about either of them to read this. It grabs you by the arm and doesn't let you go, even when you what will happen - what has to happen. Jules is a fantastic author and this is such an interesting way to tell that story.

self exploration - @chojuuro

Des' oc Minoru figures out his (trans) identity by hiding behind a mask. I've always had a soft spot for this exploration of who minoru is, which has so much in it of what I like about des writing. A good metaphor, easy paragraphs that rope you in, understanding for the character... Linking this showed me I never reblogged it, which is a shame on my part as it is rent free in my mind.

lead the way - @queen-tabris

This needs more backstory, I understand that its hard to get in without all oc lore, but I promise you it is worth the read still. It's so wonderful and so painful and tell you so much about the Uchiha and Shisui in particular and Cara's oc and my love Uchiha Ren. It is sad, but sweet and so so well written.

bloom- @uchihashisuii

I put this on every fic rec list, I know, I know, but it just means so much to me. Beautiful Obito post war characterisation in which he learns to heal through gardening (and love).

To answer the call - @its-f4nf4n-again

Now this author will tell you reading this very long slow burn is not worth it, but they are a liar liar and its not true. I rarely read stuff that is already so far advanced and I'm glad I did here, because this is so wonderfully crafted. Kakashi seems so genuine, his changes comes gradually and is wonderful to read through. Its very easy to get attached to the characters in this fic and it's already a 3 year + project. Amazing!

#uh i tried very hard not to repeat myself too much from my other fic rec lists but yeah there is some overlap #but i also cut back a lot because there ar many that i also like a lot especially with oc fics #and i decided not to take any that were written for me because that seemed like cheating #soto if you see this i was thinking of adding electric current but i havent read all parts yet but if you read this know it was on my mind

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answrs · 1 year

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well that interview was spectacularly disgusting. I need anything to wash out the "trans bathrooms are horrible because they let men rape little girls" "you're withdrawing your application because of that? oh sit back down, she wasn't talking about *you*." conversation I just walked out of. fuck this place and fuck this woman and the volunteer coordinator nodding along with her with a rusty mace.

the worst part was this position would have legitimately been wonderful for me. like it legit seemed custom built to work for my limitations. but no, she decides to throw "I don't understand political correctness why can't I call a girl a girl" and set off the other woman with a full transphobic rant at the last moment. fantastic. I wasn't planning on coming out in any form at this place but fuck it. I'll gladly burn that fucking bridge and she can find someone else to do all their paperwork and shit for free.

#transphobia cw

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lyraoctavia · 1 year

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