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hxney-lemcn · 3 days

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Prince and the Frog — Housewardens x gn! reader

summary: you find yourself cursed and you go to your prince to lift it.

tw: none that I can think of.

a/n: I saw something about the princess and the frog and got inspo. This is so fun, goofy, and lovely, I hope y'all enjoy <3

wc: 1.9k (~300 each character)

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You weren’t sure what you’ve done to deserve this, but even you felt it wasn’t enough. I mean a frog? Really? And the cure was a true love's kiss? Seriously? Can it get any more cliche? You might as well search for a princess and turn her into a frog as well and then set off into a journey of personal growth…you suppose a prince will have to do. You went to the first person you thought could help, time to see if they really would still love you if you were a worm, err…frog.

Riddle Rosehearts

Okay, so maybe Riddle wasn’t technically a prince, but a queen is a step above that, no? You were a little scared of his reaction, but you couldn’t stay a frog forever. Not to mention that someone else had cursed you, it’s not like you turned yourself into a frog. So when you managed to find him he freaked out, mouth agape as you explained your situation. Thank the sevens you could still talk. Riddle’s face soured, lips twisted into a scowl. At first you thought he was going to find a way to collar you in your current slippery state, but he ended up ranting about the person who cursed you, asking for any details that you could provide. The thought of kissing you to break the curse hadn’t even crossed his mind, instead skipping straight to punishing the fool who’d curse the Queen’s rose and making them reverse it. It was then that you learned just how quickly Riddle could sniff someone out if he wanted to, because the effects had been reversed by the end of the same day. (If that doesn’t show you how much he loves you then I don’t know what can).

Leona Kingscholar

…are you sure about this? I mean…yeah he’s a prince and all but he might just toss you mistaking you for a random frog who dared to encroach on his space. The type to argue he wouldn’t have to love you if you were a worm cause how ridiculous is that? Well…not so ridiculous now, huh? Thankfully, you had found Ruggie first, explaining your situation and asking for him to bring you to Leona. Not so thankfully, Ruggie found the entire thing hilarious and had to take a moment to calm himself down. He kept snickering to himself the entire way to Leona, making you want to die, or just stay a frog and live a happy life in a nice little pond and start a little froggy family. When Ruggie managed to tell Leona what was going on in between laughter Leona just stared at you like you were the stupidest motherfucker. Hey! It wasn’t like you were asking to be cursed! Has an internal conflict on what to do. On one hand he wants to prove he’s your true love, and kissing you seems to be the quickest way to get this over with…on the other you are a literal frog. Shooing Ruggie away, Leona bemoaningly gave you the quickest peck ever, making a face of disgust as he pulled away. The transformation back took a few seconds, but the look of disgust quickly turned to a smug smirk, feeling proud that you were truly his.

Azul Ashengrotto

Okay, so again, not an actual prince…but he excelled at potions, so it only made sense…except he’ll probably make you sign your life away. So maybe not a good choice once again. I pray for you because one if not both of the Leech twins are gonna find you first and they’re gonna have a field day. ‘My, you’d look perfect in one of my terrariums’ Jade would note. Floyd would probably accidentally kill you because this entire situation is oh so hilarious and he forgot he’s supposed to be holding you gently. After the two have their fun (Jade plays with you and his terrarium like you're a doll in a dollhouse), they finally bring you to Azul, laughing their asses off in their own ways. Azul stares at you blankly as the two eel brothers leave, trying his hardest to not laugh. His face is red from concealing his humor, looking to the side to collect himself. He’ll offer you the cure, but for a price. Kiss you? He has a reputation to upkeep you know. He can’t be seen kissing frogs, imagine what that’ll do to his image! No, no, just sign the contract, and to sweeten the deal he’ll have the twins deal with the pest who thought it was a good idea to curse his angelfish. If you really persist, he’ll give in eventually. To be fair, he is also curious to see if you're his true love, but on the other hand he’s terrified if you're not. He doesn’t want to lose you. And to both your delight, you transform back after he gives you a small kiss on your little froggy head…he’s also running laps in his mind at how happy he is.

Kalim Al-Asim

He’s a prince and won’t think twice! He loves you truly, so it has to work! Too bad Jamil stumbled upon you first. Adamantly tries to hide you from Kalim and he feels his headache growing ten times worse. Why did you stupidly get yourself cursed? He asks like you did it on purpose. You didn’t know why the guy cursed you either! Jamil keeps you tucked in his hoodie until he can find time to bring you to Professor Crewel. You tried to fight him at first as you’d rather stay a frog than get detention for something you had no control over, but Jamil knew how to keep a tight leash on the unruly…it was his job after all. Unfortunately for him, Kalim walked into the kitchens right as you hopped out of his pocket. At first he was confused, and then even more confused, and then ecstatic. You hopped over to him, asking for him to protect you from Jamil (who was giving you a major side eye). Then you explained your predicament, and Jamil butted in about bringing you to Crewel. Innocently, Kalim offered to kiss you. No need to bother Crewel if the cure was so simple! Jamil couldn’t stop him in time, as Kalim kissed you the second he finished the sentence. Even Jamil couldn’t hide his disgust for a second at the action. Thankfully, Kalim was your true love as you had transformed back, and he hugged you gleefully. Unfortunately for Kalim, you refused any of his kisses until he rinsed his mouth (lmao).

Vil Schoenheit

Another queen. Best person to go to. He can whip up any cure just as fast as he can whip up any potion/poison. Rook, saw the whole encounter with the other student, and brought you to Vil without a second thought. He already knew everything about the idiot who cursed you so no need to stick around. Vil’s gaze turned into a disapproving stare as he looked at you. Even though Rook tried to stick up for you, dramatizing the whole event as stating how brave you were to face such a curse head on, Vil only shook his head. He motioned for Rook to follow him, not wanting to pick you up. He loves you, really he does, he just can’t afford to get his clothes dirty or stained. He picks the ingredients effortlessly, starting to brew the cure without a second thought. Both you and Rook seemed to want to get on his nerves as you both prattle on about true love and how he should kiss you. He didn’t expect you to be a cheesy sap (he’s lying), besides, don’t you know how many curses list true love’s kiss as the cure? The meaning is pointless. Besides, he doesn’t need some curse to prove his love for you, hasn’t he shown you how much you mean to him already? Or was he lacking, because he didn’t think you’d doubt him. Either way, you’re drinking the cure, he couldn’t risk that your slimy frog skin might make him break out. But don’t worry, if you really have room to doubt his love, he’ll make sure you can’t within the week.

Idia Shroud

Hahaha. Again, are you sure? He’s always holed up in his room, the only chance you're brought to him is if Ortho finds you (or vice versa). At first Ortho found you adorable, cooing at you as he floated to Idia’s room. He thought this was the perfect opportunity to show both you and Idia just how much you care for the other. How could either of you doubt the other if it's sealed with a true love's kiss? It was a brilliant opportunity! (Orthos a little too into this). He barely let his brother welcome them in before barging in and shoving a frog (you) into Idia’s face. At first Idia screeched, falling out of his gamer chair and scrambling away from the amphibian. Was Ortho pranking him? That’s totally uncool, he wasn’t some normie. But then Ortho happily blabbed about you and the curse and then it clicked…YOU WERE A FROG? Now he’s rolling on the floor laughing at you. You’d smack him if you WEREN’T A FROG. After he’s done laughing it up, he then freezes. Ortho wants him to kiss you? B-but that's gross! Who knows what diseases he’ll get if he kisses you. k. Wait, don't go to someone else! Fine, he’ll do it, but he won’t like it. Inside, he’s absolutely terrified. His mind is running a mile a minute. He doesn’t think you’ll actually turn back, someone like him doesn’t deserve true love…so imagine the face he makes when you do. Face a bright red, his hair a bright pink. Oh no, he feels faint. Give him a peck on the lips to finish him off.

Malleus Draconia

Uh oh. Queue the thunder and lightning. Whoever cursed you is the stupidest motherfucker. Malleus is the one to stumble upon you this time, to the disdain of his family. Lilia on one hand wanted to laugh about the situation, on the other, he knew he’d have to protect the stupid human from being smite for cursing Malleus’ love. Silver and Sebek are sweating as Malleus holds you gently in his hands. If he thought you were gentle as a human, he’s being ten times more careful with you in your froggy state. On the outside, he’s silent and brooding, on the inside he’s lamenting on finding you an enclosure where you can be happiest. What type of tank, soil, plants, water…someone please tell him this is reversible. Lilia chimes in before the rain outside can get worse, mentioning true love's kiss is able to reverse the effects. Malleus’ green slitted eyes never move from your tiny form, he finds you absolutely breathtaking even as a frog (this man is down so bad), but he’s nothing but relieved when he hears the news. Human lifespans are already small as is, he would’ve been completely gut wrenching if that time was cut even shorter. Another one who doesn’t hesitate to kiss you. This man would love you if you were a worm. He strokes your moist skin gently as he leaves a small kiss to your adorable head. His entire being, soul, mind and body all belong to you, and if that isn’t true love then I don’t know what is. His eyes shine brightly as you transform back, holding you gently as he promises to protect you from any miscreant that dares even look at you wrong…yeah so the guy who cursed you is still fucked and now you have a protective dragon at your heel 24/7.

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fulgurbugs · 3 days

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OT 1 & 2 headcanons? Doesn't have to be about the main parties, whatever goes.

ok ok here we go, gonna use yours as the OT2 HC ask bestie

gonna throw up here an OT2 spoilers warning cuz of endgame stuff

First some throné ones because i have throné on the brain.

first off i think after her story is over she never wears a necklace like basically ever again. she does love dressing up, feeling cute, but no matter how well a necklace would go with her outfit she won’t add one. it’s just part of her newfound freedom that she can choose never to have anything around her neck like that ever again. all other jewelry tho… she’s got a lot of options to pick from for earrings, bracelets, and rings etc (that she’s most certainly not paid for)

also, i feel like Hikari and Throné, after everything with vide coming to the conclusion that they are actually distantly related to each other, have some kind of exchange where it’s like. “ok wait so im your like great great how many greats aunt or something” uhhh like a couple times removed or whatever. and at first its like weird to think about but they both have such like. idk. throne found out that her family was actually huge and extensive, and all of them were killing each other. her biological father is a monster. she was born to be a monster herself. her relationship with the concept of “family” is extremely strange; the man she considered closest to her actual father was a horribly abusive person but despite all that she was the closest thing he had, and he was her half-brother. Hikari’s family has a curse upon it directly related to being descended from D’arquest, and it’s been nothing but pain for him as well, causing him to lose control of himself, constantly worried he’ll hurt the people he cares about. his brother was a monster in a whole different way, and his dad, while appointing him rightful successor, spent most of his life as a warmonger as well. His mother is dead. his brother and father are dead. he’s lost ritsu, who at one point was like a brother to him. his own relationship with the idea of his family is not… good, in any case. i think they come to find some sort of solace in each other in that, after realizing they’re actually related. they’ve already come to travel with each other and trust each other… i like to think they decide they should just hand wave all the technicalities of how distantly they’re related and how weird the family tree would look and just go with a catch all “we’re cousins” or something.

Castti, while getting her memories back about what happened immediately prior to the events of the game, still struggles with remembering most of her life. it’s not something she really fully recovers from. she never remembers the faces of her parents, or if she had any siblings, her childhood, things like that. sometimes when she gets a flash of something, a glimmer of a skill she had no idea she was well-practiced in, or a remembered fact she can’t recall where she read it, she still finds herself troubled. she basically has to re-invent herself. still, she gets by with a quiet determination to always do right, with the knowledge that she at the very least, knows who she is now, in the present.

ok sillay ones….

Post game partitio starts picking up the guitar. i like to think once he gets good enough he records a song with agnea for the gramophone :P. also, temenos used to play the piano, but he’s out of practice (that one cleric in flamechurch is much better and actually wants to play it much more). he could pick it up again tho with a little practice

oh also ochette is a chronic unpeeled fruit mucher. she’ll just straight up bite into an orange and be like. “i see why some people don’t like the crust but i don’t mind it.” castti and osvald tails gets trolled face

#octopath #octopath traveler 2 spoilers

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sdentii · 10 months

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Briefing

(About what, you ask? Good question. Nobody knows besides Miguel. They’re trying so hard to figure it out. Miguel is too far gone in his explanations to slow down for any of them, and won’t pay attention to their questions. Pavitr has decided to tune out directly and is trying to have Mayday sabotage the tablet. Send help.)

#spiderdads #and their adopted spiderlings #yes they’re climbing their fathers #and each other #because they’re neat #and I think they deserve to be a found family #miguel o'hara #peter b parker #miles morales #gwen stacy #pavitr prabhakar #mayday parker #hobie brown #spiderman across the spiderverse #across the spiderverse #atsv #sdentiii creates

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mint-termsandconditions · 7 months

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Kirbtober Day 1: Together Again / Friendship

A heartfelt reunion after KATFL

The conversation afterwards:

Also, I’ve learned from the last post that Gooey is also Kirby’s roommate, which probably makes Chilly's fridge twice as empty somehow.

Bonus drawing:

American Sign Language used:

[Disclaimer]

If you notice any spelling that is integral when signing certain words is removed, it’s not because I’m disrespecting ASL, it’s because Kirby does not have any fingers.

#kirby #kirby fanart #gooey kirby #chilly kirby #Tokkori Kirby #kirbtober #If you’re wondering why Kirby is using ASL #It’s because I head-cannon Kirby with some sort of mutism wether it’s selective or they can’t speak in general I’m still deciding #I’ve lowkey grown very fond of the found family that is Kirby’s roommates because of how amusing the concept is #Anger issues one and two take care of two gluttonous kids #I’m delusional they’re all in different media of the Kirby-verse and will never interact with each other #But I don’t care #They are Found Family #Last minute Kirbtober post

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mariatesstruther · 8 months

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OKAY BUT

THIS TESS WITH THIS MARIA LIKE??? SORRY MILLERS, MOVE THE FUCK OVER. I SAID MOVE

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10piecechickenmcnugget · 1 year

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About to be a little #fandom critical while I’m still mildly delirious

One of my biggest pet peeves is people who draw/write cquackity and cpurpled as friends or even just like on good terms that aren’t forced

you can’t look me in the eyes and tell me that alex “no one will remember you” quackity and purpled “I don’t think there will ever be a point in time where I respect you as a person” bedwars are friends

#About to rant in the tags #Like #i understand if they have a mildly positive relationship due to just living and working in the same place #And because purpled was faking friendliness to make himself less suspicious #But they do not like each other. They are not friends. Let alone found family #mcyt #dsmp #dream smp #purpled #quackity #c!purpled #c!quackity #fandom critical #las nevadas #Like I’m all about dynamics that don’t exist have you seen my golden duo posts but this one always bugs me #purpled did not say “I’m going to fucking kill you” and kill Quackitys best friend and team up with stage duo to blow up las nevadas #For you to tell me “yeah they’re friends :)” “they have a family dynamic :):)”#There’s no genuine heat behind this I’m just tired #Also Quackity did not blow up purpleds house and watch him murder slime and CHEER AND CLAP WHEN HE DIED for you to tell me he cares about #him #like. they fucking hate each other. they’re mean little assholes who do not get along #this being said I have read fics and things where they have a friendlier dynamic but those were NOT canon compliant #If you made it down here thank you for coming to my ted talk #10piecetalks

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fireandiceland · 2 years

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Face family vs Nordics volley ball match 🥰

#Iceland is the referee #he hates it at first but then really enjoys it #(I’d like to imagine the enthusiasm of Jean in that one bobs burgers episode where Tina and Louise become rivals at that cart driving thing.#wtf his name is GENE. I meant GENE!! fuck you autocorrection #but we all know that won’t happen 🙈)#the breaks would be fun because I imagine them all to be friends of some kind #america and Denmark would 100% get alone #then there’s norway and England who’ve also known each other since forever #Finland was the one who found america first so I think they would have an uncle-nephew kind of relationship. america and Sweden too #but also Sweden and canada friendship YES #and France and Finland? they should be friends too. I think they would get along. they’re both outgoing and maybe when they are alone #sitting at the bar slurping wine and cocktails at the end of the day #they can bond over dad stuff!!#riva.txt #face family #nordics #aph america #aph canada #aph france #aph england #aph norway #aph finland #aph sweden #aph iceland #aph denmark #hetalia

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ghostinacardboardbox-oldblog · 1 year

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Just watched Uncharted and I really enjoyed it. It’s like National Treasure except instead of Nick Cage playing a disgraced historian/treasure hunter, Tom Holland plays a dorky, history-obsessed pick pocket and instead of getting a girl at the end he gets emotionally attached to his asshole partner in crime.

#the found family between Nate and Sully is so good.#It’s like #Sully isn’t truly a ‘mentor’ because he doesn’t really teach Nate anything. Nate’s already a nerd and can fight and is a thief #so the main theme isn’t Sully learning to be a mentor or parental figure or anything. it’s about him learning to care about people generally #and Nate’s arc is about the opposite. he’s too trusting initially.#so they’re really good foils for each other #there’s not one but TWO hot ruthless asshole women #i will say though that the women aren’t as nuanced at Nate and Sully.#which is a little fair since it’s Nate’s story but I can understand why it would bother some #anyway it wasn’t as good as National Treasure but it was fun and Nate is a cool protagonist #uncharted #uncharted movie #tom holland #national treasure #nick cage #nicolas cage #ghost posts from their box #movies #film

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kalach-cha · 1 year

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my favourite aus are mmo aus which is SO fucked up because that is how my deeply not-in-love parents met and also i was an mmo kid with no self protection instinct

#just read an imodna mmo au and it’s only one chapter and AUGH.#i think i like mmo aus because they’re deeply personal while still being impersonal. like there’s the aspect of falling in love #without ever seeing each other but ALSO it’s great for found family and ALSO i’m a 2000s gamer at heart and ALSO #i had a massive crush on felicia day growing up and ALSO. love how the lines of tmi/personal info get blurred #we’re best friends we talk every day but we don’t know each other’s first names kind of deal. i LIVE for that shit #michi.txt #also nobody writes them and it’s v sad

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ghostbeam · 1 year

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Faye makes me so fucking sad I hate everything

#rewatching my funny Valentine btw #she is just so tragic to me #imagine being frozen for literal years and waking up with mountains of debt from something u didn’t even choose #and then a man manipulates u into a relationship fresh out of a fucking coma and then fakes his death and leaves u with HIS DEBT #and on top of that u don’t know who u were before and u have no information about ur old life #and any piece u get of it is a dead end #and ur home is practically nothing #and so u try to make a home with these people you’ve found and maybe they’re not perfect and maybe it’s all a little unconventional #but ur taken care of and ur looked after even though no one wants to admit that they care about each other #but it’s all temporary anyways because ur all chasing something #but when u find ur something it’s actually nothing #and when u go home half of the people u call family are gone and another has a death wish #and where does that leave u!!!!!!#(anyways spike didn’t die and he came home and jet and Faye patched him up)#(and Ed visits when she can and they’re all happy the end)#sorry guys these characters make me actually insane #like I will not shut up if I start in on them it’s so bad #ghost thoughts

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doppo-hifumi · 2 years

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cried thinking about how much sensei loves and cares for hifumi and doppo… they’re so mismatched and weird and eccentric but they’re somehow sensei’s family now and i know that he cares about them and treasures them deeply and sensei’s been through so much but i just get the impression that they bring so much light and comfort into sensei’s life and vice versa… god i’m crying

#i love each division’s dynamic so much #because it’s just the comfort they find in each other that makes me so Anxodkdodkdosksks #a sucker for the found family trope #except bb ofc bc they’re real family but #god matenrou makes me cry i love them sm #ai loves hpmi #hypmic #matenrou

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trollbreak · 2 years

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Got myself thinking about my favorite least favorite guy again and like. I should incorporate more of his fun little things into other characters

#thinks about how he’s never been a ghost but he’s been haunting people since before he even died #he’s haunting people he’s not seen in years and even more so haunting the man he’s spent most of his life with. they’re so intertwined that #the second Lawrence started remembering his life he found very on and fell in love with him all over again and it took threatening his #family for him to look over his rose tinted glasses for the man for the first time #they’re the ones that caused each other to experience the afterlife and the only deaths that stuck to any meaningful degree and when the #void takes the universe and they’re thrown back to the moment before that reality touched their lives they cling to each other in spite of #it all because if they both remember the exact same things for so long that has to count for something and they love each other and they #hate each other and they understand exactly how the other thinks and they fear each other more than anything and #anyways the point of this was that I should have someone still walking among the living haunting someone just a lil. just present enough to #continuously get under the person’s skin but just absent enough that the person doesn’t feel they can justify it. and they keep it to #themselves to spare others the trouble. and I think I might maybe be figuring out where that’s gonna happen but it’s probably gonna take #some time. anyways yada yada the living dead haunt the living dead and *gestures vaguely*

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floraloranges · 2 years

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Listen i love stranger things but the best thing to come out of it is literally the big/little brother dynamic that Steve and Dustin have going on like fr they’re just guys

#ugh I cry because they’re so good #first of all I love Steve and I love that he loves kids #but Dustin is such a smart little shit #and Steve isn’t stupid but compared to Dustin he is just so average intelligence #and they’re assholes to each other but the love is there #god bless found family holy shit #stranger things #rambles

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notyournightsky · 5 months

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went into one of my favorite character’s tags only to see people trying to justify incest because of found family. found family my ass. that “found family” is an actual family and calling them a found family because most of the kids are adopted is messed up.

#yes i’m being purposely vague #they tried saying that title of brothers/sisters can be ignored #because they’re found family #idk how to explain it to you #but those characters are quite literally legal siblings and they call themselves siblings #they may all hate each other half the time but they’re still family #introducing the term found family to fandom was a mistake #because none of you fuckers know what a found family is #😭😭#found family #skys post

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genderkoolaid · 11 months

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Tranny. Many people don’t know the history of the word, they assume it was an assigned hate term or slur along the lines of the “n” word. That’s not how it happened. Tranny was invented by us in Sydney, Australia in the 1970s where drag was a big deal, and still the best drag shows ever are in Sydney, Australia – they’re amazing. So a lot of trans-identified women who were assigned male at birth did drag, that’s how you made your living. And so they were transsexuals, transvestites, drag queens, and they were all doing drag to make money. They all bickered amongst each other who is better than who, “Well the drag queens are better,” “No, the transsexuals are better.” “You are all freaks, we’re better.” And on and on and on. But they worked together and they were family together, so they came up with a word that would say family and that was tranny. In Australia they do the diminutive, that’s how they come up with words. So tranny. I learned the word in the mid-1980s, late 1980s from my drag mom in San Francisco, Doris Fish, who was the city’s preeminent drag queen and she’d come from Sydney. And she schooled me in this word tranny, she said, “This way it means we’re family, darling.” “Thank you mama.” [...] So we used it and we were trannies together. And F to M was just beginning to start, the trans men were just beginning to become visible, Lou Sullivan was a neighbor of mine around the corner, and he was the first big out trans man, wrote his book. So trans men and cross dressers . . . cross dressers were also family. Transsexuals, we were all trannies and that felt good. That got into the sex industry and became a genre – there was tranny porn, there were tranny sex workers – chicks with dicks, she-males. [...] And, my only guess is that people who . . . because the only way they would have found out about the word is if they were watching tranny porn or having been with a tranny sex worker and then hated themselves so much that they turned it into a curse word. So it’s not really technically correct to say we’re reclaiming a word – it was always ours. So, many people mistake the word for the hatred behind the word and, in my generation, and I’m sure in future generations of trans people, tranny is going to be a radicalized, sexualized identity of trans in the same way that faggot is a prideful identity in the gay male community – not all gay men are faggots, but those who are are proudly fags and those who are dykes are proudly dykes within the lesbian community, trannies are proudly tranny within the transgender community. Does that mean we can’t call ourselves that because some trans woman does not want to be called a tranny? No. I’m going to keep calling myself a tranny. To the trans woman who gets called tranny, I’m sorry – as soon as . . . you’ve got to look at why you’re getting called tranny and if you don’t pass, you’re going to be read as a transgender person and then you fall back on the cultural view of trans folk which is freak, disgusting, not worth living, we can hurt you. It has nothing to do with the word, it has everything to do with the cultural attitude. So the word has stirred up a shit storm, but it’s not the word.

— Kate Bornstein on the word "tranny" in this oral history from the Digital Transgender Archive

#m.#the whole interview is very interesting i recommend watching/listening/reading

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tagasaing · 1 month

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i have to get this out of the way, re: dungeon meshi discussions

major spoilers ahead, obviously.

you know for a series that focuses so much on platonic and familial relationships it’s weird that dungeon meshi has attracted so much useless ship wars though. the most important driving force in the story is two sibling relationships (laios’s search for falin, thistle’s search for delgal) and one of the central themes is how loving others way too much can lead to your downfall (thistle’s desperate attempt to keep his loved ones leads to his mental state deteriorating so much he starts torturing people he claims to protect, marcille’s fear of losing her friends leads to her being easily manipulated by the main antagonist)

even with regards to falin. thistle wants to bring the ‘brother’ he raised back at all costs, he saw a young human woman as nothing more than a dragon, his tool. marcille wants to bring falin back at all costs, she didn’t care about the repercussions of using monster meat instead of animal meat even though she was an expert at ancient magic and should know why it’s such a dangerous practice.

each and every single one of the major characters has some form of tragedy with their family one way or another: the toudens, marcille and her dad. chilchuck and his wife. senshi’s entire backstory. izutsumi’s hidden desire for a mother. namari’s father. shuro and his family. kabru and his mother(both tallman and elf). mithrun and his brother. thistle and the melinis.

even some of the minor characters: flamela and her dead twin sister. the twins and the floke couple. kuro being the closest mickbell has to a family. etc etc

as someone who has reread this manga several times by now, i wonder if people just… read it once as fast as they could and act like they’re some sort of authority on fan discussion. i’ve seen people brag about reading the entire thing in one sitting as if it’s something to be proud of. this manga isn’t meant to be read that fast, that’s how you get people claiming that laios doesn’t reaaally love falin as much as marcille does.

to these people, laios just gets in the way, as if it wasn’t his idea to go down the dungeon in the first place, it wasn’t him who said his pain doesn’t matter because falin suffered more than him, it wasn’t him who felt immense guilt for leaving falin behind, it wasn’t him who found her skull, it wasn’t him who killed her to save her from her chimera form. i feel like people forget about the ‘too’ part when marcille said “i miss falin too”

marcille knows how much falin and laios love each other. that’s why she asked him if she’s allowed to resurrect her and didn’t act on her own. that’s why when both times a shapeshifting monster copied marcille to trick laios, it was what she looked like at the time she was reviving falin.

as someone who DOES ship farcille, none of the romance is canon. this isn’t meant to be anti-farcille. one of the post-canon comics is about falin gently turning down shuro because she wants to travel the world, “you can’t tie a dragon down” after all. she wants to travel the world and find herself because she doesn’t know who she is outside of marcille and laios. even marcille, who was hoping she’d reject him, tears up because of how beautiful and tragic it was.

there are a lot of ship teases because what author doesn’t like a good ship tease. but to say that dungeon meshi is a romantic love more than it is a story about family(both real and found) is a great misinterpretation of the text.

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