#but i felt like it was too .. binary?

[orbmanson7]

Haven't been able to draw anything lately, so have this Logan angst doodle that's been sitting in my sketchbook for months

#someone who knows binary and also loves logan angst should enjoy that yeah? #or not idk #ts logan #logan sanders #logan angst #sanders sides #orb cant draw #didnt color this one bc i didnt want to ruin it like i always do #but i might make a digital version if i find an ounce of motivation before the end of this week #i hate how his hands and mouth look in this but i haven't posted any art in so long so i felt bad and figured i should post Something #tho i do have a doodle of sick logan that i could have posted too but meh whatever

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

All Inclusive Transbian Flag! (+ stripe meanings & higher contrast version) I don't normally post flags, but I'm proud of this one PARTICULARLY so :3 here you all go! This is the all-inclusive transbian flag, for when you're trans in ANY way, shape or form and are a lesbian! Anyone can use this except if you fall under my DNI or you're not a transbian (unless you're making a character who IS one) ( this flag has also been dubbed the sunset flag & the hyacinth flag (courtesy of my friend Angel @fawningdolls ! )

#pride flag #coining post #<- ? maybe? unsure #lesbian #lesbian pride #transgender #trans pride #transbian #queer #idk... how else 2 tag this... #anyways there's another transbian flag i lov that's purple and pink (it's literally in my icon) #but i felt like it was too .. binary? #like it excluded those who fell outside of femininity and what most ppl think of when they hear “trans lesbian” #which is a trans girl or transfem who's a lesbian #and that is NOT to invalidate them. i love my trans sisters and i stand with them (and i am transfemmasc/a boygirl!) #but often times masc lesbians and transmascs and butches and gnc and nb people and intersex people are excluded from lesbian solidarity #anyone who isnt feminine and likes girls is questioned and invalidated and told theyre just straight or bi and confused #and it's insulting! #as a butch i wanted 2 make a flag that represents the whole community and isnt just representative of femininity!! #btw this isnt to say the purple + pink transbian flag is bad . you CAN use that flag (i use it!!!) and it wasnt made by a bad person #i just wanted to make one that upheld MY personal beliefs and thoughts on what it means 2 be a transbian #ultimately use whatever flag you feel is best for you!

[betterbemeta]

secret high level trans feeling:

feeling nothing special or stylish when you look at cisgender people that are your agab

yet

sharing a sense of style and feeling kinship with trans people that are your agab

because 'assuming an expression of this gender' is a shared experience and a version of a thing that looks euphoric rather than being imposed from without as a form of control is genuinely miraculous-- even if you do not want to live life 'as' that gender or even any binary gender at all.

#see: binary trans people who feel more comfortable with aspects of their agab after they transition. #but also: im agender and i always felt my fashion sense sucked before i came out and was 'too feminine' when I didn't like 'girl things' #and then whoops trans girls in counterculture same socks same corsets #this is also not saying that everyone of every gender dresses the same or is in the same counterculture of course. duh #but counterculture is gonna be concentrated in those. who are counter. to the majority culture. thats what it is #'nothing special or stylish' does not mean thinking negatively also #it only means relating less to somebody who did not have to move from start and didn't #this feeling/formation of the tastes happened AT ALL due to counterculture that wasn't trans-specific like punk and goth #this is all simplified for 'a post on the internet'

[apollos-boyfriend]

i watch vegetta a lot and how it makes it that much more exciting and engaging for him to have someone to bounce off of since he streams much earlier usually than everyone else. even in stuff as simple as mining like today he made a "competition" with leo to see who could get more resources its interactive and fun in a different way then if he were alone all the time. also like you were saying, the npc's give the characters motivation and progress their stories without always needing other players but also creates really interesting plot points when they do all interact.

yeah yeah yeah!!!! all of this! i think having actors just adds so much depth to a world in general. because if you had a mob, right, they’d probably interact with the players (depending on their coding), but not really each other. but the eggs? they have rich interpersonal lives. they have best friends and enemies and rivals. they go so much deeper than just the player characters, and that adds so much life to the game!! you don’t just lament one of their deaths because you see how it affects the players, but also because you see how it affects the other eggs. that adds so much depth!! the world feels so alive and real with the additions of actors and i genuinely hope more servers are able and willing to follow suit, because fuck they hit hard

#muse talk #anon #it’s so!!! #it’s hard to put into words exactly #but i have so many thoughts on this #the struggles of ruxomar felt so much more ALIVE because we had characters like andor #who could react and speak their mind and breathe life into a binary world #and that’s the eggs!!!! that’s what they’re doing now!!!! #and the code demons and osito bimbo too! #essentially. i have so much love for quackity studios for taking this direction #it’s like. clear they’re versed in the medium and know what’s worked in the past #which i think should be CRUCIAL to starting such a large smp

[transmascrage]

Orpheus and Eurydice as The "Choice" of Gender Expression

In the original myth, Orpheus descends into the Underworld for a chance to have his beloved Eurydice back but loses her forever once his faith falters and he turns around to look at her, so he asks to be reunited with her through death.

Naturally, Orpheus and Eurydice are two different people, but if we were to interpret them as one person, the implications of someone losing a part of themselves to death, destined to be buried deep down forever...

As a kind of unconventional interpretation, one could look at this story as a metaphor for transgender and cisgender people's forced role into gender expression by the cisheteropatriarchy.

One choice would be to see the story as a multi-gendered individual having to choose between one part of their identity over the other.

On the one hand, many would wish multi-gendered people to just "stick" to their assigned (or chosen) role, for Orpheus to stay without Eurydice, when the two are inseparable items.

Even among the queer community, multi-gendered individuals are often pushed to choose one identity, to be put in a neat little box just like the cisheteropatriarchy would.

But multigender people aren't just Orpheus or just Eurydice, they are Orpheus and Eurydice. One can't be without the other.

Another choice would be to read the story as the forced choice trans binary and non-binary people are forced to make once they come out.

Just like mentioned before, many people wish for trans people to just stick to their assigned roles at birth. Orpheus should stay among the living, and Eurydice should stay among the dead, because that's how it should be.

But Orpheus still goes to find Eurydice, and she waits for him. Perhaps the two were forced apart, like how trans women are forced to leave their feminine identity behind if they want to fit in among the rest of society.

Or perhaps the two switched places, and Orpheus is the one to stay among the dead as Eurydice, who's not properly a woman anymore, as she is dead, is forced to be among people who are not like her.

Just like how trans men are forced to leave their masculine identity at the door, while evidently (especially according to the "normal ones") not being properly women.

This is not how the myth goes, but it's interesting to imagine what would happen in that scenario.

Many people, though, especially in progressive spaces, accept trans people in a conditional way. So long as we bury whatever masculinity or femininity they have, we might be validated by those who don't know us.

Orpheus is the trans man who has to leave any hint of feminity behind, lest he's deemed not a real man.

Eurydice is the trans man who has to leave any hint of masculinity behind and stay buried underground, lest he's deemed too threatening.

Eurydice is the trans woman who has to leave any hint of masculinity behind and stay buried underground, lest she's deemed threatening.

Orpheus is the trans woman who has to leave any hint of femininity behind, lest she's deemed as a snake slithering into women's spaces, like the thing who killed her.

Orpheus and Eurydice are the non-binary people who have to carefully tip-toe through the Underworld, either accepting feminity or masculinity, usually depending on their assigned role at birth, or sometimes whatever's deemed most acceptable for them.

Lastly, one could also see Orpheus and Eurydice as an expression of cisgender people's forced roles as well. Despite not expressing their discomfort with them, many cisgender people struggle with their gender identity.

Orpheus is the cisgender man who can't look back at Eurydice and show a hint of femininity because that would mean losing faith, and everyone around him would take personal offense, like scorned gods.

Especially is Orpheus is an Asian or a Jewish man, or attracted to men, despite that being what they expect from him. It's a carefully laid trap.

Eurydice is the cisgender woman who can't follow Orpheus if he looks at her, taking a masculine role or appearance would mean losing everything, and everyone around her would reject her and send her back to the Underworld.

Especially is Eurydice is a woman of color or attracted to women, despite that being what they expect from her. It's a carefully laid trap.

Orpheus and Eurydice as a single unit forced into whatever box is seen as fit for them, whether it's their assigned role at birth or the "correct" gender expression (as decided by the council of the gods) is an interpretation that I hope explains how transgender and cisgender people are forced into roles, even by communities that pride themselves in being against those roles.

#lgbtq community #lgbtq #transmasc #transfem #transmisogyny #transandrophobia #multigender #non binary #wlw #mlm #if you read this far like and subscribe #i don't know how good this is #hope it makes sense #orpheus and eurydice #i go crazy for stories about a woman and a man #i mush them together and create trans allegories like it's putty #i wanted to write something about intersex people too #but it felt like i was talking about gender roles and not the forced assigned gender at birth #and that i was saying intersex people are both male and female which isn't necessarily true

[subsequentibis]

once again i quote the ancient wisdom: nice dichotomy you got there! what lies outside of it!

#ignore me #saw someone trying to draw hard distinctions between gore and body horror and like it was for good reasons i think! #they talked abt how some ppl who are good with gore aren't good with body horror and vice versa so it's important to tag things accurately #and i agree with that and i think that's good. but the distinctions they drew i felt were incorrect and too binary #i think gore and body horror overlap a LOT and there's instances where the thing happening is Both #i disagree with the idea that things have to be one or the other or that something that's medically done to you can't be body horror #and is only gore. i think there's plenty of movies like reanimator videodrome the thing etc that blend the two #we SHOULD accurately tag them for everyone's safety but that means tagging both!

[lunarharp]

sleeping beardy & the white rabbit 😴⏰ and qifrey getting used to change

#witch hat tag #orufrey #i swear i dont wake up intending to draw little comics. they just come to me... they take a while to draw too..i'm TRYING to do other things #the first one is derived from some fairy tale aus sensei drew once. nemurihime (sleeping beauty) = nemurihige (sleeping beardy).... #the second one is kinda cis vibes idk. otherwise he'd be more supportive. they're (rarely) both cis gays to me OR #intersex non-binary he/him (qif) and trans guy oru. intersex qifrey is important to me. #at first i hced oru as trans bc look at his transmasc swag as they say. but then i felt like i just dont want qif to be cis if orus not. #but like...whatever. they're queer men. and i have to stay alive until sensei brings it all together <3 #i went through her media account collecting all the extra art and fanart she's done.. pokemon like N and the gay lads from sword/shield.. #and good omens and she-ra and claude von riegan... this woman has looked at hubert von vestra. *smiles* #she has cast her eyes upon my little art multiple times and enjoyed it. *smiles*

[bulldog-butch]

every time someone calls me non-binary even if i didn’t use that word myself i’m like, yes???? but also a very resounding no

#like my new pcp said it when i said i wanted to start t but also don’t identify as a man #and i’m not mad #like truly not #she’s very nice and has been very helpful so far #but it happens a lot #and yeah i mean technically i am outside the binary which makes me ‘non-binary’ but that word doesn’t suit my in the slightest #i feel no connection to it #i’m so apathetic towards it #it feels so limiting to me #and at the same time too vague #like #i’m butch #i’m queer #transmasc is a word im starting to relate to #but non-binary? #never once have i felt that #bork bork!

[d1zzypaw]

random 2:30 am thought: i really enjoy how trans femme people present their femininity. i often feel a bit threatened by femininity/feminine people from when I was growing up, but the way transfems do it is so. warm and open and understanding and fluid. :>

#y'all help me feel better about embracing my feminine sides and feminine things i like w/o giving me dysphoria #same with gender non conformity from men/masc people #and of course anyone outside the binary too #its like #i get to see a whole new side of something i felt afraid of growing up. a whole new way to embrace it that doesnt negate who i am #txt

[figofswords]

the op of the Hannah Gluckstein post is a terf :pensive: shes red on shinigami eyes + has some real sketchy stuff on her blog. obv no judgment, just letting you know in case you wanted to block her. love ur art <3 <3

eurgh thanks for letting me know :/// I’m not gonna delete the reblog bc hannah gluckstein as a jewish butch artist is still something that speaks to me personally and I had never heard of her before but I will be blocking the op. fucking astounding that these people will understand gender-nonconformity of lesbianism and then turn around and fail to expand it beyond the end of their nose. goddamn.

#(ok sorry went on a rant in the tags so if you don’t want to read me losing my shit over transmisogyny here is your warning) #as an afab gnc lesbian myself I feel far far far more kinship to trans women than I ever felt to most cishet women and CERTAINLY to terfs #like. not to go off on a whole rant but it is genuinely so baffling to me #how can you read gender and sexuality studies and examine gender as the construct that it is and then come to the conclusion #that gender essentialism is the way to go?? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. #when I took gender studies it was so fucking clear to me that like. it’s all bullshit. there is no binary gender there is no binary sex #none of it is real. society wants it to be real SO BADLY that doctors perform genital surgery on intersex infants to assign them sex/gender #trans women were and are and always will be SO SO SO SO SO key to queer liberation and the queer rights movement #and they are The Most Fucking Vulnerable Group!!!! they deserve more goddamn respect and protection! #going back DECADES they’ve been shut out of gay/lesbian rights groups #it’s like. transfemmes and fem leaning gay men are met with such aggressive hatred #in ways more extreme than say a woman cutting her hair short ever is #bc society views feminity as something weak and shameful #which! fucking proves a lot of the points terfs THINK they’re trying to say which SHOULD expand to #‘oh hey maybe our rhetoric was seeded as a way to cause a rift in what SHOULD be rhe ubited front of intersectional feminism’ #‘and therefore we should work together and for and with trans women’ #but no they’re too blind to realize that their shit MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE!!!!! AAAAAA #anyways. fuck. sorry to go off I just scrolled through ops page to confirm and got Real Fucking Mad godfuckingdsmnit #I need to install shinigami eyes I just keep forgetting #thanks for telling me tho anon. ugh. #asks #anonanonanonanah

[eos70]

Projecting genderfluidity on every character in Fate that has gained the title of my comfort character to feel something.

#genderfluid #fate #headcannon #like the character this doesnt apply to is waver. that boy has transmasc swag #everyone else? fair game #i just think everyone can rock every gender and no gender whenever they want #I've got a list and I've felt the need to expand it BC yeah #like astolfo going by all pronouns dressing as cute as they want in canon???? iconic #my friends booed me BC moriarty was on my list BC they're not ready for real power. moriarty could pull girl too. let him be grandma too #like legit no reason to boo a lil guy BC she likes everyone to have a Lil gender as a treat #Cu Chulainn isn't genderfluid but people were confused why i said he was binary. have you seen a man more He/They nonbinary?

[vanity-complex]

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#okay private post time ❤️ #recently I’ve been embracing my boy side more #and like it’s really cute and fun #and like it’s one of the few times I’ve felt comfortable looking male in recent memory #but a part of it is that it’s easy #like being feminine is so hard and there is such a level of expectation #and sometimes I wonder if im just enjoying being more boy right now because it’s easier or because that’s just how I feel #and don’t even get me STARTED on how much it has eased EVERY social interaction I have had as of recent #and the amount of respect im now receiving too? #like I do think im actually enjoying it #but I know it’s for more than just the gender aspect #and this doesn’t mean the feminine isn’t right there and present #but right now she’s a lady in waiting taking a little rest #like I know im non-binary #but gender is just #ugh #anyways

[whilomm]

just bc of stuff going around i was suddenly reminded of one of the stupidest bits of bi discourse i saw, no idea if it was widespread at all or if it was just a few very loud and adamant ppl, where ppl were so angry about pan stuff again that they decided that the best way to defeat the evil pans was to make bisexuality The Most Inclusive and said that it was biphobic+nbphobic to define bi as ANYTHING BUT "attraction regardless of gender". no "attraction to multiple genders" thats NOT ALLOWED ANYMORE bc of course sexualities are basically just markers of How Inclusive You Are™ and not like. guidelines for what sorta ppl ur into right.

so it was like. okay im nonbinary and attracted to men a lot and women a good bit and other nonbinary ppl a lil less usually so im bi an-

"dont you mean you are attracted to people REGARDLESS OF GENDER? because that is the ONE TRUE DEFINITION OF BI"

Uhh. no gender is. definitely a factor, not in a full stop way or nothin its a lil wibbly but its not regardles-

"then you arent bi and its kinda biphobic and nbphobic that u are insinuating bi is anything but The Most Inclusive with full attraction equality for All Gender :/"

...okay then uh. what i am, a nonbinary person attracted to multiple genders, but not REGARDLESS of gender, supposed to call myself?

"idk just die ig"

#where they just pretend there is One Nonbinary #(the human nonbinary) #like idk nonbinary is a. pretty fucking wide net. i personally dont feel like its 'if ur attracted to one of us ur attracted to ALL OF US' #buzzy #anyway it was. so stupid. okay some ppl were dipshits and said shit like 'pan includes trans people and bi doesnt' #or the classic 'well bi means 2 so #discourse #and i dont even know how to words this but #it also felt. really reduction of nb shit too? #like 'OBVIOUSLY ur included in EVERY bi persons attraction bc u can either be sorted into Woman Lite or Man Lite :)' #that or the classic 'you just switched out the binary for a trinary #and some people saw that and instead of just dismissing those dipshits as dipshits they were like. the solution? #BEAT THEM AT INCLUSIVENESS THE ONLY ALLOWED DEFINITION OF BI IS EVERYONE EQUALLY NOW #and its just like #okay instead of rejecting the idea of it being a contest u made it Even More of a contest. cool nice. #idk maybe its just me but i prefer my sexuality label to be a loose idea of Who Im Into rather than a pissing contest. #christ what in the fuck happened to my tag order. i didnt use quotation marks. maybe tumblr is drunk? #idk whatevwr if anyone bothers to read this u can. maybe figure out what fuckin order this shit was supposed to be in. idk.

[soulvee-animationz]

So uh

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

#figuring out my identity and shit again #I don’t want to properly come out as trans or really say it because I’m not to sure if it is what’s right for me #I currently still identify as non-binary I’ve just felt a lot of discomfort in feminine aspects of myself and being called a girl #I think I’m a boy honestly. I don’t really know how to describe it I just know that I’m not what this body says I am #so..I still go by they/them mainly but feel free to use he/him on me too (or it/its sometimes) #Maybe this is just some stupid “pHaSe” or something idfk I just feel really nice when I’m called like “manly” or “handsome” #Im all for not doing gender norm things it’s just something about them that makes me feel good #apologies for the long tags I just had a lot to say about this all #text

[flickering-starlight]

note to self—googling “is it ok to buy a binder if I’m not trans” may actually mean i have some self reflection to do

#haha. hahahaha. #anyways I’ve been using he/she/they pronouns at school and it’s been pretty great #but I was watching umbrella academy last night and #well without spoiling too much #I was watching a scene where viktor comes out to some of his family #and it made me so #so emotional?? #like I felt so seen #and idk if that means I’m a trans guy or #if I just relate because I’m non-binary or gender fluid or whatever #so I’ve got thinking to do for sure #if anyone has experience on this journey I’d love to hear stories and/or advice #but uh. yeah #love to all #ps. the answer to that question is yes #if you want a binder then you can buy one :)

[distopea]

My lungs infection killed my energy SO HARD that I’m legit channeling ALL MY FUCKING WILL just to take my shower and get out, ‘cause I’m running out of food, I’m quite not in the mood to get delivered and I want some sorbet SO BADLY because it’s hot outside.... 

I’m like an abandoned veggie on the couch... I’ve been badly sick for 6 days and this is how I’m living my life now that I’m slowly recovering: by getting myself a self pep talk to go buy some food fgdsfys 

#⌇the jester leading the show ( 𝙊𝙊𝘾 ) #tw: illness #; yesterday I needed to get my meds and it was two streets away #; and man it felt like I had walked 67 miles #; my coughing and breathing get horrible with the slightest effort #; but a girl is fucking hungry #; I can't run on rice anymore gusygdf I need some taste some colors some COMFORT #; I want M&Ms too #; I'm your greatest baby ladies and gentlemen and non-binaries hoes