it's so funny (read: sad) that if bigoted fuckheads didn't insist i was a woman simply by virtue of my body at birth, i'd probably be chill with she/her pronouns in addition to he/they. if my mom didn't insist i was her daughter, i'd probably let her call me that, and we could still have a relationship.
i'm nonbinary and 'gendered' words are hypothetically meaningless, but because there are so many people who are more interested in telling me who i am rather than lovingly and curiously letting me express my own sense of self, those words carry trauma.
there's no reason a nonbinary person like myself can't be a son and a child and a daughter. there's no reason a nonbinary person like me can't go by he, they, and she.
'she' is not a slur. 'daughter' is not derogatory. 'beautiful' 'pretty' 'gorgeous' 'feminine' are not insults.
to the contrary, they're parts of language that express certain facets of a multi-faceted human existence, like mine.
and i have this sad, mournful feeling that if it weren't for unloving, condescending people, i'd probably be down to be called any of those things alongside my usual masculine/neutral terminology.
but i'd rather die than let anyone tell me what i have to be called.
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Finally, a new Spidersona!
Name: Cassidy “Cass” Carver, Spider-Man, X-Spider (she/her)
A Spider-Man from a universe where Spider-Man is a mutant rather than being bit! as part of the X-Men, Cass doesn’t do much solo work, and when the spider-verse comes knocking she prefers to continue sporting the X-Men yellow and blue. More about her under the cut!
Despite being a mutant, much of Cass’ life still follows the classic Spider-Man canon, including her own versions of Gwen Stacy and Flash Thompson. Cass and Gwen dated briefly, but when Cass found out she was a mutant, she joined the xmen under the cover of ‘going to a fancy boarding school’ at Xavier’s. Little does she know, Gwen is also a mutant who’s now going through all the same changes and fears on her own. Eventually, the two face off, ending in Gwen’s death.
Cass loves being part of the X-Men, opting to wear a mask for most of her early time on the team. After Gwen’s death, her parents find out she’s a mutant and disown her, and she no longer needs to wear a mask but still prefers to a lot of the time.
Friends amongst the X-Men include Beast, Gambit, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine, though she also spends a lot of time with Kitty and Ice-Man since she’s closer to their age.
She doesn’t get along as well with Cyclops (problems with authority), Colossus, and Storm. She was beginning to get close to Storm, but Kitty got jealous and Cass backed off to preserve her friendship with Kitty. She thinks Colossus is stiff but will tolerate him bcuz of Kitty.
In Spider-society, Cass connected most heavily with Gwen, but gets along pretty well with everyone. Miguel is neutral-positive on her since she has experience working with a team, though her authority issues shine through in their relationship once again.
She very briefly joined Magneto’s side for a bit, but went back to the xmen shortly after. She still harbors some sympathy and agrees with some of their methods, but missed her specific found family and felt a lot of guilt for ‘betraying them’, as Xavier put it.
I’m definitely going to be drawing more of her soon!
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