#microaggression tw

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

do u ever wonder why malleus is the only person who has holes in their ceremony robes and not any beaskind students ( which are probably over 200) and not even leona who's a prince (albeit second)

Also Jack states in Deuces' robes vignette that it's really hard for him to put his ears in the hood. He has the biggest ears of the the 3 so it must be even more uncomfortable.

I wonder if this is a sign that human society presses on the beastmen’s comfort and accessibility kinda like what they did with women's jean giving no pockets so they'd have to buy purses. Also if this subtly is implied there,is there a chance they would expand more on that narrative?

***Content warning!!: I briefly mention microaggressions during this discussion.***

I’ve never wondered why Malleus is the only person with holes his the hood because an explanation was provided for it (in his ceremonial robes vignettes). When Leona comes to return the clothing (due to the laundromat’s mix-up), Lilia states that Malleus had his robes specially tailored to accommodate for his horns. This means that had Malleus not gone out of his way to have that alteration made, he would have had a hood that looked like everyone else’s. It doesn’t seem to be a race or a prince privilege thing; it’s a personal decision on Malleus’s part. Please view the following screenshots (taken from EN; JP says something similar):

I’m not sure where you’re getting the 200+ beastmen students figure from? I’d be interested in seeing the math/lore on that! 🤔 It’s stated in Ace’s ceremonial robes vignettes, Endless Halloween Night, and the TWST light novel adaptation that there’s around 800 students (give or take) enrolled at NRC (a number which aligns with the figures of many real life private British boarding schools). The vast majority of those students appear to be human (which is also reflected in our main cast being mostly humans). Many generic NPCs or mob students also appear to be human, so it can be assumed that humans are the most prevalent race in their world (though, of course, demographics will vary by country; ie there are more merpeople in the Coral Sea than there are humans). Beastmen seem to be concentrated in Savanaclaw (likely due to ease for the devs/game limitations), but the manga adaptation and a line dropped by Riddle in Lyreless Lyre (the second Beans Day event) tells us that the other dorms (like Heartslabyul) likely also have beastmen in their ranks. This makes it difficult to calculate how many beastmen there are total of the NRC student population.

While there doesn’t appear to be inherent discrimination of beastmen in particular, this does seem to indicate that the ceremonial robes were designed with humans in mind, not other races (some kinds of fae, beastmen, anyone that has additional features which may not fit comfortable due to the hood, etc). This is a strange observation, because we see in practically every outfit of Savanaclaw’s that accommodations can and have been made to suit their differing physical traits. For example, beastmen wear pants with a zipper that can be adjusted for their tails to poke through; note that there is a difference in how Jack, Ruggie, and Leona’s tails present. (The image below is taken from my copy of the Magical Archives book.)

Accommodations have also been made for other characters whose physical traits cannot work well with usual fits; for example, Malleus often has hats of a slightly different design than the other characters’ to make space for his horns. In the case of hats, it seems like beastmen are able to usually hide their ears in the hat given that there is ample space, such as in their Masterchef and Halloween cards. There doesn’t seem to be comments about discomfort in these cases (and for Masterchef specifically, keeping fur out of food is probably for the best). However, we do have Ruggie’s Masquerade card, which definitely demonstrates that holes can be made in hats to accommodate for their ears.

So these alterations and similar ones are clearly possible (and even feature in dorm uniforms, such as Savanaclaw’s). Why aren’t there variations of the ceremonial robes that would allow more comfort for some of NRC’s non-human students??? I don’t think anyone has a clear answer for that quite yet 💦

I think there’s probably some practical (but still sort of dumb) purpose for it that probably hasn’t been explained yet?? It’s a common joke in the fandom that Crowley is cheap and wastes money on silly things (being a frivolous crow and all), so maybe he went with the human model for the ceremonial robes and left any desired tailoring/alterations for the students themselves to pay out of pocket?? This would save the school on some costs, but it still doesn’t fully explain why students that feel discomfort in wearing the hood (ie Jack) wouldn’t have it changed… I guess maybe because they so rarely wear the ceremonial robes that, in the eyes of most students, it doesn’t warrant shelling out money to have the robes altered?? (I don’t know why Leona’s hood isn’t the same as Malleus’s though; he definitely has the money for it and he could just as easily have told Ruggie to run the clothes to a tailor for him if he was too lazy to do it himself.)

A friend of mine has suggested that NRC loans the ceremonial robes out and went with a human model at different sizes when designing the hoods since that would best fit the majority of its student body. All humans, all merpeople (they have humanoid bodies on land), and some fae like Lilia would be fine with said hoods, so I’d imagine that this accounts for most of the students. Additionally, my friend argued that the (loaned) ceremonial robes would mean that NRC usually wouldn’t allow for drastic modifications because it means it may not be suitable for the next student that receives the robes (and NRC isn’t willing to keep making so many new robes every year). Maybe Malleus was just the exception due to his power and/or status, or both. Again, this would fall under the “Crowley wanted to save money” family of explanations 😂 (as well as the also common “Crowley sucks up to money and power” explanation—)

Using the “average” individual to base one’s plans and designs on certainly doesn’t come without its challenges or deviations from the average. However, this is often the standard used for many things, not just clothing. Many scientific tests and scales exist only because there is an average to be compared to. There’s nothing wrong with that; it may come off as selfish or not accounting for all cases, but it’s unfortunately what is most practical and convenient in a business sense.

ADDENDUM: This is a slightly different situation than the dorm uniforms, which have been stated that alterations are allowed; it is a privilege specifically for dorm leaders. It seems that school uniforms may also be modified to a slight degree, as there is clear variation in how the cast wears theirs. While it may sound arbitrary, I wouldn’t be surprised if an old fashioned private school like NRC has weird and inconsistent traditions for the various uniforms, allowing for more freedom in some areas and less in others, such as their apparently all important and famous ceremonial robes. Weirdly enough, it seems the robes are what is the fit that is most iconic about NRC; Leona’s sister-in-law wants to see pictures of him in it and Ruggie mentions just how famous the robes are to the public. Please note that the other uniforms are worn much more often than the robes are, while the robes are reserved for mainly special ceremonies. This may explain why the rules seem to be much more strict concerning the robes than other uniforms, to preserve the traditions of NRC. At most, they’d offer different robe sizes but not usually changes which would alter the physical design of the robes or fabric (which, as we see in Leona’s Ceremonial Robes groovy, is the case with Malleus’s robes; again, an exception may have been made here due to power/status).

Of course, this is all only speculation! It would be nice if the game actually told us why the robes are specifically different than the other clothes. Having said all of that, I don’t know if it’s fair to point at one outfit out of several and say that it could imply limited accessibility for beastmen 😅 A lot of their other outfits (even those provided by the same institution) seem to tell the opposite story. It’s just weird how ceremonial robes is the one glaring exception to that. It’s even weirder that we never got an explanation for why it’s only the ceremonial robes that are like this (though I guess it’s not like that part of the lore is super important in the grand scheme of things).

While it’s true that microaggressions can occur and are insidious in that they are subtle in nature (and thus difficult to detect and easy to go over people’s heads), I don’t see enough of this clothing issue to the point where it’s a systemic and normalized problem. We don’t have a lot of knowledge on human-beastman relations in TWST canon, and I’d rather not jump to conclusions when there’s not enough evidence to come to one. If anything, I think the narrative will try to elaborate on the tensions between humans and fairies (which has been references many times, sometimes with mentions of war), not humans and beastmen. We do have that upcoming Sunset Savanna event so maybe that’s a chance for us to learn more about beastmen (or at least the royal family??) and what their relations with other races are like.

#Leona Kingscholar #Malleus Draconia #twst #twisted wonderland #twst theory #twisted wonderland theory #twst theories #twisted wonderland theories #Dire Crowley #disney twisted wonderland #Jack Howl #Lilia Vanrouge #Ruggie Bucchi #Savanaclaw #twst manga #twisted wonderland manga #Riddle Rosehearts #spoilers #Ace Trappola #tw // microaggressions #Leon Kingscholar #Savannaclaw

[spider-man-2o99]

ok so apparently i can just never articulate my Deep Thoughts on purpose and can only do it by accident whilst rambling in the notes of a bookmark where the veneer of anonymity feels like a false-protective coat to hide behind, or somesuch-something like that. idk. anyways. anyways. i don't like how fucking mean-spirited across the spider-verse as a film seemingly is for literally no reason at all other than just bcuz it Could Be. y/k.

#talking tag #atsv #spider-man #spider-man 2099 #miguel o'hara #miles morales #suicide mention #suicide tw #& i am talking abt the Actual Textual Content of atsv btw not the Fandom Interpretation of it. bcuz those r 2 different things lmao. #every additional piece of context that we learn abt the behind-the-scenes too. it just. Sours this film to me. like drinking rotten milk #only ONE person outside of his family unconditionally supports miles. ONE. ONE!!!!!!!!!! the whole film!!!! #(obie obie broauwn i hate the AM i hate the PM u will live in my heart for ever) #and Knowing now how much the writers obviously didnt give a shit abt Mig.. it all just reads like that rotten any1 can wear the mask but yo #and that echoes in the narrative disdain for the one other spider-man in the whole movie whose origin is /like miles/. #who DID have a spider-man in his world who died before he got his powers who IS motivated by fear by wanting 2 be good but thinking he cant #You Cant Wear This Mask. The Only People Who Are Like You Actually LIKE You Are Twisted And Wrong And Warped Inevitably By That Wrongness. #Nobody Will Ever Understand What You Have Been Through And You Were Stupid And Naive To Ever Try Otherwise. You Petulant Child. #and the spider society treats miguel like shit like im honestly surprised that was just such a Casual Thing in the movie but no #they microaggress him 2 hell and back they insult him to his face they do not respect his boundaries they flat-out just Dont Respect Him #and he Takes It. of course he takes it. it is Literally All He Knows. taking it and hating himself and knowing that he is Different. #Christ almighty. what a shitshow.

[castielmacleod]

No but I can’t stress enough that Cas had to hear “I hate those flying ass monkeys just as much as you do” when he was, in that exact same moment, literally suicidal with guilt and terror over the incredible devastation he brought upon “those flying ass monkeys” while under the purgatory souls’ influence. In fact “those flying ass monkeys” are his own species and family who he loves deeply and does not even slightly hate. He literally is one of “those flying ass monkeys”. I mean. 😐

#AND he had to hear this from the human man he’s in love with #A man most notable for legitimately wanting any being even vaguely nonhuman dead stiff with virtually no exceptions #A man more or less directly stating he doesn’t see Cas as one of THOSE angels which #I mean not to indulge meaningless fantasy racism but christ how many times have I been microaggressed in that exact way. #The implication is just a little too much like too many racists I’ve known I can’t help but prickle at it #Dean critical #Tw suicide mention #My posts

[cloudy-dayys]

@finalfridayss gabe homophobic </3

#my art #jammin jay #mandela catalogue oc #body horror tw #alternate gabriel #dad doesnt approve of the relationshio type beat #hes very microaggressive towards T about it too #(maybe you just havent found the right girl yet?) #[I DONT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.] #(marriage is between a man and a woman) #[WE arent even HUMAN and i dont want to MARRY this thing.] #nah he would marry watchman bc he boutta risk it all but doesnt want to admit it #T's pride constantly battles his own gayness #watchman: :) #T: ..am i... tweakin? #i drew this earlier today nd its such a funny thing u madr an audio thats PERFECT for it

[jareauwalker]

the way that people in the criminal minds fandom are so blatantly racist towards derek is actually absurd. like did op think that they were being subtle about saying every other man in the bau would be working in academia or law but derek (who canonically has a law degree) would be a rapper or boxer.

#derek morgan #tw racism #at the very least it’s a microaggression #criminal minds

[discountalien-pancake]

I think there is room in the fatphobia conversation to acknowledge the reality that not everyone who isn’t big is somehow magically thin. That much of the fatphobia middling, sorta chubby individuals face is not directed at the spectre of a a potential larger “actually fat” version of themselves, but at them, as they are, middling and chubby. And that this fatphobia isn’t just social, it exists on an institutional level as well. That at a mere 10-15lbs “overweight” they will face doctors telling them they need to slim down even when they are demonstrably healthy in every other metric, never mind the bullshit that is the BMI. That mass-manufactured ‘women’s’ clothing is designed for B-cup bodies, get fucked if you’re any bigger or broader or shaped even a little weird. Never mind the fact that plus sizes start smaller than you think. Never mind that just social fatphobia from friends, family, coworkers, so on and so forth is already incredibly damaging.

But no, if you’re not fat fat, you’re thin.

#tw bmi #fatphobia tw #this is so fucking frustrating to me because categorizing all these sorta middling individuals as thin #just diminishes the extent of the problem! #no society *doesn’t* consider that person thin actually and that’s a fucking problem! #and all the little injustices and microaggressions they face add up to the macroaggressions larger folks have to deal with #it’s a spectrum not a lightswitch #there is no magical number or line at which people stop being fatphobic at toward that specific size/shape of person #i cannot count the number of times ive heard relatives call a slightly chubby person a pig or elephant

[kunikloj]

Shout-out to my traumagenic hyposexuals.

(TWs in tags, but just in case: Sex mention, CSA mention, trauma mention, SA mention, mentions of hyposexual microaggressions)

Shout-out to all of us who get left out of conversations surrounding PTSD accommodation.

Shout-out to everyone who is told to manage their triggers despite rarely receiving warnings for sexual content.

Shout-out to anyone who is affected by random sexual content from accounts they don't follow appearing on their dash, especially those which tie into their specific traumatic experiences.

Shout-out to those of us who have been in therapy for our trauma for years, yet still get treated as though we aren't working hard enough to "grow out" of our difficulties surrounding sex.

Shout-out to those of us who have been on the road to recovery long enough that we know we won't ever be fully "cured."

Shout-out to people who have lost relationships and marriages due to being hyposexual.

Shout-out to everyone who has felt pain from microaggressive labels being incorrectly applied to them, such as "incel" or "virgin", and who still feel anger seeing those labels thrown at people who simply can't engage in sexual topics like everyone else. (And a double shout-out to anyone who recognizes how messed up it is to use "virgin" as an insult!)

Shout-out to all my hyposexual aces.

Shout-out to all hyposexuals who don't identify as ace because they feel left out of the community.

Shout-out to all hyposexuals who were told they weren't "really" ace because they weren't born that way, and by extension, are able to somehow rid themselves of their asexuality.

Shout-out to all hyposexuals who never had the luxury of knowing whether they were "truly" ace because their trauma occurred before puberty, and will never know the answer.

Shout-out to people who want to identify as ace but feel they don't count because they lost their sexuality after their trauma occurred.

Shout-out to hyposexual systems across the dissociative spectrum.

Shout-out to hyposexuals who are not systems, but still suffer from a dissociative disorder.

Shout-out to everyone who has to vet popular music, TV shows, and movies to avoid triggers.

Shout-out to anyone who forced themselves to be sexual in a relationship in hopes to "get over" their hyposexuality, but only suffered more for it.

Shout-out to every hyposexual over 30 who still feels doubted, belittled, and condescended by online discourse. (And everyone younger, of course!)

Shout-out to hyposexual survivors who understand that they are only one half of the survivor coin, and who do not judge hypersexuals for their experiences, yet are assumed to be judgmental regardless.

Shout-out to hyposexuals who truly want legalization, regulation, and protection for sex workers, but have to avoid those discussions for their own mental well-being.

Shout-out to hyposexuals who aren't at a place where they can even talk about it yet.

Shout-out to hyposexuals who are treated with pity, even if they feel like they aren't missing out on anything.

Shout-out to hyposexuals who feel rejected from queer spaces, and even progressive spaces in general, because they aren't given the space to be understood.

Shout-out to hyposexuals who need Pride, but can't go due to their triggers.

I could go on, but I think my message is clear:

I see you. I hear you. I love you. We are not alone, no matter how lonely it may feel. You will always belong in my eyes.

#dm me if i missed any tw tags #hyposexual #hyposexuality #traumagenic asexuality #traumagenic did #traumagenic system #traumagenic osdd #tw csa #tw sa mention #tw csa mention #asexual microaggressions #tw trauma #tw sex mention #tw sex

[rattrapdadfigure]

Anyways, love how they keep hiring abled people as blind people like “In The Dark”

Wtf is this ableist shit.

The company said “none of the blind people acted enough like an Abled person mocking a blind person so we hired a seeing’s person :))”

My dad said blind people probably don’t know how to act as a profession. What the fuck.

Hate my dad, can’t wait to escape him ugh

#blind #disabled #disability #disabilties #anger #the ableds are at it again #fuck ableds #shit abled people say #abledsareweird #wtf is this #wtf was that #seriously wtf #ableism #ableist parents #ableist tw #small rant #rant #discrimination #stop discriminating #microaggressions #acting #tv shows #tv

[honeykaes]

I’m I the only 23+ year old whose never been in a serious relationship :/

#like #people make me so insecure about it #I grew up in a prodominently white area #so guys and gals made it their mission to deem me unatteacted for it #then went on a first date in college and was fetishized and it turned me off for dating for a long time #and now I’m here #I’m told I’m like intimidating #but also that’s a microaggression so like #ugh #•🍯• syrupy— #tw vent

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Just asking why does twst fans have beef with leona? I know about the new event coming up, but is there more that happened?

[Referencing this situation!]

***Content warning: I briefly bring up an example of racist stereotypes in this response.***

Mmm, I wouldn’t call it “beef” per se? Leona is a beloved character for sure!! Many people love him or think he’s cool or admirable. I think it’s just that the international/English speaking audience (more specifically, concentrated in the west) is concerned with how Leona is written since he is a prominent dark skinned character in the main cast.

There are a lot of real world social issues some fans may consider in their interpretations of the material presented in TWST, and that can sometimes lead to contention and disagreements. For example, a common concern is Leona being portrayed as “aggressive”, as some argue that this feeds into stereotypes of dark-skinned individuals being violent. Poor behavior that Leona receives from other characters may also be perceived as microaggressions due to darker-skinned individuals often being marginalized in real world societies.

Some fans say (due to his character inspiration being The Lion King, which stars African animals) that Leona is, of himself, African coded and therefore his behavior and his character may represent or perpetuate negative stereotypes about Africans if not written carefully. This may explain why Leona in particular is so scrutinized compared to others in the cast.

#tw // microaggressions #tw // racism #Leona Kingscholar #The Lion King #notes from the writing raven #question

[justanothertraveller42]

Went to instagram briefly (for posting my spotify wrapped like every other basic bitch out there) and came across this:

And like??????? What????????? The fuck?????????????????????????

No seriously where do they come up with this? Also, targeted ads much? Also also also nope actually i cant properly articulate how stupid and ridiculous this is, nm

#autism #actuallyautistic #do you see this #this complete and utter bullshit #where do they come up with this #can i tw for like #microaggressions #idk man

[entity9silvergen]

The grocery store put four oranges in a bag??? During Chinese New Year??? Microaggression honestly

#/s #wrote chinese instead of lunar bc idk if other people do this #chinese new year #lunar new year #holiday #chinese #asian #asian american #asian culture #united states #oranges #tw food #cw food #grocery store #luck #microaggressions

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

so the other day, i had to deal with transphobia at a hospital i was at and tbh it didnt really bother me that much apart from the way i had to react to it. and i cant stop thinking about that.

for context, i dont pass. im a trans dude, but i dont look like a dude so im used to being misgendered and i dont normally correct people.

so when the receptionist was confused, it was like routine bullshit. i was happy to deal with it, but my mom ended up having to because if i had stood up for much longer, id have collapsed because I'm ✨disabled✨.

and while my mom was trying to calmly explain it, the receptionist very loudly outed me to the entire waiting room. which you know, not fun. she was also not subtle about her finding me weird and a freak which you know, not fun.

but then she made the active choice to fuck up my name in the system. she could have just deadnamed me, but instead she decided to put my dead middle name (which is a feminine name) into my current name instead.

so thanks to that, i was then misgendered the whole time and deadnamed and it confused literally every member of staff. pretty sure it also confused the system which led to me having to wait longer which you know, not fun.

that wouldnt have bothered me if i hadnt been sent to the hospital as emergency because i have a condition that can lead to total vision loss, and also can be caused by or lead to a stroke. like death was on the table.

and then after that fiasco, my mom headed to the car to get a drink as we (me and my brother) waited to be called. and when we were, i got to interact with another transphobic receptionist which you know, not fun.

she called my name and when i went up, she made it very clear that she did not believe me that my name was kai. she was condescending to me and was clearly trying to catch me in a lie . it was incredibly uncomfortable and honestly it was scary.

and what i hate the most about it is that i couldnt react.

the minute i react negatively, im suddenly the crazed trans person who will call the police on you if you use the wrong pronouns.

i cant get angry; i cant firmly correct them; i cant show any excessive emotion. i had to stand there and calmly react to their microaggressions.

my mom and brother got angry on my behalf. they corrected people, they complained, they made it clear that they were not going to tolerate transphobia aimed toward me. and i love them for doing that for me, but i hate the fact that i cant do it.

they can be angry about it because theyre cis.

no one is going to look at them and say oh see all cis people are crazed and unstable.

but me? if I react negatively, i risk making the situation worse and confirming their bias and hence causing problems for other trans folks.

im the one being hate crimed, im the one being discriminated against, and im the one who has to be calm and diplomatic about it.

its such an insidious form of transphobia. i felt so powerless, it was terrifying. and i felt like my only choice was diplomacy because at the end of the day, im at a hospital for something that can kill me. i cant risk being kicked out or accused of faking it or anything like that. i was fucking trapped.

and i just cant stop thinking about it now.

#tw transphobia #transphobia #queer #personal #transgender #lgbtq+ #hate crimes #tw hate crimes #microaggressions #i still feel so powerless you know? #on monday i had three failed lumbar punctures #three times i got to feel every bit of a needle going into my spine because local anaesthetic doesnt work on me #and i screamed so much because of how much it hurt and i was shaking with terror when it came to the fourth one #i also had seven failed blood tests that day and two successful #im covered in bruises #and yet the thing that scares me the most from the past few days is the transphobia #and how trapped i felt #because i dont get to react or be angry about it because they have power over me #and if im not calm or diplomatic i play right into all their biases #that system fuck up could have actually killed me #and i cant get angry or upset about it unless i want to be the crazed trans person #misgendering #tw misgendering #dead naming #tw dead naming #tw hospital #vent #vent post #i just cant Stop Thinking About It

[florenceisfalling]

i hate the way ableism is integral to so much of horror but love haunts that are asylum-based bc .. you know what?? in my experience thus far its less about ~crazies as the bad guy~. like to simplify it to "insane people scary" doesnt really work so much because when youre in there, the Situation is whats scary. the patients are often the ones helping you through the house and asking for your help because theyre Also victims whereas the doctors are usually the ones who make you feel Afraid. there's frequently a theme of medical malpractice and the patients being mistreated. and maybe its bc I'm crazy or because i work with kids etc but the "insanity" that is frightening to a lot of people does not scare me!! so when im in a haunt i dont think "bad guy" i think "friend :)" or "person who i want to help/understand" and thats what im trying to do with haunted home. take this little snippet of a character that you see in a fleeting moment and extend it so you see the interesting and complex story underneath. some of us are lovable because of our batshit insanity not in spite of it etc etc

#my ocs #haunted home #i dont know if any of this makes sense #ableism tw #but yeah as someone who Is delusional and a freak etc etc i just. like seeing other delusional freaks #walks into a haunted house like oh my god diversity and representation fr!!!! 🤩🤩 meanwhile the whole thing is actually kinda supposed to #be a microaggression #haunts

[annarubys]

no clue if anyone can relate and i am just venting here but i feel like i am perpetually in a crisis about whether i am Latin Enough™ to have personal experiences with microaggressions and then every so often something will happen and i’ll be like. Oh. this thing that just happened is really upsetting to me actually! and then eventually i forget about it and then a similar thing happens again and it’s just this cycle where i feel like i’m minimizing things as not important even though if they were happening to a friend i’d be like hey! that’s fucked up! anyway there is not a point to this i’m just distracted thinking about it so i am posting about it on my blog which is a normal thing to do

#NOT about the prequel stuff lmao this is related to work some of the stuff i have to read as someone who’s latin just makes me feel gross #idk if microaggressions is the right word either like it’s not something happening TO me #it’s just stuff that’s upsetting to encounter because of my background i guess #racism tw #a.txt

[shuyamino]

ppl making fun of mysta being a “fake filipino” is weird its almost like not all filipinos are the same 🤔

NO ACTUAL!!! its also the shittiest thing to say while he was talking about like . not having enough money to buy food before (iirc he talked about having to rely on a food bank with mama rias before too)

that joke and the one where ppl say shit like "omg hes filipino, L" just makes me GRRRRRRRRR

#anon #mailbox💌 #tw racism #tw microaggressions #just incase :b