#or will it be a chosen name that matches my gender better

[theygender]

I recently started playing stardew valley again and downloaded some mods to make my game better. One mod I downloaded makes it so that you get letters from your parents more often and lets you choose your family style to include single parents, gay parents, etc. I thought it would be nice bc my mom in real life is a lesbian so I downloaded it. Then it asked me to pick the names my parents would sign off with. In real life my mother is remarried and I call my stepmother by her first name, but it wouldn't feel right for me to put her actual name in there bc this isn't a 1:1 recreation of my life. I also didn't want to put in a parent name that I hadn't used in real life though. My original second parent, my mom's first partner, died when I was a kid. When they were still alive, I had called my parents Mom and Mimi. So I put Mimi in as the second parent's name. Yesterday I got a letter from Mimi for the first time, telling me a story from when they were young. I almost cried

#rambling #dont mind me just. getting wistful about some pixels #i wish i could talk to them #i wish i could find out what pronouns they want me to use #they were transitioning but this was so many years ago so they still used the pronouns for their asab and idk if thats what they would want #but ill never get to ask them #do they see me? do they know im trans too? are they proud of me? #do they know im studying social work like they were? that ill be graduating from the same school? do they see me? are they proud of me? #they were cremated and their family wouldnt let us keep their ashes. we made a memorial at the house they built but we no longer live there #the college ill be graduating from has their name in the sidewalk with all the other graduates from the year i was born #my name will be there with theirs some day #which name am i putting there? the one i was born with? the one they chose? the one thats named after them? #or will it be a chosen name that matches my gender better #how would they feel about me changing my name? im sure they would want me to be happy but its the only thing that ties me to them #the only thing i have to prove that they ever existed as a part of my life. will i ever change it? #i want to get a tattoo of the memorial that we had when i was young. it was a plaque on their favorite tree stump #i want to prove that theyre a part of me beyond just my name. that theyre with me no matter what #but i dont know what name should go on the tattoo. my mom put their legal name on the plaque. but is that what they would want? #i can never ask them

[aortaobservatory]

can i get your take on the hope aspect? your thoughts about rage got some gears turning, and like you said in your post about life, it helps to understand the opposite aspect in relation :)

Absolutely! It's my opinion that the Hope Aspect, like a few other aspects and what they're named after, is fairly misunderstood because of the connotations the word "hope" has. The Hope Aspect is also one I gained a better understanding of by comparing it alongside its inverse.

The word "hope" has some pretty positive connotations to it. Dreams, longing, yearning for something better, holding on, so on and so forth. These aren't wrong when thinking of the Hopebound, but they're certainly not the full picture of what the Hope Aspect has to offer. And, like the other 11 aspects, the Hope Aspect isn't necessarily good or bad; it is inherently neutral, with the potential to be either good or bad.

From The Extended Zodiac, I pulled these keywords from the Hope Aspect description. These would be the "canon" traits; they are what I adhere to when analyzing, but it should also be understood that this concept encompasses much more to do with than these keywords. Its "vibe", if you will, is much more than what is written.

TEZ Hope Keywords: Conviction, justice, aid, black and white thinking, imagination, dreams, better future, positive, caring, warm, (narrow-minded, selfish)

What really caught my attention in the canon description for the Hope Aspect was the descriptor "narrow-minded". It painted an interesting picture; that someone can be narrow-minded at their worst when their drive is towards that of a better future.

My chosen words for the Hope Aspect are "Conviction, Ideology, Commitment, Justice". I felt that the drive for many Hopebound is their sense of justice; they believe the things they do because they have a sense of justice. However, it's also important to keep in mind that one person's idea of justice is not always another person's idea of justice. (The Death Penalty debate is a good example of what I mean, but there are a lot of other good examples out there too).

The other word I chose for the Hope Aspect that didn't come from the TEZ was "ideology", which I felt encompassed many of the words on the list and off the list. Ideology is what a person believes; this can be religion, one's moral compass, true (or false) education, government systems, propaganda, so on and so forth. Ideology focuses on the system of beliefs a person has, and so the Hope Aspect also focuses on both personal beliefs, and systems in general (the government system, the education system, etc). This is perhaps why Ragebound tend to be anarchists and punks. Since the Hope Aspect is about beliefs, these beliefs can be anything. There's a lot of room in the Hope Aspect to look like other aspects if someone's ideology happens to match up with, say, the Life Aspect, or the Light Aspect, or any of the other aspects. There's a lot of wiggle room, but ultimately, the Hopebound do what they do because they hold fast to their beliefs and adhere to the systems that are in place which support their beliefs.

Like with Gamzee and Kurloz, the Hope Aspect doesn't get a full spotlight with Eridan (Prince of Hope) and Cronus (Bard of Hope) representing it, as the destroyer classes tend to skew the understanding of an aspect. However, for what Eridan's classpect was, he certainly was written up to it; the Prince uses hope to destroy hope, because he cannot grasp it or control it despite its abundance around him. His connection to the Hope aspect is fairly apparent in his Pesterquest route, actually, with how he talks about gender roles and his desire to be gender non-conforming and supportive of it, but he just can't grasp that for himself despite believing in it (ironically, because he's a shitty person via actively destroying the Hope of others). He also, in the next breath, proceeds to spout some pro-hemospectrum system bullshit, which I feel really does represent how narrow-minded he can be on certain subjects. Cronus is written flatly, but as a Bard of Hope, he has too much control over Hope, and that actually scares him. He allows Hope to deteriorate by actively enhancing Rage in others; this might be why he comes off as a playboy and a coward, and why so many people don't like being around him.

Meanwhile, I don't recall if Jake (Page of Hope) ever fully realizes his classpect within canon (and I am not counting being forced by Aranea), but Jake's arc has a lot to do with going out and forging his own ideology and set of beliefs; his attachment to adventures really shines through for his Page class. He has commitment problems with Dirk, which is a fault of the Page class and something he has to learn to work through to master Hope. He's got a fledgling sense of justice, and has to work through his meekness and shyness to hold fast to his convictions.

#classpecting #eridan ampora #cronus ampora #jake english #homestuck #hope classpects #classpect analysis #homestuck aspects #ao classpecting #Sorry I made it about Eridan do you guys still like me. /j #I just happen to be a big fan of the character development his Pesterquest route did for him...

[heartfulselkie]

How was year 2023 for you looking back ?

I'll admit I was going to say something along the lines of "Oh, it's been just another year! 🙃"

But you know what? No. It hasn't "been just another year." I've had so much happen this past year that I had to think for a good minute about it - because did all this really happen in a single year???

Yeah I've had my usual run of mental health slips. Some of them really bad.

But I've had so many wins this year too!

I finally took the time to really think about myself and feel comfortable in who and what I am. I finally said out loud to someone that I'm nonbinary. I talked with my counsellor about my issue with my physical appearance from my gender dysphoria. I came out to my family. I'm going by a new name now (socially at least), one that I feel better matches my gender identity.

And I started school again! After spending so long in such poor mental health where I couldn't even work, I'm now finally embracing doing something I love! I can finally say to my child-self: "You know what? You weren't wrong about wanting to be an artist. And you are good at it and love doing it!"

Yes, I'm doing an actual art course now! And I am loving every minute of it (even when the stress is high). I'm even planning on doing another year of it!

I've gotten friendly with the people in my class. It's been so long since I've had a physical, in-person sense of community. I thought it was something I'd never have again - but now I get to go into class and just talk with people and share dumb jokes. And its such a positive and supportive atmosphere! We're all artistic and of different lgbtq+ identities as well as neurodivergencies. (Through peer review it turns out I might actually fall somewhere on the autism scale - who knew? No wonder younger me was such a mess.)

For the first time in I don't even know how long, I've finally started to feel at least somewhat comfortable with myself. I'm done pretending to be a person I'm not and trying to fit other people's boxes. I still have my struggles and have a lot of history/traumas/whatever to process, but I feel so much better now that I finally feel secure enough to learn what kind of person I am. And I'm so lucky to be around people that are okay with that!

My family for the most part are accepting of where I am now. They don't really get "nonbinary", but most of them are still making efforts to use my chosen name. My relationship with one parent is still a trainwreck (I don't think its salvageable at this point tbh) but my relationship with my other parent has improved so much this past year. We now talk on regular basis and they have been my biggest supporter for both who I am as well as my artistic endeavours.

It's been one hell of a year. 2023 is the year I finally started feeling human. It's the year I started feeling like me again.

#my rough patches have been rough #but holy fucks the high points have been high #it's been a long time #but i'm finally doing and being what younger me though I'd never get to be #yeah everything's still a mess #but maybe it hasn't all been a waste after all #at least I can tell myself that on my good days #ask selkie

[absentcaryatid]

Seonghwa's Shared Passion

An ATEEZ fanfic by AbsentCaryatid

The reader makes a new friend at the mall, one just as interested in LEGO and K-pop as the reader.

2.2K words, Content note: all ages, gender neutral reader, no reader romance, lots of LEGO mentions, Seonghwa gets San as a romantic partner and the reader is very happy for them.

~

It was the day a life-changing friendship was to be born, but you could not have known that at the time. The lanky man who stood before you bore a staff tag with the name Seonghwa. You had found yourself in his warm presence due to a chance visit to the mall for a quick lunch. With time to spare afterward, you had chosen to stop over at the adjacent LEGO store to see if the 'Dynamite' BTS set was back in stock.

“Still backordered I'm afraid, and no date set for when it might be available again.” As your face fell, the rather stunning clerk nodded sympathetically. “It was a lucky thing I could get mine before the store opened on the day it dropped, a perk of working here, along with the generous staff discount. I'm in the same boat on my Star Wars Razor Crest set though, so I know the production wait can be difficult. Is there anything else I can show you while you are here?”

Picking your jaw up off the floor after recalling the cost of the Mandalorian ship and how much this guy must really like LEGOs, you managed to resume the conversation. “Thank you, no. I devour the online and print catalogs so I'm pretty familiar with all the sets that interest me.” You turned to leave then spun back with a delighted expression. “Actually, I had forgotten I want to work on a new custom build. I like to recreate music video sets from my favorite K-pop groups. Got a little bit behind in ATEEZ releases and I still have to complete last year's final video.”

Seonghwa followed your train of thought with swiftly delivered knowledge on the level of a dedicated fan. “Oh, 'HALAZIA', that one is great.” He even did a little of the hand choreography on the spot. Not particularly smoothly, but Seonghwa was a store employee and not an idol. With a self-effacing little lick of his lips as he seemed to recall what he was supposed to be doing on the clock, he then enthusiastically asked, “You thinking the wet abandoned mall or the stadium for the scene?”

“Eventually I'll build both, but want to start with the stadium because I like the effigy.”

Seonghwa grinned as he made a beeline for the minifigure accessories. “You are going to need this western hat in black then. Wait, forgive me. If you are familiar with recreating scenes for ATEEZ you probably already have the 'HALA HALA' style hat already.”

“I'm not about to raid my 'Say My Name' or 'Answer' builds on display to get those hats so I have been buying them in bulk online every time they show up in a video. Going to need a lot of yellow pennants from the knights range though, and some more drawbridge chains to repurpose.”

With the store otherwise unoccupied, Seonghwa spent the better part of an hour excitedly talking to you as he assisted in finding the best part matches for your planned LEGO build. He impressed you with his knowledge of the full range of specialized parts, an equal to your own expertise from years of play. It felt good to meet a kindred spirit who liked to go beyond the instructions with a hobby of designing free-form creations.

The surprising shared interest in K-pop also had you warming up to the engaging salesperson. You were charmed as Seonghwa felt comfortable enough to disclose his fantasy of being in the popular six-person group ATEEZ. “I like to imagine the idols in a circle dancing to 'HALAZIA' and there I would be in the center right along with them.” The joy left his face. “You probably think I am silly.”

It was the admission that your daydreams ran like that sometimes too which cemented a mutual affection for each other. You became a regular in his store rather than purchasing online, and together would pore over the Pick-a-Brick catalog on his lunch breaks whenever you were nearby. As much as you loved the conversation, you were concerned he needed time off the subject. “Are you sure you are okay with talking LEGO parts over lunch? That means you’re not really getting away from work.”

Touched by your thoughtfulness, Seonghwa beamed and lightly placed a hand on your shoulder. “This is working on a hobby with a friend. We can call each other friends by now, right?” From that day onward you would meet up outside the store for comfortably platonic meals out or visiting each other's homes. Star Wars content and music videos became a typical reason to find yourselves together when not consulting each other on various LEGO projects.

As he again admired the collection of music video dioramas scattered around your apartment, Seonghwa had been the one to suggest sharing photos of the custom builds online. He was convincing and soon you decided to go for it. Immediately popular, the images made the rounds in both LEGO and K-pop circles. Seonghwa was tickled to discover he was credited as a consultant from the 'HALAZIA' model onward, and the next development had him over the moon.

Your latest one-of-a-kind project depicting the 'Bouncy' flaming saloon set got re-tweeted by the ATEEZ account after Yeosang mentioned in a YouTube live that he had seen the impressive photographs. Seonghwa proudly told everyone in sight at work the next day that he had been in charge of procuring all the lights and the little LEGO goat at minifigure Hongjoong's side.

Getting official recognition from KQ and the members themselves felt amazing, but the high was not to last. Seonghwa had some news about rising in his career, and as a dear friend you should have been happy for him.

Holding your hands as he sat across the dining room table at his place, Seonghwa explained the situation. “I'll still be working with LEGOs, but I'm leaving sales work.”

At first you were excited. “With all your building experience, are you going to be a LEGO Certified Professional like you've talked about? Been thinking about doing that myself. It seems like such a cool job getting the budget to dream up massive sculptures for events.”

Seonghwa did that habitual thing licking his lips again, a sign you had learned to recognize as anxiety. “Actually, I have been putting off telling you this, but the job is in LEGO's global headquarters in Denmark. I'm moving to Billund at the end of the month.”

While you tried to be stoic, you were sure he could tell the reaction was mixed as he shared more details of the promotion. This was no mere desk job Seonghwa had qualified for. To become a master builder for the company was an incredible honor and very competitive, but the cost of losing his presence was hard to take.

Wanting to do something special for your friend before he left, you booked Seonghwa a session at the glamour photography studio a few storefronts down from his shop. The few times you had picked him up after work he had often mused about getting one of the K-pop makeover sessions when walking past the studio. Although he played it off as a joke at the time, you had sensed there was a serious longing there.

When you presented him the certificate for the makeover and portrait package he hugged you the longest he ever had. Once pulled back, “Thank you,” was all he could manage, but there were tears of joy in Seonghwa's eyes that said everything.

True friend that he was, Seonghwa convinced you to share the experience because being silly together was far better than alone. So after a significant amount of coaxing on his part, and a promise of dinner out afterward, the two of you agreed anything goes and put your hair and eyebrows in the hands of the artists.

Grinning at each other through the mirrors at the styling stations, you watched Seonghwa transform. He always had been attractive, but in the hands of professionals he looked like a real idol. Gone were the Angry Bird eyebrows he had regularly joked about, now elegantly shaped. Seonghwa's natural hair color had become a white-blond, and between shading and other makeup effects he had become truly stunning.

While you would love to say your transformation had been as dramatic, Seonghwa seemed to be a perfect canvas in a way you did not, but that was okay. It was still a lot of fun, especially together. You were very glad not to have missed this opportunity. It was probably the last day seeing him in person before taking him to the airport within the week.

Hair and makeup got you halfway into character as idols for the day, but trying on various outfits for the photography session completed it. Shared laughter helped reduce your awkwardness when posing, but it was Seonghwa who really took to modeling. He had always seemed poised, but watching him go through a variety of stances and gestures gave you the feeling of watching a pro at work. It was not only you, the photographer herself commented on it in a way that felt genuine and not just part of the service. The resulting portraits alone and as a duo memorialized the fun day.

Far too soon after that Seonghwa was physically gone from your life with his relocation to Denmark. Thanks to technology you could still build together over video calls at least monthly. It took some trial and error but eventually you learned wearing a microphone helped your voices carry over the sound of rustling plastic bricks. As good as the time together was, you were sorely feeling the loss of fully being together in person. Not just his warm hugs, but there was something about Seonghwa's laughter and smiles that were not fully conveyed online.

On one chat you observed a new decoration in his home, hanging behind your friend as he talked. It was a large poster with a mostly familiar image. The six-member team of ATEEZ had surprisingly grown to eight. Seonghwa and another man had been edited into a shot on the 'HALAZIA' stadium set. The spacing was a little wonky after Seonghwa's new neighbor San had used photo editing skills to flip vibrantly red-haired Wooyoung onto the other side of the lineup leaving room to insert the two new fantasy members, but to Seonghwa it was a prized possession. The poster commemorated not just his dreams and time with you getting the K-pop makeover, but also a growing closeness with San who stood alongside him in the revised image.

Meeting San had been such a boon to Seonghwa. The hesitation originally felt over moving to a new country was eased significantly when he had the great fortune to encounter another fellow K-pop and LEGO enthusiast in his apartment building. Even if the Star Wars collection was not San's favorite, no man was perfect. You had listened eagerly to weeks of Seonghwa's developing crush on his neighbor. While some people might have felt replaced, you knew your friendship was as strong as ever, and if anything, it would be great to know yet another person who shared your passions. The way Seonghwa's face lit up every time he spoke of San left you genuinely happy for him.

When Seonghwa hesitated to ask him out, you finally recommended he have San over for dinner as thanks for easing the transition to the new city. Fortunately, San had a similar level of interest and was able to ask Seonghwa out over the course of the successful evening. You cheered as Seonghwa's giddy texts came in afterward, thanking you profusely for helping him along.

It had been over a year since he had left the mall store when Seonghwa suggested you use some of your vacation time to visit Denmark. It took little convincing before you accepted. You missed your best friend, and also there was the matter of wanting to meet the person who had won Seonghwa's heart. The plane ticket would be expensive, but at his partner San's urging the couple decided you had to stay with them while in the country. Going to the LEGOLAND theme park with the lovebirds was a day you would remember forever, but there was one thing even better.

You had thought the LEGO museum would be the trip highlight. Instead, it was getting a tour of the LEGO headquarters where Seonghwa worked. The whimsical environment changed your life. From that point on you changed your career path from LEGO Serious Play facilitator doing corporate training to any role that would lead to your own employment in Denmark. Excited by your plan, Seonghwa had some suggestions for departments best suited to your skills.

It took time, but being reunited with Seonghwa as his newest neighbor after your own move to Denmark was the best feeling ever. Commuting to LEGO headquarters together and working side by side was a dream come true. Things were just as perfect at home. Just as you were not threatened by San's romantic role in Seonghwa's life, kindhearted San was just as warmly understanding of your deep platonic love for his partner. The three of you three of you remained best friends forever, united by shared interests that had brought you and Seonghwa together in the first place.

~

General Masterlist

Masterlist of Stories with No Reader Romance

#ateez fanfic #gender neutral reader #seonghwa fluff #seonghwa fanfic #diverseinsertknet #no reader romance #platonic relationship #cross posted on ao3 #kpop fanfic #kpop fluff

[imsociallyanxiousgetoverit]

oh no

@zarvasace I may have tried to predict what your Half-Fours would be like and created my own entire headcanons about it? and the colors?

uh

enjoy I guess? maybe? I got hyperfixated on it so fast

The Colors’ Personalities:

Four (Iris):

-He/They, any

-nickname created and used by the minish/picori

-passionate about his opinions

-blacksmithing is a job and hobby for them

-capable of socializing but doesn’t require it

-loves to read

-levelheaded both in battle and in (relative) peace

-splitting either results in a negative or purely confused reaction from people so they tend to keep silent about it

Green (Jade/Sage/Forrest):

-They/Them, always

-genderfluid; changes names but not pronouns with gender

-the most balanced emotionally and logically

-focuses on the big picture rather than the details, but can acknowledge they exist

Vio (Topaz):

-He/Him, always

-nickname chosen lovingly by Shadow; only used by them

-intellectually focused; shows outwardly

-takes misinformation very seriously; easily sidetracked by this

Blue (Cypress/Lana):

-She/Him, swaps

-occasionally uses other names when feeling dysphoric but doesn’t have specifically labeled genders

-intense feelings; most often some form of anger

-honest to a fault sometimes

-fast to accusations and assumptions

Red (Ruby, Nova, Ivy, Rose):

-They/She/He, any

-has many loving nicknames from the other colors due to how much they love it; Dot uses these as well, though is the only one using rose

-outwardly emotional in general; appears more sensitive due to it

-can forget the big picture if there are lots of feelings involved

Colorwheel Personalities:

(Green-Blue) *Mars/Aqua:

-He/They, rolling

-second in command energy

-apologies after outbursts

-very protective over others

-becomes quickly defensive

-dyslexic and pissed about it

(Red-Vio) Berry/Cerise:

-They/Them, always

-manipulative, for better or worse

-tries to fix emotional and relationship issues- sometimes without asking first; they’re working on it

-very emotionally intelligent until they get overwhelmed or worried

-great at gifting

-passionate about books

(Blue-Red) Pela/Mauve:

-He/She, rolling

-lashes out when overwhelmed

-self esteem issues due to behavior not matching their expectations/desires for self

-shows affection but pretends it’s not actually that

-uses the most nicknames for the others

(Green-Vio) Ant/Maline:

-They/Them, always

-manipulative, for better or worse

-inflated ego they try to hide

-leader qualities but doesn’t want to be one if possible

-socializing is easy for them, but they aren’t extroverted

-dyslexic and pissed about it

(Red-Green) Nela/Maly:

-She/Her, always

-is red-green colorblind but it doesn’t affect her too much

-very focused on the larger picture when people’s happiness or rights are at stake; struggles to notice details alone

-almost leader material; would be a good backup leader assuming a second in command is not fit for the role

-very protective over others

-loves reading aloud a lot

-loves to socialize but needs time to recharge alone

(Blue-Vio) Tanza/Indigo:

-She/They/He, rolling

-superiority complex

-will apologize if perceived as mean or rude by someone they think deserves one

-thinks before speaking but just doesn’t care about the consequences sometimes

-most likely to cope with sword practice or sparring

-if has a breakdown there’s a chance many pots are broken before hand

-sometimes they disappear into a book until they feel like they won’t go berserk or be an asshole; this happens most just after waking up

#keep in mind: #the original half fours are amazing and love them #also this is my first time going more in-depth for Four so like #as long as y’all are nice I’m okay with my headcanons/guesses being objectively wrong #I didnt mean for this to happen my brain just saw color-coded heroes multiplied by four and foamed at the mouth #lu half fours #lu colorwheel #I suggest that as an alternative/additional name btw #colorwheel would be a cool name to include any of the half pairs #warning btw I ship Vio/Shadow and that does get mentioned once #also please ask questions about this I spent so long on it in comparison to what I probably should have #TO HELP CLARIFY A BIT #Spark - Nela #Storm - Mars #Dust - Ant #Haze - Pela #Mire - Tanza #Magma - Berry #Zarvasace’s are first and mine are second #are they just names or are they actual versions of these new characters? #I don’t know which #I’d love to work with you Zarvasace! #If not that’s fine too #I can also just leave this here and not do any more if you aren’t comfortable with it #or I can delete it and only work on it in my private life rather than for any public consumption #I was inspired by you so #I think you have a say in if I can do anything with this #Also to make sure I didn’t like blatantly just take your ideas I didn’t look at all your work on them in detail until after so I could #make the names clear between your posts and mine #I left my ideas about their personalities and such even after seeing your interpretation of it because both are valid in my opinion

[deartouya]

hi hi hello :3 deartouya turns a year old today and it is so !! to think about! running this blog has been so much fun and i'm grateful for everyone who's read what i write and interacted with me over the year !! so i'm hosting this drabble event!

you will not be able to reserve slots. any submissions after the event closes will be ignored, i'm sorry !

status: open! ( 7/18 slots available)

options:

the honeysuckle; admired for it's sweet smell and trailing vines, they represent devoted and everlasting love. or, self-ship drabbles. ( 5/9 slots open)

pick one of your self-ships (bnha, hq, jjk, obey me!) *note, i'm not the most practiced with my jjk + hq characterizations.

send me a detailed summary about your relationship. (love languages, hcs you have, petnames you and they use, the more the better!)

the names or pronouns you'd preferred to be used (name is optional!)

select one prompt from one of these lists: prompt one | prompt two | prompt three

lilacs; pale violet blooms which represent the first pangs of love, feelings budding under the surface. or, match-up drabbles. ( 2/9 slots open)

send me one fandom (bnha, hq, jjk, obey me!) + your gender preference

your main love language(s) and something about you! can be likes/dislikes, hobbies, turn on/offs, just a short summary on you as a person!

your ideal date, the more detail the better tailored to you it'll be!

any characters from your chosen fandom you don't want to be matched with.

rules:

you can only choose one flower! you have to be a follower! and not one who followed just for this event! also pls only send off anon so that i'll be able to tag you in the final post!

please make sure to tell me which option (self-ship or match-up) in your ask. also make sure to tell me both the prompt number and which list you got it off of!

please be patient! i will be making sure to get all of these done in a timely manner but i know life will get in the way! writing these will take a bit longer than my normal events so i apologize in advance ;-;

tags: @call-me-ko , @maplesuna , @autumnalsteahouse , @iitoshi , @kailali , (hope you're all ok with the tag! you're the moots who helped me pick which event to host >:3)

#hiiii okok so let's hope this goes well ;-; #but i'm veryveryvery excited !! #✶ event; flower shop #<- the tag to block !!

[ocprompts]

UHHHH HI. EXPLOSION EMOJI. love your blog btw :3 found it via sneep snorping through a follower of one of my sideblogs's tumblr (b!david is very cool)

SO BASICALLY i have these four little guys who are in a BAND together !! their names are BENNETT, PIPER, NATHOS, AND ASH !! i plan to make a videogame about them and one of my closest friends helped design two of them (more like redesign really, i made the four guys before i decided on them being in a band together and so their designs were all over the place and so i made their designs more coordinated with eachother, and my friend redesigned piper and ash with me mentioning the basic things i had in mind) (i also very slightly changed the redesigns (as in i literally just made ash's eyes purple to match with xer jacket color and some other tiny things HGJFIKM))

gonna just copy and paste their artfight bios here, wouldve done the links but you need an account to actually view the links HGANKFJN

Name: Bennett Hubbard Nickname/s: Benny Boy (jokingly) Age: 21 Birthday: November 3rd Species: Human Height: 6'2 Gender: Male Pronouns: he/him Sexuality: No one knows Relationship status: Single Occupation: Bassist for the band The Drawing Board, burger flipper on the side Personality: A bit blunt, but means well. Will stand up for what is right. Likes: Music, his friends, sweet and spicy food (not at the same time), bugs Dislikes: Ignorant people, pickles (will only eat them when he absolutely has to)

Name: Piper Cline Nickname/s: N/A Age: 21 Birthday: May 24th Species: Human Height: 5'5 Gender: Female Pronouns: she/her Sexuality: Pansexual Relationship status: Single Occupation: Keyboardist for the band The Drawing Board, repairwoman on the side Personality: A bit shy at first, but once she knows you well enough, she'll trust you with her life! She's a bit of a nerd. Likes: Music, her friends, science Dislikes: Pretty much anything wet and squishy. Sensory issues </3

Name: Nathos McBride Nickname/s: Nate, Natorade Age: 21 Birthday: July 14th Species: Human Height: 6'4 Gender: Male (transmasc) Pronouns: he/it Sexuality: Pansexual Relationship status: Single Occupation: Drummer for the band The Drawing Board, side job TBD Personality: Super sweet! He's calm and collected, and ready to take on anything, as long as it isn't too caught off guard by anything that comes across. Likes: Music, its friends, stuffed animals Dislikes: Rude and arrogant people

Name: Ash Lopez Nickname/s: N/A Age: 21 Birthday: February 16th Species: Human Height: 6'4 Gender: Non-binary Pronouns: xe/xem Sexuality: Greysexual Relationship status: Single Occupation: Guitarist for the band The Drawing Board, side job TBD Personality: Literally the silliest guy ever. Chronic practical joker. Likes: Music, xer friends, bright colors Dislikes: Being taken advantage of

i also put the 4 of them into separate rps !! the one bennett is in is the only one thats started. also that where i got the nickname benny boy from (but the things that happen in their respective rps arent considered canon, more like an au, also that would be wayyy too much trauma to stuff into them when im already gonna give them trauma in the videogame story itself HGAKFJNDCJKM)

ANYWAY !! here they are, bennett piper nathos and ash respectively :] formatting is bad so have One Giant Ash

and heres piper and ash, drawn by @pastel-bleu-art !!!

a bit hard to tell from the pics (ILL MAKE A BETTER REF SOMEDAY ...) but piper is a bit chubby :] ANYWAY thats about all i have to say about em because i dont wanna say too much because of GAME SPOILERS ... but just. quick synopsis: they are chosen by the great goddess oda to save the universe by defeating the cacophonous six !! but shit goes down. oh and btw i feel that it's important to mention that they are essentially weezer but gay /silly

i LOVE gay and silly people <2

#oc show and tell #asks #noonbeam17 #not an oc prompt

[mayspicer]

Hell yeah you're answering some of those (if you want to), it's fun! 2, 11, 28, 44, 51 for the pink bean

Aww yiss. If anyone is interested, this is about Cayden, who can be found in my posts tagged as his name or more generally pathfinder.

This is gonna be long because I'm unable to write short answers. Also I have no idea how to add a read more on mobile, so uhhh, have fun xD

2. What was your original concept for this character? How did playing them change that concept?

The whole creation story is full of randomness tbh. I wanted to try playing a face and had a rogue half prepared for that, but the GM told me to maybe not play a rogue again, so I changed my mind to a sorcerer. A friend was creating his first character ever then, and he wanted to be a typical wizard, so I looked for less combat focused options for my sorcerer and we lacked a healer, so I found that there is a unicorn sorcerer bloodline that knows healing spells and has some nice healing powers. This was my first sorcerer, so I looked for guides and turns out that gnomes are super recommended. I decided on looks and even gender when having fun in heroforge. Thought it will be super funny if a gnome that's gonna be unicorn themed will also be pink and a man. It's a little freaky how he became a serious character that took over my entire brain for more than a year now, considering how he came to existence. Gnomes, man, it must be something to them, this shouldn't've worked. I'm so glad it did tho. Even his name was super randomly chosen, as back then the party was supposed to be 3 people with others joining later, and we thought it would be hilarious if we make some kind of acronym from character names. The word "CYC" (tit would be the same in English ig) appeared, so I looked for male names beginning with C. Found Caden, thought it sounded nice, so I told the GM it's gonna be it. And he went ooooh if you spell that differently, he could be named after a god of beer in Pathfinder. I liked the spelling better, I liked the connotations, boom xD

As for his character, I remember that he was supposed to be more crazy (whatever that means, my first sketches are more mischievous looking), but after writing his backstory and actually starting playing, I think he just stayed pretty much the same. Also the rest of the party put the bar pretty high for the craziness/unchainedness level, so I automatically assumed a more mature approach to compensate lol

I wish I was better at roleplay tho, because it's really hard to try to come across as someone who is by design comfortable in most situations, talks smoothly and is confident and flirty when I'm not and I don't even know how people like this are supposed to act, so I can't even try to pretend hhhh

I just hope that the rest of my group knows how I want him to be, cos we don't really talk much about character stuff outside the game (I wish we did, but it appears that I'm the only one who's been raised in the whole OC culture and I don't even feel very comfortable around some of the people outside of the game hhhh)

11. if they have a pet or animal companion, how do they spend time with them? if they don’t have one, what sort of animal would they be interested in raising, if any?

In one of the first sessions we saved a young black cat, so Cayden had a pet for a few weeks. Named the cat Rybiarz xd (Fisher?) because he said he liked fish (speak with animals hehe). Cayden left the cat in the inn we were staying in, because the inn keeper became our friend and the cat liked it here, so Cayden decided he's not gonna drag the poor cat along with him on the two month journey and who knows what next. If he could have a pet, I see two ways. Either some magical beast, lika a faerie dragon (not really a pet tho, cos they're sentient, but I mean the vibe), something that would be comfortable being on the move, possibly something matching his own energy, or even helping him seem even more attractive to others. The other option is some kind of animal that can swim (and climb?), because the boy Can't Swim. The last session ended in the middle of combat, where Cayden spent 3/4 of it under water, as the fight was with a water elemental which raised the water level and submerged everyone. And this was not the first time something like this happened xD And with him being so smol, he starts having problems when there is like 0.5m of water and if the water covers him, it boils down to waiting for someone to fish him out. A trained animal could solve this problem xD

As for spending time with the pet, it would probably be just playing with it and chilling together. Maybe if it was some special creature, he would be taking it with him to some social situations and play harmless tricks on others, or try to impress others with it, depending on the situation and mood.

28. do they collect anything?

He currently finally got his hands on a Mnemonic Vestment he's been saving gold for, so now he's focused on collecting as many magic scrolls (and possibly spellbooks, generally written magic) as possible, because the Vestment lets him cast one spell per day from such a source using his own spell slot AND not using up the scroll itself. This is super good, because Cayden as a sorcerer has a lot of spell slots, but a very short list of spells known. A new era just begun for him hahah

44. what lies do they tell others?

This is a hard one. I'm not great at creating characters that have many aspects to them. Cayden is pretty honest anyway, and talkative, so every one of his friends probably knows almost everything about his past and about him generally. He had to tell a pretty serious lie in the past and he only confessed to maybe two people (all just in backstory). It was about how the father of his first girlfriend died. He was killed by a unicorn, when he tried to kill it for its horn. The father was hunting magical creatures in secret, so his family didn't know anything, but he wanted Cayden to help him with the "business", as the relationship with his daughter was becoming serious. Why he thought it was a good idea is a mystery, as Cayden's family's past involving a friendship with a unicorn was pretty well known. Cayden helped the unicorn escape, but not before the other gnome shot at it with a crossbow. The unicorn charged and impaled the man with its horn before teleporting away. After spending the night crying his eyes out and trying to make sense of this whole situation, Cayden brought back the father's body back to the family and lied that the man was killed by someone with a spear who tried to mug them, before he managed to scare the attackers away using magic tricks.

I think, more generally, hypothetically, Cayden would lie about his own well being, for example if it meant others wouldn't waste time on him and would be able to save themselves in a critical situation. He would lie to make others feel better if he knew there was no way to help them and if he knew that showing confidence and being optimistic would raise morale of everyone else.

As for non serious lies (I'm not even sure it counts for the question), sometimes his gnome nature comes through, and he's tempted to just mess with someone by telling obvious nonsense information when an opportunity arises, or creating illusions. He doesn't have a heart to leave someone confused for too long though, so most of the time he clears thing up pretty fast.

And of course he tells lies in typical adventurer stuff situations. False names, motivations, all that. "I'm so sorry for shooting color spray in your face I panicked, I just didn't want you to cuff me, I'm on your side I swear, I want to help deal with those people demolishing your holy stairs, I won't be able to do that while magically handcuffed!" *Insane bluff check* *promptly escapes the moment he sees an opportunity*

Currently we're trying to infiltrate some kind of a drug cartel criminal underground, so there is a lot of bluffing involved xD

51. what element of their backstory are you proudest of?

The elements my GM basically wrote for me xD

I'm not the strongest writer, not even moderately acceptable writer, so I needed a little help. We all generated backstory events when creating characters and wrote based on what we got. I couldn't think of a conflict that involved telling a lie motivated by love. This is the one above, about the unicorn. The other backstory element is to rationalize how Cayden got out of his country that was surrounded by enemy nations currently at war I think and travelled through almost half the continent to the Pathfinder lodge in Absalom. I decided he's going to go by water, sailing near appropriately named Isle of Terror. Sure the name is not nice and there are some terrible stories surrounding the place, but near the shore there are real people actively looking for vessels trying to cross the lake. Turns out Isle of Terror is no joke and during a terrible negative energy storm everyone from the crew died, if not by the storm, then finished off by a shadowy creature, and Cayden barely survived this only thanks to hiding in a barrel, and plot armor I guess (it's a backstory after all, and a random event due to my decisions to go this route).

Other than that, I kinda like the part about Cayden even having the bloodline powers he has. One of his ancestors/parents had to have some kind of closer contact with a unicorn and I decided it's gonna be his mother. Before he was born, his country was at war with basically every neighbour and Cayden's mother was helping refugees by hiding them in a dense forest near the border. She impressed a unicorn living there with her determination and pure heart and they formed a strong bond with the unicorn protecting it's forest against unwanted invaders, but allowing shelter for the needing. During those efforts Cayden's mother met his father and after the war, Cayden was born. Later, when he grew up, it turned out that some of that unicorns magic/blessing passed onto his mother and became apparent in him.

I know it's cheesy, but that's about the peak of my writing/storytelling skills xD

For someone that is 52 years old, my boy has a surprisingly uneventful backstory, with 40 years of living peacefully in his village with both parents, having a traumatic experience, and then going out to see the world, hearing about Pathfinder Society on his first big stop and making it his dream to join them. I described his journey basically by coming up with partners he had romantic relationships with along the way and elaborating a little what happened during these stops/stages of the journey. Now I face the joy of meeting this characters as NPC's one day, oof, I didnt think this through. We even met that first girlfriend already. (it was ok, but super stressful, but also super sweet at the end)

#pathfinder #cayden #monere-lluvia #ask #answer #long post

[spiralsketchbook]

School is really hard for trans people. We know that, but I feel like it's talked about on a systemic level more than an individual level. This is my individual experience.

So my initial struggle really started in High School. I came out in middle school, and maintained that status without shame throughout high school. I grew up in what was rural Georgia (that area has since developed into Suburbs), and I was the first openly transgender person at my high school. As such, I had to put a lot of energy into existing without being shamed or hurt. I was the vice president and secretary of the GSA for the two years that it existed and it fell apart because our sponsor moved and no other teacher wanted to host us. Despite that, I continued to grapple with the school administration to open up gender neutral bathrooms for student use and allow us to put our chosen names on our mandatory ID cards and in the yearbooks. I should not have had to do those things. No one should have to fight to make their school accessible to them. I should have had regular high school struggles, like figuring out what to wear each week and what friends to have and how to change my A lunch to B lunch so I can hang out with my bestie. I didn't get to do that.

With that effort and stress, and the pushback I got from the student body and teachers, I let my grades slip. The lower GPA from that made getting into my chosen colleges very difficult.

I did get into college, but now I struggle in getting a job that pays enough for me to afford my hrt (the medicine on a monthly basis and the checkups involved), rent (850 every month), school, and general living expenses. I've had quite a few run ins with job interviews rejecting me because of my appearances not matching my gender marker and potential clients starting the commission process, but then backing out when they discover I am transgender. I've even had someone doxx me over it. My current job gets me about 800/month. If you note, that isn't enough to make rent. I subsidize with commission work. I'm not gonna make the claim that I wouldn't have issue with finances if I were cisgender, but I am saying that I wouldn't be having such a hard time dealing with those financial issues Because of my gender. (and, of course, the Gender-related financial issues wouldn't be A Thing).

On top of Being Trans Is Expensive, I've had to abandon my initial field of study because I'm trans. I was an Engineering Major. It was horrendous, as a trans man. If I was seen as a man- and that's a hard if- I still wasn't given the respect that my cisgender peers were. On a good day the only issue was Assumed Incompetence. I'm not going to discuss the harder days. Eventually, the emotional price and the fiscal price just did not match the profit, so I had to leave. I should not have had to leave.

No one should be put through these kinds of struggles. We deserve better.

To all my fellow Trans Students, here's a scholarship that might be able to help take off at least one of those struggles.

TL;DR School is hard. Being trans in school is harder. It really shouldn't be.

[eclipsecrowned]

If they had a kid for Aleary and Alia (not that they would) // @impercre

Name: Briseus ibn'Albahr

Gender: Ambiguously masculine

General appearance: He is his mother's son. Taut as a bowstring, fluid as water. Small for his age, whatever it might be, built in the classical ideal of his long-lost uncle. But his hair grows darker than a starless sky, trimmed short -- he is not his father. He does not flaunt his luck. He has Aleary's dark eyes, though, at least at first. The spice will rob him of such obsidian before he is a man grown, but he retains the shape, a sliver of his father stubbornly rebelling against his mother's ghost.

Personality: Pause. Breathe. Laugh. No one gets off of this planet alive, or any other. He sees how dire the world around him is, and he laughs at the absurdity of it all. Ancient prophecies, off-world messiahs, have the people truly bought into this children's story? These are chains that bind his family, not pedestals to elevate them. He is well-named for a foreigner god, doffing convention and playing the jester as he capers speaking of the failures of society. But he is not a fool to be laughed at. He is the Greek chorus laughing in the face of his audience. His blood runs hot, and his tongue is circled with silver, and nothing of man or witch's making can hurt him.

Special talents: A scathing wit, spoken of even elsewhere on the great sandy spoil of war his family occupies. It is strengthened for a prodigious mind that drinks greedily of knowledge. He is also an accomplished warrior, befitting the next verse in the song of a Knife. Does being an Atreides twink count as a superpower bc Frank sure seems to think so--

Who they like better: He barely remembers her, but she was beautiful. He's never seen eyes to compare to hers, cold and blue as a Caladan tempest. Her endless black hair, her stern mouth, the sharp, cat-like ways of her movements. He remembers this. He chooses to remember this, like half-imagined dreams of Eden. He loved his mother. He loved her as more than a mother, because he recognizes on some level the title never sat well with her. He loved her as a person. He knows that is true -- especially when she was her own. Some part of him stops laughing with the memory of her, recognizing that he was too young to protect her.

Who they take after more: This is Aleary's son. Where Aleary laughed in the face of what was beyond him, focusing instead on a single woman over building any community, Briseus acts as his mirror. There is still laughter, but the business of the Atreides is not his, and his path opens to the world beyond the palace.

Personal headcanon: Absolutely fucks off with the Fremen at age of majority, if not earlier. His cousin can always call him if he needs humbling, but the sietch suits Briseus better than the city. He is perfectly named, a foreigner to this world in some strange spiritual way, the beautiful youth born of a woman damned by her own kin, Dionysos on the mount with his clever girls and his absurdity. His chosen surname in the manner of his father's people is literally just 'the sea' in Aleary's tongue, and further highlights his stranger in a strange land vibe, an overt Caladan reference.

Face Claim: Lee I prommy I looked and couldn't find anyone that matched the vibe in my head --

#oh god no fuck forbid they are never having kids. #impercre

[atlasphoebus]

I MOURN MYSELF, TOO.

To continue my hair weaving, I have a ponytail of my own hair from when I cut it from waist length to very short in 2019. I used a similar method to weaving the cat hair, wetting grouped strands and sticking them along a piece of masking tape, carefully using my pointed sculpting tool to help weave them together. However, human hair is such a different texture and so slippery that the weaves wouldn't hold and the strands would tangle together and get stuck back on the masking tape. I decided to cap each strand's end with some masking tape, to hold them together a bit better and then sandwiched them between two bits of masking tape to stop the hair from sticking to it. This was a lot better, and I was able to weave to the size of the small circle cabochon I had chosen for it. To continue my hair weaving, I have a ponytail of my own hair from when I cut it from waist length to very short in 2019. I used a similar method to weaving the cat hair, wetting grouped strands and sticking them along a piece of masking tape, carefully using my pointed sculpting tool to help weave them together. However, human hair is such a different texture and so slippery that the weaves wouldn't hold and the strands would tangle together and get stuck back on the masking tape. I decided to cap each strand's end with some masking tape, to hold them together a bit better and then sandwiched them between two bits of masking tape to stop the hair from sticking to it. This was a lot better, and I was able to weave to the size of the small circle cabochon I had chosen for it.

I was going to wait to continue making the ring until next semester, but when putting all the objects together I still felt like there was something missing, that the Gary pendant on it's own looked lonely and needed a pair in order to accentuate the feature of hair weaving. I tried soldering at school but I can only do it outside until I am able to go to the Jewellery School so I took everything home and was able to solder the setting for the hair and cabochon on my clothes drawers in my room. At school, I used a jewellers saw to cut the edges off of the setting, filed and sanded the edges, cut out the ring band and put the hair and cabochon inside the setting without punching the edge down so it's still loose. Despite it being unfinished, I think it really ties my chosen pieces together and is a great representation of a work in progress. Not only in it being a repeated theme of hair weaving, but also the colour of my hair matching the colour of the glass used in The Devil's Darning Needle. I chose the name I Mourn Myself, Too because I do. As someone who identifies as gender diverse, I am also in a state of mourning. My journey of social transitioning is in it's infancy still as it changes over time the more I realise about myself. But being currently in a phase of potentially changing my name, there is so much fear and sadness when it comes to the looming fact of needing to tell my parents. They know that I have identified publicly in the past as non binary, but this has shifted into something more complicated and deeper over the past year and a half, and even the conversations around my identified gender have been mixed. For them to know my truth, my name, I know will be a potentially permanently destructive event which I avoid. As parts of what I thought I knew die, I mourn them. I mourn who I used to be, even though I was so deeply unwell and unhappy. I mourn what the future may look like. But that's okay.

[aelincreativ]

Non-Binary Royalty title

Saw a tiktok that made me thinkity think and I came up with an idea for what to call a non-binary royal instead of Queen/King. (Disclaimer I know nothing of the irl protocol and appropriate phrasing, I'm just pulling what I know from fiction books and some random google deepdives and mostly going at this from a writers perspective)

Also, be fully aware that my phrasing of stuff isnt great. I recognize that the way I approach this topic is more third-gender than gender neutral. The destinction between a gender neutral and third-gender is important to keep in mind for stuff like this. If a term is gender neutral than it is a term that could be used for female, male, or non-binary (or any spectrum identities). But if a term is third-gender, then it would only be applicable to the non-binary or spectrum identities. Royalty often puts alot of emphasis on gender, i.e. the reason why the issue of gendered titles is a thing to begin with, so when trying to make these new titles its important to keep in mind whether you are going for truly neutral or just a third option. A truly neutral option would scrap the exisiting gendered titles and instead title the position itself and then anyone in that position would hold the same title regardless of gender. The third-gender option, which is the one most people attempt to do when making a non-binary royal title, is just that, making a title that is not male or female in our modern context, but just turns a binary(2-base system) into a ternary(3-base system). So in the wide debate of Queer royalty titles it's important to keep those destinctions in mind.

For a majority of this post I followed a third-gender pattern for the titles but I did go into the true neutral options.

On with the show!

So one way of addressing royalty is with "Your Majesty" referring to the fact that the royal bloodline is supposed to be a majestic representation of the people (often chosen by the religion of the country). So a way to refer to a non-binary royal could be "Majest".

In my opinion it works well grammatically and still allows for the use of it in its common form in the phrase "Your Majesty" with the -y meaning to denote a specific Majest in address.

"Her Royal highess, Queen XYZ of ABC land"

"Their Royal Highess, Majest LMNO of PQRS land"

Really the only phrase that gets iffy is the address, "Her Majesty, The Queen" and its literal companion would be "Their Majesty, The Majest" which doesnt flow well. So finding a suitable rework for that phrase would be needed. Which if youre just looking at this for a writers perspective you can easily rework the world of your story to not have this phrase of address (im pretty sure that the royal highess phrase is meant for prince/princess but it is a good substitute for the use of majesty).

I've seen alot of people use "Monarch" as the non-binary for Queen/King and in my opinion it doesnt flow the same or match the other two. The harsher phonetic ending of the "ch" making the "ck" sound doesnt match the softer "n" sound of Queen and king. The "st" ending has a less defined end pronunciation allowing for smoother speech flow. The vowel comparison is also sketchy for me. The double E and short I sound are similar to each other were as the "ar" is very different. The soft e for the "eh" in Majest, fits the set better.

Though, in a counter point, the term Monarch could be used in a true neutral royal system. Naming the station, "Head of the Monarchy" and the sole title could be Monarch. So it would be Her Majesty, Monarch HIJ. But it would also be His Majest, Monarch QRS. Aswell as Their Majesty, Monarch UVW. The title being true neutral would elimate the need for the gendered titles and thus you don't have to worry about matching the existing gendered titles.

You could try to take the same approach with all the other titles as well for a true neutral system. Unfortunately auto correct and grammar assistant softwares will never leave you alone if you try to use female pronouns with the traditional male titles. Saying "She is the Duke" will have so many blue lines in your document it will be crying just as much as you. So to find the true neutral station titles, you would likely have to name it something other than the male base title.

Jumping back, for third-gender approach of Queen/King/Majest, having a term that fits into the existing gendered set is important in my opinion, because it helps it feel more intentional. Since these words sould have developed at the same time and in the same world context, the words should mirror each other. Same for Lord and Lady. The mirrored L and D make the two terms a set. So a neutral for the Lord/Lady set would also need to have this mirror possibility. Whether attempting the full mirror or by connecting the two terms in the middle.

There's a quora post that pops up when you google "gender nuetral term for lord or lady" that has an answer talking about the specific word history and how we got to Lord and lady from the Old english words. It has to do with bread apparently. Since in old royalty, the peasants worked for their lords and would get their pay, or bread, directly from the lords. With Lord deriving from Bread-Keeper, and Lady from Bread-Kneader. The original terms for Lord and Lady weren't inherently gendered, but the medieval english society made them gendered based on the occuring social norms. Since the males were the ones who directly handled the bread/pay the peasants received, they were the keepers of the bread/wealth of the land. While their wives were the supporting roles of the lords household, the makers of the bread/the backing to their husbands households. (Thank you wikipedia for my random deep dive into the history of bread and royalty)

So, when it comes to making new terms for the royal system, you can either attempt to follow a similar derivative pattern or just play letter smasher until it makes sense. Following derivative patterns makes sense logically but that can be really difficult and take alot of effort to do "accurately". Majest obviously doesnt fit the derivative pattern that Queen/King follow, (especially since the word queen derives from the word literally only meaning "kings wife"), but it follows a sound pattern that helps it be part of the set compared to other options like "Monarch". The phonetic matching is something I value but you don't have to do that if you dont want to.

Finding the gender neutral for every possible royal title is tricky because of the reasons I've already gone over. To find a true nuetral term you would need to name the station specifically, but for a third-gender term you would want the term to match the set but you also want it to make sense with the etymological history.

For example, in the british/europe monarchies, we have the sets where the female titles are obviously based on the male titles. (I also listed the land responsibility each station has. I included the closest American equivalent of the area each role was in charge of and the approximate goverment power they'd have for a quick comparrision. The majority of the Prince/Princesses also hold land titles.)

Prince/Princess -Immediate Royal Family

Duke/Duchesss - Duchies (States/Govenors)

Marquess/Marchioness - Marquessates (Specifically border states for trade and defense)

(Earl)Count/Countess - Counties (Big cities/large rural areas/Mayors)

Viscount/Viscountess - Assistants to the Counts (small towns/farming communities/Town Councils)

Baron/Baroness - Fiefs (big corporate farms/Land Lords)

(The next paragraph is just quick info dump from a wiki dive)

Each station is specific in what role and level that person is in the monarchy. Modern royalty doesn't act in the same roles they once did. Most modern royals are just fancy titles, but a limited amount from any rank can be part of the modern british government. Britain has the House of Commons and the House of Lords. (Commons=House of Reps, Lords=Senate/Supreme Court until 2009) I'm gonna be honest that i read the wiki page for the house of lords and it just confused me further so we're moving on! This isnt a british royal history lesson this is a how to make it queer tutorial!

Since each female title derives from the male term with the -ess suffix, you either need to create a secondary suffix to denote the specific non-binary role(-ess and -et), or you could create two new suffixes so that each gender role would have a subsidized title. Turning the male title instead into the name of station, like how the Queen/King/Majest set is for the station of Monarch, the princess/princer/princet set would be for the station of Prince.

The ess/er/et suffix model for female/male/neutral is just what i decided to go with for this example and you could change it how you wanted for your story. Royalty systems are messy regardless of what you want to do. And like i mentioned earlier its deciding whether to make it third gender or true nuetral. You could make the station Prince and have the ternary suffix set, or you could name the station and use only one new suffix for the spot. I.e. the -et suffix. Princet, Duket, Countet, Baronet (technically i think Baronet is its own thing but again royalty is messy). And use the -et suffix as a true neutral meaning something like "-et: holder of X station" or however suffix grammar is supposed to work. Idk man I've been writing this on my phone for 3 hours now. Jumping around and rewriting portions.

Okay focus, back to the main point.

An additional thing to consider is that the title of Prince/Princess is given to multiple members of the immediate royal family. Any child of a Monarch gets and keeps that title their whole lives as well as their spouse. But, the position of Heir in royalty is a neutral title. Heiress is a term that exists but is actually incorrect in the royal context. Because Heir is a position in the Monarchy. Just as the Monarch is the head of the Monarchy, the Heir is just to inherit. It'd be the same as trying to say Monarchess. Its an attempt to make a position title gendered.

It's my opinion that the term "heiress" only exists as a sexists term. To insinuate that having a female heir is abnormal, the literal google definition of an heiress references that the women will inherit large amounts of money. Women's monetary indepence is abnormal even in modern times so the concept of a financially successful women usually carries negative societal context. Try and name one instance where an "heiress" wasn't either portrayed as a spoiled rich girl (Paris Hilton and the London Tipton portrayal) or the company/fortune was stolen by her husband. (Genuinely if you know of a story that uses Heiress in a positive context let me know)

So it's not surprising that, unlike other (supposedly) gendered titles, you can say "she is the heir" and "he is the heir" and "they are the heir" and in modern language that's completely correct. So if you want a true neutral replacement for Princess/Prince it would be with Heir. Likely with making adjustments so that the title of Heir only applies to the current monarchs children. With the Monarchs siblings dropping their Heir title and going by their Land Titles.

Queen does derive from King originally, but since it doesn't follow the suffix pattern of the rest of the titles you probably don't need to change it. The Queen/King/Majest set being so different from the other titles also works well for dramatic story structure since you want things of important to stand apart from everything else.

If using this process for writing, it will obviously complicate the world building and could generate struggles with readers who are picky about royal accuracy but it a queer world out there and the patriarchal mess of royalty should get shaken up anyway! (Obviously using the traditional male titles as the station names still holds to the patriarchal history but since the english language has this as the norm its easier to follow the root/derivative pattern than make up something completely new)

I no longer know how long this thing has gotten. Congrats if you've made it all the way to the end you are allowed to claim one (1) free "I Survived an Aelin Rant" sticker or commemorative t-shirt.

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[gas-stxtion]

@oceanoecielo said: What does Jack's name mean to him?

//oh this is an interesting question!!!

short version: jack's name to him represents a core part of his identity and how he presents himself, and i don't even necessarily mean just in a gender way. it also represents the fresh start he was given when he was placed in foster care when he was around six-seven years old.

longer version under the cut!

so, getting into this, one thing to keep in mind is something i've mentioned. probably quite a bit by this point, even if it's not something that comes up in threads very often (mainly because jack isn't particularly open about anything relating to his gender). which is that i headcanon jack as a trans man! so jack is his chosen name.

i originally didn't have a deadname in mind for jack and wasn't planning on picking one, but i've been thinking more about jack's childhood lately and ended up selecting one. i won't say what it is here, but i will say that it is a unisex name, even if it usually has more feminine connotations.

when it comes to picking a new name for himself, i think a lot of jack's motivations came down to just wanting something as far from his deadname as possible. i actually headcanon jack's Gender Realization™, for lack of a better term, as taking place shortly after he's placed with his first foster home. this may seem like a bit of a pivot, but bear with me.

when he was placed in foster care, it represented a fresh start for jack in more ways than one, and this is part of what spurred his realization and desire to change his name. of course, it would be a long time before he fully understood what it meant, and even longer before he knew any Proper Terminology™, but still.

it is also worth noting that i do think that, even if he hadn't started experiencing noticeable gender dysphoria around that point, he would have eventually changed his name to leave as much of his past behind as possible. he still considers himself the same person he was back then, but with the different circumstances came a desire to be different to match.

(as a sidenote, i'm actually going back and forth in my head a bit about whether or not i think his surname is the same as his bio parents'--leaning towards yes because he was never formally adopted, but i also like the idea of him taking the name of his first foster family and using that instead to REALLY leave that past behind him.)

now, his specific choice of jack. like i said, part of his motivation is that he just wanted a name as different from his deadname as possible, so i do think it's possible that jack is just the first name he thought of. however, there was a bit more thought put into it than that!

as far as names go, 'jack' is a bit on the generic side, at least compared to other names he could've chosen. and that is very much by design. jack has never felt like a particularly interesting or exciting person, and him being trans doesn't change that. in many ways, he is *incredibly* average, and he's perfectly happy that way. so he wanted a name to match.

also, i don't think this is something jack would have considered or even *known*, but it's something i think is a bit neat. but 'jack' as a masculine name is generic enough that it was once a slang word meaning "man". considering jack's standout feature is that he's Just Some Guy™, i find that kinda funny and appropriate.

#as far as jobs go‚ it's not the best‚ but it's not the worst either {headcanons} #the phone is twenty five cents a minute‚ paid in advance‚ no exceptions {answered} #❝ i'm the only full time employee‚ which means i'm on the clock more often than not ❞ {jack townsend} #oceanoecielo #//i had some further thoughts but i was starting to get off topic #//but another thing i was kinda thinking about is the fact that jack being trans isn't really a Known Fact in town #//he is very much stealth and that's how he's happiest (and safest all things considered) #//which is mainly possible b/c i think most people in town just kinda... forgot who jack was before #//or at least assume he is a different person. a kid who slipped through the system and was placed in foster care #//which. all things considered. isn't too far off #//who jack was before disappeared and jack as he is now is someone else #//if that makes sense #//only a few people know the truth and for the most part they're the people who wouldn't bring it up

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[thegnmsolution]

CDC Directs Kids To Secretive Online Chat Space To Explore Sex Change Operations, ‘Having Multiple Genders,’

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[reverie-starlight]

{lover- m. atsumu}

I was listening to lover and I got inspired... this song makes me feel all kinds of lonely. Like- there's lonely, and then there's the kind of lonely I feel while listening to Lover.

Please enjoy this! I had fun writing it. I even made a special header for it cause this has literally been months in the making. I used the lover logo and everything hehe.

Reader: Gender Neutral!

Warnings: some language and alcohol consumption by reader, like one (1) dirty joke. slightly suggestive, but very very briefly in a couple spots. this is one of the fluffiest things I've ever written and I blame Taylor Swift for making me soft. not proof read.

Character: Miya Atsumu (you have no idea how long this has been sitting in my drafts under the name (lover- unspecified hq character) because I couldn't decide between Akaashi, Atsumu or Suna. Of course Atsumu prevailed bc I am in love with him.)

Word Count: idk but it’s long... definitely closer to 2k?

Synopsis: A collection of moments from when you and Atsumu navigate having your own home and living together for the first time.

Notes: The way this is set up isn't going to match the song 100%, I just chose some stand out lyrics, so it's a songfic, but not really. It isn't the whole song. And these moments aren't like, in sequence or anything, it's basically drabbles based on whatever I thought of for the chosen lyric.

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we could leave the christmas lights up 'til january

this is our place, we make the rules

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, you were able to sit down on the sofa and admire your handiwork. You curled up against your boyfriend's side and smiled at what had been accomplished.

For the past week and a half, you and Atsumu had been busy moving into your new shared home. It was an apartment, and it was already a million times better than your previous living arrangements. You were living together now and it was surreal.

And what's more was that it was yours. You weren't just spending the night, you weren't visiting- it was your shared home with someone you cared for so deeply. It was your place, and both of you were free to do as you pleased with it.

"You know," you started off quietly, not wanting to disrupt the peace but also wanting to get this thought off of your mind. "We could potentially put up the Christmas decorations around the apartment one day after work this week. We're not running on anyone else's schedule anymore. We can literally put them up whenever we want."

Your boyfriend peered down at you and smiled. It wasn't one of his usual arrogant grins reserved for the court, or one of the teasing smirks that he used when he wanted to get on your nerves. This one was softer. It matched the look in his eyes and you knew it meant he was as happy as you were.

Tired from helping you move around furniture all day, but very happy.

"That's true. And that also means we wouldn't have to rush to take 'em down within a socially acceptable timeframe. 'Samu was always a stickler for that." He slightly shifted so that he could look at the one storage box that had been left out for the time being. In black marker it read Holiday Decorations- they had come from your old apartment.

You felt bad leaving your friend without any decorations at all, but since you paid for them (and Osamu refused to give his brother their shared box) you took yours with you.

"That is also true." You sighed and looked around the newly finished living room. A comfortable silence took over once again.

"So were ya thinking tomorrow after you get home, or..." Atsumu trailed off.

Home. He must've said sentences similar to that a million times over the course of your relationship, however it was always referring to a different place with people who weren't him. The weight of it was different now. Home was with him, and though it felt like that even before moving in together, home- as in the physical place you now lived- was also with him.

"That sounds perfect." you grinned up at him.

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have I known you 20 seconds, or 20 years?

The only way to describe this moment was pure.

Lying face-to-face in bed with your lover, not talking at all, just admiring each other. Sometimes he would brush away a strand of hair from your face and follow up with caressing your cheek. Talking wasn't needed. You were at a point in your relationship with Atsumu where silences didn't need to be filled with meaningless small talk.

You had an understanding of each other now and it ran so deep that you wondered how you hadn't known this man your whole life. In the grand scheme of your time on this planet, you had only known him for a small part of it.

It baffled you, in all honesty, how you knew he would be your forever.

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can I go where you go?

can we always be this close forever and ever?

When he first brought up the prospect of living together, you were a bit hesitant.

You knew there was no need to be, considering you had been together for years, but you were scared of change and you really loved how things were going. Moving in together was bound to cause more petty arguments until you could both navigate the new dynamics that it was bound to bring to your relationship.

And if you were being really honest, you were worried that you wouldn't necessarily have your own space- your room would now be shared, you had to be mindful of how you decorated the place so it would be to both of your likings... you were scared that moving in with someone (who wasn't just your roommate) would take away some of the joys of independence.

But once you got settled and used to living together?

You never wanted to be apart from him again.

Laughter rang through the kitchen as he flung some flour at you. It was one in the morning and the two of you decided it would be a good idea to make cookies.

"Okay, okay! I yield! Just stop!" He laughed as you were about to crack an egg over his head.

You set the egg down and pretended to be done with your attacks. Walking over to the sink to wash your hands as he put the cookies in the oven, you silently filled up a small cup with water.

"Alright, I'm gonna go change-" he was cut off by a splash of water in his face.

You grinned at him and started backing away as he wiped a hand over his face. He noticed you trying to sneak away and lunged at you.

"Oh no, you're not getting away that easy," he laughed, chasing you around the kitchen.

Yeah, you wouldn't trade living with him for the world.

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take me out, and take me home

You were drunk.

You had gone out with a group of your friends to celebrate a birthday and you were lucky enough to not be playing designated driver. You were going to offer but Atsumu suggested that he take that role on instead since he had practice the next day and didn't want to go in with a hangover.

("Plus," he said, "You always offer and you deserve to have some fun, too.")

You seldom drank when you went out with friends, usually just preferring to watch over them and make sure they were safe. Even Atsumu had only ever seen you drunk a handful of times, and never in a public setting with loud music and other drunk people involved. But tonight you decided that as long as he was there to keep you from doing something stupid, you could let loose. He had no idea what was in store.

So when you stumbled up to him and interrupted his conversation with one of your friend's boyfriends (who also opted to stay sober), he couldn't help but laugh a bit. You tried to lean on the bar beside you but missed it, causing your boyfriend to quickly catch you before you could drop to the ground. You bounced back quick from the embarrassment, using his hands on your waist to your advantage.

"Hey, handsome," you tried to flirt, putting your arms around his neck, "can I buy you a drink?"

He stared at you for a second before smirking. If he knew one thing about you when you got drunk, it was that your confidence could easily be turned into clinginess or shyness depending on how he responded to whatever advances you made.

He whispered something in your ear that made you flush. Then you were hiding your face in his neck as he laughed at you even more, patting your side.

"'Tsumu, c'mon, let me be the flirt in this relationship for once," you mumbled against him.

He rubbed your back comfortingly and said "I'm very sorry, baby, you can flirt with me all you want on the car ride home, kay?"

You nodded and brought your face out of hiding.

He checked his phone for the time. "We should get going, actually, it's getting pretty late. Is that alright with you, sweetheart?"

You nodded and jumped on him, making him scramble to catch you once again. "Take me home, lover."

And when he did eventually get you home, after saying bye to your friends, and a car ride full of your flirting, he realized had to carry you the whole way up. Sleepiness was taking over and you were getting sappy- his favourite part.

He sat you down on the bathroom counter, washing your face and brushing your teeth for you with the softest look in his eyes as you rambled on about all the reasons you loved him. He listened to you speak with a fond smile, small hums of acknowledgement leaving his mouth and his chest swelling with love.

"And, I'm just so proud of you, baby, you're amazing." You finished your slurred rant with a bright smile and a sloppy kiss to his forehead.

He giggled a bit and hugged you tightly before pulling away to look into your eyes. "You have no idea how much I love you. How grateful I am for you," he ran his hands up and down your sides and smiled when you squirmed. "Now let's get you into bed, sleepy." He peppered you with a few kisses before taking you to your shared bed and lying you down.

He always wanted to be the one who brought you home.

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and i'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you

i've loved you three summers now honey, but i want 'em all

He had taken you as his plus one to an event he was obligated to attend. It was some sort of banquet- you weren't really clear on all the details but you did know that it was a big deal for Atsumu. There was going to be a lot of potential sponsors for him and his teammates, so you wanted to make sure that you weren't being anything less than perfect so you wouldn't attach a negative image to him. (He told you that there was nothing to worry about, that nothing you could do or say would ever be so bad, but you worried anyway.)

You really were trying to be calm and collected.

But this girl, the daughter of a potential sponsor, was seriously pushing your limits.

The entire night she had been eying him, just waiting for you to leave his side- glaring at you then smiling at Atsumu if he happened to look over. You were not having it, obviously, and you tried to make it clear that she had no chance.

But she was persistent.

"I mean, come on, I can get my dad to sponsor you so easily- I have a lot of sway with him, you know? There’s just one condition you’d have to meet," you heard her say as you were walking out of the bathroom and back to his side.

You rolled your eyes. You knew your boyfriend was attractive- it wasn't unusual for people to try to flirt with him before realizing he wasn't single- and you knew you had nothing to worry about. He was so loyal and loving and he would never even entertain the thought of betraying you like that.

But sometimes he could be a bit dense.

He definitely wasn't the playboy flirt the media often made him out to be. In fact, you even made the first move before you started dating. He hadn't realized you were flirting at all until you made it clear to him.

So you didn't hold it against him when you heard him being friendly with the girl who now had a hand on his arm. You walked up beside him and looped your arm through his free one. He immediately turned and smiled at you, then tried to introduce the girl. 

“Oh, hey baby, there ya are. This is-” he widened his eyes at you in panic as he realized he forgot her name and you had to fight back the smile that was making its way onto your face. He quickly turned to face the girl to make it seem like he directed that last sentence at her. “My partner, (L/n) (Y/n).” 

She didn’t remove her hand from his arm and only seemed to latch onto him tighter at your arrival.

The girl faked a smile towards you. “Hi,” it was obviously cold, and if Atsumu hadn’t noticed her behavior before, he was definitely catching on now.

He pulled his arm out of her grasp and moved closer to you. “She was just telling me about how ‘er father’s company could be a potential sponsor. What were ya saying before about me having to meet a condition?” 

She flushed but didn’t lose any confidence. “Well, I was going to say the condition was buying me dinner... would you be interested, Atsumu?”

Your eyes widened at her use of his first name and he frowned. “Uh... definitely not. Please call me Miya. We’re not close, and we’re never going to be. Thank you for your sponsorship offer, but I think your condition is a little too impossible for me to meet. I have a partner and the least ya could do is respect that.”

With that said, he moved his hand into yours and tugged you along behind him. You stuck your tongue out at the girl as you passed her, not feeling bad at the embarrassed look on her face one bit.

Once you were out on the balcony, he apologized for not realizing she was flirting sooner. 

“’Tsum, it’s all good. Once you did realize it, you shut it down immediately. You did nothing wrong.” 

He nodded but you could still tell he felt guilty. You grabbed his hand and squeezed it so he would look at you. “If you feel bad about getting hit on a lot when I’m around, or flirted with despite this relationship being public knowledge, please don’t. I trust you and I know that you would never break that. It can be frustrating, and maybe some days I feel more insecure than others, but at the end of the day? We go home together. We’re a team, okay? I love you.”

Atsumu looked at you like you just hung the stars in the sky. “I love you so much.” He wanted to hug you, pick you up, kiss you- show you how much your words reassured him and how grateful he was for you. 

But there were still people on the other side of the door who would be eager to call the two of you out for being unprofessional at one of his work events. So instead he settled for placing a quick kiss on your hand.

He glanced through the doorway and then stood up. “How mad do you think my publicity rep would be with me if people saw us leaving early again?”

“He’d be pissed. You’ve been so good tonight.”

“And you’ve been perfect. Just like I said you’d be. I think we can risk a few articles, right?”

You sighed, but smiled up at him anyway. “One of these days we’ll see a work party through to the end, but today is not that day.” 

The two of you giggled and snuck out of the party, not caring one bit about the affronted looks of old businessmen or the teasing glances of his teammates.

The next morning, his phone was blowing up with angry messages from his managers and some snarky texts from his brother. He shut off his phone and rolled over to fall back asleep with you in his arms. 

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and you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me

“Baby, I lied, I have another one,” said Atsumu as he walked up to where you sat on the couch. 

You groaned. Your boyfriend had been telling you bad jokes all morning, obviously trying to get on your nerves, and you finally managed to get him to stop.

Or so you thought.

“Atsumu, I swear, it’s only been twenty minutes-”

“Just listen! I think you’ll like this one.”

You sighed. “Fine. Go ahead.”

He dramatically cleared his throat and stood up a little straighter. “Now this may seem corny but you make me-”

“Atsumu,” you cut him off when you realized where the joke was going. 

“Knock knock,” he said, as if he anticipated you’d cut him off.

“Who’s there?” you couldn’t have sounded more done with him if you tried.

“Al.”

“Al who?”

“Al give you a kiss if you just open this stupid door!” The smile he gave you reminded you of a puppy after doing a trick- proud and looking for a positive response.

You pulled him down by the collar of his shirt and kissed him.

“You’re lucky that one was cute- it made up for that other one.”

His smile widened. “Speaking of that one-”

“Oh fine, have your way.” You tried and failed to sound annoyed as you put your arms out for him. 

He laughed and picked you up, running to your shared room.

You had to admit- you were happy that you were the only one he directed those types of jokes to.

And even if they were lame, you still loved him with everything you had.

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you're my, my, my, my lover

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