The 'social' (if you can even call it that) side of archivists-en-astrae. This is also an archive of what this doll likes.
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The muted Archivist's Doll. Archivist of Stories. I prefer to be a hard bodied doll; think wood or porcelain.
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I am no child.
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She/They/It
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DMs & Asks are open. I don't know what you'd use them for, but you certainly are allowed to.
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decora fashion enthusiast becomes a magical girl and her costume is extremely underwhelming compared to what she normally wears making her unrecognizable to civilians
Dragonslayer knight who's been groomed their whole life for the sole purpose of killing a dragon. Most of the knights simply die but they've been showing such great promise people think they might actually do it.
The day comes when they will set out on their mission, they know all the ways to hurt a dragon and they're equipped with the finest tools. A large metal shield to withstand the fire, a needle like sword to pierce the scales, climbing gear, a handgun to take out their foes eye and of course the finest plate armour. They don't know how to feel about most those items, except the armour. They never feel quite right without their second skin on, probably just the conditioning.
The journey stores thoughts in them as they get to act independently why they are doing this, apart from the reasons they had been given by hollow propaganda, what they would choose to do by their own volition. Still the prospect of the dragon draws them in, like a moth to flame.
Its lair is majestic, the corpses of fallen knights littering the halls, the knight wonders how much of them would join them and how much dissolve in fire. They can hear the dragons heavy breaths, sleeping perhaps they could stand a chance at ending it.
The knight claps their visor shut and readies their sword.
But as they turn the final corner into the nest of the beast something strange happens. They can't seem to bring themselves to move in for a kill. It looks too majestic. It would be a shame to deprive the world of such a creature... And something in them aches at the sight.
The knight falls to their knees, their sword and shield fall with them clattering to the ground. Yet it is their weeping which wakes the dragon. And the dragon asks what makes them weep.
The knight proclaims the dragons majesty asking it to burn them as they deserve. The dragon doesn't believe them fully. It pokes and prods and ponders until it lays bare the knights desire.
The knight thinks they must be killed for their hubris, but the dragon disagrees. It thinks their wish should be fulfilled and so it casts a mighty spell to see the secret yearning of their would be slayer fulfilled.
And so it comes that the knightly armour which had always been the knights shell expands and changes. No longer will it merely protect what is there but now it will nurture what is going to be.
The knight sleeps in the shell for 2 years in the warmth and safety they had carved for far to long. And in that dark warm safe place they slowly turn from knight to hatchling.
The hatchling wakes, it has scales now good and sturdy and so it knows it has no need of a constricting shell. The shell breaks with 5 strokes of its horn. The hatchling greets the world with a small chirp. It is in turn greeted by a chuckle and the warm tongue of its mama.
The hatchling remembers being the knight and perhaps it would like to be confused, yet it finds itself far to tired for such idle pursuits. It closes it's eyes as the dragon spreads it's wing above it and it falls into a comfortable sleep to await the world on another dawn.
Maidism began as a project here out of frustration with how much of the English language derives from masculine language. What started as frenzied hacking each head of this hydra upon discovery has cohered into a linguistic style that others have taken inspiration from and contributed to. This post collects those scattered principles into a single accessible location, to be updated over time, useful for whether you want to maidicize your everyday speech, reference it for creative fiction, or just think it's neat.
Maidism has one modest goal: the total feminization of the English language. Rip out masculinity root and stem, refuse to settle for "gender-neutral" language. Above all, have fun and be yourself, that's why I do this, and always question knowledge you've taken for granted, both in and outside the realm of etymology.
Why Maidist?
My first inklings of Maidism were born from my annoyance at the term Rifleman in military simulation spaces and a desire for a feminine replacement besides the standard, clunky "Riflewoman." I eventually settled on Riflemaid, for a number of reasons.
Firstly, it skews as close to man/mate as one can get while still being visually and audibly distinct, allowing it to easily replace them in existing phrases and compound words.
Secondly, "female" derives from Latin "femelle" (to suckle) but was later altered to match "male" so, doesn’t really serve our purposes here. "Woman" likewise comes from when "man" was neutral and synonymous with "hand" around 8 centuries ago, where we had the feminine "wifman" (wifehand) and masculine "werman" (manhand), but with "man" now masculine, woman doesn’t quite work either. That's where we get werewolf btw.
Thirdly, we already use maid in this way, just uncommonly, with mermaid, barmaid, handmaid, shieldmaid, bridesmaid, and so on. I like it, maid feels good on the tongue, and I work in housekeeping, I think maid deserves to be a term of honor, as femininity deserves as a whole, rather than its historical and contemporary denegrated position.
Why English?
It's my primary language. I've heard from those involved in great feminist discourse happening in other languages across the globe, and while I do some due diligence in basic feminizing of loan words I use in writing (o -> a in Spanish agent nouns, +in for Deutsch), I'm probably not who you should consult for deeper detail on that.
Why Idialect?
In linguistics, an idiolect describes the distinct dialect of an individual, and Maidism is more or less the product of a one maid army, though maybe it won't stay that way! However, the Greek idio- is masculine, its feminine equivalent is idia-. Thus, idialect.
The Fundamentals
So, down to the actual brass tacks. We can largely divide masculine language into two categories:
intrinsically masculine language, which contains a root or suffix synonymous with "man"
extrinsically masculine language, which lacks any masculine signifiess, but grew to be treated as masculine over time
There's gray areas, but let's go over some clear examples.
These feminize as mailmaid, actress, bakster, lieutenante, aquaria, and matriot, respectively. You can also mix up feminine suffixes, -trice/-trix/-tress are synonymous, same with -ster/-stress/ess, and others. Use what feels right to you in the moment! If you don't know the origin of an agent suffix, check it on wiktionary, there's a good chance its masculine.
Generally, avoid -er, -(t)or, -(ar)ius, -eur, -ant, -o. Be particularly wary of words from Latin and French, they're slippery bastardes. At least French you can slap an -e on most suffixes and call it a day.
Traditionally feminize as priestess, lady, queen, shepherdess, bee, duck. Some of these terms (priest, lord, king) have no inherent masculinity to them, they were just roles historically exclusive to men. Shepherd is a clipping from sheepherder, I think it along with terms like priest or baron are fine, it can also be fun to use shepherdess, priestess, baroness, and the like. Femininity isn't something extraneous, it's something to assert proudly and to enjoy!
Drone, drake, and other terms for sexgendering animals are silly, all animals are girls. I also think its fine to keep using those terms as long as you're not thinking of the animal as "male" and still know she's, yknow, she. Use at your own peril.
This is far, far from comprehensive, and I'll likely add more as I learn more independently from others, I'm doing it all the time, it's something I enjoy and, if anymaid else gets something from this, awesome, yknow? Maybe this grows into more, maybe it stays a basic primess I can hand to randoms who download my wargame RIFLEMAID and go "why is this written like that" we'll see lol. And if it gets one person to stop saying "guys/dude/bro/man/buddy" all the time, that's a win in my book
this is sooooooooooo fucking cool girl I love this. i don't think i necessarily have the patience to actually go through and commit this to memory but as far as linguistic projects go this is fantastic
Mm. That's right, I have a spell for you. Hold this watch to your ear. Listen closely. It's about two ticks and a half a second. The clockwork is old or cheap or both. Higher quality mechanisms would be closer to four or five. It'll need frequent calibration to be useful as a timepiece. Close your eyes now. Irregardless of its flaws, I've no plans to rid myself of it. It's like you.
For thousands of years humanity has selectively bred chickens to have larger breasts and to have to lay eggs constantly. We did it to get more meat and per chicken, but from the perspective of the domesticated chickens they’re sorta living in a very specific fetish scenario
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