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Ashley - She/It - 28yo 🇦🇺- I occasionally post art under '#my art' - Cringe is dead :3

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‼️‼️‼️slight deltarune chapter 5 spoilers ‼️‼️‼️

why dis 🐐 so mad

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[whitetrashroyaltyy]

GERONIMO FUCKIN STILTON!???!

[punkitt-is-here]

oh I'm fuckin stilton alright

[gorusiti7]

Kawkaw wants to play!

[haunted-xander]

Mentors in Deltarune are either a dead old man or an anime twink trying to fuck your dad

Alternatively:

[nattseiya]

Seth and Aqua best duo ever!

Sorry I disappeard, I'm really busy with college and work, but I'll return with more DR x HK soon!

[whatmountains]

TRANS WOMEN: HERE'S SOME SHIT YOUR DOCTOR WONT TELL YOU ABOUT HRT

1. Progesterone: not for everyone, but for many people it may increase sex drive and WILL make your boobs bigger. Also effects mood in ways that many find positive (but some find negative). Most doctors won’t prescribe this to you unless you ask. Most trans girls I know swear by it.

2. Injectible estrogen: is more effective than pill or patch form. Get on it if you can bear needles bc you will see more effects more quickly.

3. Estradiol Cypionate: There is currently a shortage of injectible estradiol valerate. There is no shortage of estradiol cypionate. Functionally they do the same shit.

4. Bicalutamide: This is an anti-androgen that has almost none of the side-effects of spironolactone or finasteride. The girls I know who are on it are evangelical about it.

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@euryale-dreams

[joyeuse-noelle]

Are there HRT medications that don’t increase blood clot risk? I’m already at risk because of my blood pressure, and my doctor won’t prescribe HRT that increases clot risk while I’m on the medication - and I may never not be on the medication.

[euryale-dreams-deactivated20201]

Absolutely.

The concerns surrounding venous thromboembolic events as a side-effect of hormone replacement therapy can mostly be traced back to one particular study known as the Women’s Health Initiative. This study was an enormous undertaking which, unfortunately, demonstrated significant adverse effects of the hormone therapies studied. As a result of this the use of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal cis women was dramatically reduced as the medical community began to question whether or not the therapy caused more harm than good.

Naturally, trans women have been suffering from this fall-out ever since.

What physicians seem to fail to recognize is that the study examined a very specific hormone regimen which was, arguably, outmoded at the time the study was conducted: It examined the use of conjugated equine estrogen (Premarin) with or without the use of medroxyprogesterone acetate. Neither of these drugs is regularly used for the treatment of transgender women.

The estrogen most commonly used to treat transgender women nowadays is 17β-estradiol either in pill form or in the form of a sticky patch that you apply to your skin. Esters of estrogen (e.g. estradiol valerate) are also sometimes used either in a pill form or as an intramuscular injection.

Transdermal estradiol patches are the gold standard when it comes to treating women who are at high risk of a venous thromboembolic event. It simply does not increase the risk of developing a venous thromboembolism. The only thing you should keep in mind is that patches are not always well tolerated because of the lifestyle changes required to keep them from falling off and the fact that they tend to irritate the skin.

Fortunately, oral 17β-estradiol appears to be safe, regardless of the increased risk. At least one large study has shown that the use of oral estradiol in trans women is not associated with venous thromboembolic events. An individual woman’s risk would need to be substantial in order to contraindicate the use of oral estradiol.

For those who have significant risk of venous thromboembolism because they have had a previous thromboembolic event, because they are paralyzed, or because of some other factor it is good to know the relative risk between oral and transdermal estrogen. The latest research indicates that the use of transdermal estrogen lowers your risk of a thromboembolism to 80% of what your risk would be using oral estrogens.

It’s difficult to find hard numbers regarding the relative risk of venous thromboembolic events with regards to hypertension. The best I could find after an hour or so of searching was this study regarding VTE in lung cancer patients. Hypertension increased the risk by a factor of 1.8.

However, to put that into perspective being of African descent increases your relative risk for deep vein thrombosis by a factor of 1.3 when compared to Europeans. Europeans are, themselves, at increased risk when compared to Asians and Pacific Islanders by a considerable margin: a four-fold increase.

I should point out that being ‘male’ is also a risk factor for developing a thromboembolism and hormones are likely to be a contributing factor. Also, menopause is another serious risk factor. Given this information it is likely that the use of transdermal estradiol will lower your risk of thromboembolic events significantly.

As far as the anti-androgen is concerned: The primary use for spironolactone for cisgender people is as an antihypertensive.

Even if the risk of thromboembolism was truly significant with modern hormone replacement therapy it wouldn’t justify what your doctor is doing to you. The fact is that mortality in the transgender community from suicide–caused in part due to the lack of access to hormone therapy–is substantial. The quality of life lost when a trans woman is denied hormone therapy is substantial. The fact that your doctor does not appear to be taking this into consideration when they weigh the risk of thromboembolism against not receiving necessary medical care is deeply concerning.

I strongly recommend that you seek a doctor who is more sensitive to your medical needs as a transgender woman.

Edit: Fixed a minor, but embarrassing, error.

[whatmountains]

oh wow this is so helpful & good info

[blackthorn-and-iron-deactivated]

Everyone who cares about transfem people please reblog this

[thetolerantleft-deactivated2017]

this was really fucking helpful

[blkwlw]

I know a lot of trans women dont have acess to information like this and its very helpful.

[flandrepudding]

referenced from goose’s sketches as well as some screenshots from the show. I just wanted to study her expressions. she is so silly and fun to draw

[pouletpourri]

never felt so vindicated in my entire life

[aurorazepic]

i tried to draw floradinn from memory

[gooseworx]

can we have a ragatha fact I love her so sosoosososmucchururrrggghbbbeswoawaabble

I wrote her to have repressed lesbian aura

[transgender-dumpster-princess]

Is it a bad thing to hit a rough patch and develop an insatiable bloodlust?

[apunknamedshae]

Normal. Healthy, even. Enrichment for young women.

[aroromantic]

Deltarune Flower Species Headcanons

AKA: My excuse to research flowers and their symbolism

Flowery - Buttercup

This is a given as it’s taken straight from implied Undertale canon. Shape-wise, these are likely an inspiration for all the flowers' light-world sprites.

Buttercups represent playfulness, joy, youth, and friendship.

Because they reflect sunlight and create a yellow glow, they are also associated with light. Which could mean nothing.

Orange - Copper Iris

Orange irises represent courage, bravery, pride, and youthful energy.

There are a few orange iris species, but I think the bright copper irises best suit her as one of the few orange "beardless" irises.

Yellow - Black-Eyed Susan

A yellow flower which often symbolizes justice as well as motivation and truth.

I also like that an injury is literally in the name considering Yellow’s whole deal. Ironically, they are actually very hardy and difficult to kill.

As a bonus, they’re native to the western United States.

Green - Envy Zinnia

Not only do Zinnias often represent long-lasting friendship, green zinnias represent good health and prosperity (you owe them $5) as well.

The name also feels very ironic and funny to me.

Aqua - Scilla (Wild Hyacinth)

Cyan flowers aren't really common in real life so I went with a sky-blue flower instead.

Scilla actually come in a range of cool tones from white to bright blue to purple. To distinguish from Blue, but still keep her bright, I gave Aqua a hue near the middle.

Hyacinths in general can represent play and sport, but scilla in particular represents optimism, new beginnings, and trust.

Blue - Delphinium

The deeper blue variety in particular.

Blue delphiniums represent grace, strong bonds of love, joy, and an open heart.

Bonus fact: blue roses like the ones Blue grows in-game and which are loosely associated with the chapter overall don't actually exist naturally. They have to be artificially created and often symbolize mystery or the unattainable!

Gee, I wonder what that could do with the chapter's themes...

Seth - Clematis

Represents mental beauty, cleverness, ingenuity, and aspiration.

Comes in many shades of pink and purple, but the bright purple suits them best.

I feel like the petals look a little like the shape of Seth's robes as well.

[apolloendymion]

since mrs, ms, and mr are all descended from the latin word magister, i propose the gender neutral version should be mg, short for "mage"

[apolloendymion]

some people think this is a shitpost so i want to clarify that i am dead fucking serious. make mage the official gender neutral honorific NOW. i want it on my passport. i want it on my bank account. i want doctors and judges to use it for me. i don't care if it sounds a little silly. people thought "missus" sounded crass at first. call me mg.

[apolloendymion]

benefits of mg:

easy to pronounce, even for children (though kids 4 & younger may pronounce it more like "mayd" or "maygh")

ONE SYLLABLE!!! ("individual" is too goddamn LONG.) you have to be able to say it quickly and casually

ends in a soft consonant sound, so it'll flow right into the next word ("ind" halts the whole sentence)

fits neatly into the existing structure as a relative of master/mistress that can be abbreviated down to an m and one other letter

distinct enough that it can't be mistaken for either gendered term (if you call me mix I'll kill you. it sounds like miss with extra steps)

wizard.

drawbacks:

there aren't any

yes, i know about milligrams and magnesium. i don't give a shit. ms can also mean microsoft. who cares.

[drangel76]

love or hate flowery you cannot deny his impact on the vocal stimming community. his jarona

[drangel76]

everyone has replied to this with a completely different voice clip

[drangel76]

special mention to everyone ive seen quoting that one floradinn "and i been liiiiiiickin it"

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