Zuzu waggles a small, crumpled piece of paper in the air for Canela to see as he walks up to the counter, before setting it down with a firm thump. His hand produces a squeaking sound across the counter top as he pushes it towards the braxien, with a curt, neutral frown on his face.
"Oi, I found this coupon. A little cutiefly told me it'd work at this store. What can I get with this?"
While the shiny whimsicott speaks, his eyes lock on the various pastries and deserts as he strokes his goatee in thought.
"Can I get a discount on one of the Magic Specials?"
"If you like sweet and sour, this one's just for you. They're so light and fluffy....kind of like whimsicotts, if you think about it."
She lets out a light chuckle, which is followed by a cough.
"Th-They're also nice to snack on before doing anything big like a show or, er, a big move! My parents made some for me before I went to the big city. It really helped me to finally move my feet..and get on that train..."
Canela's words trail off as she gets lost in thought once again. The voices inside the bakery seem to fade away along with her focus, turning to murmurs alongside her loud thoughts.
What would have happened if I never ate those puffs. Would things have turned out different...
The cry of a young pokemon whining for a sweet treat shakes the braixen back into focus. She apologizes for her sudden oversharing.
"My bad, these pastries just hold a lot of memories haha. If sour is not your style we have plenty other Special Pastries to choose from. Take your pick."
She waves the mysterious coupon around with a playful smirk.
"But this coupon only qualifies for one of them! Okay?"
"Heyyyy! How's it goin'? 👋😃" she approaches Braixen with smile and sees something very tasty on her way. "*sniff* 👃 Ooh, what we do have here... a bakery...? 🥐🥧🍰
Oh, ya serve drinks too? 🥛 Well, how bout a special Rawst Berry Milk Tea? 🫐🍓 And one Pecha Berry Swirl for my baaaahutiful half 🐑, I have money to burn. 💰"
"The Rawst Berry Milk Tea isn't even that good haha! Our coffee is much better anyways!"
Some Pokemon that happen to overhear what she said groan in disappointment and leave the line. Canela quickly glances at the ones who leave and mentally kicks herself for talking so carelessly. She turns her focus back to the lycanroc and stretches her smile some more.
"I really hope your special someone enjoys our super TASTY Pecha Swirl, it's sure to make their day! It always puts our customers in a good mood!"
Hello Pokéask community. today, we are gathered here to talk about a rather pervasive issue within the community.
That's right, we are going to talk about:
TRANSMISOGYNY
I don't really need a preamble or anything. Yes, it's true, this community has historically been quite hostile to trans women. I've had a friend targeted with false accusations of being a creepy pervert for the crime of being trans and female. As if that is a crime, somehow.
We had a predator and known drama-monger some couple years ago who was able to get away with it for so long because most of their victims were trans fem, whom no one believed, because they were trans fem.
And of course we have had various incidents of people using any number of gross terms to refer to trans women, gleefully and casually.
So by now you are probably beginning to see the pattern.
Maybe you need some help. In that case I shall enlighten you...
So what is transmisogyny? It is exactly what it says on the tin: the discrimination and mistreatment of trans women. It is an intersection of transphobia and misogyny. As such it is both of those as well.
Why is it bad? Well, the better question to ask would be why *isn't* it bad? It serves no purpose beyond the spread of hatred as well as perpetuating the belief that women are like property that must look and act a certain way.
Who does it affect? Obviously the primary target is trans women, and you should care about the fact that it harms trans women. But in fact, transmisogyny affects everyone.
You might think "I don't hate trans women, so I'm not transmisogynistic!" and you may not be. But, you must also keep in mind that it is so deeply entrenched in society that you might say and do transmisogynistic things without knowing it.
For example:
Do you expect women or female characters to look a certain way? This could be plain old misogyny, but it could also be transmisogyny. If you've ever complained that a female character looks too much like a guy because her boobs are too small or her shoulders are too wide, etc., well yeah ... you are probably suffering from transmisogyny disease. And also general misogyny disease too, seeing as transmisogyny is a subtype of it.
Do you get grossed out by women with certain types of genitalia, insisting they censor themselves as some sort of fetish or otherwise sequester themselves away for the sake of others? It is transmisogyny. Regardless of what you are attracted to, a woman should not be forced to hide herself away as some kind of freak commodity simply because she is not what you personally consider desirable. Also, people are likely forced to interact with you on the regular, so it just makes you a hypocrite.
Do you refer to women by what is between their legs*? It is transmisogyny. It's a way to other women that do not fit the "norm".
Obviously, assuming any given trans woman is a secret pervert is transmisogyny. This may seem obvious but so many people do this! In LGBT focused spaces perhaps most of all!
there are many other examples but most tie back into the ones mentioned here. Please do a little introspection from time to time.
Trans women deserve to feel as safe and as welcome as anyone else here in this community.
Lastly: this post is about trans WOMEN (/trans fems). I am aware that other trans people exist, but there are certain pervasive attitudes that are near exclusively shown towards trans WOMEN, and so that is what this post is about.
*some trans women do refer themselves with such terms. There is a lot of debate about this matter, so try not to overstep if it is a trans woman herself using the term. She may be a victim of internalised transmisogyny but what people are comfortable with varies. But, never use terms like futanari or trap if you are not a transfem individual. Read the room.
( IT'S THE LUNCH RUSH! Canela's got a line out the DOOR right now, so if you'd like to be a part of it and have a character (or anon) ask some questions or get a bite to eat come join the line! Inbox has been opened once again :] )
Kyurem (Glaceon form): From the scent he caught from the box Susano gave him, he could tell that this place was the same one who had given it out. Although, the Pokémon inside were different. No matter. He walked inside and peered around, both at the display of sweets - and something spicy. That put a slight smile on his face - at least he'd be able to get something for himself. The variety was something he was quite happy about.
"Hm. I will take one of everything you have. Yes, everything," he put emphasis on it to make sure that the server knew he was completely serious. "Just make sure the Red Devils Cherri Cupcake is stored separately, and anything else with a spicy pallet. Everything else is fine. Also, if you have anything that has Salac Berries in it, please do me a solid and mark it as such."
He placed a large bag of gold coins on the counter, along with a 50 gold tip. "Should be enough for it. If not, tell me. Store my order in this." He also placed a trainers bag on the counter.
Canela eyes the large bag of coins and gulps nervously. Gosh, they're either a rich tourist or at worst a scammer...But he looks like he means business so I should assume they're just loaded....Canela gives the older glaceon another big smile and nods in acknowledgement of their order. "That's...really....more than enough, thank you! I'll get that right for you sir! Please sit tight!"
The young braixen feels herself losing focus. She can't help but stress under the gaze of the glaceon. Do NOT mess up...with the amount this guy has he could probably afford to shut us down for smushing the icing on one of the cake slices. She shakes her head to try and rid herself of the worrying thoughts. Focus...Focus...What is that RINGING?? Focus!
She furrows her brow and rechecks all the boxes, trying to make sure she got everything . But don't forget to keep smiling!! She softens her expressions immediately and grins up at the ice pokemon.
"Uhm, I never realized how much we have to sell here! Once it's laid out like this it's...alot!"
A lot I have to learn. Once she makes sure all the pastries were indeed included, she lets out a sigh of relief and pulls off her sanitary glove to finalize the order.
The last bit of her sentence trails off as she finally processes the sound of overlapping voices that fills the store. She glances away from the glaceon, to the long line full of other pokemon that filed behind him.
She swears the shop was empty a second ago, but she steps back to access the amount of customers who are patiently, and impatiently, waiting to grab a bite to eat. Dread starts to fill her once again as she thinks about having no time to breath after the big order she just finished.
With wide eyes and a big grin, she looks back to the glaceon and lets out a nervous laugh.
"Actually...looks like we're pretty backed up. I-I'm sure that bag will hold, and you look like a strong old pokemon! I-I MEAN, gentlemon! Those bags were made to handle a pokemon's strong jaw or claws so they wouldn't tear easily afterall. U-Uhm, thank you so much for the...the support! Please enjoy!"
Kyurem (Glaceon form): From the scent he caught from the box Susano gave him, he could tell that this place was the same one who had given it out. Although, the Pokémon inside were different. No matter. He walked inside and peered around, both at the display of sweets - and something spicy. That put a slight smile on his face - at least he'd be able to get something for himself. The variety was something he was quite happy about.
"Hm. I will take one of everything you have. Yes, everything," he put emphasis on it to make sure that the server knew he was completely serious. "Just make sure the Red Devils Cherri Cupcake is stored separately, and anything else with a spicy pallet. Everything else is fine. Also, if you have anything that has Salac Berries in it, please do me a solid and mark it as such."
He placed a large bag of gold coins on the counter, along with a 50 gold tip. "Should be enough for it. If not, tell me. Store my order in this." He also placed a trainers bag on the counter.
Canela eyes the large bag of coins and gulps nervously. Gosh, they're either a rich tourist or at worst a scammer...But he looks like he means business so I should assume they're just loaded....Canela gives the older glaceon another big smile and nods in acknowledgement of their order. "That's...really....more than enough, thank you! I'll get that right for you sir! Please sit tight!"
The young braixen feels herself losing focus. She can't help but stress under the gaze of the glaceon. Do NOT mess up...with the amount this guy has he could probably afford to shut us down for smushing the icing on one of the cake slices. She shakes her head to try and rid herself of the worrying thoughts. Focus...Focus...What is that RINGING?? Focus!
She furrows her brow and rechecks all the boxes, trying to make sure she got everything . But don't forget to keep smiling!! She softens her expressions immediately and grins up at the ice pokemon.
"Uhm, I never realized how much we have to sell here! Once it's laid out like this it's...alot!"
A lot I have to learn. Once she makes sure all the pastries were indeed included, she lets out a sigh of relief and pulls off her sanitary glove to finalize the order.
The last bit of her sentence trails off as she finally processes the sound of overlapping voices that fills the store. She glances away from the glaceon, to the long line full of other pokemon that filed behind him.
She swears the shop was empty a second ago, but she steps back to access the amount of customers who are patiently, and impatiently, waiting to grab a bite to eat. Dread starts to fill her once again as she thinks about having no time to breath after the big order she just finished.
With wide eyes and a big grin, she looks back to the glaceon and lets out a nervous laugh.
"Actually...looks like we're pretty backed up. I-I'm sure that bag will hold, and you look like a strong old pokemon! I-I MEAN, gentlemon! Those bags were made to handle a pokemon's strong jaw or claws so they wouldn't tear easily afterall. U-Uhm, thank you so much for the...the support! Please enjoy!"
Nick wandered into the store. It had been so long since he last came here but it looks like so little has changed. He had little difficulty finding the counter.
"Hi there! Remember me? I was the customer who bought that really spicy cupcake for my dad a while back. He absolutely loved it! Me myself though, I'm not the biggest fan of spicy stuff. Upsets my stomach, actually. I'm more of a sweet tooth kind of guy. Occalate. Custap. Sometimes I even like minty tasting stuff. Since i'm here though to shop for myself though, you won't have to work with spice. Do you have anything with Occalate and or Custap? I could offer you some of my Custap berries if you're running low on them."
"Mmm...while we do have a large selection of sweet treats for you to choose from, pastries with the berries that you're looking for won't be here! Especially the ones you're asking for. They're kiiiinda hard to come by! We've occasionally sold pastries with berries of that rarity, but it's only when we have enough to do so...or special occasions. Usually people can make special orders if they provide us the berries along with payment, but it'll take a bit to get it done and delivered."
Canela scratches the back of her head sheepishly.
"Besides, that cupcake you got for your dad was sort of a special case..it only included Cheri berries so it was easier to make! I'm sorry if you came all this way to get a quick sweet treat. You could make a custom pre-order if you have the berries with you, or you can try another one of our goodies! We have a chocolate cake that my little sister loves and she has the biggest sweet tooth of anyone I know hahaha!!"
Elaina enters the establishment and takes a look around before approaching the counter. "Good day, miss! Pleasure to see another Braixen." She greets her with a bow and smiles. "I do adore this shop of yours, such a delight to see. So ... any to-go pastries you can recommend to a battler? If there aren't I can just settle for the best seller here."
"They're both Special Menu items! While Orandinary Bars help with recovering a bit of energy, our Leppa PPies help customers regain some stamina back!
Customers love snacking on them to help them muscle a couple more Strengths to finish a job, or like, allow them more chances to use Fury Swipes to complete an art project.
I remember handing these out to friends when they'd study for tests, and it kindaaa became a popular test snack after that heh heh. I also recall out-of-towners like yourself say they're really helpful for sparing."
Canela stops leaning on the counter and gets up to prepare a box for the fellow braixen.
"So um, you said you're a battler right? Do you do that for sport or are you...fighting for your life out there, haha!"
Dish Profile: A small hand pie with a buttery flakey crust that gives way immediately to it's warm, gooey center. It is stuffed with a Leppa-Cinnamon filling; A filling that has been sweetened to soften the kick from the spices as well as the berry's natural palette. The shape of the pie allows the buttery and spicy flavors to marry easily after every bite.
When bitten into, its warmth allows one to regain some stamina and concentration to keep going a little further with one's abilities. (Restores 2 PP to a single move.)
"But...it's not that I'm worried of failing to surpass them. It's just, well..."
"The bakery is really important to my parents. They put a lot of passion into it and sacrificed a lot to make their dream a reality. I don't want to let them down, I just..."
The Braixen takes a deep breath before looking back to the Arcanine with a determined smile.
"It's nothing I can't handle! But I do understand the pressure in a parent's expectation, haha...."
Canela informs the fellow-fire type about the four cupcakes in the box and the usual speech that follows a special order. As she finishes her eyes finally catch onto the red symbol painted across his bandana. Curious, she nods to the direction of his neck.
"Anyways, I'm sure trying to become a Healer is more stressful that being expected to bake bread, hm. Unless...that symbol means you're really into math, hahaha!"
'heyyyy, how are ya Canela ? You look a bit tired. Are you good? Welll I was wondering, key lime pie or lemon meringue pie? *She says staring her down with a serious but somewhat silly look*
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