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24, she/her/hers, questioning wlm + GNC/Virago cis woman. This is my blog for Choices related stuff, mainly HSS and Aiden Zhou. I post some non-Choices stuff, but the blog overall is mainly Choices/HSS centric.
I may post a fair amount of NSFW/suggestive stuff so mute the "suggestive" tags and other adjacent tags if you don't wanna see that shit.
Oh, and HSS & Aiden Zhou Supremacy.
Intro Post + All Important Masterlists (NOTE: List is subject to frequent updates)
Hi everybody. You can call me Cady. This is a hetGNC-centric Choices: Stories You Play blog.
Some stuff to know about me:
The OG High School Story trilogy is my favorite Choices/Pixelberry title. Aiden Zhou is my favorite Love Interest. I love to post about other stories too, but most of my stuff will be about HSS.
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers (I'm a Virago/GNC cis woman)
Age: I was born in 2001
Be normal about cis ppl and het ppl who are GNC/genderqueer, or face my instant vaporizer ray. It is charged, and I will use it without hesitation.
I may often reblog and promote campaign posts for 🍉, usually organization-based ones that will have a broader reach. I do not officially vet and verify posts myself, but I always do my best to check and figure out which campaigns are legitimate.
Collection of sources for transparent Choices sprite that I use for my edits
My Story Writing
OG HSS Adaptation- A Breath of Fresh Breeze
Official Fics Masterlist
Minifics Masterlist
My Drawings
Drawings Masterlist
Plushies Series Masterlist (in the making)
My Meta/Analysis/Review Writing
Choices Book Tier Ranking and Cadybear’s Choices Books Reviews Masterlist (reviews are under a mass redux/update)
HSS Analyses
Gifts
Gifts, Inspired Works, etc. made by others (under reworking/updating)
(other lists in the making)
Taglists
I like to tag all my friends on any important creations of mine by default (with the exception of my NSFW and mpreg creations where I’m more selective about who I tag, as I know those categories can be sensitive for some). But if you wish to be on a perma/official taglist, be tagged in particular kinds of creations, be tagged for creations about any particular book(s)/MC(s)/character(s)/etc, or you want me to remove you from any taglists, please let me know!
NSFW/Suggestive Content Warning
I sometimes talk about NSFW and suggestive topics here. Whether it be fic, art, edits, headcanons, thirstposting.
I always tag this sort of content with tags such as "cw suggestive", "NSFW mention, "NSFT", and if it gets very explicit I may put it under a "Read More" cut.
I do not recommend following if you're a minor— but if you do choose to follow, do not interact with my NSFW/Suggestive posts or you will be permablocked.
You can’t help but think this kiss is a promise. No matter what’s waiting for you, you’ll face it together.
Huge thank you to @molliartsie for this incredible commission of RoD Logan and my MC, Eleanor. This is one absolutely stunning piece and I cannot get enough of it!!
This picture is the perfect way to celebrate both my tumblr anniversary and RoDAW Epilogue Day!! Thank you to everyone who has stuck with little old me, all the wonderful friends I’ve made, and everyone who’s participating in RoDAW Epilogue Day (as well as RoDAW!!)
if u call urself a misandrist I'm going to assume ur homophobic. I'm gonna assume that ur at the very least weird about trans women like me, that you're going to judge them based on how they pass, on how out they are, on what level of transition they are at. I'm gonna assume ur racist too. like. idk "misandry" very feels like the sorta "feminism" someone is really into when they're in high school and carefully making sure to never think about anything.
and do you believe yourself to be an unfailing arbiter of who that is? and is it truly all cishet men? do you hate men of color, if they are cishet? what about intersex men? why not just hate bigoted people? why find groups of people, groups big enough to undoubtedly contain marginalized people?
misandry so quickly turns into "African/Arab men are especially dangerous, since rape and violence are part of their culture! I'm right to be scared of them in particular, and we NEED less immigration to keep women safe!" if you've never had the displeasure of seeing these types of posts on radfem blogs when you've gone to block them, then I envy you. if you think you're above this as a white queer, you're exactly the kind of person at risk of being recruited into it, because you won't question yourself when you see such thoughts emerge.
Women stick thin and malnourished on the red carpet, and people are saying you can't point out that these women are dying because that's body shaming. Girl.
Initially, I was thinking about doing a Secret Pal exchange in July, and a 10 year anniversary event in August, but now I'm thinking it might be nice to include the exchange as part of the 10 year Choices celebration. Let me know your thoughts
When should I do the Secret Pal Exchange?
Middle of July
End of July
Beginning of August (right before the anniversary event)
I also think that the strength gap is at least partially manufactured women would in fact be stronger overall if little girls were encouraged to do physically taxing games and activities and eat their fill while they’re growing vs having to constantly diet and be sedentary indoors (or god forbid do intense cardio while under-eating). The amount of adult women honestly afraid to lift weights bc they think they’ll get bulky as though bulking isn’t a full time job that athletes have to spend all their time on and anyone on earth gets shredded from just using their adult muscles for their intended purpose, girl your bone density 🥀
if you say women are intentionally nerfed from birth in 2026 people look at you like you’re insane and start condescendingly telling you about how women are just better at different things (but not during their periods haha) but this was a completely basic feminist talking point I grew up with like “girls can do it too! [shot of little girls climbing and running with boys]” nickelodeon commercial tier base level I hate it how is everyone suddenly dumber than the average 7 year old
it’s also something we can empirically demonstrate following the passage of title ix in the US. making sports available to the entire population instead of just the male part has substantially increased the *standards* for female athletes, as records get set and broken
this is particularly visible at the olympics, where the US women’s team is a powerhouse:
U.S. female athletes are on pace to win more medals than U.S. male athletes for the fourth consecutive Summer Games.
you can see it in things like american ninja warrior, where the more visible women are as competitors, the more women compete, and the better they do
ultimately gender is much less of a determinant of athletic capacity than height and weight, and there’s no body type that women have that men don’t also have (and vice versa). this is one of the reasons why the bans on trans athletes are so infuriating, because we could have easily just eliminated gender segregation instead
Last year was an amazing success. We got to meet and learn more about so many incredible MCs and OCs in the fandom, and we hope this year will be just as wonderful!
Have fun, and happy creating!
💛 @lovealexhunt & @aallotarenunelma
The Prompts
June 26: MC Origins: Where did MC get their start? How did you come up with their name, design, personality?
June 27: Style & Aesthetic: What is MC’s fashion style like? Do they have a signature color, designer, style, or must have item?
June 28: A day in the life: What is your MCs “every day” life like? What do they do outside of the book?
June 29: Relationships & Dynamics : Who matters most to your MC? Friends, rivals, family, mentors, love interests, enemies, explore the dynamics that shaped them. This can also include pets!
June 30: Home & Safe Spaces What is MC’s home like? What is their design style? How has it changed over the years? Where is their safe place?
July 1: Future & Endings: Where does your MC end up? What do they want most, and do they achieve it? Could include happy endings, bad endings, or “what if” futures.
July 2: Alternate Universe Day Drop your MC into a different setting or genre. What is the AU? How do they fare?
July 3: Spellfyre MC day
July 4: Wild Card Day: Go crazy, any MC, any book, any theme (includes Spellfyre)!
Guidelines & Rules
This is a Pixelberry/Choices event. Any MCs and OCs within those universes including the original Hollywood U and High School Story, as well as fan spinoff projects like It Lives Within are accepted. Spellfyre MCs and OCs are welcome to join on the last two days (July 3 and 4).
No AI generated content will be accepted
Older/previously posted submissions are accepted but are limited to up to 5 entries per day per user.
You aren't obligated to post for every day! You can post any day you feel like.
This event is MC-OC centric. While mentions of LIs and other characters are welcome, please keep the focus on the MCs and OCs. The prompts are only guidelines, and any MC- or OC-centric content will be accepted.
The MC doesn't have to be yours. Posting about your friend/mutual's MCs is counted as an entry and highly encouraged!
Everything is welcome! From a screenshot of your MC and fun facts, to art and fanfiction (and everything in between).
Be kind and respectful to one another. MCs and OCs. This is a positive event, all are welcome, but bashing others or posting negatively about their characters will not be tolerated.
Tag your work with @choicesmcappreciationweek and/or #cmcaw26
*make sure it is the correct url for this blog (ours ends in "week" and NOT [at]choicesmcappreciation which is no longer active)
If you want to refer to specific concepts, refer to those concepts. What some doctor called you however many years ago does not indicate what you have and what you are now, nor does it reflect what you once were. Use the correct terms! Don't be ashamed of the correct vocabulary!
Your gender is yours! Being intersex does not make you less of a woman or less of a man. If you are nonbinary, being intersex as well doesn't change who you are!
Intersex can seem like a scary term, especially as a new realization about yourself. But "intersex" isn't a bad word! It doesn't strip away a gender you have lived and connected to. It doesn't decide what gender you will identify with in the future. "Intersex" simply describes people whose bodies develop outside of the typical sex binary.
Remember that your intersex status doesn't determine or dictate your gender. Your gender belongs to you!
And umm the cat Wolf but im 2 lazy 2 dig up those posts
I imagine they have a bunch of pets thru their life esp Because they live so long.
Open or closed relationship? Do they sometimes share?
Open, Ik Cas gets w other ppl th most (+ theres this) + Ripley 2 at some point prolly tho I think in general Ripley's more likely to end up w someone Through Cas.
Gabe v rarely like she doesn't rly seek it out n stuff but I cn see esp Ripley hyping her up 2 approach someone lol.
For Bryce/Olivia and Mal/Daenarya (and Riley/Michael if you want)
Gahh thank you!!! This was so so much fun to do, especially the nsfw for Mal and Daenarya because they're so delicious!
From this list
SFW #7: Would they go to the beach?
All of my pairings will absolutely go to the beach!
Bryce and Olivia head to the beach as much as possible. Bryce actively keeps up with surfing as much as possible between work and their growing family. Malia and Makoa both LOVE the beach from an early age. When Olivia is pregnant with Malia, she actually feels Malia move for the first time when they're at the beach. Malia loves the ocean and takes up surfing as soon as she can. Makoa loves snorkeling and finding new discoveries under the water (he becomes a marine biologist and conservationist). He can surf and he likes it but not in the same way Bryce and Malia do. For them, it centers them, for Makoa it's just a hobby. Olivia enjoys the beach, but she enjoys more staying on the shore, collecting sea glass, putting her feet in, and occasionally swimming with the kids. Bryce tried to teach her how to surf. She can do it, but she prefers watching him and the kids, and taking pictures rather than surfing herself.
Mal and Daenarya love the beach and the ocean. They don't get there as often as they'd like, especially with the orphanage, but they try to make a trip when they can. Daenarya is always in awe of it and can't believe something so mysterious and majestic could exist. I have to write more abut her, but they find Fienna, one of their orphans at the beach.
Riley and Michael both enjoy the beach, but it isn't their favorite place. They actually prefer the beach at night with bonfires and hangouts with friends, or sitting on the cliffs over looking the beach/ocean.
SFW #8: Who knows how to swim? Who doesn’t?
All of my characters know how to swim. At first, Malia was apprehensive and didn't want to go in the water, but as soon as she learns to go in and swim, she doesn't ever want to leave!
SFW #10: Any pets? Or plants?
Olivia and Bryce have a little dog: Jovie based on Holland's (Olivia's FC) dog, Fievel
later, the kids get more pets, Makoa has multiple aquariums with freshwater and saltwater fish and two turtles. Malia has a bunny and eventually another dog.
Olivia is a HUGE plant mom. She loves getting plants, taking care of them, and decorating with them.
Between the plants and all the animals they end up with with the kids, their house is like half nature.
Mal and Daenarya: They have Threep who spends time with them especially when he's pregnant. They keep one of the babies for Rayden. Lydo finds an abandoned dog on the streets and Mal and Daenarya let him keep the dog, which he names Scraps
Michael and Riley: Riley has a family dog that she loves and is hers but with college, she obviously can't take him. It's not til after college and she has a place of her own that she gets another dog that's just "hers" and then it becomes hers and Michael's. I think Michael has a black cat that he loves dearly, even if he tries to play it off as "just a pet" but it's more than that.
SFW #11: Baths or showers? Together or separate? Any bubbles or bubble fights?
Olivia and Bryce:
Showers and baths together are always nice, but as their family grows they happen less and less. They absolutely would have a bubble fight in the bath or play with the bubbles to make.
Olivia loves a good, relaxing bath, whens he can get one, but mostly showers because it's faster and more convinient.
Bryce showers exclusively unless he's sharing the bath with Olivia
Mal and Daenarya:
For them, I imagine, baths and showers happen less frequently and there's a lot more bathing in the river or lake. I think when they can, they both enjoy a hot bath, whether together or separate. Mal definitely likes to be pampered!
They definitely prefer being together, being clean is important but there is a lot of fun that can be had in a bath/shower together. 😏
Riley and Michael: I see them both as shower people though if it's together, all the better
NSFW #6: Dom/top? Sub/bottom? Any switches?
Olivia and Bryce: Bryce tops most of the time. I don't want to say always, because I do think Olivia likes to try topping him and he enjoys it when she does, but for the most part, Bryce is the more dominant.
Mal and Daenarya: They're SO fun to me because they are open to everything and anything. And they're open to including others or playing with others so there's a lot to explore.
When it's just them, they start with a 50/50 split of switching, but over time i think it's more 60/40 with Daenarya topping being more dominant. but they both really can give and take.
When Daenarya's with other women, she enjoys being dominant and topping most of the time. She will sub, but it takes someone special that can "break" her. It doesn't happen often. But when someone can, she really, really enjoys it.
When Daenarya is with other men, I imagine it's more 50/50 depending on who it is. With Maiele, I think it's depending on the moment, but I imagine Maiele being slightly more dominant with her than her maybe 60/40. But besides Maiele. she mostly only sleeps with other women, she only sleeps with other men if Mal wants to watch or join in. She finds Mal more than enough to satiate her.
When Mal sleeps with other men, he mostly subs/bottoms. He definitely misses that part when he's with Daenarya. (I don't know what toys they have in those kinds of times, but if they had a strap on, Daenarya would absolutely use it on Mal because it's what he misses... but she really enjoys a threesome with Mal and the middle of her and another man, with both of them dominating him).
With women, Mal dominates/tops, but he really never sleeps with any women beside Daenarya anymore. He lost interest in it. None of them can keep up with him like she does. They had a threesome with Nia once (after which Nia decides she's a lesbian lol) and that was kinda of the last women Mal slept with that isn't Daeny. (and the only man I HC Nia sleeping with. She enjoys being with Daenarya and then Daenarya suggests Mal join so she can try being with a man too and Nia's just like nah, no thanks!)
Riley and Michael: I'll be honest, I haven't thought about their sex life a lot. I think they start out with Michael being more dominant and topping, but Riley, becoming more adventurous and dominant throughout and Michael being happy to lay back and let her take charge.
NSFW #15: Open or closed relationship? Do they sometimes share?
Bryce and Olivia are closed. They might try a threesome sometime down the road but more as a bucket list thing, rather than something they do regularly.
Mal and Daenarya are VERY open. Romantically they are closed, they love each other and have not one doubt that they belong together. However, they both have very large sexual appetites and Daeny is pan and Mal is bi, so they realize they can't satisfy everything they both need and want. Which is why when they are with others, Mal typically is with other men and Daenarya is with other women. Or they're sharing.
Initially, I think they started off, going to a tavern and each picking up someone to have sex with separately, but then they realized they enjoy watching the other and/or joining in, so they have more three and foursomes in the future. Mal loves watching Daeny top others and Daeny loves watching Mal sub with others. It really turns her on, watching him on all fours coming undone for some guy they just picked up (or even better one it's two men taking him). After he falls asleep or leaves, Daenarya will make Mal keep going until he can't take it any longer. She really enjoys making him beg or watching him be pushed to his limits. But at the same time, she is so gentle and loving in caring for him after.
Michael and Riley: I think they'd be open to bringing others in, especially in their 20s to explore and try different things.
TYSM @storyofmychoices for the ask! Answers below cut!
SFW 6. Going out to eat: Who pays? Who orders the most food? And who has dessert?
Aidevie
Evie insists on paying a lot of the time because she likes to be a gentlewoman. But sometimes Aiden will start insisting he pay because, while he does appreciate her being a gentlewoman, he thinks it’s not fair if she pays all the time. I think a lot of the time they end up either splitting the bill or paying for their own orders (or sometimes paying for each other’s orders). Often if it’s a surprise date, they will go by “whoever planned it pays for it”.
Who orders the most food + who orders dessert usually depends on the place. Evie is a very picky eater, so she might not order as much if most of the food options are uninteresting. They both like dessert, but won’t order if they’re too full.
Peggyler
Peggy likes to pay a lot of the time, and Tyler loves it. But most of the time they take turns or split. Tyler tends to eat a fair amount more than Peggy. They both like dessert but don’t order it every time.
CherJay
Cher loves to pay, but because a lot of their Going Out To Eat dates tend to be at swanky restaurants, they often find it more sensible to split it in some way. They tend to eat equal amounts of food, and both love ordering dessert.
SFW 15. Vacation ideas: who decides them? Where would they go, if anywhere?
Aidevie: Evie especially loves summery vacations, like somewhere with a beach and/or a pool, but they’re down for anything fun/relaxing really. I think Aiden would have a preference for more “moderate” vacations, but he enjoys summery stuff too (especially with Evie’s annual summer fever being extremely contagious).
CherJay: Would probably enjoy visiting England and France a kind of often, maybe? England (and France too to an extent) holds special value to them because of the Spotlite trip, plus because of Cher’s Gio family. But also France would appeal to them a lot.
Peggyler: IDK yet about them. Peggy tends to prefer cooler and rainier seasons+climates, while Tyler prefers warmer. I think they’d sometimes like outdoorsy vacations such as camping— Peggy likes to get away from society, and Tyler likes the space for running and other outdoors physical activity/sports.
All couples tend to decide vacations together, unless it’s a surprsie. Sometimes Evie will suggest vacation ideas more though.
NSFW 4. Oddest place they’d have sex?
I had one headcanon about Aiden and Evie doing it super discreetly at a rave/concert but I haven’t really thought it through.
Peggy and Tyler’s first time was in the backseat of Tyler’s car, some time into when they first started dating. They consider that pretty weird to a degree, considering how Peggy had snuck in back there back when she was following him for Gabbie’s case lol.
Cher and Ajay like the idea of doing it in a public use jacuzzi (like the one in the book 3 premium scene) but they’d never actually go through with that. So idk.
NSFW 9. Quickest turn ons? Immediate turn offs?
Evie’s biggest turn-ons probably go without saying. Honestly, Aiden literally just existing turns her on, but when he dresses or dances in a risque manner that flaunts his best assets, that’s a huge booster. She does also love when he uses a hard serious commanding voice+demeanor, she’s a huge pathetic service top for that shit.
Aiden is very turned on by Evie’s muscles— especially her arms. Any display of physical strength or flaunting of her muscles is a huge turn on. He also has a bit of a fixation for her forearms and hands and dexterity— partly because of his own instrumental experience, topped with his desire for Evie to finger him.
Peggy is attracted to Tyler’s chest, ass, and thighs. She loves when he wears clothing that hugs/accentuates it (especially his activewear). She isn’t attracted to his muscles on their own, but they become much hotter to her when they’re all decorated in something like lingerie and.or body jewelry.
Tyler gets pretty turned on by Peggy’s body figure. He is also on record in canon for saying that Peggy standing up for him was kinda hot (see ch6 premium scene), sooo any time Peggy is protective of him too.
Cher is obsessed with Ajay’s serious hourglass shape, hot butt, and serious demeanor; and Ajay is attracted to Cher’s singing voice and serious-yet-upbeat-and-confident voice, but I don’t think either have any specific turn-ons?
Probably goes without saying, but all the gals are stone tops with some level of bottom dysphoria. So anything involving them getting penetrated or focusing a lot on their vagina/vulva (or just generally, most if not all hetnorm sex roles) is an immediate turn off. I’m still working out each character’s levels of dysphoria/discomfort, but Evie is probably the most sickened by it. Cher and to an extent Peggy actually, neither would like if someone touched her vulva, but it wouldn’t kill the mood for them unless their partner kept going even after being told no. Meanwhile for Evie, if someone touched her there even once, or even insisted that they touch her there, it would be all hands on deck.
Similarly for the guys, they’re all stone bottoms(? Is that the right term)? I haven’t figured out yet how bottom dysphoric they’d each be though. I know Aiden wouldn’t mind the occasional dick squeeze during his preferred sex activities, but anything more than that is a hard no. But I’m still figuring that out for Ajay and Tyler.
Anything involving bodily waste is also a hard turn-off for all of them. With the exception of the guys sometimes being squirters (mostly occasionally for Aiden, but Ajay and Tyler rarely experience it). And yes, given their normal forms of sex prior to reproductive/genital swap transplants, they’re all very thorough when it comes to cleansing prep.
I think I'll leave the virago community and hetgnc since the term rolereversal is excluded; I know i am masc before being rolereversal, however, it is a totally special expresión for me.
Furthermore, in this community, it implies that role reversal is very "heteronormative". Honestly, I don't see something as heteronormative if it doesn't have a system to support it, but I guess that's just me.
Why do straight main couples have a system, but rr people don't (neither the hetgnc who likes role reversal)
But that doesn't matter, that's another topic. I identify a lot with Virago but I don't think I'll post anymore. Anyway thank you very much for yall knowledge and activism; about hetgnc people I have never felt as listened In other communities like yall
I don't find it tainted, honestly; that term is sufficient for me. What we should do is create a new concept of role-reversal; besides, the RR subreddit doesn't have enough reach for be the "Origen of role reversal "
Besides, Reddit has always been full of incels, that's nothing new; the communities there are filled that way, even the queer ones.
The term hasn’t been tainted for me personally (and even the subreddit isn’t complete shit) but I do feel like a lot of people perceive it as a superficial thing sooo yeah
