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Johnny Eck was a performer from the 1930s who was born without any legs:

He's primarily known for appearing in the 1932 cult classic Freaks directed by Tod Browning.

However what I'm mostly obsessed with is this account of a magic trick he did with his non-disabled twin brother (text under the cut)

Like this is the funniest thing I've ever heard. Can you imagine

Wikipedia screenshot:

"In 1937, Eck and Robert were recruited by the illusionist and hypnotist Rajah Raboid, for his "Miracles of 1937" show. In it they performed a magic feat that amazed audiences. Raboid performed the traditional sawing-a-man-in-half illusion, except with an unexpected twist. At first Robert would pretend to be a member of the audience and heckle the illusionist during his routine, resulting in Robert being called on stage to be sawed in half himself. During the illusion, Robert would then be switched with his twin brother Eck, who played the top half of his body, and a dwarf who played the bottom half, concealed in specially-built pant legs. After seeming to have been sawn off, the legs would suddenly get up and start running away, prompting Eck to jump off the table and start chasing them around the stage, screaming, "Come back!" "I want my legs back!" Sometimes he even chased the legs into the audience. The subsequent reaction was amazing – people would scream and sometimes even flee the theater in terror. As Eck described it, "The men were more frightened than the women – the women couldn't move because the men were walking across their laps, headed for the exit." The act provided the perfect jolt by frightening people at first but then caused just as much laughter and applause. The illusion would end with stage hands plucking up Eck and setting him atop "his" legs and then twirling him off-stage to be replaced by his twin Robert, who would then loudly threaten to sue Raboid and storm out of the theater. Their act was so popular that they played to packed audiences up and down the East Coast."

[teaboot]

Easily one of the top 5 funniest things you can do as an identical twin

[forthegothicheroine]

I like to bring him up when talking at the museum about sideshow stars who were genuinely brilliant performers.

[e-von-dahl]

“Trans men don’t make good music it’s all cringey ukulele indie pop” name a trans male musician who makes music like that other than cavetown

You know what? Name any trans male musician at all who isn’t cavetown

[totalmoralfag]

i dont want to derail from op's original point, but there have been a lot of wonderful reccs on this post, and i DO think we as a community need to do more to uplift trans men/transmasc musicians instead of stereotyping all transmasc musicians as "cringy". so, i sat down and went through every comment, tag, and reblog on this post (at least, all of the ones that are visible to me) and compiled a list, and i included some of my own favorites that i didnt see mentioned!

this list is not in any order, and i am not familiar with most of these artists, so an inclusion on this is not an endorsement of anything! if ive made a mistake anywhere, just let me know!

schmekel - transmasc jewish folk band (they seem to have deleted the majority of their music off most platforms, unsure why? but this link is to a playlist of re-uploads)

exiliahu - very vocally pro-palestine jewish trans man

noah finnce - british trans man, pop rock

ellyotto - canadian trans man, hyperpop

jesswar - fijian-austrailian trans man, hip hop

2am ricky - Black american trans man, hip hop/soul/jazz/house

rahim redcar - french trans man, indie/alt-pop

elio mei - american trans man, indie folk

anjimile - Black american trans man, indie folk

the oozes - queer punk band w/ a trans man lead singer

sushi soucy - transmasc, folk rock

dopamine - band of scottish transmascs

boy jr - transmasc, indie/alt rock

great grandpa - queer indie rock band w/ trans man lead singer

riotnine - transmasc punk band

the muslims - transmasc poc anti-fascist punk band

TR sun - Black american trans man, hip hop

billy tipton - american trans man, 1940s jazz star

mal blum - american trans man, indie rock/folk punk

dayflower - british transmasc "dreamcore" indie pop band

ryan cassata - american trans man, folk punk

ezra butler - british trans man, indie pop

bells larson - canadian nonbinary trans man, indie pop

sasha allen - american trans man, indie pop

boy bowser - american trans man, energetic hip hop

mikah amani - Black american trans man, folk music

jake edwards - british trans man, pop music

jakey bake - trans man, super indie/underground

king aiden - Black american trans man, indie pop

addison grace - american transmasc, indie pop

dylan and the moon - british trans man, indie folk

searows - american trans man, indie folk/bedroom pop

elio kennedy yoon - Asian-american trans man, indie pop

beverly glenn copland - Black canadian trans man, art/folk pop

REVENGEOFPARIS - nonbinary transmasc rapper

V3CTORGRAPH1CS - nonbinary transmasc, hyperpop

Um Jennifer? - american indie rock duo ; one is transmasc, the other is transfem

jigsawllie - transmasc, indie "weirdcore" vocaloid music

Jupi77er - brazilian trans man rapper

[sodomit]

Do you know any bands with trans guys that would be black metal, power metal, deathcore, or industrial metal?

[iridescentdepths]

The singer for metal band Saevire is a trans man and recently released a song titled Self-Made Man

[appaeve]

yeah

[dajo42]

the gardevoir & gallade power couple

[dajo42]

you know theyre t4t

[skopostheorie]

Once I "made" a custom emoji for my mum by crudely drawing a hijab on it and now whenever she wants me to buy a coffee for her I get a text like this

[cnmcn]

absolutley enchanted by cobepee

[technically-human]

Rocky chose a hand to match Grace's scar!

[hisuianserperior]

Transmasc Bloom, an idea that literally came to me in a dream. I'm thinking that he only realizes he's not a girl when he came to Magix. And because he's Fairy of the Dragon Flame, AKA the power of capital G God, his transition is like magic. Because it literally is. This causes some issues for him. I'm not sure if they're male fairies ever shown but I imagine pushback against him. Because he doesn't want to be a wizard or a specialist, he wants to be a fairy Dragon damnit and his gender shouldn't impact that. I think Magix has way more bigotry than we see in the show, outside of the witches because the bigotry for them is kinda obvious. As for the Winx:

Stella doesn't really get it. For all she likes boys she can't imagine being one herself. But Bloom is still her best friend and if anyone says anything about him she's catching a body.

Flora is more understanding. She's the fairy of nature, and she understands nature sometimes makes mistakes. Mistakes like making a boy look like a girl.

Tecna has no real feelings on it whatsoever. Bloom is her friend and that's all that matters. She does make sure to mess with the tech of anyone who talks shit about him though.

Musa is also fiercely protective. She is ready and willing to help Stella catch a body. She's all about being true to yourself after all.

Same with Aisha.

I think they'll have a better relationship with the Trix too. Mostly because I'm a Blicy shipper. After all, who else could understand the feeling of being hated for existing like a witch?

Bonus if Bloom being a boy doesn't make Sky less into her. So the break up will be because he's a liar and not because of homophobia.

[cosmosarcana]

if you ever tell me that you go to a chiro this is what i envision them doing to you

[maria-ruta]

Help

[atlas-prime]

[ozzzzzie]

jogys yaoiful first meeting

[toshio]

the MOST iconic 20 seconds of any anime dub i’ve ever experienced

[misfit-freaks]

EVEN THE FUCKING MUSIC OH MY LORD

[femmeslash]

i looked through the notes to see what this was (it’s cyber city oedo 808) and ended up crying laughing at the wikipedia article for it

[cloud-ya]

full of joy and whimsy

[shnowyfox]

while i've got ms paint open i might as well

also considered soundwave and shockwave since they make more sense as a duo. but they would never say these words (in front of megatron at least) so we have the treacherous birds i will be shocked if nobody has done this one before with g1 meg before actually

[halloweentrickortreat]

[sjincer]

Soundwave striking the most basic pose because now I’m learning how to draw him as well

[catchymemes]

[fleshadept]

you guys know you can get USB connectable CD, dvd, and blu-ray players right. and you can buy external hard drives with crazy amounts of space for an amount of money that would make the average person from 2009’s head explode bc of how cheap it is. and if you do this and get ripping software such as handbrake for CDs and DVDs and makeMKV for blurays you can both own a physical copy of whatever media you want and make it accessible to yourself no matter where you are. do you guys know this

[fleshadept]

lots of people are reblogging this and tagging it #piracy—i should clarify, this is not piracy! ripping DVDs and CDs to have your own copy is fully legal, because it’s your legal right to do what you will with your property individually. it only becomes illegal if you then distribute that file on the internet.

[isthescavengervideocute]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[otherworldworldy]