hey don't cry. the top 9th fastest speed puzzler in the united states as ranked by the USA Jigsaw Puzzle Association is (likely) a nonbinary person
cannot find anything about them, but in videos on competitions, both other puzzlers and the commentators always use they/them pronouns to refer to them! here's them finishing first place in a qualifying round of the most recent Nationals competition in the US (they completed a 500 piece puzzle in just 36 minutes!)
& they later finished 5th place in the final competition with a time of 41:46!!
The Twilight Zone: Our episode "A Slot Machine Chases You Around Physically" was meant as a cautionary tale about the predatory nature of the gambling industry
The Gambling Industry: We've invented the slot machine that chases you around physically from The Twilight Zone episode "A Slot Machine Chases You Around Physically"
my friend was testing perfumes out at the store and she sniffed a bottle and anounced "ngl this bitch kind of sucks" The girl at the counter suddenly looked really sad, and my friend was like "I'm sorry, I wasn't talking about you." And the girl looked up and said "No don't worry, I didn't think that, but I just crushed a ladybug with my shoe" We both took a peak over the counter. she'd stepped on a red m&m
Sylveon used Baby-Doll Eyes!... Okay, Sylveon, thats enough. Huh...? Oh my god are you crying... my babyyy my sweetheart its alright!!!
okay, on a serious note, i just wanted to thank everyone for all the support that this post received (20k+ notes, HOLY, dare i say, SHIT!), it really warms my heart to see how many people resonated with that feeling. i wanted to take this moment to ramble for a bit under the cut! (also there is a bonus drawing 👀)
funnily enough, i dont remember if i realised im not cis before or after making this little comic. initially, i just wanted to do a little something to test some of my friend's paint tool sai brushes (i usually draw in csp). and that vague thought, that feeling, that little idea of "evolution dysphoria" was floating around in my head for quite some time, so i decided to put that on canvas for a test.
i genuinely did not expect this to blow up as much as it did! in fact, i was Kinda Shadowbanned because of this post LOL. god this website is a mess! anyways, i was very happy with seeing all the love towards sylveon... i purposefully left the actual GENDER allegory there vague, though i understand why people can see it one way or another!
i just wanted to capture this moment that many different transgender people share - when you try to look how you feel, but the shame takes over and all you think is "nobody will take me seriously like that". if you still feel that way - i advice you to look at the reblogs and comments and see how many people feel same, and especially see how supportive everyone of this poor sylveon. you, yes you, deserve that love too! unlearn the shame that society puts on you, i believe that eventually you will find community that accepts you for who you are, not who you're supposed to be.
...speaking of community, i heard that blossom found some new friends- "who's blossom"? oh, thats the name of the sylveon we were talking about!
since posting the original, i've been thinking about how else can i explore this concept. i ended up thinking of some fun veevee friends! they are not 1-to-1 allegory to how a human might feel, but thats why different people can find something familiar in them. intersex, androgynous, otherkin, transgender... i think that queer people should stand together! and these queer friends are my example of that :] they're all different, but their differences make them stronger! wow that sounds cheezy. anyways, ummm, again, thank you everyone!!!
a honourable mention:
incredible post by @outer-head-space - this made me genuinely happy, and im pretty sure was one of the reasons that made the original post blow up!!! thank you so much, i still cant get enough of them!!!!!!! auughh kirliaaa🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹💝💝💝💝
