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꧁✬◦°⋆⋆°◦."𝕯𝖔 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖇𝖊 𝖆𝖋𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖉. 𝕴 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖜𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖙𝖔 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖙." ◦°⋆⋆°◦✬꧂ 𝓖𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓿𝔂𝓷:

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˚ 𝜗𝜚˚⋆｡☆𝒢𝒾𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓋𝓎𝓃 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒸𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓃𝓈⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪

⊱❀⊰ giannovyn w transmasc vyn ⊱❀⊰

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝓰𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓿𝔂𝓷 𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓯𝓲𝓬⋆ 𐙚 ̊.

𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖚𝖘 𝖁𝖔𝖓 𝕳𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖓:

✩⁺₊✩☽⋆𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖚𝖘 𝖝 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖗 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖗⋆☾✩⁺₊✩

𝓐𝓭𝓳𝓾𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓸𝓻 𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮:

Prologue

First Meeting

#pinned post #masterlist

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The intersex elephant that needs to be addressed.

Intersex people are often times not spoken about in the LGBTQIA+ community, despite the fact that we’re the sixth letter in it. The reason? I have no idea, especially when intersex people are arguably one of the best arguments when defending the rest of the community; The concept of gender truly does mean nothing, and consulting your genes does not secure the binary.

You’d think we’d be happy for any representation. So why are so many intersex characters considered “problematic” to us?

Here’s the honest truth; The old term no longer used for intersex people is “hermaphrodite”, which was used to describe someone born between sexes, specifically when they had mixed genitalia. This term has since been deemed problematic and is no longer used.

But why?

The truth is, being intersex, or existing between sexes, is a massive spectrum. Will some people have mixed genitalia? Yes. Will some of them appear as androgynous? Yes. Will some of them have had an invasive surgery to make their genitals appear non-mixed? Unfortunately, yes. That is a thing that some of us experience. But for many others, intersex means naturally mixed hormones, chromosomes, or secondary sex characteristics (outwardly identifiable gender features such as: beard, breasts, fat distribution, etc.). For some people, you would never know they’re intersex just by looking at them. Intersex does not have a look, and it goes far beyond genitals.

And yet, every intersex character is the same; Mixed genitals, possible traumatic backstory of a forced surgery, and/or used as a fetish means to make a woman get someone pregnant, or for a man to get pregnant or have a menstrual cycle.

Even and sometimes especially within the LGBTQIA+ community, we’re still reduced to a fetish. We’re talked about like some proverbial possibility. A mythical creature that can technically happen, but that you probably won’t meet in real life. Just as an example, the tag “weird biology” is almost always included in fan fictions that feature intersex characters, and we’re never included unless it’s in a story that includes smut or discusses reproduction.

Everyone can understand that reducing a trans person to their genitals isn’t okay, but that thought suddenly goes out the window with intersex people.

And then there’s also the matter of character trauma. When we aren’t reduced to sexual objects, we’re reduced to genital trauma. It’s a tale as old as time (or at least as old as AO3); A character who thought they were genetically binary finds out they’re intersex, and then finds out a surgery was done without their knowledge as a child. This then massively drives a rift between them and their parents, leaving them to cope with their bodily trauma as they stumble through their identity. Does this happen? Yes. Is it every intersex person? No. So why is it every character?

Time and time again, when I’ve addressed creators on why they want to give their intersex characters this backstory, the response is almost always the same: “I want to explore trauma with them. It feels pretty central to their character, so this route of the intersex experience feels right.” But what I want to know is: Who told them this is the only trauma an intersex person can experience?

Intersex people without mixed genitalia will be told their hormones are off and forced onto medicine that alters them physically and emotionally. Intersex teenagers will go through puberties they were not told to expect, such as AFAB voices cracking and lowering or AMAB bodies developing breast tissue, both of which can cause bullying from peers. Reproductive disorders caused by mixed hormones can lead to infertility and painful or embarrassing doctor visits.

Why don’t we see these stories in fiction? Because they aren’t told in fiction. When you never see anything other than one specific existence portrayed, people become convinced that’s all there is. As a result, that’s all they know of being intersex, which affects how much will be known and accepted by them and their peers. An uninformed populace also makes it easier for intersex people themselves to go uninformed, causing shame and confusion in many cases.

There is more than one way to be intersex, and we deserve to not be reduced to trauma, sex, and genitals.

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Just want to add... Sometimes people don't find out they are IS until much, MUCH later in life, and it's not because they weren't told, but because it wasn't known. At all. By anyone. How they find out is often associated with reproduction issues, but it's not always the case.

I know of at least one historical figure who never knew in life; they weren't discovered to be IS until an autopsy was preformed. (I don't remember who they were, unfortunately; it was quite a while ago.)

And sometimes, finding out isn't a big deal. It's not always a terrible dramatic event. Sometimes it's just a mundane little bit of trivia one finds out about themself. It can even be something to celebrate for some people, in a self love/body positive way.

My point is, being IS does not have to come with inherent misery. IS characters don't have to be victims.

EDIT: Yes, people with PCOS/PMOS are largely accepted by the intersex community.

I suspect that part of the reason it's not recognized by the medical field as a DSD is because PCOS/PMOS is somewhat common. You wouldn't want to disrupt the status quo by saying such a large portion of the population doesn't fit neatly into one of the two boxes we've manufactured, would you?!

... Also, TERFS love to pit IS people against trans people, but they don't actually care about us. I know this because when it is suggested that PCOS/PMOS is intersex, they're all "no, I'm a (real) woman!!!1111" implying IS women are fake. Never seen any comments about IS men, NBs, or IS trans people (i'm sure there are such comments) , but I'm not about to let it go... Sorry, this kind of thing really ticks me off.

morning/afternoon/night to alll ^^

as of officially today there is 19 days until tot 6th anni :> and this is our special vyn media for today!!:

It’s the ‘Vyn wants to say…’ media! genuinely thats what they call it in the wiki so LMAO and this is really sweet omg vyn my beloved

#sighhh vyn richter the man u are #tot #vyn richter #tears of themis #tot vyn #mo yi #tears of themis vyn #tot anniversary countdown #moritsuki rei

finally fixed the masterlist links and felt rlly nostalgic looking back on old vyn stuff i did/reblogged

#this blog is essentially my vyn echo chamber lmao and i couldn’t be happier :’D #sighh it’s just so nice to do stuff like this #also horriblt sorry for the lack of fics made #life gets to me

howwww the fuck does this work

#HELPME

is it ass yea probably but also shrugs

im gonna do another url change and use THIS url for a sideblog stay tuned everyone

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In a tweet, Shun'ichi Toki stated that he thinks if Rui had a partner Pokemon, it would be Blacephalon (JP: Zugadoon).

In a following tweet, he gave a list of what he thinks Rui's team would be if he was a Pokemon champion. The Pokemon he listed were Magearna, Revavroom (Burororoom), Golurk (Goloog), Iron Bundle (Tetsunotsutsumi), Klinklang (Gigigiaru), and Blacephalon (Zugadoon).

#blacephalon is actually a pretty fitting choice #since it obviously has the circus/preformer aesthetic #and the fact its an ultra beast and not necessarily a Pokemon #like how rui is basically ostracized for being too weird and unique #and also im pretty sure blacephalon also tries to put on like the most flashiest show possible #which again parallels rui drive to creating better shows

aropride

please god let chatgpt die out like nfts did. With a fast and graceless fall into irrelevancy

bladespark

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

atwotonedbird

This spell has a very low hit ratio, so we need a lot of us to do it.

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Rest in peace Akihiro Miwa (1935-2026)

I haven't seen anyone talking about this and just wanted to make a quick post on here.

Akihiro Miwa recently passed away peacefully june 20th, and was not only a drag queen and a queer icon, but also the japanese voice of Arceus in the movie Arceus and the jewel of life, as well as the witch from Howl's moving castle and Moro from Princess Mononoke.

Rest in peace and thank you for the wonderfull impact you made in this world.

#SHE VOICED ARCEUS??????#AND THE WITCH FROM HMC????????

gooodd morning everyone, i almost completely forgot to do this HELPP

as of officially today there is 20 days until tot 6th anni :> and this is our special vyn media for today!!:

we have a mini character portrait :D look at him….just a lil guy…

#im so tired from yesterday omg #tears of themis #vyn richter #tot #tot vyn #mo yi #tears of themis vyn #tot anniversary countdown #moritsuki rei

jlaudio

i get you want to enjoy the thing you like. i really do. but like Sometimes the thing you like is inherently discriminatory in its very foundations and there's no amount of silly trans headcanons or redesigns you can make that should simply let you ignore this

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As a reminder, July is disability pride month! This pride month, I want us to especially think of:

Those with long-term/worsened disabilities because of their parents telling them to just work through it/get over it/"it's not that bad"

Those with disabilities stemming from childhood abuse

Those who know that they're disabled or suspect such, but can't get it diagnosed or checked out because of their parents/guardians disapproving

Those who know/suspect that they're disabled, but won't be diagnosed or checked out because they're "too young"

Those who struggle in or had to drop out of the harsh and mostly unaccommodating school system because of their disability or disabilities

Those who were lied to or not told they were disabled growing up so they could be raised "normal"

Those who have their privacy and autonomy violated as a combination of being disabled and being a child, as both of those groups are seen as not deserving their autonomy

Those who are disabled or had their disability (or disabilities) worsened because of the school system pushing them too far

Those who feel that they can never be one of the "normal" kids and that they'll always be isolated because of their disability or disabilities

Disabled folks who don't know or didn't know much about their disability as a kid because doctors would only explain to the parents/caretakers and no one bothered to talk to you

All disabled children having to deal with the intersectuality of being oppressed by both ableism and adultism.

Happy disability pride month and please start treating children and disabled people with basic respect and dignity!! They are autonomous beings! Act like it!