#293.mao

[thepluralmaster]

To my canon self

“It’s okay, you don’t have to force yourself to be feminine when it hurts you.”

By: Mao Arimura (he/him)

For context, in canon I was revealed to experience gender dysphoria when puberty hits, and that’s why I wanted to be a masculine, prince-like idol. I never wanted to be feminine, and having my body change in that direction hurt me. However, Gakuen Idolmaster’s narrative frames me as a girl who uses masculinity as a shield to distance myself away from my “true” feminine nature. This is reflected everywhere in canon lore, including in the Fluorite MV, my main inspiration for this piece. Even when canon says I can be both masculine and feminine, the problem is that I never wanted to be both.

Whenever I’m reminded of canon, I can’t help but think that my canon self deserves better.

I’m the one on the left, and my canon self is on the right.

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Happy birthday to the most transmasc idol ever

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Sudden Koishi

(Artist: Mao Arimura, he/him, @fluorite-prince)

In the mood to do one of those plural comics. Still trying to figure stuff out for now with the drawing but I guess this turned out alright for a beginner

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It’s likely because 99.99% of us have human base identities, fictional or factual, but no matter what nonhuman kintypes we end up with, we can’t let go of our humanity. Being human is still very vital to who we are as people.

Even if we’re happy with our fully nonhuman form, we wouldn’t be happy if our human forms are taken away and our nonhuman forms become the only forms we can be. Those of us with partial nonhuman forms would sometimes even be uncomfortable taking the full form of their kintypes. We always feel that we fit in more easily with humans compared to nonhumans for various reasons. The list (likely) goes on

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Self-indulgent pride Mao icons!

(Transgender & Transmasc)

(Lesbian)

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Mao Arimura Idol Affinity Episode 3 in a nutshell (it goes downhill from there)

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Feeling sleepy? Can’t go to sleep right away because you’re still at work or for other reasons? Let someone else in your head take the wheel! Odds are they’re not as sleepy and will help you out until the body can sleep!

Disclaimer: Efficacy depends on each system and level of sleepiness. This method may not apply to every situation. Prolonged use may cause unwanted side effects on the body.

- Mao Arimura (he/him)

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Using FR’s morphology feature to create fandragons: ✅ (at first)

Using FR’s morphology to help our dragons visualize their dragon forms ✅ (post-syscovery)