Hello Gelphie Nation! I know this isn’t a super shippy post but it is the gay as fuck witches so?
I hope you like it! If you’re interested in a blurb on my own pride that will be below the cut!
First, thank for clicking “more”!
My identity has been a rollercoaster.
In middle school I came out as a lesbian! My parents were very accepting and I am so fortunate in this. My heart goes out to all the people who don’t have supportive families - you are always welcome here!
From there it was a long journey and struggle inside my own mind on how I identified. I went back and forth between bisexual and lesbian so many times due to personal mental health issues. I have also debated my own gender enough on top of that. To be honest, there are still days where I fight myself.
But now, at the age of 22, I’ve landed on something that should be contradictory but to me it just makes sense!
As far as gender goes?
I identify as demigirl! It feels the most fitting for me. I am AFAB so this identity often feels like I’m just trying to be “special” or “different” but I’m really not! She/they are my pronouns! I am mostly comfortable in my body (which was a long journey in itself) and have no desire for surgery. But some days I wake up and wish I wasn’t seen as a woman and just a person? Words are hard and I’m describing this the best I can 🫠
Next!
I consider myself aroace! But also still a lesbian? I have been attracted to people in the past but it’s very touch and go. I think this may in part be because of my issues and personal traumas surrounding intimacy and love. All I know for sure is that I do still desire to have a relationship - a life partner - and that person would preferably be a woman :D
Sapphics bring me a lot of joy and comfort in a way that I couldn’t imagine my life and choice of partner being anything else.
So, bottom line is…
Identity, sexuality, gender is all very complex and nuanced. And if there’s anything I learned in my almost 10 years of identifying as queer in someway - I know myself best! What feels right to me shouldn’t be ignored and fought against to identify as something that “makes more logical sense”!
Just be you - even if who that is doesn’t always make sense to others and what they think of you.
Specifically about B team. Ramblings below, I guess.
Oh, this got kind of long.
FIS Squad Thoughts/Headcanons
This is definitely not because I saw this Tumblr post.
Shirabe was pretty reticent except with Kirika, and even then that was only because Kirika reached out to her first, so I wonder how she opened up to Maria and Serena.
"Maria was always the protector of the weak." is what Shirabe said in G, which makes sense since she's probably one of the older kids I wonder if Maria ever stepped up to take more punishments to spare the younger orphans.
Since Shirabe had retrograde amnesia and Kirika couldn't remember her birthday, they liked listening to Maria and Serena talk about their childhood in Ukraine. Maria especially misses the food, which is part of the reason why Shirabe got interested in learning to cook eventually.
Aside from the Apple lullaby, the four would make up songs to sing together. Sometimes the other orphans would join in, or at least listen.
Kirika memorizes every orphan's birthday (if they know it), and remembers them even after they've died or left the FIS.
Assuming LiNKER's been fed to the Receptor Children even before Ver started working with the FIS, it'll be similar to whatever formula Kanade was taking.
Serena has a natural high link coefficient and doesn't need LiNKER. Which means she always has to watch her sister, and the other FIS kids, struggle to equip a Symphogear at the cost of their health.
She probably tries to take it upon herself to complete more of the Gear tests in their place, even if she herself doesn't want to fight.
This is making me remember her final stand against the Nephilim and now I'm fucking sad.
I cannot imagine how important KiriShira were for Maria to get through the worst years of her life (losing Serena), which is probably also why the three are so close by G. Thinking about KiriShira holding onto Maria as they grow through their teenage years without Serena is also making me fucking emo.
Dango Trio 🍡 Thoughts/Headcanons (RIP Serena)
Post G/early GX once they're released from custody = actually eating normal meals + constant exercise training -> healthy fit bodies.
Post GX/pre AXZ KiriShira are even more surprised to see Maria returning from overseas just... bigger and buffer no this isn't my buff Maria agenda shh. The early 20s is like the best time to grow okay? I say as someone who is no longer in their early 20s.
The three of them talk through Kirika almost dying in AXZ. Girl tried killing herself in G and now this? Jesus.
These orphans cannot lose another sister THE FEELS
I don't give a fuck about XDU but the fact that it confirms these three call each other every day while Maria is abroad makes me ugly sob.
When KiriShira share how their school days at Lydian are, at first it's the honeymoon stage—all excited and happy that they even get to go to school. Then the homework and exams and strict teachers comes out and Maria has to occasionally remind them to remember to do their homework so it doesn't trouble Chis.
Maria secretly sighs in relief that she doesn't ever have to go through that. It sounds like hell.
Maria isn't in as many advertisements as her early years of rising fame pre-G, but the UN lets her model and advertise a little still. KiriShira buy most of the products; like facial care products and drinks (not the alcoholic ones, obviously). Mostly just to collect things Maria's face is on.
They do the same for things Tsubasa models in, to her honor (and embarrassment).
At some point, probably after AXZ when they all have more time, Genjuro organizes the three to go on a roadtrip around the US. He (and Maria) figures that it'd be good for them to actually enjoy the country beyond the confines of the research facility they were brought to for most of their childhoods.
I have a lot of thoughts on Dango Trio Roadtrip AU but I won't spam this post with it. The only thing I'll say is that Shirabe takes a lot of notes on the food and DMJII frequently check on Maria to make sure the driving isn't too tiring.
Also I want them to go camping together. Idk. Just all the vacations and bonding while enjoying their newfound freedom pls.
Every year Kirika and Shirabe check on Maria when it's Serena's birthday. If they're busy, they buy pudding and eat it together.
It's usually easier to buy, but one time Shirabe tries her hand at making caramel custard pudding herself. Kirika is the first to taste test, and eventually they show it to Maria. Unsurprisingly, she cries while eating it.
Finally watched Project Hail Mary for the first time and woowaoah truly one of those movies that makes the whole world feel different after watching it
bro i actually forgot just how insane and traumatizing the DSMP lore is like -
what do you MEAN my favorite character has been possessed twice, forced to eat parts of himself, chopped off his lover's arm, indirectly revived a dead man, and killed by his former lover ?????
AND THATS JUST ONE (arguably minor) CHARACTER ????
