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Yuzurenai discussion 05 Aug 18:57
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my kokoro was brokero

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Image Comments 29 Jul 19:24
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the thing Nora posted isn't on Dynasty

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I wouldn't call it yuri bait. Implicit romance is a thing. Also they literally made out several times.

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I'm laughing my ass off at the slurp sound effect

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I love fantasy absurdist trans lesbian positivity

Not sure if that would be appopirate here since we never see the MC as a male in female clothes. Gender Bender fits just fine.

With all due respect, you don't seem to know what "transgender" is

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Ohoho, the plot thickens. I'm glad the secret turned out to be internal angst and not something like, a murder or whatever.

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Yeah, there's something here and there, but the trans canon is overwhelmingly about suffering. Which is important too, but there is definitely more to be written about than that. The positive stuff is out there, but it's hard to find. The only example of a trans character closest to having no trans-angst in manga or anime I can think of is Lily from Zombieland Saga (which even that has, but it's a relatively minor aspect of the character).

Some good stuff is in western comics. May I recommend Goodbye To Halos? It's a delightful fantasy comic with a trans girl protagonist. (For this sort of stuff, independent webcomics are probably our best bet.) Some other trans characters in western comics: Blaze from Jem and the Holograms, Braga from Rat Queens, Petrichor from Saga, Rosemaster from Cucumber Quest, and Jo from Lumberjanes. Sorry they're all trans women, trans men are wildly underrepresented.

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Image Comments 29 Jun 13:32
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NUTS AND DOLTS!!! NUTS AND DOLTS!!!

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ARE YOU A SPY

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I think it's still going strong, given the interactions they had last season. tho tbh I'm just happy people are still making doujins, I was beginning to feel like the artistic side of the fandom had lost steam

re: multiple gay ships - I'm choosing to be optimistic that one gay pair means another won't happen. I mean, the show's only gotten more explicitly queer over the last two seasons. I think Saphron and Terra were made gay to signal that Ilia wasn't the end of the gay train. (and although the canonicity of the doujin collections isn't sturdy, Scarlet practically describes himself as gay in one of them)

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Image Comments 22 Jun 18:52
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"posh" is less "classy" and more like "fancy", sometimes with connotations of "snobbish"

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the realistic art style really goes well with the cartoonish reactions of the older brother. I'm looking forward to this!

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Late to the party, but to further comment on "What is being non-binary like?":

It's a difficult question to answer because "enbie" (short for non-binary) is an umbrella term for a very broad set of identities and circumstances. For Makoto, they didn't want to be bound in male expression, which is a pretty big issue because of the nature of masculine expectations for AMAB people. For Yuuko, their largest concerns were more about recognition, acknowledgement, and respect. While Makoto had more institutional hoops to jump through, both they and Yuuko had to deal with constant erasure.

Some enbies want to medically transition, and some do not. Some are comfortable with gendered clothing, while some much prefer androgynous dress. Some don't care that much about pronouns, some care a lot. We are a very diverse group with many unique experiences. Medical rights, marriage rights, the right to self-expression, are things that can affect enbie people, but they don't affect us all equally. But that's okay, because no group is homogeneous and education should be considered important when talking about any group.

There is also an element of colonialism that should be discussed: historically, many cultures had non-binary genders that were suppressed due to European colonization. Probably the most famous groups are two-spirit people of various First Nations, and the hijra of South Asia. For for some people, recognition of their identity is not just about queer identity, but about decolonization as well.

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This is why Pride is important. Such a great short story

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crosses fingers poly love triangle

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Aki, let the gay flow through you

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man, the writing in this one was some of my favorite among most of the yuri manga I've read recently, but learning that it turns out to not get a yuri ending and that there's just more het on the horizon is actually devastating. well, I'm glad I had it spoiled for me and didn't keep myself on edge with the hoping.

Darn, that kinda sucks. At least for a het romance it's very different and interesting. Rintarou is kinda average looking but with a sincere and kind personality, a nice departure from typical men in romance, which too often are either prince archetypes which are vain and shallow, or rebel archetypes which are often abusive or nearly so.

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I really appreciate a character who's like, really butch. Usually tomboys are the closest we get. (Which are great too! It's just nice to see the full spectrum of female expression.)

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Yet another trans lesbian here. (lmao there sure are a lot of us, huh?) I agree with Samcaesar, it doesn't seem to me that she's drawn to appear very masculine. Depictions of trans women as being super masculine are definitely harmful, but nothing about Akira shouts "masc" to me. Taller than her cis female peers, but that's hardly a crime.

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Yeah I'm getting the feeling that Hime is gonna come out as trans too. It'll be cute and interesting to have a manga that has both transfem and transmasc characters

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critical support for tomboys and butches

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"You could say we're lifemates!" lmao girl can you get any gayer

also yay, new lesbian friends!

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Aki's name means "autumn" and it's kind of specifically not at animal name, so I think she's going to stay a non-animal to help contrast with everyone else.

Oneekoyama confirmed for lesbian lol

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Image Comments 27 Jan 21:51
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I am eager for all the bee fanart that is bound to come flooding everywhere

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The prodigal daughters return triumphantly.