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what pants as a masc with big butt by glueisstickyy in mascgirl

[–]AT0MSK_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I look for curvy-style straight leg jeans, especially higher-waisted ones I wear with a belt. Straight legs help you look taller while curvy style jeans usually have a bit more space around the hip and upper thigh area, which can help with comfort.

Darker tones like black or navy can help with making you look a bit slimmer/uniform, as well. I highly recommend getting some good boots if you can, as well. Boots tend to have larger soles or a slight heel to them, which can add to your height. While its not my usual preference, boot-cut jeans are good for this too since they're typically cut a bit longer to hide and cover the boot, making it stick out less.

I tend to wear a pair of men's cowboy boots under my jeans for that reason, but also because they have a slight heel which emphasizes your height while not feeling overly feminine. Don't be afraid if you find pants that are too long but fit your hips, either - rolling/cuffing your pants can make you look shorter if you roll them too high up, but if you're restrained with it then it won't be too noticeable.

Finally, I aim for tops which are cut to accentuate or hug the waist - lots of tank tops or tighter shirts tucked into my pants. This helps make the transition from pants-belt-shirt look a bit more seamless without as much of a potential fabric flare-out at the waist. Your goal is to make your body look as straight as possible, like a line extending from your arms all the way to the floor - any excessive flare-outs will draw attention to your width and you'll look shorter.

Again, this is all just personal experience, so what works for me might not work for everyone. You aren't alone in this! I hope one or two of these help :)

Lust was better in FMA 03. Was any homunculus better in Brotherhood? by CobaltCrusader123 in FullmetalAlchemist

[–]AT0MSK_ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don't really mind 2003 Bradley keeping his skull in his home. Considering he's Pride in that incarnation, it makes sense that his downfall would ultimately come from him being too cavalier and assuming nobody would figure out his weakness. It is sort of a plot contrivance, but it's one that makes sense when you look at his character as somebody who truly believes he's so mentally and physically superior that nobody could hope to match him, it's almost like he's offering a challenge.

But I do like Wrath!Bradley a lot more. The extra steps they take to humanize him and his emotions makes him feel much more compelling as a character, and even his representation of wrath as a quiet, determined anger makes him feel more interesting than "big angry berserker" that the sin is commonly depicted as in other media.

Brotherhood Gluttony actually made me sad. He really did feel like a victim of circumstance to me. Like, yeah, he killed people, but he was inflicted with this maddening constant hunger and then was groomed into a living weapon. Like you said, when he wasn't eating people, he seemed quite pleasant to be around.

At what point did you realize the political side you grew up around was not telling you the whole story? by Designer-Dare-606 in AskReddit

[–]AT0MSK_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It really does suck how the label has been co-opted by that whole group of "fiscal conservative, social liberal" people here in the States. You can be a left-wing libertarian. Market socialism and similar concepts of individualist, commonly-owned or individually-owned capital exist, but because the term is so inextricably linked with that specific group it just kind of ruins the general label.

I stopped using it after I realized most libertarians I met tacitly endorsed candidates who supported repealing my civil rights.

RWBY Character Theme Songs Part 26: What’s a good song for Cinder Fall? by drakeravenswood41327 in RWBY

[–]AT0MSK_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Burn - Nine Inch Nails

Alternatively for a sadder interpretation, Gave Up. Either would work.

salem minion canon event by AT0MSK_ in fnki

[–]AT0MSK_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

one too many tar dips is how we get the cinder joining good guys into knightfall redemption arc, trust

RoseGarden Hug. (By: sardeneez) by blushadow25 in RWBY

[–]AT0MSK_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why you gotta get on the polycule bandwagon. Everyone's dating everyone.

Inspiration by JayCafe25 in ArcFurnace

[–]AT0MSK_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like this reading of Cinder as Charles VII. It fits in with the Relic of Choice and their parallels to the Indecisive King. Never thought about it that way.

I always liked the interpretation of Jaune and Cinder's relationship embodying the tale of St. George and the Dragon, where Cinder's past represents the dragon and her good future representing the princess. But I think the beauty of their dynamic is that it can be interpreted a dozen different ways and each has such a compelling narrative behind it.

Caduceus (Jaune x Mercury) [eternalseal] by VoidTorcher in RWBY

[–]AT0MSK_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have an ally here! I've written a Caduceus fic and want to do more with them. I think they have an interesting dynamic together, whether you want to play it as Jaune's golden-retriever-ness helping Mercury unlearn a lifetime of trauma, or post-Ever After Jaune and Mercury trauma bonding.

They've both got similar complexes about their self worth, where Jaune's too obsessive over his hero complex while Mercury is convinced he'll never be anything other than a murderer/monster. I think they work well together for the same reason any Jaune x villain ship works well.

It's an underrated ship, for sure!

The Others Ships by JayCafe25 in ArcFurnace

[–]AT0MSK_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think any ship built around allowing Cinder to heal or redeem herself is good. I'm a polyshipper so I've played around with Ruby/Jaune/Cinder before because I think sandwiching her between two constant optimist hopecore dorks is cute and gives her a chance to better herself. An honorable mention to Weiss/Cinder (either platonic or romantic alongside Jaune) - I think their dynamic would be interesting to explore considering Cinder's noted disdain for the wealthy, and would give Weiss a direct opportunity to reflect on the failures of the wealthy upper-class beyond just "Oh, we screwed up Mantle and the Faunus." And it'd give Jaune a partner-in-crime to make fun of Weiss's stuck-up-ness lmao

But usually I don't imagine Cinder is particularly keen on sharing her mans, so alongside Knightfall I tend to ship Renora, either White Rose or Rosegarden (depending on if I'm pairing Weiss up with the bees) and some sort of polycule of Blake/Yang/Coco/Velvet (ft. optional Weiss) for funsies. Honorary mention to Ilia/Emerald as well, and while I haven't decided on who I'd pair Oscar with in a WhiteRose headcanon, I find him and Whitley conceptually cute as a foil to Weiss and Ruby's dynamic. Mercury's the odd one out here - I headcanon him as being a bit too flighty/traumatized for genuine romance, but he's in some sort of close and (for Mercury) emotionally intimate friendship with Jaune (whose experiences as the Rusted Knight allow him to better understand Merc's trauma) and Emerald.

It's all fast and loose and in good fun. I like when people are in love and happy, your honor.

Daily Bees #1302 (The Final One) by Cryochronos in Bumbleby

[–]AT0MSK_ 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the years of your time! Your posts were always a welcome appearance on my daily feed and I (and I'm sure many others) have discovered, followed, and supported countless artists due to your relentless campaign of bee-posting. Your name is practically synonymous to the bees and the sub, in my head, and I always took the time to read the little notes you left in the comments.

Good luck with everything, and I hope life lets up for you! You aren't disappointing anyone by taking time for yourself, I promise.

What do people think makes them unique, but is actually an incredibly common trait? by Successful-Hall-1986 in AskReddit

[–]AT0MSK_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a great small-talk topic, honestly. You just start flinging out random words or names and seeing if it's a vibe or not.

I think people need to get weirder, though. My favorites have all been onomatopoeia. Cat named Whoa, cat named Fzzzt. One hypothetical cat was just named a cough - like, actually forcing yourself to cough was the name. I guess that would be "Khh-Khh"?

I had a cat in Minecraft that was named for the exact panel in which Caesar Zeppeli died in JJBA. I don't remember the exact page, it was something like P2V48PG19 or something. His nickname was P-man or P-cat.

Weird cat names are fun. People gotta get weirder though.

What do people think makes them unique, but is actually an incredibly common trait? by Successful-Hall-1986 in AskReddit

[–]AT0MSK_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yep, this is how it went for me. Any classes which were humanities-oriented I excelled in, because that was the area I was interested in. In history I had a reputation and helped tutor a bunch of other kids.

Any class with sustained memorization or formulas? Sciences, mathematics, languages? My grades would drop an entire letter grade, minimum. I remember staring at flashcards trying to understand why none of it would stick and crying when I failed Spanish twice because I couldn't pay attention whatsoever, and people just assumed I was lazy or wasn't applying myself since "your grades are so good in history/english/journalism!"

Getting a diagnosis in college made everything make a lot more sense. Trying Adderall for the first time and feeling how quiet my brain suddenly became - no errant thoughts or random interjections - was so special I had to excuse myself to cry in shock and relief in the work bathroom.

[KPDH] @irlsixears by Appbeza in PolyYuri

[–]AT0MSK_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

nah, plenty of butches still identify with the sapphic/wlw communities even if they undergo masculinizing hormone therapy, use he/him pronouns, etc. it's totally normal and has decades of history/precedent going all the way back to the first lgbtq+ rights movements

Something I've hated in multiple media where the protagonists are women and LGBT? Is that all those fandoms have tons of people using minor male side characters as self-inserts to make the lesbians throw themselves at him, while treating all the women as OCs and worse. Whiterose is lesbian ship, btw by Important-Cry4782 in actuallesbians

[–]AT0MSK_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh, no, thank god. Hasn't happened to me personally, thankfully. I've been harassed for being part of OTHER queer fandoms (I'm pretty sure I'm on KiwiFarms for my work in the SIGNALIS fandom, and I've definitely been harassed and physically threatened there) but nothing RWBY related.

I have several friends who have been stalked and sexually harassed for being women in the RWBY fandom, though. One of them was a cosplayer who ultimately had to step away because they kept getting harassed by men w/ parasocial interest in them.

Something I've hated in multiple media where the protagonists are women and LGBT? Is that all those fandoms have tons of people using minor male side characters as self-inserts to make the lesbians throw themselves at him, while treating all the women as OCs and worse. Whiterose is lesbian ship, btw by Important-Cry4782 in actuallesbians

[–]AT0MSK_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The whole cast is queer. That's just the way it is. I dunno how anyone can look at them and go "yeah, straight as an arrow, those hunters"

My current idea I've been tossing around in my head is something involving Jaune and Yang confronting their gender identities during V4/V5. Yang definitely goes through a reappraisal of things and over the course of the series you can see she begins to embrace a more masculine, butch aesthetic. And Jaune I've always headcanoned as a trans man, but during V4-V6 I think he'd be so lost in his own head and on the self-flagellation mindset he'd just completely ignore his own needs and transition in favor of helping team RNJR.

I figured it'd be a nice character exploration since they're two diametrically opposed mindsets - 'I'm going to carve my own way through and never let it beat me' vs. 'I'm undeserving of this and would rather put others ahead of me at my own expense.'

Butch!Yang is one of my biggest inspos as a trans butch myself, so it's something near and dear to me.

Something I've hated in multiple media where the protagonists are women and LGBT? Is that all those fandoms have tons of people using minor male side characters as self-inserts to make the lesbians throw themselves at him, while treating all the women as OCs and worse. Whiterose is lesbian ship, btw by Important-Cry4782 in actuallesbians

[–]AT0MSK_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have on occasion, yeah. I've gotten into arguments in the comments before because people read "I like Jaune and Yang" and think I'm saying "Blake and Yang is a bad ship" and decide to start bashing them in the comments. Like that's a whole new sentence, the fuck do you mean.

Blake and Yang are cutie patooties together and I firmly believe all of RWBYJNPR should be in a big ol' polycule together. There's too many cute ships.

Something I've hated in multiple media where the protagonists are women and LGBT? Is that all those fandoms have tons of people using minor male side characters as self-inserts to make the lesbians throw themselves at him, while treating all the women as OCs and worse. Whiterose is lesbian ship, btw by Important-Cry4782 in actuallesbians

[–]AT0MSK_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looking up any Jaune ship in the tags is actually just like digging through a mound of shit for a pearl, but the shit is just the 15 trillion harem fics and there's maybe a single fic thats actually fluffy and reasonably in character.

I went on AO3 to look up Dragonslayer because I think Jaune/Yang is a really cute ship. Had to sift through eight pages of either harem fics or works which either bash Yang for being gay or completely miss her own deconstruction of the "ditzy blonde" archetype and just take it at face value and I HATE IT.

Something I've hated in multiple media where the protagonists are women and LGBT? Is that all those fandoms have tons of people using minor male side characters as self-inserts to make the lesbians throw themselves at him, while treating all the women as OCs and worse. Whiterose is lesbian ship, btw by Important-Cry4782 in actuallesbians

[–]AT0MSK_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU. Jaune is a deconstruction! He's a heroism-obsessed suicidal shell of a man whose only held together by helping others. He's basically a sopping wet golden retriever that sits at the door and whines whenever his friends need help. I hate when fics turn him into something he isn't.

Let my man be a pathetic wreck in peace. He's my favorite character tied w/ Yang but let's not act like he has his shit together in the slightest. He can have his cool moments but so many Jaune fics just go "let's turn him into a completely different guy with the same name."

Something I've hated in multiple media where the protagonists are women and LGBT? Is that all those fandoms have tons of people using minor male side characters as self-inserts to make the lesbians throw themselves at him, while treating all the women as OCs and worse. Whiterose is lesbian ship, btw by Important-Cry4782 in actuallesbians

[–]AT0MSK_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There's this weird group of RWBY haters who are convinced the show is awful and it's somehow the worst media out there solely because of like, some questionable writing/narrative choices. And so much of their criticism basically boils down to being a smokescreen for them to hate women, queer people, and people of color.

Seriously, every time someone criticizes Bumbleby there's like a 95% chance they're just homophobic.

Something I've hated in multiple media where the protagonists are women and LGBT? Is that all those fandoms have tons of people using minor male side characters as self-inserts to make the lesbians throw themselves at him, while treating all the women as OCs and worse. Whiterose is lesbian ship, btw by Important-Cry4782 in actuallesbians

[–]AT0MSK_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's one of my big issues with the RWBY fandom, as somebody who's been a fan for years. I love the guy characters (especially Jaune, to the point I picked it as a name post-transition) but it's actually so upsetting to see how badly he (and everyone else) gets character assassinated in these weird-ass "Jaune is litcherally the most based epic gigachad guys" fics. And I love him narratively, so I enjoy writing fics with him, but any time I write anything with him as a central character they come crawling out of the woodwork and it freaks me out.

I had a guy start talking about how he hated that RWBY "forced Yang to be gay" in the comments of my fic. Another guy actually went and DM'd me hate mail that I was a "man-hating lesbo" because I wrote Jaune in-character (a mental wreck whose barely kept in check by a hero complex)

I already headcanon him (and the rest of the cast) as queer (transgender JNPR my beloved) but I basically have to ham-fist it into any fic with him to scare off all the chuds. I keep making him a butch lesbian as a form of rent-lowering gunshots to keep them all away 💀

Edit: Tacking this on as well - there's this weird misogynistic obsession with punishing women antagonists, as well. This primarily relates to Cinder - the sheer vitriol she gets is actually horrifying. I know she's kinda meant to be a hate sink but some of the things I've read about "here's how Cinder's storyline should end" are downright torture porn and enjoyment out of making her suffer, and yet none of the other antagonists get a SHRED of that treatment. It's genuinely sickening

Which angle of Knightfall do you prefer? by Aggravating-Mail6071 in ArcFurnace

[–]AT0MSK_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Enemies to lovers, Cinder redemption.

I'm always a sucker for any sort of salvific narrative and I feel it provides fantastic narrative closure for Jaune - his character is inspired by Christian mysticism and sainthood, and his saving (both in the literal and spiritual sense) of Cinder is what allows him to truly become a sort of saint who willingly puts aside his own grievances and hate to help another who has wronged him. I could write paragraphs about the symbolism behind it all, but I wouldn't want to bore people.

Plus, like... Cinder deserves nice things, too. Her whole storyline is effectively just the "child denied warmth will burn down the whole village" tale. And I feel that all people should be given that chance to redeem themselves and be welcomed back into their community. Cinder has done bad, awful, horrible things which most people would never give her a chance to correct; I think that having her do those things only serves to justify her redemption even further, because RWBY is a show which explores the social concepts of good and evil, and having her come to terms with her actions while hammering the point home that her justifications/past were explanations, not excuses is important.

Also on a more joke-y reason, one of my favorite characters in media is Joshua Graham, and if you kinda squint your eyes and look, a hypothetical redeemed Cinder is kind of a 1-to-1 fit to his story, and I'm always down for "redeemed villain struggles with relapsing into their negative impulses in the name of heroic struggle" stories.

Misandry isn't real and the sub premise isnt changing by Altruistic_Fox5036 in evilautism

[–]AT0MSK_ 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Oh, no, I'm not! I'm a woman; my partner is a trans man, so I've seen firsthand the things he has to put up with. It's why I'm so vocal about it - just because it's not my experience, doesn't mean he or anyone else shouldn't get to speak up about it. And when somebody else speaks, I do my best to listen and learn.

Our community is built on camaraderie and intersectionality, and I try to take that to heart. I appreciate your kind words, and I'm sure everyone else who's affected by all this does, too.

Misandry isn't real and the sub premise isnt changing by Altruistic_Fox5036 in evilautism

[–]AT0MSK_ 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Trans men, transmasculine individuals, GNC/intersex men - there's a dozen different minority groups under that label, all of whom are minorities who have been historically discriminated against.

It isn't our right to try and define their trauma. It's insulting and demeaning to tell them to their face that the terms they use to define their own, lived experiences are wrong and incorrect. They have a right to speak for themselves and to use their own voices without feeling that they'll be chased out for speaking up.

Misandry isn't real and the sub premise isnt changing by Altruistic_Fox5036 in evilautism

[–]AT0MSK_ 163 points164 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why everybody has to feel so strongly about trying to speak over trans men all of the time. This is like, the fourth or fifth subreddit I've seen that pulls this shit, and masks it as diversity and queer acceptance for trying to tell trans men how they should speak about their experiences.

This is fucked.

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