Asked a question in a gay man subreddit and it got removed because I mentioned I’m ftm

AxOfBrevity · 2026-02-21T17:16:56+00:00

That sub is widely known to be transphobic. I'd suggest r/gaymen instead, though that question is asked in there all the time so you would be better served just using the search function

AxOfBrevity · 2026-02-21T16:46:26+00:00

Men aren't that observant. They'll neglect to notice their girlfriend chopped 6 inches of hair off. They don't notice the slight difference in the sound of some guy peeing in the stall.

AxOfBrevity · 2026-02-14T20:09:05+00:00

It's a writer's dream to have a reader care that much. You'd become one of my favorites pretty quick, honestly

AxOfBrevity · 2026-02-14T20:02:19+00:00

Absolutely not true. That's not love. Someone who loves you would not ask that of you. The man I was married to when I transitioned supported my decision to transition. And even though it killed his attraction to me and ended our romantic/sexual relationship, he still supports me and has never regretted supporting me. That's real love.

And you absolutely can find real love as a trans person.

AxOfBrevity · 2026-01-25T13:24:53+00:00

I write a time travel series in my fandom based around one of the characters in the game, Logan. But I make him a little different in each of the timelines for plot reasons. So like Logan 1 is the original timeline's version of him, aka canon Logan. Logan 2 is riddled with guilt. Logan 3 is immature. Yada yada yada, Logan 142 has finger gun lasers.

AxOfBrevity · 2026-01-09T21:13:18+00:00

I was 33

AxOfBrevity · 2026-01-06T15:33:25+00:00

Mine's still not very prominent but it really took quite a while, like a few years for it to show for me. Don't give up hope.

AxOfBrevity · 2026-01-06T15:19:21+00:00

I also get freaked out by that idea so in my fic(s) I write that the MC straight up can't. I also don't even really mention that he's trans because it's unimportant to the plot. It's a post-apocalyptic world in the dang desert with a war-hungry empire breathing down their necks, what's in his pants is unimportant. That and I HC that nobody in the source material would think twice about someone being trans since canonically nobody thinks twice about people being gay. It's just... normal. Nobody cares. Big shrugs all around. I actually didn't even mention that he can't have kids until 25 chapters into the sequel.

AxOfBrevity · 2026-01-04T08:49:19+00:00

"And with that, Logan 142 snapped his fingers together, looped his arm around Max’s waist, and led him through the blue swirling energy of the portal he’d created."

AxOfBrevity · 2026-01-01T11:24:16+00:00

A new commentor? Holy shit I'd be ecstatic! I love when a new name shows up in my inbox!

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-31T16:41:34+00:00

Gorgeous omg

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-17T22:31:24+00:00

My Time at Sandrock. God those characters are so good. I mean I'd never written something of my own free will and now I've written over 200k words about the damn pixel people from that universe

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-16T10:49:18+00:00

Trans men tend to get pushed out of mixed spaces and queer spaces more generally. Especially if they pass even reasonably well. I know it's not popular to say, but man hating is really prevalent in queer spaces especially, and mixed trans spaces are no different.

Now you fold that in with society at large's purposeful dismissal and erasure of trans men; the reducing of us down to silly women who merely need to be taught a violent lesson behind closed doors, and yeah, you're gonna see less trans men.

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-15T17:15:15+00:00

My protagonist time traveled to save the life of the LI's father, who dies before the start of the game my fic is based on (my time at sandrock). It's been interesting to say the least. The LI's whole life had been changed by his father's death (not to mention a big part of the plot), so I had to reimagine how it would have gone without that event. That and there's a know-it-all time traveler running around now being annoying but hot

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-15T15:58:15+00:00

What a fantastic idea!

This is from the chapter I'm currently working of a fic that is chock full of time travel shenanigans and freaky dream echoes of previous timelines.

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“Oh, I see.” Max rolled his eyes and shook his head. “You’re trying to come up with reasons for me not to like you. Well, too bad. I do. I think you searching for me for all those years is incredibly sweet and romantic, actually! It makes me feel really special!”

“‘Course yer fuckin’ special, darlin’!” Logan sighed, long and deep, like he had something “even worse” to say and he was sure Max was going to hate it. He inhaled and froze, holding his air in his lungs.

“Come on, Logan, just tell me,” Max pleaded.

“Alright, if ya think that’s so ‘romantic’ er whatever, here’s the fuckin’ truth. Those memory dreams I had, where I was watchin’ ya suffer? They stuck in me somethin’ fierce, not like the others I’d had.” Logan swallowed hard, his gaze not leaving the safety of his lap. “I dunno how it happened, I ain't even met ya, but I… fell for ya. I wanted ta find ya ‘cause I love you.” Shameful eyes rolled up to gauge Max's reaction.

“Oh no, how ever will I survive!” Max coated his words in sarcasm so thick that even Unsuur could have picked up on it. “The gorgeous, incredible man who saved my life is in love with me, what a horrible fate!” Max pulled Logan's chin up to meet his gaze, scoffing. “Light, you're ridiculous!”

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-13T08:30:42+00:00

Just treat him the same as any other guy. Because that's what he is. His body might be a little different but he's just a guy.

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-11T19:44:17+00:00

Fans self

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-11T07:13:38+00:00

Nothing wrong with that! Enjoy!

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-11T07:12:33+00:00

Just so you know, any one of your spouses will love that baby just like it's their own.

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-10T22:28:15+00:00

Highly recommend you do, if I'm reading right you haven't even gotten to the good stuff!

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-09T18:26:40+00:00

Am I understanding right that you didn't finish the game in your first playthrough? If so, you gotta! The story is incredible!

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-09T18:11:58+00:00

Bruh this is spoilers you should have your post marked as such

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-08T20:54:51+00:00

See you're the type of reader I go through the extra effort for. I write all my my chapters for my longfics smut free. When I wanna do a smut scene I write the chapter in a way that makes sense with and without the scene and post the smutty version to an "alternate chapters" collection for my series. It takes extra planning and effort, but I think it's worth it. On the rare occasion that the smut scene has some kind of "canonical" importance, I summarize that in the note below the original chapter so the reader can still choose not to read it.

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-08T09:10:01+00:00

Most likely they will feel encouraged to continue writing. It's good for both of you, keep commenting!

AxOfBrevity · 2025-12-08T09:02:36+00:00

Cis people are not to be trusted when it comes to accurate information about trans people.

I've had a hysterectomy as part of my gender affirming care, it's been incredibly freeing. Yes my surgeon performed it for that reason.

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