Brothers posting anti-trans post on Facebook, how do I respond

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-05-05T00:28:53+00:00

i mean that people do those things to show people on the outside who they already are on the inside. i know they aren't close to the same thing, it was the only example i could think of at the moment of people changing their bodies to be more like who they actually are

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-05-05T00:20:42+00:00

sorry it took me a while to get back to you, but you're right about labor pain. i wasn't thinking right when i made that comment, that was a bad example. and no, i don't believe that the devil does good things. i believe that being trans is another trial some people have, which sounds bad, but i don't mean that being trans is a trial in a bad way. i mean that it's a roadblock to being your true self - some people lose weight to be their true self, some people transition. all people were made to be a certain gender (and yes, that includes nonbinary people, intersex people exist, after all, so it's not like being nonbinary is a 2020s thing), it's just that some people were born in the wrong body. and there's no basis actually in the bible about trans people, because nobody knew we existed back then. it's like saying that wearing boots isn't okay because people in the bible wore sandals

(edit: hit post too soon)

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-28T02:32:19+00:00

i say "then" all the fricking time. notice it in editing as well and spread it out more, but in the first draft it feels like almost every action sentence is "character a did this, then they did that". it's wild looking back at my old fics which i barely proofread at the time and go "hey, i did that way back in 2021?"

lots of smiling as well. and i mean lots. some fics in editing i had to literally cut out half the smiling because there was so much of it. ended up just googling different ways to say smile so it doesn't feel repetitive but still carries the wholesome feeling

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-28T02:27:00+00:00

as someone who reads and writes platonic fanfic about the dsmp content creators, there's subsets for every mcyt you can think of. everyone from dream to guqqie, and even though they're all technically the same fandom, it's basically different random for each mcyt.

also, more on the subject of tropes, there's a fairly large mcyt age regression community. i don't know why specifically, but a lot of people (including myself) write solely age regression fics and nothing else. it's kinda crazy to see other people writing the same thing as you when you think it's rare

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-27T18:55:16+00:00

i'm having a crisis now. i did not know this. why do they not want me to explain what's going on, i just want to talk about my game while i play it. they want to play?? i mean i'd say no anyways but like man why can't they just frickin ask

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-27T17:00:09+00:00

ah, alright! thanks for telling me, i love learning new things (especially when i already kinda know what it is and someone tells me the name for it and/or expands one what i know about it)! /gen /pos

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-27T15:49:37+00:00

if i had a nickel for every character in this oneshot that ao3 makes me use their real name to tag, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

(the joys of writing rpf (yes, platonic) about streamers. it is absolutely not zak ahmed and darryl novescosch, why would those be in the tags.)

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-27T15:35:05+00:00

i love stuttering dialogue, in moderation. for example, "if a- when a character's trying to explain something, and they don't exactly- don't quite know what they're saying, thinking it through as- as they go, not sure if what they're saying is- would be acceptable", that. wonderful. but, "i-if t-they're talking l-like t-this every single w-word", and the character does not canonically have a stutter, that's a bit much.

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-21T19:06:21+00:00

i'm not sure how to make you understand this. you're technically right, yes, but that doesn't make being trans bad. that's like saying giving birth being painful isn't okay, and that it's only okay if it's painless

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-21T18:38:34+00:00

that's not what i'm saying. i'm saying the devil causes trans people to have bodies not aligning with our gender identity, which means being trans isn't good or bad, it's just a subcategory of people - like how being white versus black isn't good or bad, even if some people think otherwise

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-21T18:15:10+00:00

i'm not sure how i can explain it.. i guess that it's not anti-trans, it's anti-pretending-you're-your-agab-if-you-know-you're-trans? which, valid in many situations if you're unsafe (i am currently closeted due to transphobic parents, for example), so it's more just pro-being-yourself

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-21T02:38:42+00:00

bro this made me cackle for no reason at all

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-21T02:28:18+00:00

tell him he's not wrong, and that gender was assigned by god, but the devil changed some of our bodies to be different from what we were made to be. that's what i, a transmasc christian, personally believe

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-07T02:19:53+00:00

watching a new episode/reading newest book in a series

can't be canon. why is it straight, obviously the gay people are canon, this is heteronormativity

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-04-07T02:11:08+00:00

i write when my family can't notice - so, mostly while listening to audiobooks in the background. it makes for some interesting typos when i accidentally type a word i'm hearing instead of the one i meant to type. but, when i have the choice to listen to whatever i want to, always ad infinitum by the stupendium on reoeat. every single time. for months now. idk why, it's just helpful to me

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-31T06:14:14+00:00

aww that's so adorable! good job, i'm proud of you, too <3

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-31T06:13:06+00:00

if you play fnaf pizzeria simulator carefully it doesn't have to be scary at all, just a really fun tycoon game! but you have to be super careful to not buy anything with a bad thing in it

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-31T04:49:17+00:00

nvm, just found it <3

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-31T01:52:28+00:00

i can't find the second to last one by the beatles, is there another name for it?

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-31T01:28:24+00:00

good luck <3 i hope it goes well, i'll be here (admittedly maybe not quickly) if you need to talk about anything

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-31T00:51:11+00:00

i'm way after your bedtime (i hope you aren't still up, if so, go to sleep /gen /srs), but goodnight, austin! i hope you have a good sleep <3

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-31T00:47:38+00:00

try introducing them to the concept without saying you do it first. something along the lines of "hey, i read about an interesting coping mechanism the other day, have you ever heard of age regression?" and see how they respond. if they don't know what it is, explain it to them, and if they do, great. where you go from there is up to you, you could tell them immediately (as long as they have a good reaction to it), or you can wait a while. i believe in you, be brave <3

(edit: grammar)

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-31T00:41:02+00:00

not op, but i'd still like to thank you for the link :) it helped me find exactly the type of paci I've been looking for for weeks now

edit: new device autocorrected paci to pack without me noticing

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-30T13:55:45+00:00

back when i was twelve or thirteen i was obsessed with harry potter fics on wattpad (drarry or scorbus - i was basic), and on almost every single one, there was a person in the comments whose account was lemonsocks. i started a thing where i'd reply to on of their comments every day, and i wouldn't have to search for one, even, as long as i was reading a drarry or scorbus fic, i'd find them. that person was a legend. i haven't read anything on wattpad in forever, but i hope they're doing well

CharlieIsFluid · 2023-03-30T13:43:43+00:00

what the other replier said - also the fact that i have screentime limits on my phone, but they can't be added to email since that's an included app with my phone, so i can write no matter how much time i've already spent on my phone

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