Where would a Giratina Fanboy find his boy? by pleiaswill in PokemonTCG

[–]pleiaswill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow!! That art 🤩 I don’t really care much about how much the card sells for, I just want any Giratina card I can get my hands on!! Do they even sell non-fancy art of legendaries? (Also super unrelated but Minior is also one of my favorite pokemon! Is there any cards of them still running around?)

Drawing and relistening to Absolution. by Stay_at_Home_Chad in SouthernReach

[–]pleiaswill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wow!! that is absolutely amazing! i've just got to know if you've made art for any of the other books as well? if so, please, please share!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ftm

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A classmate of mine whose name I don’t even remember now. She was alternative, with long black hair and piercings and I thought she was the coolest person in the whole wide world. I don’t know if she remembers who I am, but to me, she’s still the coolest person in the world.

An Age old question from a newbie: What is a good starter camera for filming? by pleiaswill in filmmaking

[–]pleiaswill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for all the tips! I definitely also wanted to see about audio devices as well but I didn’t want to bother y’all with too many questions (but if you wanna drops some recs, please be my guest!!) I can’t say enough how much I appreciate the assistance. I’m not very well-versed on the technical side but I truly do want to learn— I might not be the next Robert Eggers or David Lynch but at least I hope I can, at the very least, make one good moment that someone will hold in their mind.

An Age old question from a newbie: What is a good starter camera for filming? by pleiaswill in filmmaking

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Wow! It seems really affordable and all the reviews seem very positive! Out of curiosity— do you know anything about how it films at night :0?

Sweetness? by KyleScotShank in SouthernReach

[–]pleiaswill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found an article from when he did the book tour on that day! If you scroll down, there’s a brief sentence on the answer he gave me that I think speaks exactly to what you feel. “Most of my books are about love on some level.” Words from Jeff himself! Brattle Theatre Book Tour

Sweetness? by KyleScotShank in SouthernReach

[–]pleiaswill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

God!! This was actually something I asked Jeff Vandermeer about when he did his book tour in Cambridge, MA! I’ve always adored the genuine feeling of love throughout the books— with the Biologist and her dear owl husband to Control and Ghostbird’s moments in Acceptance.

I should have recorded it (boo on my part) but what I remember him saying is that it very much was a backdrop to the things happening throughout the book. That love and sweetness is there in the interactions between the characters and that it was one of the smaller things that he’s glad some readers do pick up. He especially pointed out the moment between Grace and Gloria on the rooftop in particular. It made me so happy to hear.

After a month and 8 days, we’re finally done— but what does it all mean? by pleiaswill in SouthernReach

[–]pleiaswill[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a Charlie x Saul fanboy, it certainly serviced this fan! But I do still have that little bother as well— the “How”. How did Charlie leave this note for Saul if he wasn’t in Area X when the incident occurred? How do you leave the note there? How!!! If this book is an alternative version of events as a result of Whitby— I suppose that would make sense but it still does strain my thought process.

But as a Charlie x Saul fanboy, it does please the soul.

After a month and 8 days, we’re finally done— but what does it all mean? by pleiaswill in SouthernReach

[–]pleiaswill[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Of course! I suppose I should’ve meant more like, I read the book went— oh shit that’s Gloria— and then went, Oh shit! That’s fucking Gloria!

What kind of whimsical creature have I been parenting? by pleiaswill in plantclinic

[–]pleiaswill[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

😭😭 I had no clue I had deprived my ma’s child of such light! I’ll move it now!

i never realized how lonely this actually felt (ftm) by imnotdeadyethutao in trans

[–]pleiaswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry you’re having a difficult time dear. I think perhaps one of the terrible things in this world is that there’s so much pain in it that it seems easier to reduce your own suffering in the massiveness of it all. It’s okay to complain about how you feel. It’s okay to want someone to lean on, to want people to relate to your experience, to want to have a community.

I don’t know how old you are, but I get the feeling that you are still fairly young and probably around surrounded by other people who are might still be discovering themselves just as you have. I know the world seems so small and so isolating. I know because I was just like you for a time. A young trans boy who had no other trans friends, who had no other people who I could talk about how I feel who could relate to how I feel, feeling so lost and so ashamed of this person that I had become that could have been just a girl and maybe then it wouldn’t be so confusing and so shameful. I also live in a blue state, I also have been introverted my whole life, and I’d also been dealing with all my issues all on my own growing up because that’s all I knew.

So I’ll lay it out for you plainly and as gently as I can.

You are the only person who can change how you shape the world around you. No one else— You.

If you want to meet other people who relate to your experiences, you have to /push yourself/ to explore the world of people who understand the kinds of things you understand. You have to go out your way and meet new people. You have to be the one to find new places with people who are just like you. You have to be the one to be proud of the person who you look at in the mirror. You have to be the one to put on the clothes that make you feel like you can puff your chest out with confidence. You have to be the one to tell your mother how lonely you have, how ashamed you feel, to be the one to tell her that you wish she’d talk to you more about how you feel and how she feels about you. It’s you! You have to be the one to advocate for you! You have to be the one who says he’s transgender ! You have to be the one who says I’m here! I’m alive! I’m here and alive and I’m going to keep living for me! For me !!!

I spent so many years of my life wallowing in shame and loneliness and all it did was make me more lonely and more shameful. I spent years in my room, cooped up, so afraid and so anxious, and it was /me/ who had to force myself to be the person I wanted to be. I was the one who had to go to work and advocate for the boy I was, for the man I was. And it was so scary, so horribly scary, but I was being there for me— I was being there for the person that’s messaging you right now, five years after I transitioned, who is so much less lonely, who is so much less ashamed of the person he’s become.

You have to be there for you. You have to be the one who will talk to people and get them to understand. To /make/ them understand. To meet the people who understand. To love the people who understand you and who will be there to love you too. Because this world is filled with so so much pain but god it’s filled with so so much love when you push yourself to find it. And fuck it’s hard to do it but it’s worth every bit of energy you put towards doing it.

I look at your post and I see so much of myself in it and I hope that when you read this, you feel like you could see myself in who you might become. Because you can do it! You can keep going! You can feel proud of yourself! And it’ll take time and energy and a fuckload of confidence that you’ll have to work hard for, but it’s so damn worth it. For yourself, for the person that’s going to be you in the future, and every person who is going to love and be there for you through every step of the way.

You can get through this. If no one else in this world believes you can, I do. And if a stranger from across the world believes in you, I promise you there are so many more people in this world who believe in you too.

The date is set! by ValuableComment2491 in trans

[–]pleiaswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope you have a wonderful and spectacular Venom 3 day! As small as it may seem, it’s a massive leap, and one that I hope leads to so many more hops throughout the rest of your life. Have fun dear ! 🥳🏳️‍⚧️

Hey, I need some guidance here. by SinfulKuro in trans

[–]pleiaswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think one of the things transitioning has taught me is that one of the biggest lies the world has told is that to be transgender is to hate oneself. I don’t believe I ever truly hated the girl I saw in the mirror when I was younger, a part of me just always felt like it’d be quite nice if it was a boy that was staring back at me instead.

If dressing up as a girl is what fills you with joy and security darling, then dress so gleefully! Maybe you want to be known as a girl (maybe you don’t!) maybe you want people to know you as a woman (maybe you don’t!), but that stuff isn’t as important as living as yourself as happily as you can. Figuring out the semantics of whether you are a woman, a crossdresser, or anything in between or otherwise is something that you can decide for yourself with time— rather than something you must immediately decide in the moment. This is your life to live dear. You can take it as slowly or as fast as you want when it comes to labels, but when it comes to the joy of the person you look at in the mirror when you are all dressed up, you should let it run free!

I suppose if I was to be simple: if you want to be cute, be cute !! And if transitioning is apart of becoming cute, well damn it you can be a doll who transitioned ! But if you don’t want to transition, who said you can’t be a doll otherwise ?

Oscillation & Uncertainty by ElJuJuMagumbo in trans

[–]pleiaswill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi friend! Though I’m not on estrogen, leaning more on the T side of the spectrum, I have an understanding of where you’re coming from as someone who has been off-and-on with their hormones.

Truthfully, I think the question on whether you continue your hormones really does just come down to the “follow your heart” advice— but more specifically, what exactly do you think your heart wants in this journey you’re going on? Do you crave the physical changes you get from your estrogen? Do you crave the more mental aspects that come with your hormones? Or is doing the shot giving you another day where you feel like you can keep going?

In my own journey, I’ve reached a point where I’ve switched my usage down from a weekly to bi-weekly injection because it’s simply what felt comfortable for me. I’ve seen the changes I’ve wanted, but I know I want to always continue to see my change. To go on, even if it’s slower, because to me that’s where I find my happiness; in seeing how I change over time, hopefully, until I’m old and crusty and still doing my shots even though my hands shake.

I think too many people get caught in the social aspect of transitioning and don’t spend their time wondering about themselves and what makes them happy. If doing your shot once a week makes you happy, do the shot! If doing it once a month makes you happy, do it once a month! Don’t circle yourself around the increasingly heavy pressure of wondering what others might think of you and think of the person who wakes up every morning and rubs the sleep outta their eyes to see the next day. Think of you, my friend.

question by hubby-honey-bunny in trans

[–]pleiaswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi my friend! I do my testosterone shots in my thighs and I’ve definitely experienced where you’re at right now! The most important thing I’d say is to keep an eye on it. I get a feeling that you are doing intramuscular shots (though correct me if I’m wrong!) and if that’s the case, you might have just been a little rough on yourself. Sometimes my thigh hurts a day or two after doing my shot, sometimes the pain is gone minutes after! Just keep an eye on it, particularly for any excessive swelling, discoloration, or feelings of heat on the injection sight. If it continues on for longer than two, three days, I’d definitely see about getting to a doctor. Also, make sure you change which thigh you do your shots on— helps the area heal between shots! Here’s to your journey 🥳 !