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I think this is a conversation that fandom needs to have in general.

When you encounter something that makes you uncomfortable while you’re playing a video game, reading something on AO3, browsing Twitter, or scrolling through Tumblr, you have the power to remove yourself. You can stop reading, you can hit the back button, you can block/mute, you can turn the device off entirely.

“Consent” has a very specific meaning. When you’re consuming a piece of media that a creator has posted on their own personal account, you are in their space. That is a one-sided interaction. They’re not at all involved, they can’t reach through the screen to hit the back button for you. They’re not “violating your consent” or “pushing your boundaries”, because you are the one in control.

And that if you refused to do so, the game would kick you out entirely.

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"but being a man is kinda bad :/" "i'd rather stay in denial than ever be called a man" "don't manifest this for me i don't want to be a man" shut up shut up shut up

like what possesses some people to say that kind of stuff *to a literal trans man*? is it not just...basic common sense that telling a trans person you would hate being like them is A Bad Thing To Do? do people just...hate trans men so much that they don't see how rude it is to comment stuff like that?

the whole joke was literally based on something i did when i was in denial about being a trans man, and nearly every comment i've gotten on it has just reminded me exactly what mindset stopped me from getting out of that denial for so long

the idea that someone could be a trans man isn't some sort of evil accusation, and you would only see it as one if you think being a trans man is bad. the idea that you can share experiences with trans men despite not identifying as one also isn't some sort of evil accusation, and you would only see it as one if you think being a trans man is bad

the way people feel the need to defend themselves as if it's some impending threat they have to fend off is WILD and like..scarily reminiscent of the exact rhetoric cis transphobes use against us