Citadel Of My Thoughts

One of those ways is how when cis people talk about someone's transition, they talk about it as if it happened in a day. Like, when a trans person talks about their transition, they usually say "I started transitioning in [date]". Where as the cis person will say "X transitioned in [date]".

They think transition is surgery. It's a surgery. They think trans people go under, get bottom surgery, breast implants and ffs all in one go and wake up all transitioned.

They think it's possible to change the shape of your body, but not its function. It's all superficial, just changing your appearance. You might even look like the opposite gender, but nothing meaningful actually changed. You have breasts now? That doesn't mean you can ever produce milk. And if you do something so you can? That milk would probably be harmful to a baby.

That's why you'll never be a woman.

They think it does something, but not that that something is equivalent to an endogenous puberty. Like, they'll interfere with your development and make you sterile. They definitely affect you in some negative ways, but they will never produce meaningful results. After all, boys and girls are genetically different.

I'm sure they think someone assigned male a birth taking estrogen is going to get larger breasts. But they don't think those breasts are the same as a cis girl's breasts. They will never look like real breasts (unless you get implants, but those are just for show) and they will never function like real breasts.

I think a few years ago most cis people would not know that HRT is a thing. It's only become common knowledge because conservatives have been fearmongering about giving hormones to minors.

Blake Belladonna

Take Raven Branwen: Japanese inspired outfit and sword (I think? Correct me if I'm wrong), Welsh surname, and allusion based on one of the Norse god Odin's ravens, who flew around spying for him.

Or my fav, Yang Xiao Long, whose name is Chinese, but not pronounced like it would be in actual Chinese (and Yang is her first name, not her surname like it would be if arranged in the same way as Chinese names, surname first).

I've been thinking about Remnant compared to Earth for a while, long enough for a headcanon to come up in a fic I started writing in October 2023 (I've been active in RWBY fandom since September 2023, after lurking since the Bees kissed and brought RWBY to my attention).

That headcanon: Remnant has different languages, mostly according to each kingdom, but with some variations. Here's my thoughts:

Valean is the common tongue, due to the crucial role of the last king of Vale in bringing about peace after the Great War, about 80 years before the events of RWBY. Yang and Ruby are native Valean speakers, being raised on the island of Patch within the kingdom of Vale. They can probably speak a bit of Qrow's mother tongue too, a variant of Mistrali (see below).

Vacuan is the language of Vacuo, and has many different dialects due to all of the mostly nomadic tribes. Sun and Fox speak different dialects because of this, coming from different Vacuan tribes.

Atlesian is the renamed language of the kingdom of Atlas, formerly Mantlean. It's Weiss's first language, but she's also fluent in Valean, and almost everyone in Solitas (the continent where Atlas and Mantle are) can speak Valean as the common tongue. They probably pride themselves on this, but the same goes for other kingdoms too because Valean is a useful second language for trade and diplomacy.

Mistrali is the official language of the kingdom of Mistral and Anima (the continent where Mistral is) as a whole, apart from Argus, which has an Atlesian military base protecting it, and also some Atlesian citizens, so that's also an official language there. But most people speak Valean to keep things simple, especially when it comes to talking to travellers.

Settlements founded by people who didn't want to live in Mistral speak a dialect they refuse to call Mistrali, but can be understood as such. The Branwen tribe speak one of these dialects, but also Valean - bandits want to be understood when they threaten their victims, and those victims aren't always citizens of Mistral or natives of Anima.

Menagerie lacks an official language because its citizens come from all over Remnant, and a fusion language of all of them is developing naturally over time. Blake also speaks Valean, but stray words from other languages sometimes slip in, and she can speak Mistrali and Atlesian, if not as well as native speakers.

The Baby Plot

Chapter 32: Keep Moving Forward

Rated M, although nothing earning it this chapter.

Summary: Yang’s been feeling under the weather, and Blake persuades her to get a checkup. The cause of her symptoms comes as a shock, with lifelong consequences when they decide to keep moving forward.

Chapter summary: Blake and Yang have some more visitors, and decisions to make…

This fic earns no AO3 archive warnings to my knowledge, but to be safe there's a trigger warning included at the start of chapter 1, just in case. There is some darkness to this story, but I think it is balanced by the fluff.