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So, back in october I was at a monthly trans meetup just chatting with the other women there. We were talking about how all the best games are made by transfems, and I made the joke that someone from team cherry needs to transition. One of the other women cackled at my joke. At the time I didn't think anything of it.

Fast forward one month. The person who cackled at my joke brought a friend with her this time. I was chatting with this new girl for a while, getting to know her, as you do.

After like an hour of chatting, the conversation turns to silksong and team cherry. I casually say "My impression of team cherry is that they're all really chill dudes," and I swear to fucking god the girl next to me says, "Yeah, we are."

Cue me being absolutely dumbfounded. I actually couldn't believe that my offhand joke from a month ago was real.

I'm pretty sure the only reason there is a community of transfems who are on this hate train against trans men is because they're insecure that every single trans man is probably going to have more experience with misogyny than they do.

I'm not trying to be rude with this one, I genuinely think that may be part of it. They spit and hiss at us like we're oppressors, which always gets a violent reaction because WE HAVE ALWAYS been oppressed. Every single one of us since birth, INHERENTLY, regardless of class or race or culture of whatever.

And somehow they feel like that invalidates their oppression??? Even though no one said it did.

Inspired by "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan"

Yeah, I'm finally living up to my user flair😎

Also, a funny detail I noticed:

I swallowed past a lump in my throat. It always caught me off guard, just how frigging much I missed her, when I thought about her. I’d give anything for a thirty minute conversation with her, right this moment. I didn’t have the slightest doubt in my mind that she could have made sense of everything, put things into terms so simple that working it out looked easy.

- Tangle 6.9

Other versions, i assume you didn’t post them because they are too sad

Eridian scientist: why did they send a baby to space?!

Rocky: Grace is not a baby. He’s a fully grown human and you all need to respect that-

At the same time another Eridian: the human is thirty!! Are you COMPLETELY sure he’s not a child? He’s barely coordinated!

Rocky: Grace is very sick!! Of course he’s not coordinated you fucking idiot-

ALSO at the same time: did you not think to teach him how to understand us properly?? Let alone communicate with us.

Rocky: he doesn’t have the vocal cords for most of our sounds!! And we were WORKING on him being able to understand proper speech but he’s delirious?! The fact he’s conscious is a miracle-

Grace who is visible stressed and half covering his ears but also trying to listen: what’s going on?? I can’t hear you guys it’s too loud- Rocky what’s going on?!

Rocky: apology apology other Eridians ask dumb dumb dumb questions, Rocky tell Grace later. Grace sleep now Rocky handle.

A few things of note:

This is why people to your left have been chiding you about the "pedo" panic: now, the government can accuse you of being a "pedo" to justify committing crimes against you.

I've spent the last couple weeks strung out and feeling unable to take a proper break because of all the tmvp stuff, which was already perfectly timed to strike right when I already needed a break

I definitely got in my own head early on, feeling like TVP was being undone in real time. but TVP can't be undone, because it lives in everyone who has been impacted by it. it's not mine, it's all of ours. silly to get up in my head thinking it was all being clawed back. it can't be taken from all of us. I've been kind of a mess the last 2+ weeks, but I love all of you and I really look forward to bringing TVP back