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Ok now that Doctor Who is on hiatus (welcome wilderness 2) I'm just going to pretend my Doctor Who girlies are canon

How it feels to be middle-aged in trans artist spaces.

But on the whole, people have been very kind and welcoming and your sentiment of "seeing that there can be a future" is one that’s been said to me many times before.

Finished a Vicar amelia drawing of a scene from my fanfiction. Quite proud of this one~

TW: blood, implied self-harm

How it feels to be middle-aged in trans artist spaces.

Have a jelly bean

CW: Mental Health

Fortnight (pt. 1-7)

Best friends forever, including retroactively

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That’s what I did - here’s Darcy’s "Godzilla on a smoke-break" piece on my wall:

Age Anakin up to 14/15 years old

You do not have to change much else to instantly make the film more bearable while also fitting it better into the rest of the prequel trilogy

Think about it:

Anakin’s attraction to Padme in episode 2 makes more sense if they have some “teen romance” moments in the first part of the trilogy because that was pre-Jedi (thus pre-celibacy)

Anakin can be played as more of a Rogue character (which is an archetype completely absent from episode one) making his behavior in future films seem more in line with his character

An older Anakin with rougher edges could lend itself to more Han Solo-esque quips that would be a better delivery system for comedic relief rather than low brow Gungan bullshit

But hard agree that Anakin should’ve been in his mid teens and demonstrating his latent Jedi skills through pod-racing and maybe other nefarious stuff - like maybe Watto finds that Anakin can influence the minds of others so ropes him into a gambling scam. Instead we’re just told that he’s a skilled pilot in one sentence.

Age Anakin up to 14/15 years old

You do not have to change much else to instantly make the film more bearable while also fitting it better into the rest of the prequel trilogy

Think about it:

Anakin’s attraction to Padme in episode 2 makes more sense if they have some “teen romance” moments in the first part of the trilogy because that was pre-Jedi (thus pre-celibacy)

Anakin can be played as more of a Rogue character (which is an archetype completely absent from episode one) making his behavior in future films seem more in line with his character

An older Anakin with rougher edges could lend itself to more Han Solo-esque quips that would be a better delivery system for comedic relief rather than low brow Gungan bullshit

Ideally I'd make a post like "It is pride month! Yay! :D" ...But it is getting increasingly hard to exist as a trans person, let alone celebrate it.

We should still celebrate it. That celebration doesn't need to be loud. It doesn't need to be noticed by anyone except yourself.

They want us to feel shame at who we are. They want others to fear what we are. Pride in yourself is the antithesis of shame. So please, now more than ever, make sure you celebrate pride. Celebrate you.

Shout out to Tsambika, the world’s best electrolysis technician.

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There were a bunch of places I called trying to find an electrolysist that was willing to take a trans client prepping for bottom surgery, and I was kind of stunned to learn tons of places weren’t down with that, even salons that listed themselves as LGBTQIA+ friendly.

There’s something to be said here about the trans experience, but I’d rather focus on something positive. 

I don’t know exactly what makes one technician better than another, but I have to assume that one of the most vital elements is client comfort.  At no point in time has Tsambika ever made me feel awkward, ashamed, or anything even remotely less than positive during our sessions.

Each appointment is basically me hanging out and chatting with a friend.  That friend just happens to be repeatedly stabbing and electrocuting my genitals. 

…ok so I just made electrolysis sound like it’s a nightmare, but with good prep it really hasn’t been too rough for me.  Some lidocaine and acetaminophen an hour beforehand seems to do the trick, though your mileage may vary!

Whatever prep it is you do, the most important prep of all is finding the right electrolysist.  Tsambika is absolutely the right electrolysist for me.