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canon is what happens in the text. e.g. merlin tries to poison morgana

a headcanon is a fact that you have personally made up as an elaboration of canon. it is your invention. e.g. i think morgana and gwen had a teenage lesbian situationship before the events of canon. or, i think modern morgana would love evanesence.

an interpretation is how one reads the existing text. it is not an invented fact nor is it a headcanon, it is a reading. e.g. i think merlin tries to poison morgana out of misplaced self-hatred. or, i think that one line was delivered with suppressed malice and shows a nuanced relationship.

fanon is the general fandom’s accepted headcanons and interpretations that elaborate or recontextualize canon. e.g. merlin is a badass waif and morgana is a bitch.

Joe is one of two people who have been wholly in charge of hermitcraft (Joe's reign as dictator lasted for the duration of time it took to confirm all the decisions for the start of season two, after which he stepped down)

Joe wrote hermitcraft fanfic (as part of a video) long before many hermitcraft fanfic writers got started

Joe led a one man, multiple day protest outside record label Warner Chappell for ruthlessly copyright striking Mumbo and putting his channel in real danger

Joe's channel music is a mix of original songs and parodies created in collaboration with his cool as hell sister Quinn Hills (hi Quinn if you're seeing this). She has a cat called Blair Witch, writes fantastic music, and is a vocally trans artist

Joe has consistently featured guest speakers in his streams or videos over the years, whether that be pathfinder writers, activists, or community members coming in to help offer viewpoints on his builds

Joe has admin permissions on hermitcraft (usually to his own detriment in accidentally clearing his inventory) and is a member of the hermitcraft "secret council" (as Cleo put it), who are the people who regularly turn up to meetings and do some actual admin and decision making

Joe and Cleo first met when they were challenged to fight to death by Vechs. Joe won the fight and then Cleo stabbed him in the back for vengeance. They both made overdramatic videos to prepare for this

Joe thought hermitcraft was a scam when he was invited a few weeks into season one (as a wildcard member)

Joe used to be part of the team who made the webcomic Jaque of All Blades and got his streaming start doing art streams.

Joe is also one of the authors of the Penguins and Pitfalls TTRPG, which he developed as part of Team Snow Day (TSD)

Joe pays all of his staff fairly for their time and classes blazing posts on Tumblr (especially for the mcyt sexyman competition) as marketing so that the IRS can see he's running a real business, not a fraud scheme

Joe's webcam expands on stream in response to tips. It moves from the hot bar into the Jhost (with the mandatory Jacob Marley chains bit) before growing larger and more transparent until he is gone. Once the Jhost is fully expanded, the beetlejhost comes out (with the suit and the webcam expander song). Once we max out beetlejhost, we get Joemez Addams (who wears a different suit)

Joe is one of only two hermits to have played every hermitcraft season (although he missed a lot of season 3 with a newborn baby to look after)

Joe's coup was responsible for getting mumbo added to the server. Shortly after, he suggested in a meeting that no members under the age of 18 should be admitted. Mumbo, 17, kept very quiet

This is bat friendly street lighting, which not only looks sick as fuck but allows bats to pass through without disturbance, as they cannot see red.

Who is this guy?

I rushed these earlier this year to print some stickers in answer to a clown that was running for president in my country.

Plenty of trans kids come from conservative families (the Nashville shooter, for example, was raised in a conservative christian household and school. They were also the ONLY shooter confirmed to be specifically trans, so you can stop what you were about to type).

We know many come from conservative families because so many of them abuse or throw their LGBT kids onto the streets. 40% of homeless youth are LGBT, and it's overwhelmingly due to family conflict.

Trans kids are are actually overrepresented in foster care, for much the same reasons.

THIS IS WHY PEOPLE STARTED SAYING "PROTECT TRANS KIDS" IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Before I go further, I should address a few things that too many folks get painfully wrong.

Being trans is not a "mental illness", as many like to claim. Mental illnesses are psychiatric, while being trans is a neurological condition in which a person's brain does not recognize them as their assigned/perceived biological sex. It cannot be "fixed" with just psychiatry or psychology--it's part of the brain.

Many spread the lie that "kids are being mutilated" (emotionally manipulative choice of wording). The truth is, no children are being operated on--just older teens (who we trust to operate motor vehicles and hold jobs), and it's VERY rare.

No one can legally get bottom surgery before 18, and--fun fact--the majority of trans people statistically never even opt for bottom surgery.

As for puberty blockers, notice how they're still being used on cis kids (typically those with precocious puberty) without any concerns.

"These kids will grow out of it!"

Yes--most kids questioning themselves will. That's why thorough counselling that goes over all potential consequences and effects is the most effective and recommended. It identifies those who may need further treatment to improve their overall well-being, and those who are simply figuring themselves out.

A friendly reminder, though: It typically requires the agreement between every physician and counselor a patient sees--plus the parents--before anything beyond counselling is even considered. Kinda casts doubt on the idea that the parents could even make that decision for themselves.

"But so many more kids call themselves trans now! It must be a social contagion!"

The case of David Reimer proves that you cannot force or "learn" gender. His creep of a doctor botched his circumcision, and suggested raising David as a girl (note--this attempt is being made immediately from leaving the hospital after birth). David always knew he was not a girl (in fact, it was forcing him to be one that resulted in dysphoria, and his eventual suicide).

Even more damning to the claim of "social contagion" is the prevalence of left-handed people over time. Children even used to be punished for writing with their left hand in schools. Notice what happened when being left-handed stopped being stigmatized.

"But what about the ones that detransition???"

Generally, around 97%-99% of trans people live happier after transitioning.

Surveys found that 94% who've transitioned specifically in America are happier for it.

Of the remaining percentage, it is--at MOST--2% that detransition. Many of those only do so because they're being pressured, and later retransition, which brings the number closer to less than 1%.

The "Cass Report" that people love to trot out (Yale put out a 30-page .pdf report pointing out it's many flaws, for those interested) put it at 0.5%.

"But a lot of them commit suicide, even after transitioning!"

Know why that might be? I'll give you a few hints.

Epidemic levels of hate crime:

https://reports.hrc.org/an-epidemic-of-violence-2024

Health, social, and economic disparities:

No laws protecting them from educational, employment, and housing discrimination:

Overall, suicide rates have more to do with whether they have people who support them, and how they're generally treated.

I have personally witnessed hundreds of total strangers--grown adults--going into threads on twitter made to mourn murdered trans kids just to disrespect their identity, or otherwise leave hateful comments.

AND YET PEOPLE WONDER WHY THEY HAVE A HIGH SUICIDE RATE.

Oh, and before you whine about how "this stuff is shoved in our faces!", conservatives post more about trans people than the entire LGBT community. Some even create and/or follow accounts dedicated to stalking LGBT people looking for things to repost just to upset themselves. Sounds kinda fucked up, doesn't it?

The real irony, though...all those things that ruffle conservative panties like Pride Month? They never would've existed if people actually treated others how they'd wish to be treated in the first place (the "Golden Rule" of the bible, for those who pretend to live by it).

Speaking of the bible, trans people have been recorded in history since 2000 B.C. They were here before Jesus. If anyone thinks an executive order means that trans people are "over", thousands of years of oppression didn't stop them from existing. Four more years isn't going to, either.

Now, to get back on track...what happens when these kids DO have support? Is it "enabling" them? "Feeding their delusion"?

Well, providing them with gender-affirming care (which can be as little as simply letting them dress how they want and using their preferred names/pronouns) reduces suicide rates in trans teens by 73%.

This trans paranoia, however, is killing them.

In reality, folks like you are not only making these kids want to die, but you harass more women in bathrooms than any trans women,

y'oull even stoop to HARASSING CHILDREN,

and this crap has even caused two cis people to be KILLED.

All because you're so terrified of LESS THAN 1% OF THE POPULATION.

You can isolate your kids completely and show them nothing but "christian" programming. Homeschool them, and never let them read anything you don't approve of. Completely keep them from going online.

Some of them will still be trans.

It isn't a choice. It is not something you can prevent.