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a lot of the current rhetoric around gender reminds me of that anecdote. a lot of people are willing to go "transgender people are oppressed for their gender presentation, therefore if you're not oppressed for your gender presentation, you're not trans." but i don't think we should be defining ourselves by our suffering and oppression. what will we do, in a few years, in a few decades, as there start to be, say, adults who were supported in their transition as children? what will we do when a stereotypical trans person can genuinely say they didn't suffer hardship for being trans?

i'm afraid i know the answer. i'm afraid that people are going to close ranks as they've already started closing ranks against intersex people, against nonbinary people, against double binary people, against closeted people. as some people have started closing ranks against people who transitioned in the opposite direction from them. as many people have closed ranks against people with edge case gender experiences. "i don't consider you to be oppressed, therefore you are not welcome to share in this community you might otherwise belong in."

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Viktor grew up in the Undercity, he'll have tolerance for Powder's antics. She'd walk around alone at night in Piltover and he'd be fine with it because if she can walk through the streets of Zaun and not die, she'll be just fine in Piltover by night. He's fine with her cooking up dangerous things in the lab, because he did the same thing at her age. He doesn't mind her manners because hey, at least she's not picking fights or stabbing people, she's fairly tame for s trencher kid, so she'll be fine.

Jayce grew up as part of the upper-middle class of Piltover, then started working for Piltover's elite. He probably thinks overcooked toast is a health hazard. He doesn't want Powder messing around in the lab by herself because what if she gets hurt and accidentally cuts herself with a piece of metal and gets tetanus. She hasn't had any of her shots. The common cold could kill her! She sneezes and Jayce has a panic attack. She says something out of pocket to Caitlyn and Jayce is like "Pow, you can't say that, that's my boss' daughter!"

Viktor is not the overprotective, overbearing dad. Jayce is.

Him waist 👐

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