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It’s not “the most unhinged pitch possible” if you remember that transmasc sex workers exist.

Transmasc sex workers exist.

Trans men exist. Trans men. The men who are trans. The men who can and do get pregnant. Transgender. Transgender men. Not to mention intersex men, but I doubt that’s ever crossed these people’s minds even once.

(Parker also has two other books, Transactional Intercourse which is an anthology of trans & intersex sex work experiences, and Hooker Mentality which looks at "what hookers' experiences reveal about capitalism and gender and policing," both available as paperbacks and PDFs)

1000%, the transandrophobia tag (clogged with trolls and fuckwits as it is) is such an open place for people to actually share important information about Existing as a trans man (or transmasculine person). I really don't think it's a coincidence that the people most willing and able to constructively discuss the effects of androgenising HRT and navigating the world whilst transmasculine are the same people who are actively criticising and analysing the ideological systems of oppression which work against trans men/transmasculine folk.

https://x.com/katiknitt/status/2037340783255183830?s=46

Here's some info for those that are curious. I'll leave my thoughts under the cut:

https://www.nlrb.gov/case/31-CA-381625

For those who don't want to open it or don't like the mobile website formatting, here's a quick rundown:

The case was filed on February 19th-20th, 2026. The issues are changes in contract, refusing to share requested information, layoff or refusal to hire, changes in terms and conditions of employment, and coercive statements, nothing is said about payment unless being underpaid is part of the change in contract/terms and conditions.

According to the NLRB website, their suits are primarily about fixing unfair labour practices:

There is not enough time for that in the show whatsoever. An adoption plot where a main character gets adopted needs at least 20 episodes, not just to build the relationship between Vaggie and Carmilla but also between Vaggie and Odette, and Vaggie and Clara (Carmilla's daughters), and there needs to be time to establish Carmilla as a character instead of just a plot device, and even if the show had a 26 episode season that would take a long time

The main cast is big enough already, Carmilla does not need to become a major player and adding yet another major character would make it harder to characterize the existing ones and establish relationships between them

Vaggie is a whole grown adult woman, she does not need to be adopted

It feels reductive to Carmilla as a character for her to just go "yeah I'll adopt this random person who I trained once," both in terms of her as an overlord and as an existing mother to two daughters. It cheapens the relationship between Carmilla and her daughters for her to adopt someone she knew for like an hour. Her entire motivation in season 1 was to protect her family and how important her daughters are to her, and for her to turn around and just adopt someone else (who also used to try and kill them every year) cheapens their importance unless you spend an incredible amount of time building up why Carmilla wants to adopt her

Carmilla as an overlord needs to be interrogated if she's to adopt Vaggie. Charlie's hotel is about trying to redeem sinners and Carmilla owning souls directly opposes that

Again, Vaggie is a grown adult woman. At absolute most she could use a mentor but even then we circle back to the issues of a giant cast because Lucifer is a fallen angel like her and he's already right there

That's such a boring dynamic. Neither Hazbin nor Helluva have ever had "nuclear" family dynamics, and Vaggie being adopted is just such a plain and unimaginative interpretation

I would much rather Vaggie's subplot be about investigating her past as an exterminator and how she can move on from being a murderer in a hate cult who specifically targeted and wished to exterminate the people she is now trying to help

Barely have 2 lines each

Didn't even speak in the second season

Don't have confirmed voice actors

Haven't had their names said in the show

Have no scenes to establish personality, anything you want to know about them has to be gleaned from watching them in the background, and even then you're guessing

Have you seen the theory of Octavia being a Hybrid?

It is due to the fact that Octavia's feet are very different from Stolas and Stella's

Well, what kind of hybrid would it be, imp or Hellhound? Let's go to the Imps.

But how would that be possible?

A: Stolas or Octavia herself puts pink contact lenses to hide her yellow eyes

B: the imp genes will start to manifest recently

Look, let's take it one step at a time.

Stolas, I think it's difficult for him to hide this secret. It would give him a darker air,

but he seemed more direct about Stella's marriage.

Stolas would have to make love to an imp,

and either the imp or he would give birth to Octavia.

However,

Stolas doesn't seem like the kind of father who would need to hide his daughter's secrets unless it was necessary to hide the Goetias' tarnished reputation.

It would also create tension with Blitzo if he knew what happened,

and Stolas doesn't seem to keep anything, so I think it's unlikely unless Octavia is adopted.

Stella? Possible, she organizes parties, is rude and stupid

(literally she ordered striker to kill Stolas without knowing that could tarnish Stolas' reputation and put Octavia in the position),

so it would be very likely that Stella was manipulated or got drunk on purpose and had relations with an imp and give birth to Octavia,

Stella is a decent mother to Octavia but given her personality she wouldn't tell Octavia even if she wanted to,

unlike Stolas she really preserves her reputation she would only have Octavia as a daughter nor would she care about her biological father and order him to be killed

Now the biological imp father or mother,

the creators and producers etc. would have to invent that this imp is dangerous, leaving them dead without knowing would create openings

but it would be forced for the biological imp father or mother to be a random but notorious demon,

so why couldn't the father be Blitzo? He is well qualified for this narrative, it would explain Octavia's boot feet