RAADS-R score of 190 call that deftism ‼️

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Bonus:

With the finale out now I think a central theme that I've recognized and really adore is "all of these characters are more complex than an audience would appreciate." They are all being squished into a child-friendly set of archetypes, be that by Caine, Jax, or metatextually, the fandom. Caine doesn't want them complaining, swearing or having sex, they just have to go on endless, mindless, youtube-monetizable adventures. He's the ringmaster, he puts them in a bright poppy's playtime ass stage and demands for funny to happen. Meanwhile, Jax doesn't want to address the dire reality of their situation and copes by playing along, treating himself and all the characters as flat archetypes with no internality, so that the elephants in the room can safely be ignored. The fandom, meanwhile, is quietly guilty of all the same things. "Why isn't my favorite character acting in accordance with my headcanon? Which characters are flatly evil so we can hate them? Will they achieve my perfect happy ending? Because if not I'll be mad about it."

It doesn't work. Because they're more complex than that. They're people, they need more, they have emotions and traumas and wants and needs. Ragatha isn't always cheerful, she's not just the mom friend, and she's not some manipulator either. She's a person, trying her best, and very often failing. Pomni isn't always anxious, she's a natural leader and she wants the best for everyone, but she's not perfect either. She's a person, trying her best, and very often failing. And Jax isn't just a villain, he's a very complicated ball of traumas whose consistent first instinct is to push everyone away, hurting others so that he won't get hurt himself. He's a person, trying his best, and very often failing. She might even be a girl. Zooble isn't just a grump, Gangle isn't just a wimp, Kinger isn't just crazy. They're humans. And humans aren't always good. They're messy, screwed up, complicated things. They're things that can't be flattened down to archetypes, no matter how much Caine, Jax, or the fandom wants it.

The fandom wanted a bunch of cookie cutter adventures with good guys and bad guys, but what we got is just a bunch of people, stuck together, their traumas rubbing up against eachother until something catches fire and explodes. And I think that's way more interesting. I'm glad the show is that. I understand not everyone feels that way, though. A lot of people wanted something less nuanced. But I don't think the show not matching your expectations is the show's fault. I think people just need to come at it with the right mindset. Meet the story where it's at.

new evidence just dropped, add it to the list...

Trans flag colorpicked from Jax's floor

Trans men and transmascs aren’t invisible, we’re deliberately erased.

Kill the idea that trans men are invisible.

We are not invisible, cis society knows we exist. They deliberately erase us when it suits their needs and they acknowledge us as silly, simple women or predatory men when it suits their needs. The idea that we are “invisible” only serves to further harm us. Our oppression is treated as non-existent, lesser, or not a big deal because of this.

Being forcibly erased doesn’t also erase oppression; it’s being done to further our oppression + the oppression of trans women. There’s a reason why trans men existing loudly as trans and being open about transition is treated like we are transing the impressionable youth. When we are visible enough to be seen and listened to, we’re a threat. When we are visible enough to be seen and listened to, the lies transphobes are laid bare for everyone to see.

Do not join the side of cis society and aid in our deliberate erasure. Do not speak of the transphobia against us as “invisibility”, suggest that we scrape by because we are simply forgotten, or call us “collateral damage”.

To be a targeted trans women is like being forcefully tied to a raft and then sent out to the center of a gator infested swamp with your attackers cheering the whole while.

To be a targeted trans man is like being purposely driven out to the center of the desert and deliberately left for dead, with oftentimes the only company being the other trans men left out and the buzzards overhead.

i recently experienced some pretty severe transphobic abuse in my workplace (children’s home) that included having food thrown at me, being called slurs, being told i was a pervert because i am trans. one of the managers talked with me afterwards and shared that he had had a similar experience as an Asian man. this wasn’t him derailing my experience, or talking over me, or making things about himself. he was communicating “hey, i know how it feels and how much it sucks. you’re not alone.”

THAT is what solidarity IS. i don’t know what it’s like to be Asian, he doesnt know what it’s like to be trans, but we both had a similar experience and we were able to turn a horrible experience into an opportunity for bonding and comfort.

This extends to intracommunity things too, like for example, the majority of the cis gay guys I’ve had the most chemistry with were black, and I think it has at least something to do with being able to relate to things like being a minority within the gay community itself, and issues of stereotyping and stigmatization and fetishization, etc. even if they look very different for the participants involved.

Like is it terfy to do that or not? Or is it just an easy to make spelling mistake?

Trans women don't hate you.

There is a vocal minority of incredibly shitty people on Tumblr Dot Com who frankly, want you to think they do, and they're wrong.

The reason why they want you to think that is literally either: 1. they are someone who has fallen down a radical pipeline and not reflective of the greater trans population by a long shot OR 2. they are a psyop / cop / mal-intended disrupter.

There's no in between. That's how radical queer ideologies have always operated on Tumblr and it's how they will continue to operate on Tumblr probably forever.

It's the same shit transmeds have done. It's the same shit radfems and terfs have. Hell, on a pure ideological psychology level, it's the same shit the right wing does.

Is the best part that he got doxxed? No.

Is the best part that he got tracked down by a local and beaten? No.

Arrested on state at federal charges, looking at up to 5 years and 50K? Nope.

The best part is the local city council's reaction.