#helpmepls

- i think it’s nonmc

- nonmc is a doctor

- whole lot of angst

- there’s groveling

- has multiple parts

- nonmc takes care of her department/other med field workers, and then when she and zayne had a conflict she kind of placed a distance between her and his department which also receives her affection and everyone noticed her absence in their life

- another detail, nonmc makes sure to remember and stock the common room’s/breakroom’s pantry, especially of those foodies that others love

My question is, what ideas do you guys wanna read??

Ive been thinking both about a new cast/crew member OR a famous actress coming on as a guest and Damien being absolutely smitten and vice verca

tysm for sharing your perspective n for being so nice about it! and yes, you're right i am cis.

honestly i’ve been so incredibly confused about this whole thing, especially today when someone accused me of intentionally ignoring trans voices and being transphobic... it literally broke my heart because that was never my intention at all.

i actually just finished writing a big separate post on this topic to explain everything from my side and share my thoughts/the context of the lore, so i'd really appreciate it if you could check it out okay guys.. so i ran into a really unpleasant situation today and honestly it got me super super upset :(

so basically under only my second post with my character mezl people started calling me out for a term i used on his ref sheet. in the sex section i put "afab". i actually spent like two hours doing research before posting trying to figure out if it's offensive or not and i came to the conclusion that it’s only bad when transphobes use it on purpose to degrade trans people. so i figured it really depends on the context and thought "okay i’ll just use it as a small detail for his bio".

but literally on the same day people commented saying this term is like super triggering and transphobic. of course i noticed it and even replied under the post that i didn’t mean anything offensive and that it was just a detail. honestly as mezl's creator i feel like he would use this term for himself like on medical forms or some questionnaires. i obviously wouldn't use it for him daily but in a bio/form he'd probably choose it himself imo. so i told people that next time i'll look deeper into this and i actually did! me and my friend started reading about it again and we still concluded that it’s all about context, though some people said transphobes use it too. so i thought okay i'll leave it on the current art but for future drawings i just won't specify sex at all.

but today one user literally accused me of transphobia and it made me so so sad.. cuz let's be real i was just trying to flesh everything out from my perspective as an author and from mezl's own perspective. changing this term on the sheet isn't a big deal for me at all it takes less than a minute but it just feels like the alternative labels wouldn't really fit him??

i get that people have mixed feelings about this term and i totally acknowledge that, and i am SO genuinely sorry to anyone i might have offended or made uncomfortable!! i really didn't mean to. it's just so sad that i can’t fully figure out if it’s strictly negative or not cuz my comments are literally split into two opposite sides. some trans people wrote that it's totally fine, while others said it's a huge insult.

i am so confused right now like i don't even know what to do :/ i admit that i'm cisgender and i will never fully understand the trans experience but thinking from mezl's point of view this term fit him best. i know not everyone views it the same way but in my case it was NEVER meant as an insult.

i really hope someone in the comments can finally explain to me clearly and without aggression whether i should use it or not. cuz i spent like an hour reading every single comment and i almost cried lol because i was so confused and scared that everyone would think i'm some kind of transphobe or homophobe. i just want people to explain it to me nicely, even considering that my character would use it for himself.

also i gotta mention that i picked this term based on what was considered normal back in the 2000s and 2010s because my whole lore takes place during that era!! mezl would normally just choose "male" everywhere but if there was an AFAB option somewhere he’d pick it. he wouldn't see it as "who he is" but more like "what the system thinks of him" i guess. not everyone can think the same way :(

tysm for listening.

DOES ANYONE KNOW A MOONWATER FIC REGULUS WORKS AS A LIBRARIAN AND REMUS JUST TAKES A SHIT TON OF BOOKS EVERY LIKE WEEK. ITS SOMETHING LIKE THAT I FORGOT THE TITLE IM GONNA CRASH OUT-