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Do you mind if Echo is here? She didn't want to leave me alone.

It's fine, Host, don't worry. We love her.

Okay good.

Please state your name, pronouns and role on the MarkiplierTV team.

Uhm- Quill "The Host" Warfstache, He/Him and Ae/Are pronouns... I run a radio show branch off under the MarkiplierTV name.

Thank you for taking the time out to do this interview. For confidentiality, any questions you wanna skip will be cut from this footage. This is your time.

Oh! Uhm, alright. That's... That's good. I don't think I have to worry about anything currently but well! It's odd. I don't... I'm not in front of the camera often.

Radio show.

Exactly. This uhm- The whole eye thing kind of leaves me unwilling to be in front of the cameras often.

You'll be okay?

It's fine! We can do the questions. I've got my cat after all.

Alright then. Could you tell us how you identify?

Transmasculine, biromantic, demisexual.

Well you had that answer prepared.

I- Well I had to guess *some* of the questions that would get asked!

Rather specific too.

I've had awhile to figure everything out. Maybe things will change but, for now... those feel right.

When did you realize you felt differently about love than what people expected of you?

Oh god uhm... I didn't think I could for awhile. While I was Author actually, uhm...

You don't have to get into that bit if you don't want it.

No, it's important. I was him for a bit. It just... Can we take a second?

[Tape Cut]

Hooo, okay. Uhm. When I was the Author. I thought myself incapable of love at all. I had accepted that- it was a whole... thing. About him. But becoming the Host, I simply started to think I wasn't worthy of it. The one... singular shift was Mal. Before and after I became Host. I knew him as the Author for awhile, and sometimes I think Mal could have actually changed him, if he had only had more of a chance to.

I see why you needed a second, Quill, damn.

Hah- Yeah uhm... When I finally started letting myself feel things like that again, I never really thought about it being weird, not caring what gender the person I would maybe end up with would be. Besides- it had always been Mal. Always.

When did you realize you weren't the gender you were assigned at birth?

Oh very very early on. I was quite young- the Jims were easy help in that. I was... god I can't remember, it was so long ago now. I was ten I think. Don't quote me on that.

How long ago would that be for you now?

Oh easily 100 years now. I'm old as fuck.

PFFT-

Yeah don't ask questions about my age.

How do you feel about coming out so publicly, through a TV interview?

I don't mind it honestly- I talk often upon my experiences as trans on the radio show, so it's not like it's unknown in our fan base. If it is... how did you miss it? I'm not subtle. There's an entire episode from last year's pride where I went in depth on my transition journey and what my plan was.

Have you made any special bonds with other LGBTQIA+ members of the production team?

Absolutely! I'm married, for one, I got my siblings back, I have Zaza now... It's a lot, and it's all through the studio and Dark... I was given this chance again, and I love them all. Every single one of them are important to me, and I'm so happy to be here.

Is there anything you'd like to say to any LGBTQIA+ viewers watching this?

If what you think you are changes- that is perfectly fine. I thought I was aroace for genuinely years. Clearly, I was wrong. Or, rather, I wasn't wrong, but it just stopped being right. Scary, yes, but it will be okay. CJ will probably have more on this once you guys get to doing your own.

[CJ Laughs off-screen]

But even I had my own experiences. It's okay. No matter where you are or where you were- it was important. It mattered.

Any closing thoughts?

I don't think I have much more past this. Uhm.

[Host lifts his arm, and Nagini, an albino ball python, slides out of his sleeve and back up his arm but over his sleeve this time.]

Nagini says hi though. Thank you for having me.

Thank you for your time. Happy Pride Month!

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“Lovino?” It wasn’t like she knew him very well, at least not as much so as she knew Feliciano at this point.

( Continuation of this! )

Bahir soon came home with Seth in tow, his hand around the five year old's. He watched as Seth looked between Aiden and the new person, then up at his father.

Kneeling down, he talked to his son. "Hey, go ahead and put your backpack down and Aiden and I will get you a snack okay?"

Seth smiled wide before saying "Okay!"

But of course, he had to run up and hug Aiden too.

Bahir looked over at Elaine, tilting his head at her. She looked like she was hitting the bottle, but he didn't want to talk about it in front of Seth. "Hey Elaine." He greeted her before going over and kissing Aiden hello too.