theory fan

god reading old feminist theory is wild because you'll be nodding along and then they break out the old "lesbians doing bdsm is misogyny because that's man stuff" chestnut

ladies is it patriarchy when women fuck each other

idk it's not like I'd ever argue that women can't be misogynists or enforce patriarchy on each other like obviously they can and do. but also it's soooo funny to sincerely try to argue that no woman would ever want to fingerblasted if not for the masculine scourge tainting her mind and tricking her into thinking penetration is good. lady I'm sorry but sometimes it hits.

and then of course there's everyone's least favorite game: What Has This Author Said About Trans Women In The 20-40 Years Since This Publication

calling a mutual by their name and having to check you're right like omg what if they transitioned and changed their name in the twelve hours since i last saw them on my dash

Far too many people expect transmascs to just fall in line with the idea that transition erases the impact of their past experiences. That man who grew up the eldest daughter expected to raise his siblings while his brothers got to play doesn’t have his life rewritten once he starts testosterone. That enby who got catcalled in the street at age 15 for wearing a low cut dress doesn’t have that fear erased by using they/he pronouns. The boys who grew up being told by their classmates, their families, society itself that they were never going to achieve as much as their male peers don’t have that message unwritten in their hearts as soon as they come out. And to say that their masculinity inherently makes them complicit in the same pain inflicted upon them their whole lives not only is cruel but also absolves the behavior of cis men as an aspect of their condition, rather than a learned bigotry that’s much easier to perpetuate when you’ve never been the target of it yourself.

loud warning

Rolling on the floor sobbing and crying and losing my mind at “GET INSIDE THE VAAAAAAAAAAN”

huge fan of when characters love each other and are closely bonded in an explicitly nonromantic way. however ☝️ i am very much not a huge fan of what happens when characters like this are introduced to fandom

The most obsession inducing trait a character can have for me is knowing somewhere in their heart That They Are A Bad Kid

This isn't necessarily literal. It can apply to characters who aren't children too. But there's something about characters who are either certain of the fact, or terrified of the possibility, that they are just fundamentally wrong and bad at their core

It is also important to me that it is not true. No one is fundamentally broken and evil.