Cats and Classics

is as useless of a statement as,

"Lesbians aren't as oppressed as gay men! Look at all these laws targeting gay men but not lesbians!"

I'd be rightfully chastised for saying the latter, but apparently the former is just "transfeminism 101" to some people.

And to be clear, there are STILL places in the world where male homosexuality is punished but female homosexuality isn't. Would you say that queer women are privileged in these places? NO! You would recognise that the methods for oppressing queerness often differs based on the gender one is socially imposed upon birth.

The oppression of transmasculine people is often enacted in ways similar to that of cis women, especially cis queer women. These include tactics such as corrective rape/forced pregnancy and being dismissed as "confused" and "delusional," but also "predatory Evil Women who are going to Corrupt Your Daughters."

Unfortunately, this means a lot of trans men must be considered "not real men" in order to have their experiences validated. Transgender theory and mainstream transfeminism has failed in this regard. Since the idea of "a man being oppressed for being a man" is counterintuitive to decades of feminist thought, it is rejected outright.

Some say, "you're not oppressed for being a man, you're oppressed for being trans" as if those are distinct categories in this context.

First, there's his stats. He has rather subpar stats, except for his Constitution, which is a whopping 30, a score which is impossible to achieve for players and reserved for legendary foes such as dragons. This isn't explained, he just Has That.

The next thing you'll notice about Avery is that whenever it's his turn to move, he takes an incredibly long time just Standing There as he thinks real hard about what he's gonna do. So hard in fact, that he has about a 50% chance of suddenly crashing the game after a solid minute of Standing There

If he manages to reach a decision before reality unravels around him, Avery will make very creative choices, such as

Running outside into the street full of civilians and forgetting how to make it back inside,

Jumping over random objects and people only to run back around to where he started, or even

Throwing a fire bomb, in the fireworks shop, blowing himself up. He may do this regardless of whether anyone else in the room with him at the time.