Vick_is_Depressed

The silence. The breathing stopped. The remainder of the flesh thing slammed back into the jaws, and the thing itself stopped moving. Silence stretched, from the room, between the two of us. The thing, the tongue or tendril, still twitched and squirmed under Harlan’s foot. With a grunt, he kicked it back into the darkness.

“Disgusting animals,” He hissed.

I backed away, not from the darkness, but from Harlan. His gaze raised towards me, and he smiled.

The music played on.

I am level two autistic. I am visibly autistic and always have been. And I still got misdiagnosed as not autistic four times for complete nonsense reasons.

Closest match: Bombyx mori BmN4 cell DNA, chromosome 24, sequence Common name: Domestic Silk Moth

TMA is a term meaning Transmisogyny Affected. TME is Transmisogyny Exempt.

In its usage, anybody that is not transfem is considered TME; in more extreme cases, anybody that is not a trans woman might be considered TME. I've gotten the sense that I'm getting pretty close to the transandrophobes declaring me TME, as the term is very inconsistent.

Here's the elephant in the room, TME is a slur; it is a new slur, and I've not seen anybody really label it as such yet, so I'm taking some responsibility for making that call and getting the word out.

TME is not used as a helpful, educational, empowering, or even consistent label. What it is used for is solely to attack transmasc and nonbinary people. It exists to silence them, to other them; that is its purpose.

TME is also built upon a falsehood; the truth of the matter is that no trans person, not a single one, is exempt from transmisogyny. We are all affected. People using TME as a term like to claim otherwise, as a means of centering themselves, but the claim is completely unsubstantiated and borders on self delusion.

Knowing this, I believe we need to recognize TMA and TME for what they are, unacceptable terms with no valid usecase, which exist solely to cause harm to our community.

pose reference sites:

oestrogen tracker is here.

testosterone tracker is here.

if you experience any disability or neurodivergency please fill out this form. it is equally important to me to have data that says progesterone doesn't affect autism or testosterone doesn't make you hard of hearing or whatever, as it is to document changes. so if you have any health condition. please fill it out. even if it to say "no change". i am begging you all.

canon is what happens in the text. e.g. merlin tries to poison morgana

a headcanon is a fact that you have personally made up as an elaboration of canon. it is your invention. e.g. i think morgana and gwen had a teenage lesbian situationship before the events of canon. or, i think modern morgana would love evanesence.

an interpretation is how one reads the existing text. it is not an invented fact nor is it a headcanon, it is a reading. e.g. i think merlin tries to poison morgana out of misplaced self-hatred. or, i think that one line was delivered with suppressed malice and shows a nuanced relationship.

fanon is the general fandom’s accepted headcanons and interpretations that elaborate or recontextualize canon. e.g. merlin is a badass waif and morgana is a bitch.

We need to start commenting under other people's posts about how to properly warn for flashing lights and eyestrain. We need to be emailing and calling companies about their possibly triggering advertisements that could induce seizures. We need to stop tolerating ableism and start speaking up for the more vulnerable.

Also, stop putting epilepsy warnings. That's like saying "warning: schizophrenia" on a post including unreality or "warning: dyslexia" on a post with a typing quirk. First off, the disability mentioned isn't the only group of people that this could trigger. Second, it doesn't truly get the message across and instead makes it worse for those with the disability-- scrolling through the epilepsy tag on Tumblr should get you to view the content of other epileptic people, but no, you just get a bunch of flashing lights and eyestrain, even though you could instead tag for, oh I dunno, flashing lights and eyestrain.

Just to try and help out and spread the word, there are two chrome extensions I've found that might be able to help.

Seizafe: This extension scans youtube videos and warns you if they contain things like flashing lights that could cause a seizure.

CogniShield: This extension (supposedly, it has like no reviews) dims the screen to a safe level if flashing lights are detected; it can also be used to limit volume. It might help.

Jeff twitches and waves away your hand, grinning.

Eyeless Jack tolerates your nonsense.

BEN turns transparent so your hand goes through him with a shit eating grin.

Laughing Jack's nose crinkles inward until it honks as he makes noises of confusion and protest

Liu has no idea what the hell you're doing.

Nina sneezes like a kitten

Masky spooks, then laughs as he realizes what you did

Hoodie leans back in surprise. He can't believe you just did that

Skully gets crosseyed, then looks back at you and starts chuckling.

Beastie has no idea how to respond, blinking at you behind his glasses

Kate judges.

HABIT lulls you into a false sense of security, then bites. Likely you're losing that finger.

Vick might break your arm, but they will apologize after and give you a sweet baked good. Sorry Rabbit.

BP dodges gracefully. How did he get across the room so fast? No one knows.

The main one is Wish Upon a Storm, a cozy fantasy romance short story inspired by 80s cartoons like Care Bears, Rainbow Brite etc. It's about Wes, sweethearted former hero and ex princess of Mirrorland, trying to throw a party. But the first guest isn't on the list: his old enemy (and crush!) the dragon-like villain Professor What. With a storm trapping them in Wes' castle, and Professor What having no idea who Wes (who's transitioned in the six years since the last saw each other) is, they get closer than Wes could've hoped...

I mostly write horror so it's a bit refreshing to try and write something that doesn't revolve around dread and terror!

I've also got two more short stories that are still too fresh to real discuss: The Echoes in Anson House (PSI series) and a Runner Owen mystery tentatively called Amara.

There's also longer projects like No Mortal Kin, another psi story, and my Runner Owen Behold the Damned, and standalone holiday romance stories...

and better