WhomstTheHell

Rhetorical dogwhistles are things that most people would not be able to identify as bigoted because they're INTENDED to have plausible deniability.

The wording changes are meant to be subtle enough that people really can mix them up accidentally when they don't have much information!

So when the gender critical movement calls trans women "transwomen", they're hoping for 2 things.

this usage will spread enough among people who don't know any better, to give transphobes the plausible deniability of not LOOKING like a frothing bigot constantly.

the usage grammatically places trans women in a different category than other women; it's changing "trans" from an adjective to part of a noun to make this distinction.

The more we can avoid this usage, the less deniability have transmisogynists have when using it, and the less rhetorical ground we cede to the degendering and misgendering of trans women.

lets lay down with mama

lets lay down with mama

"How interesting," they say.

(and they say it a lot)

(i'm not kidding. the entirety of the first two books is just both of them saying how interesting the other is. it's suffocating.)

Another medicated Andrew! And black haired Neil!

The two first books hold such bangers, and clearly not enough people ramble about them. I'm a sucker for the relationship they have afterwards obviously, but even before that they're hilarious. Many underrated scenes that could be worth drawing.

Also I underestimated how Neil dress and presents himself - like: he wears oversized, worn out and faded, preferably light-colored clothes; messy curlyish hair with bangs; sports hoodies; JORTS-

Fictional small town in the middle of nowhere in real country: par for the course in any genre

Fictional major city in real country: standard fair, but it's usually clearly based on a real city

Fictional suburb of real major city in real country: strange but I can see the application

(I’m loving the fic, btw :))

Hi there,

First of all, thank you so much for your praise of Sunrise & Death (on AO3 under the username praytoneverrip)! I promise to update soon - and I have some other Fics in the works, as well! (A sequel to my Fic “Runaway Boy on Hold” currently titled “hold on (to your) runaway boy” that takes place 10 years after Canon when Andrew is 30 & Neil 29, kind of like how “Runaway Boy on Hold” was written 10 years ago today. As well as my Fic on Andrew’s POV on Neil going missing in TKM!)

As for your question, Andrew not eating meat comes from Nora’s EC. She said that while Andrew doesn’t consider himself to be “vegetarian” he doesn’t really eat meat and prefers vegetarian options when possible, which is kind of funny considering she mentioned he also isn’t very fond of fruits or vegetables. He prefers carbs (particularly pastas), although this can also include bread, and if you want other noodle or rice dishes. She also mentioned that Andrew of course loves sugar: ice-cream, chocolate bars, etc.,. He also loves spicy food! Hakka/Szechuan Chinese food & Indian food would definitely suit him, alongside Italian & Mexican.