Thorn Wilde

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Morning, Mac! I'm sure it will be.

Morning, DiC! Hope you all enjoy your Saturday! I dunno. You can teach Social Studies that gives a good, basic understanding of how a system works, and you'll still have stuff to learn. Social Studies in school is pretty good and in depth over here (teaching about different systems of government, political ideologies, party politics, etc.), but that doesn't mean my ex didn't learn a bunch when he did his bachelor in Political Science.

Goodnight, DiC! See you in the morning. Enjoy your Friday night, everyone! ❤️

Ugh, this... You know, I read an article a while back on queer representation in films. It said that the only gay person to ever be nominated for an Oscar for playing a gay role is Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters. That says a lot, I think.

Hey everyone! Hope you're all having a good day. We went to see Spider-Man, it was fun. Then we took a walk through time, and then home for veggie burgers and Star Trek TNG. It's been a pleasant day. Paul's on his way to bed. Tomorrow is his day off, which is how we were able to hang out so much today, but he's pretty tired now. Every other week he has Saturday and Sunday, and then every other week he has Tuesday and Saturday off. This was one such week, so he'll be working Sunday through Friday next week. Takes its toll... Especially when your hours are 3am to 11am.

A small funny for your Friday morning.

Morning, DiC. Happy Friday! Hope everyone enjoyed their evening last night, with or without fireworks. Have a good day!

i feel inexplicably lonely when you’re not around i miss your company and it’s not like there’s no one else to talk to i just don’t want anyone but you

Ooh, the original Tales of the City just turned up on Norwegian Netflix! That's my night planned out. Can't recommend the new one enough, btw, it's amazing. I'll probably sign off for tonight. For you less northernly across-the-ponders, have a very happy 4th of July celebration! And to everyone else, enjoy your Thursday evening. ❤️ Goodnight!

Wise choice. That's some crazy hot weather... Glad we don't get temps like that here.

It's very important when playing with fireworks.

This. This is so important. And it's so hurtful when it comes from within our own community.

Paul and I are seeing Spider-Man Far from Home tomorrow, so rewatched Homecoming tonight. Found a very important PSA from Captain America in the special features that’s relevant for all you Americans tonight. It’s at 28 seconds in.

Wish more people thought the way you do.

That's why I said most. Feels pretty absurd, doesn't it?

I'm always happy to share and to educate. If you ever have any questions, PM me or something and I'll answer as best I can.

It can be difficult, yeah, but I don't like to compare. I guess one of the key differences would be right to self-identification. For a trans person, claiming one's gender one is often faced with the reaction that one is not the gender one claims, whereas most gay people won't have people telling them, no, you're not actually gay, you're straight. So people won't accept that I'm not a woman, especially not if I don't try really, really hard to look and behave masculine. Some of us even end up overcompensating because we're so afraid we won't pass otherwise, especially pre-medical transition, or those who don't want to medically transition at all.

Oh yeah, Happy 4th of July to the 'Mericans! Enjoy your day!

I admit to occasionally playing otome, or romance based visual interactive novels. It's a huge market, most of them straight with female protagonists, though some have male protagonists too, and a small subset allow for queer romance. I found one that was entirely gay and found, in a comment thread on Steam, some guy complaining that there were no female romance options. I was pretty stunned. His complete lack of self-insight, as he ranted about this in response to people who pointed out that if he wants a female romance option then this game just wasn't made for him, just floored me. EDIT: Dream Daddy as a sweet, funny and rather excellent game like that (not the one that comment was made on) that I highly recommend, if you feel like playing a dad who gets to hook up with other dads.

CD Projekt Red has said that they want to include transgender and non-binary customisation options in character creation for Cyberpunk 2077. If they do, that would be awesome, though it's not confirmed that it'll actually be a thing... Hope it is. It would make a lot of sense for that kind of science fiction world to have that, given the direction we're moving in of trans and non-binary identities becoming more visible. So I hope they actually go for it and they're not just playing with it. I mean, it can't honestly be that difficult to do, can it? In CD Projekt Red's The Witcher III there's the character of Mislav, a quest NPC early in the game, who's gay and tells the tragic story of how he was ostracised for it and his lover died. As much of a cliché as that is (medieval Europe based fantasy world or not), I liked the fact that there was no option for Geralt to be judgmental or disgusted by it, that he shows empathy and even seems to relate, which makes sense given the way Witchers are seen and treated.

I know how you feel, @BabyXander1990. I'm still figuring out how to 'boy' and it's not easy. I just try to remind myself that that isn't what makes me a boy, only how I express it. It's something I am, irrespective of what I do. Gender expression becomes a lot more important when you're trans, though. Things cis-people never have to think about become a huge deal when you're trying to pass on the outside as what you are on the inside. I'm glad you feel you're there. I've got a ways to go.

Morning, everyone! Hope you all have a nice day. Hi, @rickproehl! *waves* Nice to have you here.

Today has been a less than awesome day as I had a flare-up of my physical symptoms this morning. My own fault, though. I picked the wrong breakfast. It was unpleasant. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better. Gonna try to do some writing, or at least some editing, in bed now. I hope you have all fared better. Goodnight, DiC!

I've never been a big DC fan, but I like the dark and gritty Batman stuff. I read a lot of Marvel comics, though. Especially Deadpool. If it has Deadpool in it, I've probably read it.