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but i've seen the transphobic interpretation enough, and i'm not convinced that the average internet discourser is sufficiently aware of the nuance (especially cis/het gamers lmao). gamers see gender fuckery and go "TRANS??"

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and i get it; it might be the author's worldview, it might be the setting not allowing the character to "transition" in the way our modern society perceives it; there can be plenty of very good reasons, both inside and outside of the fiction, for a character to be portrayed and read that way.

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so when i see a character who lives as the opposite gender and eventually "grows comfortable enough to be themselves again", i'm wary of claims that they are a trans character (especially when they're said to be a trans <gender they didn't end up as>). it's a hint too close to real transphobia.

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i mean... yeah, our relationship with gender (as a society) is complicated. i actually didn't know about this practice, that's interesting to learn! i think where i'm coming from is, most discourse i've seen online around pop culture media is not done with that complexity in mind.

the big one i've seen is xenoblade 2 spoilers . . . i saw several people claim that the nia thing is a "forced transition" and her coming out as "returning to her natural state of being", for example.

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i'm not going to say that you're wrong, or that there are zero examples of what you're talking about. but i have seen a few cases (not that many, to be fair!) of people reading a character's transness in a way where neither watson nor doyle would agree.

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ah but you see, dear uninformed interlocutor. you have a limited understanding of the topic, for you believe artificial intelligence is solely generative. i, however, am capable of perceiving the nuance of the situation. there are, in fact, fields, such as medicine, where - hey wait come back wait

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if someone thinks that's a trans man, that implies they think trans people will be happier once they get rid whatever outside influence is making them "be like that". it's giving "all a trans person needs is to learn to accept themselves for who they are" which, ew ew ew. ew ew ew ew ew. ew.

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i think it also highlights what they think about what's best for trans people a girl who has to pretend to be a boy for personal protection isn't happier living as a boy, she's doing it due to the pressure of her environment. she has to make or find a place that's safe enough for her to be herself.

that's the usual transphobia (/internalized transphobia) take imo it comes from a belief is that a trans A is really a B who pretends to be an A. then, reading something as trans is not a matter of what their true identity is, it's a matter of what is "natural" and what is "pretending".

Yona @yona.moe · 10/09/2026

it's like changing scenes in cinema, or in a book; a loading screen transition can imply that some non-zero amount of time passed and some non-trivial distance was traveled without needing to actually show it on screen

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Yona @yona.moe · 09/09/2026

people complaining about the sportsmates and me just here thinking that they're kind of adorable and i wish they were a system-wide avatar and not just for switch sports (i think i just resent miis because very young yona couldn't make a mii of herself due to lack of hair color options on the wii)

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

i really like that remaster young link actually looks too young to be doing this shit for the first time

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Yona @yona.moe · 09/09/2026

a hat in time was a while ago yeah. but also i'm not sure if it's really what i'm thinking of? hat kid being a child is not really relevant to the game's story the same way it is for link, or for the various fantasy protagonists (if we're looking outside of games) hat kid is just, like, cute lol

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unfathomable levels of she 🥺 how have i never noticed that she has a bowser on her scarf

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i... i guess, yeah

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xenoblade 2 i guess? but rex's shonen protagonist ass is too battle-ready to be an Adventuring Child. also he is too knowledgeable about the world he lives in to qualify.

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Yona @yona.moe · 07/09/2026

the ocarina of time remake is making me think about how long it's been since we've had a mainstream Adventuring Child game. i can't really think of one other than like. wind waker and god of war and pragmata don't count; you can't have an Adventuring Child situation if there's a parent right there

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i'm genuinely confused as to whether this is this supposed to be a dunk or something because like yeah exactly. i want to write the code

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👽🌱💫Eggy💫🌱👽 @eggyweggy2.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Posting the rest of my AF attacks!! I did rush to get in near the end, so not my best work but still happy with em!! Think the last doodle has to be my fave hGHHG Owners and ocs in the replies!! . #art #artfight

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Yona @yona.moe · 06/09/2026

immediately came here to see if the thread count feature was a coward or not unfortunately it appears to be a coward

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Emma (IPG) @invoxiplaygames.uk · 18/05/2026

trans person: i'm trans society: ok DDR/ITG no bar players: that's crazy, i actually don't play with the bar

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Yona @yona.moe · 01/09/2026

with street skating some amount of mastery is needed to even begin figuring out how to do Cool Shit. but once you do, it's YOUR Cool Shit and not anyone else's. with park skating the designers can guarantee that many players can experience balanced Cool Shit, but now it's the designer's Cool Shit

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Yona @yona.moe · 01/09/2026

i think this unlocked something for me. quake / mkwii / melee is street skating. games where Cool Shit arises naturally from the systems mkworld / smash ultimate / GGST is park skating. Cool Shit happens when you press the Cool Shit buttons in sequence at the Cool Shit Point

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Yona @yona.moe · 31/08/2026

way back then i used to draw schwi almost every other week, i wanted to see what she'd look like in my current style 😌 #art #fanart

a drawing of schwi dola, from no game no life: zero. she is an android girl with very long dark purple hair, a light brown/orangeish dress, and very long purple boots. she has 2 tails that are charging cables, robotic elf ears that point downwards, and a blue headpiece that looks a bit like a fancy parabolic antenna.

she is standing near the edge of a cliff, turning around with a slightly surprised but mostly calm expression. behind her, the ocean reflects the pink / purple lights in the night sky.

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Yona @yona.moe · 25/08/2026

azure striker gunvolt

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Yona @yona.moe · 24/08/2026

yet more proof that media could get away with so much more creative bullshit than we think

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Steve @darkmagicalman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You ever get sooooooooo invested in a game and you say “I’m gonna 100% this”?

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Yona @yona.moe · 22/08/2026

nooooooo that's the worst D: 🫂