Made this one somewhat last minute, but here goes- my reccomendations for this week are a yuri “mystery” VN that’s near and dear to my heart (that goes into processing grief) though it’s been a while since I last played it, and a cute and sloppy (not bad sloppy) manga about crossdressing (and if you ask me is honestly at least kinda genderfuckery).
I figured I’d also add BonnieBugsy’s “Ranma Lazuli” fanfic series (available on Ao3) to make it a triple feature because why the hell not. The two fics I can recommend (not having completed the other large fic yet though I’m sure it would deserve equal recommendation) are pretty near and dear to me as well.
CONTENT WARNINGS
SeaBed: processing grief Handsome Girl and Crossdressing Boy: some chapters, particularly the extras, can be particularly suggestive/R18+ Ranma Lazuli: for the two fanfics specifically I’m discussing, “Skies of Blue, Red Roses Too” covers dysphoria and abusive family circumstances, with the premise of the titular Ranma escaping these and finding a place where she can be and grow into herself. “I of the Storm,” in contrast, deals with the abusive and unhealthy dynamics of that “place where nothing ever gets better” from the perspective of someone still living within it- Akane- who herself, also has to deal with her anger and the consequences of (being a victim, but also perpetrator of) abuse, apathy, and past mistakes, while moving past that environment herself.
Premise and things I liked about (SeaBed)
Sachiko and Takako were childhood friends and lovers, but unknown circumstances tore them apart. Now they have to piece together the puzzle, as Sachiko keeps hallucinating about Takako, and Takako deals with memory issues of her own.
Personally, Seabed can come across as a bit of a slog (but in a good way- and in a way appropriate to the themes of grief, of mental processing and memory issues, etc). And it can be very heavy. I played it during a time when I was dealing with grief among other things myself and I loved it- I intend to play it again someday (ideally soon), but needless to say it won’t be for everyone.
Premise and things I liked about (Handsome Girl and Crossdressing Boy)
Admittedly, this is just comfy, queer (IMO), somewhat suggestive (YMMV, if it were just up to me I’d not even consider it NSFW but it’s definitely toeing a line and considering cultural and even circumstantial differences of different online spaces- well yea) and sappy light-hearted romance. Iori is a crossdressing boy(? very eggy if you ask me), and Hazuki is a handsome girl. Needless to say gender is a fuck.
The extra chapters (generally noticeable as something like “chapter 23.5” instead of being an outright “chapter 23” for instance) can be even moreso questionably/maybe “NSFW/18+” (though if you ask me that’s all “western puritanism and backwardness/regressiveness” which they then infected many other parts of the world with)
Premise and things I liked about (BonnieBugsy's 'Ranma Lazuli' fanfic series)
The two “Ranma Lazuli” fics I can recommend (the others I either haven’t read yet or are very short) are both what I would describe as “coming of age/graduation(?)” plots, wherein Ranma moves from her abusive, overwhelming, demanding upbringing to the welcoming and progressive Beach City from Steven Universe (no knowledge of either series is necessary IMO to enjoy these fics, that said) and is finally able to develop within such a healthier environment, and Akane comes to terms with and breaks free of the fallout and that unhealthy environment in her own way, in her own separate life.
Both fics, I feel, correlate with my own defining experiences on many levels- whether it be Ranma’s growth and the liberating feeling of finding a positive, comfy space and escaping the small, shitty, abusive world she was raised in prior, or in Akane’s own growth and rejection of that same small world, as well as the permanence of one’s actions having come from and having been a part of what made that world so small and unhealthy to begin with, and growing past that and coming to terms with it.
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Read ‘My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness’ and ‘My Solo Exchange Diary’ and there were so many
moments. I’ve had a vastly different life experience from the author and yet everything hits me emotionally so hard.Coming to realize other people’s struggles has kinda put into perspective that I’m not alone in my struggles of depression, and that even though it’d a long journey toward improvement, it still gets better. Just kinda forcing me to recognize that overcoming the struggles of depression is a long journey of ups and downs, but that in the end the trend line of happiness goes up over time.
Also forcing me to apply the kindness I do onto other to myself, of seeing myself and my struggles in such a close way to the author and it kinda clicking that I need to apply the kindness I do onto others to myself.
Like with these books, there were so many times of me recognizing the struggles of the author and seeing her overcome them, even with how cathartic it was, and then realizing how much that struggle to overcome depression and its eventual slow results applies to me too. These books have pushed me to try and be nicer to myself, even though its cathartic. Shit gets better, even though it may not feel like it in the moment.
sex
Also the wanting to hire a prostitute but the main factor missing was not having a feeling of acceptance, of being loved. Just kinda a shock to see a similar process in myself through having to overcome the societal pressure of always seeing sex as bad and to never be talked about, along with a similar feeling I’ve felt of the primary factor of a sexual experience being the longingness for love and touch, to no longer experience this chronic loneliness, to be supported out of the hole of depression. Shit hits way closer to home than I ever expected coming to read this book.
i found the wokest manga
Love Me For Who I Am (Torrent Link) (the translation on mangadex sucks)
it’s not very deep. it’s clearly for a japanese audience, because they explain what LGBT stands for. but I appreciate something that’s so direct about it for once
I really liked that manga. I want a spin off series about Mei
100 femboys vs me
I’ve been lurking for a while and am just now feeling confident enough to start commenting and posting more. Currently feeling embarrassed about not knowing how to use the hexbear emotes, can anyone explain how?!
catgirl-cry :catgirl-cry:
comcatgirl-cry :comcatgirl-cry:
I have no idea what I’m doing T.T
You see the symbols above the text field? Just click on the smiley and the emote window should appear, where you can browse through all of the emotes.
just type “:” and then a word and a list should appear you can click on
Feeling kind of overdressed going to the grocery store in my ILA cosplay.
Ever since I’ve been tracking my dreams, there’s a bunch of recurring themes or scenarios and most of em make sense. I still have a lot of dreams about my ex, no surprises we were together a long time. I have a lot of dreams about my teeth falling out which is apparently pretty common. I have to build stuff a lot, a house, a shed, a church. Whatever. I have work dreams where I’m nursing.
One I wasn’t expecting was I apparently have to evade law enforcement quite often and I do it by transforming into different animals. Sometimes the “crime” is just being able to shape change. Sometimes I’m accused of something I didn’t do. Once I did do the thing but I felt morally justified even if the act was illegal. Anyway, I would’ve had no idea my subconscious is apparently really hung up on turning into different animals and getting chased by the cops
And it’s not like cool animals, it’s like earthworm, flies, tree snake, moles, crow, albatross you know stuff that’d let you hide or fly away
Tree snakes are cool animals :kitty-cri:
See I kinda figured a t rex or a bear would be cooler. Then I could simply just eat the cops.
Ceridwen and Taliesin-coded dreams, just make sure you don’t become a grain and you should be okay.
I filled out a rental application yesterday and one of the questions was “if you came under financial difficulty, do you know someone who would be willing to loan you the money so you can still pay rent?” My jaw hit the floor. Is this a common question? I’ve only ever rented once.
Nope, that sounds insane. I haven’t encountered anything like that in any rental situation. Usually more formal situations would include a credit check and might ask for someone to co-sign the lease if that doesn’t meet their requirements.
Never seen that in any rental application.
Mostly they’ve been “whats your emergency contact, list some previous landlord references, who all is moving in, any pets” lately they’ve been adding work history, monthly wage and credit score which feels a little invasive.
Got invited to the final stage of the interview for the trans clinic job (it’s because of woke and DEI obviously)
This interview is with the person who’d actually be my boss, but I already interviewed the person who serves as her boss specifically.
Let’s hope this goes well 😬
Good luck!!
Excellent mega topic and all of these are things I need to check out
okay I lied one more comment because I must publicly state how amazing that image is
Being xenogender is so cool, also mine is self coined so its very identifiable lol.
It kinda crept up on me since it’s probably a change that’s happened over many months, but my waist is kinda snatched now. Last spring I didn’t like the idea of wearing anything cropped because I thought it made me look a bit boxy and shapeless, but I’ve gone from disliking it to becoming more ambivalent last fall, and now I’m at a point where I think shorter tops look great on me
Estrogen my beloved.How do normal people keep knee/thigh socks from falling down constantly?
They weren’t even supposed to be knee/thigh length my legs are just short.
My thigh highs (on me they’re knee highs tragically, too tall) have little grippies on the inside that hold the sock up. I’ve also had luck rolling ones a little at the top and somehow that helped keep them from falling down.
You should get a garter belt for your socks! That’d be cute. You can turn into a pretty princess with a garter belt and thigh highs and a skirt and I dunno, go wild. Maybe next you need a petticoat and chemise
Maybe next you need a petticoat and chemise
They probably fall down because they’re designed to be worn as normal socks by regular people and not knee highs by shorties…
Taller socks needs more elastic materials than short ones to cling to the leg or gravity will just pull them down.
This is basically what garter belts exist for. Alternatively you can use sock glue. Beyond that generally if it’s slipping a lot it means the sizing is off or that you didn’t stretch it out evenly when putting it on.
The place I got my thigh highs (Sock Dreams) sells sock glue for this specific purpose—I’ve not yet used it, tbh, but presumably it exists for a reason!
I have used this glue and it does work for thigh highs on me at leaat
Trainsgender
Trans-Trainsgang-gang lesgooooo
