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hi so i forgot to message the person who was next (sorry HelltakerHomosexual) so i'm just gonna talk about a thing i like

Shadow the Hedgehog is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Characterized by his sharp wit and strong sense of purpose, Shadow is a recurrent arch-rival of Sonic the Hedgehog, whom he resembles and shares many abilities. He is a major supporter of trans people, as evidenced by his catchphrase, "Trans people are cool!"

^ this is all from the wiki btw

I like Shadow a lot. His first appearance in the series is in a game where him and Sonic are both fighting the government and destroying these multi-million dollar gunships. Sonic is doing it because he loves communism but Shadow is doing it because he has a blood feud against G.U.N., who are like the global government death squads because they killed this girl, Maria, who he was best friends with.

Maria basically had an incurable illness that Eggman's grandpa was trying to cure by creating an immortal lifeform, which is actually how Shadow was born. Also, Shadow has a copy of Maria's soul I guess? Seriously, look it up. I'm reading all this shit for the first time right now and that sounds kinda trans to me.

Anyway, she gets shot by the troops and despite Maria telling Shadow to be normal and happy, Eggman's grandpa is pissed off about it so he starts psyopping Shadow into wanting to kill everyone on Earth. Eggman's grandpa successfully does the psyop and locks Shadow away until Eggman finds and releases him.

With his newfound power, Shadow starts being evil and helping Eggman find the Chaos Emeralds because he sees him piss on the moon or something. This goes on for a while until he gets back on the space station and remembers what Maria said, deciding to finally be normal and happy.

He switches up, goes Hyper Shadow and helps Sonic defeat the Biolizard which is basically what it sounds like: a giant lizard who wears the space station like a little jacket and shoots lasers from his mouth. Also, that thing was the prototype Ultimate Lifeform before they decided on the optimal form of existence: a little bipedal anthro hedgehog.

So they beat this lizard up, I guess it dies and then the space station is hurtling toward the Earth. Shadow takes a Chaos Emerald and, with the help of Sonic, does one last Chaos Control on the space station, returning it to a stable altitude. Sonic finds himself back on the space station as he flies into the atmosphere. After this, a big semi-translucent Shadow appears on top of the Earth and everyone can see it.

Why would I lie about that? Here it is.

Anyway, a bunch of shit happens after that but I don't care about it. If someone else wants to talk about Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) feel free. What I really wrote this out to justify talking about is the moon in Sonic games. Like I said before, the moon gets pissed on and destroyed with the help of Shadow,

and then in the next game it's just fine but evil now(???)

and after THAT it's not evil anymore but it's fully intact:

What the fuck? Why? How? I watched it get blown up. Who put the moon back together? Anyway, we're getting in the weeds here. Welcome to the mega.


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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Just talking about names and remembered that my dad has my dead name in armenian tattooed to his arm. How did this slip my mind for 6 months?

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

found another youtuber with video essays on degrassi, I know what I'm listening to at work ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

my scorching hot take is degrassi next class is my favourite to watch. I wish it got more seasons :<

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

my favourite degrassi is if you're reading this it's too late

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

New roommate is a loud alcoholic with anger issues that plays loud music 24/7.... Death to landlords.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (6 children)

can i say something? (no bully)

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ugh. don't pull that bull crap on me

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i guess you can say something then catgirl-happy

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you should say something :3

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

we will see how the votes shake out, little yor-tan

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i will wait for more votes and get back to you :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

thank you for your vote kind hexbearittor :) i will say it when i feel i've gained adequate permission

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

dysphoriaI just want to feel like a girl. I bought a really cute hat and gloves and wore them with a sweater I got a few weeks ago and I felt adorable and I loved it. But it's almost like the more comfortable I get with doing more and more fem things the more impatient I get, and the sadder I get that this is such a long process. And when I take the stuff off I get hit with this "oh shit yeah that's right I have a guy body." I don't want to have a guy body.

The days where I feel so happy to be trans are usually followed by evenings where I wish I was cis. Like a sugar crash but for gender feelings.

In related news I've realized I could never turn my back on being trans. At the beginning of this journey one of the only things giving me the confidence to keep going was the realization that I could always just not be trans if I found it wasn't for me. Fuuuuck that at this point it's clear that if I ever try to be cis again it would destroy me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Tried a new blush color and placement and i love how it looks on me, getting cuter everyday doggirl-happy

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Instead of dreaming about hexbear the website, I now dream about specific people on bearsite. You're not allowed to know who, though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've done this before as well. It's strange.

Also is it me (Luna counts too)?

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Was I doing something embarrassing? ๐Ÿฅบ

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The weirdest part is my subconscious cobbling together physical appearances for people based on what few descriptors of them I've got... but no I was getting bullied lmao

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

no I was getting bullied lmao

Social anxiety going brrrr

I've also dreamed of a few users once. I'm sure my subconscious construction was totally accurateimaginator

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now I'm deeply curious how I'm imagined by others, I just think of people as their pfps. My dreams would look more like drawn together style mismatch

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hope you look like your pfp. It's gorgeous

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Please do imagine me this way trans-heart

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Nah I deserved it that time, my geographic knowledge in shambles lol. I do like the funny brain reproducing these people tbh.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

I know only dweebs and losers use Goodreads now, but I was bitching to my better half about how Goodreads doesn't have seperate gender and pronoun settings.

So I went and checked myself, and sure enough Goodreads now has this. Its gender settings are "male", catgirl-disgust "female" catgirl-salute and "Custom".

I now have a custom gender catgirl-peace I didn't set any cool pronouns but I did enter my gender as something rude with "dyke" in it, which rules.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Hey how long did it take for you all to get used to a new name? Last time I did this was a decade ago so I forgot, and I'm starting to worry.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

It took me like 6 months to get used to thinking of myself as *** after my egg cracked. Pronouns too actually.

I'm still not 100% used to other people actually calling me *** now at 4 years in. But that might be because of how I still have some spaces where I'm closeted and so still hear my deadname frequently.

I did feel a pretty immediate euphoria when first calling myself *** though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I got used to my name pretty quickly, although it's pretty similar to my dead name. I'm not quite sure it's the name I want to keep, even though I'm used to it. It would also probably take time to get used to another new name, change is hard.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

cw: slurs in silly gaming momentstransphobes don't get to call me a tr*nny if they can't even clutch the game winning round shrug-outta-hecks

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Any recs on where to shop for chokers? I want to get a new one for the outfit that I am wearing to a metal show. I have two that I bought from Amazon, but one of the requires an extender so I don't think it looks great, and the other has spikes which I think is kinda inappropriate because I don't want to mosh and I definitely don't want to look like a pit ninja. Looking on Amazon, everything seems to cap at a neck width of 16", while I have a neck width of 17" flat.

EDIT: Also, are pants chains in or out? I always thought they looked kinda dorky, but idk.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, got home. For some reason, I thought that starting HRT would be a bit tougher. Like almost everyone, there's still a nugget of self doubt, that what I'm feeling isn't dysphoria but something else. Funnily enough, had a big trans-affirming moment earlier this week. Was looking for socks in the Men's section in Target, and was struck by this utter malaise and despair. Could literally be nothing other than dysphoria. I don't want to have to feel like that anymore.

Anyways, got home, opened the door, unpacked my backpack, fed the cats. Took out the prescription, took out my pills. I thought that it would be appropo to hold them for a second, to meditate on the ramifications. But then I went fuck that. I popped those suckers down in a second. The world might end tomorrow, or the next day or the next, but if I'm going to die then I am going to die as a woman. And if not, then I am going to live as one.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Talking too much about smut I only kinda liked: Human Domestication Guide

Alright, been meaning to type this for a while. Saw Ash talk about (check pronoun) readings and reminded me I read this due to (check pronouns)'s recommendation and then forgot to talk about it. Anyways

I like the idea of being taken care of the dxtremley caring plant creatures, but I just get caught up on the cultural imperialism of the forced pet dynamic. I think part of it is me being into like dog or cat girl thing more as an identity than as a kink. I dislike the cultural imperialism a lot. I get its just smut, and smut isn't necisarily realistic, but this is MY post so I get to decide what smut is good or bad enjoyment rise.

But yeah, I enjoy the vibes of being forced to be nice to myself and either being forced to take care of myself, or have a big plant lady take care of me, but the hypnosis and ownership aspects just give me bad vibes personally. Like I remember in the original glitchyrobo writing of the main character writing a document recognizing and signing a thing saying that (she?) has no rights in the Affini Compact. Like that and the ownership shit just made me stop enjoying it. Again, I get its just smut, but I am unable to just turn my brain off and ignore it.

I think I need to find smut, or really just writing in general, that has cozy vibes and maybe a Dom forcing me to take care of myself and be nice to myself. That would be cool. :flush:

That is to say.... If you have any recommendations.... I would love to hear them :flush:

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

oh shitWhy does everyone remember my cursed smut posting catgirl-huh hhhhhhhhgh....

I'm not surprised to hear that some of the setting, and CnC aspects, and the forced pet elements of HDG were unpleasant for you, my apologies. I wasn't really thinking about it in that respect when I read Wellness Check, sheesh a year ago now... I assume that's probably the one you read so uh, again sorry, my bad. I kind of feel the same upon reflection, every other HDG story I tried to poke into I found was a bit much in some of the same respects...

I'd be interested in any recs you get because I'd like to fluff out my smut library, Idk where or how anyone is meant to find this stuff. Does make me wonder if there are HDGs that take catgirl/doggirl into account as more than kink, or just fiction generally? Would be rad? catgirl-sorry

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

::: spoiler Title Yeah, I read wellness check and then the original hdg thing.

It seems like every story has the actual pet aspect, as that seems to be the ghoice of the original author so everything is just built on it.

Like I read the rules for a story, and it seems like the og author wants it to be a setting of pet ownership and hypnosis. Doesn't really seem like there are any cutouts for people without the same exact kinks as the author. Which I like get why the author would want it written a certain way IG they created it, but dammit I want the plant people to not be imperialists!

Sorry if I'm just repeating the same shit over and over again, I do that a lot and its hard to manage it.

Anyways, yeah there isn't really any stories that don't have the forced pet shit. Unfortunate because I would love a setting where it was all species being equal.

As for other Smit, I ahvent found much. Only have like the past 6 months of me trying yo find good smut, and there is just so much shit that even with the tags that scratch my brain right will just have theming that puts me off.

I also lost my bookmarks because I forgot my ff password so I lost about half of my smut, so i need to dig out a laptop i habe Form 2 months ago to See if any oft my favorites are in it.

But for ones i do habe that i think are atleast okay,

i have "catgirl hipnotises you." Does what it says on the tin, catgirl hypnotises you and you turn into a cstgirl from it. Its alright, but not great https://readonlymind.com/@elizzyviolet/CatgirlHypnotizesYou/

I have "A little friendly competition," which is hypnotizing 2 straight girls into lesbians which is alright https://readonlymind.com/@HypnoBunny/ALittleFriendlyCompetition/

And now that I'm looking at my list... that's kinda it for ones I find at least a 6/10. A lot of stories will have some identity of someone as a dog/catgirl, then will fumble it in my mind of having it be purely kink or have some ownership aspect. A lot of stories also love including LOTS of fluids, and I've realized that fluids which just kind gross me out I'm realizing. Like I'm fine with a bit of fluids just existing, but the stories will be describing in detail the fluids and textures of it and I'll just be sitting here thinking how I'd rather do anything else than imagine awful textures in or on me. Like stories will have tags which do an alright job filtering stuff, but there is a wide berth of what the "dog( )girl" categories will have regarding it being identity or petplay. And then there is just nothing regarding whether there is a heavy emphasis on fluids.

I wonder if I just need to look for non-smut stories, because so many smut stories will have such wildly different ways I dislike them. Maybe that could help with regards to getting identity related dog/catgirl stuff and less petplay.

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Edit- also I'm realizing me seeing your comment talking about wellness check was like 2 accounts ago for me, and the time still just feels like a couple months ago. Wild

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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but dammit I want the plant people to not be imperialists!

On some level it did make me chuckle, literal fully automated luxury gay space communist plant creatures clearly being what humanity needs to break free the shackles of capitalism. The author's work, I guess... No need to apologise though, I happen to pretty much agree. Unsurprisingly I've had mixed responses to throwing HDG at people, lol.

I forgot my ff password so I lost about half of my smut,

Goddamn, my condolences catgirl-salute I will poke your two links sometime, but it doesn't surprise me that smut usually has a kink focus in this respect, which kinda sucks. Guess it'll end up being one of those "write what you want to see" things...

fluids

Thank fuck someone agrees, yeah uh wow I've never related so hard. A textural issue... Now realising that this is probably a large share of why I kind of hate that too. Type of thing that should be tagged honestly.

If you post about non-smut adventures in fiction I will probably wanna read that too, if you find any good non-smut stories I'd be interested. Sounds like a good idea :)

Also I had no idea you were changing accounts, but yea I went and checked, last time I rec'd HDG was almost a year ago, last time I mentioned it at all was six months ago lmao

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

Should clarify I meant to type wild and it corrected to W as if I was very exited about switching accounts for some reason. I switched accounts purely because I got bored of the usernames, and Lemmy still hasn't added any means to change username to my knowledge.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

There's shittin time and then there's quittin time and right now I'm all out of shits to give top-use-words

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