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All the pretty little anons

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the degree to which i hate "trans headcanon" fanart makes me almost disgusted at myself like maybe i've got some transphobia that's coming out with hating this shit so much

but i really do find it quite gross to just say "i believe this character is trans just because" and start drawing them with scars if they're male or visible adam's apples if they're female, whatever the born gender is you know

i just really can't stand it at all and idk why since i'm very much cis

you're not transphobic, though there are many tumblrinas who would instantly peg you so.

you hate trans headcanon and its associated byproduct for the same reason any rational person hates it, because it's a childish fad that ironically demeans actual trans people and trans issues because 95% of the people indulging in it have no real understanding of either and are just doing it for validation and/or virtue signaling

to paraphrase hollis mason, "the fact that you hate trans headcanons indicates only that you are still sane."

come on dude, seriously? There's some bad stuff out there, sure, but there's also some stuff that's just people figuring themselves out or just liking drawing/thinking of a character as trans or whatever.

And 'virtue signaling' is a thing that doesn't exist.

Virtue signaling exists, as this comment proves.

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genders that are not male or female do not exist, virtue signaling is very real

virtue signalling exists, but it's a logical fallacy to attack someone for doing it

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you're not transphobic. none of that shit is representation, it's glorified fetishization. you don't have to be trans to find it disgusting.

You actually kind of do have to be. Trans people are the only ones allowed to criticize it.

are trans people the only ones allowed to criticize all the fucking nasty trannies that are fucking little boys in the ass, too?

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why don't you sit and think about why it bothers you, then? we can't tell you what you feel and where it comes from. at best we can project on you.

you might be transphobic, you might not be. only self reflection is going to help you find out.

one thing though-- considering the society in which we are raised and the way we're socialized, it's more common to be transphobic than not, at least to some degree. this only makes you a bad person if you're unwilling to examine your behavior in an honest manner and listen when somebody tells you "hey, that thing you did hurt me". everyone has some internalized shit, my guy. having some transphobic baggage to work through doesn't make you satan. if you're willing to exercise self awareness and compassion, you should be fine.

'self reflection' but i thought trannies hated looking at their own reflections

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because you're transphobic

it's one thing if they're loudly going THIS CHARACTER IS TRANS AND IF YOU DISAGREE YOU'RE A MONSTER or they're superstereotypical about it, but if they just say 'i draw this character as trans,' who gives a shit?

and why do you think the only two ways of visibly being trans are scars and adam apples

there's another way of visibly being trans: masturbating to child pornography

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that's frequently all the artists do. esp cis artists. take a male character, draw them exactly as shown in canon... but with boob scars! take a female character, draw them exactly as shown in canon... but with an adam's apple! maybe some chin stubble just so you know, wink, they're not actually female!

it's fucking stupid mostly because like i said i only ever seem to see cis people or ~they pronouns~ type snowflakes drawing it. they do this lazy, borderline offensive shit then sit back and wait for the praise to pour in.

im glad you're against people making your favorite characters into pedophiles. kill all trannies.

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wtf is wrong with you?

their parents raised them with the goddamn sense to not respect trannies for a second

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'im very much cis' trust me honey we can tell

'i very much rape little boys' trust me tranny we can tell

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'i find it quite gross'

you should, trannies rape children.

as opposed to cis people, who never do?

The shitposters are bored today.

But as a trans person myself, I hate this shit too. I hate when tumblr trans-tweenagers do this and I hate when cis artists do this. Who does it expressly doesn't matter, but it's uniformly the approach that bothers me because it's so often based on gender essentialist bs (such-and-such character talked about his feminine side, SHE'S A TRANS WOMAN! Such-and-such character talked about feeling tomboyish and not like the other girls, OMG HE'S A TRANS MAN!! etc.)

In this case, I don't think it's transphobic and while I try to just sort of let people get on and do their own shit it doesn't mean I like it or think it's a good trend.

there are plenty of people who do just make characters they like trans for no particular reason, tho