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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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[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

HRT is amazing! I used to never wear anything short sleeved or thin because I was too dysphoric! Now I never wear anything short sleeved or thin because estrogen makes everything too fucking cold

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This makes feminizing HRT a legitimate form of climate change adaptation thonk-trans

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Gawwwd I wish it made me cold. I'm still so much warmer than normal people 😭

[–] Thallo@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

I hope it makes me colder. I'm always cold anyway, but if I'm really cold, I can wear autumn fashion year round!

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[–] buh@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

Been waiting all day for a fitgirl repack to finish downloading, and it won’t install kitty-cri

[–] pyx@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Heard someone call yakuza "old man yaoi" and now I can't get that phrase out of my head kiryu-dame-da-ne

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[–] AshenWolf@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I finally got my T results and IT'S LOWER THAN LAST TIME AND I WAS OFF OF THE SPIRO AT THAT POINT lets-fucking-go

I'm so glad it wasn't higher, I probably would have panicked and stressed for another 3 months.

[–] Thallo@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago
[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago (7 children)

weird thing to harp on about but I really want to see more fictional depictions of trans people that show them not really passing. Like, I kind of want to see a video game featuring a trans woman with kind of a clockable face and not well trained voice (And, I shouldn't have to state: isn't treated as a punchline or abnormal for it). Give me more blunt, realistic depictions of trans people, dammit

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

whoops, meant to make a separate comment

but yes, clock-y trans ppl in media being normal and cool in media need to be more of a thing

I feel like that's probably more likely in animation or indie movies and big productions are always gonna shy away from it unfortunately but I really wish there were more depictions of trans characters that aren't like, models that transitioned at like 12 or whatever

That and good shows/movies with trans characters where the plot isn't about them being trans or a sad dysphoria biopic thing about transitioning, I just want there to be trans ppl being cool and normal doing stuff in general in media

They're probably not gonna be main characters in most stuff but it'd be nice to have reccuring important supporting roles where they're present and it's not about their gender and it's just incidental and a normal part of the world the story takes place in

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

yea if it's a visual medium there aint gonna fuckin be any

The Remy Boydell graphic novels kinda make me wish there were more like, comics n shit generally. Those were cool. I dunno if there is a single actually good instance of trans rep in movies.

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[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

want to get a profile pic and banner and bio for my account because I've never done that

have no idea what to do

Any ideas? Characters I like maybe? Thinking about "hey what represents me?" is always strangely difficult for me, it took me ages just to make an account or usernames for stuff and I don't want them to have anything to do with me irl so I draw a blank a lot of the time

i-love-not-thinking

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Profile pic: album cover you like

Banner: screenshot of cool pixel game

squirtle-jam

It doesn't have to be that deep, I don't think. Wasn't for me i-love-not-thinking

[–] AshenWolf@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Characters you like is a classic that I always fall on, and a pride flag banner can't hurt to start. It's a pretty basic way to set up a profile, but it works. Adding a bio can also help to spice it up.

it took me ages just to make an account or usernames for stuff

Yeah, it took me almost a year to create a Hexbear account at all, and my first username was really bad. I also, as you can probably tell based on my advice, don't really know what else to do other than what I am already doing. My 2nd username was just a name that I didn't use in real life, and my username now is based on a group of people from a video game. My PFP is in that group of people. I'm not the most creative account, I may have an anime-adjacent pfp, I may just have a pride flag as my banner, but I at least like to think it works.

Edit: My banner used to be a cropped screenshot of a game. That could also work, and it's still @Luna@hexbear.net's banner, although I don't know how well it works, I just like the game's aesthetic.

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

hair's finally growing decently long. i can fit it about an inch of it in my mouth now, and I'm a little conflicted because on the one hand, long ass hair is something I've always wanted to try and grow and will likely get me gendered correctly more, on the other hand, damn, i look really fucking cute in short hair...

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

Mweh beautiful short hair crush

Magi and I grew our hair out sorta together; I ended up keeping mine but void grew it out all the way and then chopped it to chinlength, preferring it short. Can always change it up ✨ and anecdotally, using jojoba oil or similar makes my hair grow faster, which I did not expect.

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

Grow it out a bit and learn some cute ways to put it up in braids or buns? I really like doing a little double braid towards the back and doing a messy bun with the rest, and it lets me wear a hat without it getting all fucked up if it's rainy and/or windy

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[–] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tried to do some shoe shopping IRL for my show outfit (well, just quick browsing at Walmart and TJ Maxx), but no real luck. Decided to just go ahead an order a pair of classic black Doc Martens.

Also, I didn't get an email back from the university art/craft space about dyeing my leather jacket there, so I guess I will just try doing it in the bathtub (hanging it on the shower curtain rod, that is), since I should get okay ventilation with the bathroom fan. The last project I did that involved a lot of paint/dye made one of my cats sick, so I will just have to keep them out of the area while it's drying overnight.

[–] Yukiko@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can't go wrong with a pair of docs. I have a couple pairs and they go with everything in my opinion.

Yeah. It's too bad that their more stompy boots only go up to Women's 11, which is tough since my feet are too big. catgirl-cry

They do have some neat techwear boots though. Will probably pick those up too if the shoe fits well. Kinda worried about the width.

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

oh my fucking god i can really feel the E making me weaker now catgirl-flop

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just moved out of my old place. I can't do it alone anymore, I needed help. Way before HRT, I was fucking strong as hell and also worked construction so I was stronger from that too. Can't believe I used to be able to move some of this alone. Fucking performance de-hancing drugs

[–] Thallo@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

My god, you were a construction worker and a nurse?? You really just decided to do both of the most stereotypically gendered professions?

You're a real working class icon

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

And possibly increase estrogen dose if it's low

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8756328224001327?via%3Dihub

Reason number #748395472 endos go on my shitlist

Edit: oops! I mean endocrinologist! ligma-1

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

"Start taking more estrogen... higher levels now..." thinking-about-it ^/j^

Yeah its rough. Been coasting off the slight mussle mass I had but I can feel carrying groceries home getting harder. Need to go to the gym but then I need to get gym clothes and that's too much effort

[–] hexbee@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

posting while high be like

!! self-consciousness module activated

[–] Kiagz@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

I should have started working years ago. Could have saved up quite a bit of money by now. Instead I spent the past 3 years studying, and all I have to show for it is a ton of student debt and knowledge about web development that I will never get any use out of because I have zero interest in that stuff. I have a job now, but the pay isn't very high so it's gonna take me a very long time to save up for all the surgeries I want madeline-sadeline

This is a complete long shot, a friend of mine had a half remembered fuzzy dream recollection of a song she heard a week ago that made a big impression on her. It's folky/blue grassy/that kind of genre. It was on a station called CJSW, they're alternative campus radio that plays plenty of eclectic music. She said it was instrumental and beautiful!

With her permission, this is her humming it: https://vocaroo.com/1c6G1uF94k2n

Anyone have any luck? I have no idea lol

[–] Tommasi@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago (5 children)

okay, I know I stalled for like a month, but I've asked her out catgirl-heart

[–] yewler@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

Hell yessss congrats!

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[–] gaystyleJoker@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The Rizzler is gonna be on an AEW pay-per-view... god is good

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[–] Eco@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

the real hero's journey is transgenderism. get fucked joseph campbell you dead fascist loser

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[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (4 children)

spoiler>wake up

>the pain immediately starts

Fuck me and fuck this

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[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

CW: indirect dysphoriaTis weird experiencing dysphoria because of other people's voice or body. Like, sometimes when I hear guys talk with a very buzzy voice, I find it icky. Not because I think its a bad voice inherently, but the thought of me sounding like that just bothers me (unfortunately, when I'm congested, its hard not to sound sorta like that). Or like, I saw my brother's leg/chest hair and I felt surprised that I never had such a clear issue with the fact that I used to be hairier than him pretty recently. But since it originally grew in very slowly, I got used to it and became mostly numb to it? Like I still don't shave or trim all that much, but like there's no way I'd be okay with it being like that anymore.

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[–] Josephine_Spiro@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Found smut with the tag #catgirls_make_the_best_communists and it didn't have a pet play tag so I thought it would be good, and yet it lied and still ends with pet play :boohoo:

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[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

dysphoria, hair styling, body hair removalseriously considering shaving my head and doing a Mellon Collie tour era femme-ish Billy (Billie? I guess?) Corgan kinda look

Got REAL self loathing brushing my hair and seeing how pitiful it is

Shoulder length but I'm probably a year a way from Ocean Machine era Devin Townsend minus the crunchy dreads and a skullet is definitely not what I want personally

Might become a wig person

Idk

Also anyone ever use Nair Leg Masks? Impulse bought a bottle on sale and haven't used it yet but shaving takes forever for me and I have sensitive gay baby skin

It says it's for sensitive skin but I've been burned by that before with other stuff

Will report back for gay science later I guess

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