Feeling better since apparently the push back had an effect! (See last night's post.)
I think the depressing thing is that I absorbed a lot by osmosis and going back to get a proper overview is just awful. :(
Background (I have five minutes left of my lunch break and am feeling chatty) I sort of came at the issue sideways, originally? I have trans friends in fandom, but they were just friends, so the whole trans thing was a vague background, in the same way I knew that some lived in America or were gay or whatever.
And then in (goes to check) 2010 a non-binary character appeared in my head. I don't think I even knew the term, I just knew that they were neither male or female. So then I had to do research and figure out pronouns and generally went on a minor journey of discovery for which I will always be grateful. (Also Jamie is one of my favourite characters ever ♥) I probably got stuff wrong, but I tried to do my best to explain that I was trying and hope people would look on my creation kindly, and so far no one has complained...
I think I had a point. Hm. Well I need to get back to work, so I might have to come back to it. Unless it was that Jamie is a brittle, defensive character, because they've been bullied & discriminated against their whole life. And it just hurts me that I knew that instinctively? And that the more I find out, the more I realise that it's not just people being uncertain or whatever, but so much of it is deliberate. :(
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I think the depressing thing is that I absorbed a lot by osmosis and going back to get a proper overview is just awful. :(
Background (I have five minutes left of my lunch break and am feeling chatty) I sort of came at the issue sideways, originally? I have trans friends in fandom, but they were just friends, so the whole trans thing was a vague background, in the same way I knew that some lived in America or were gay or whatever.
And then in (goes to check) 2010 a non-binary character appeared in my head. I don't think I even knew the term, I just knew that they were neither male or female. So then I had to do research and figure out pronouns and generally went on a minor journey of discovery for which I will always be grateful. (Also Jamie is one of my favourite characters ever ♥) I probably got stuff wrong, but I tried to do my best to explain that I was trying and hope people would look on my creation kindly, and so far no one has complained...
I think I had a point. Hm. Well I need to get back to work, so I might have to come back to it. Unless it was that Jamie is a brittle, defensive character, because they've been bullied & discriminated against their whole life. And it just hurts me that I knew that instinctively? And that the more I find out, the more I realise that it's not just people being uncertain or whatever, but so much of it is deliberate. :(
ANYWAY. Let people pee in peace.