Willow, Venus Pirate 🏳️‍⚧️1d ago

Here’s the thing you need to know about people who transitioned as adults: their transition is probably a truly epic saga. They might be the most basic person ever, and they might not tell you their story, but it’s there.

Maybe it’s about the extremes they reached running from their dysphoria. Maybe it’s an intricate web of relationships and pain and sorrow. Maybe it’s an internal tale of descending into themselves to battle daemons that society itself cursed them with.

Transition is wild, yo.

Show threadWillow, Venus Pirate 🏳️‍⚧️1d ago
Trans folks, if you are so inclined, please feel free to share your story.
Show threadUndercat1d ago
@Willow Someday if I can write it down as a coherent narrative, maybe. I’m still very much reevaluating half a century of memories in the context of “I was trans the whole time.”
Show threadKat S23h ago

@Undercat @Willow You too, huh? I suspect mine would be at least 30% flashbacks by volume.

I could write it as a linear timeline, but a dry retelling of the facts just wouldn't convey the impact of that realisation. The series of "wait, was that..?" and "now that makes sense" moments that just keep compounding, not to mention the growing collection of "did I even hear the words coming out of my own mouth?!"

Show threadUndercat19h ago
@KatS @Willow Any audience to my story would spend much of their time facepalming and screaming at the main character, while lamenting the wealth of missed opportunities and said character's gift for repression and self deception.
Show threadSosha Rahab
@Undercat 👆🏻 😭
so goddamn same here
@KatS @Willow
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