Ok, Ngl, I Love How Much Effort You Put Into Your Human/Modern AU. It's Quite Fantastic To Read, I Do

The idea that being gay, transgender, or Queer in any way is “unnatural” is such a crappy excuse for bigotry. As OP said, modern medicine is “unnatural.” Taking care of the sick and injured is “unnatural,” in that in a “natural,” “survival of the fittest” situation, these people would be left to die. Having permanent homes is different from the “natural” human state. Ear piercings are highly unnatural and purely cosmetic, yet in western society they are accepted without anyone batting an eye. I could go on, but the point is that unnatural doesn’t mean bad. And by the way: homosexual behavior *is* natural- it is found in many, many animals besides humans. So is being intersex, and, though I haven’t researched this, I would think that animals that behave in a way typical of the opposite sex are probably common or at least out there. In conclusion, fuck anti-queer bigotry and all the crappy excuses people use to justify it.

i mean. medical technology is all about stopping "natural" things from happening to our bodies. from external diseases to internal parts of our bodies not working the way we need them to (our brains, our organs, our immune systems), medicine is all about interfering with things that have naturally gone wrong in our bodies--and that for the first time in history, we might have a way to fix. and that's not even getting into cosmetic stuff--the billion dollar industries to remove acne and body hair for instance. natural things that happen to our bodies, that we have decided are unpleasant and that we have the right to change. and that's fine, because these are our bodies, and we have a right to change them, natural or not.

so stop pretending that depriving trans kids of puberty blockers and other medical care is okay, because growing irreversible secondary sex characteristics that they do not want is "natural"

Contrasting Colors makes me go… System? System!?!

It’s very cool that they see each other as siblings like we do :)

*P.S.: “ship” in this context is just short for relationship and doesn’t imply romance

Guess That Ship Tournament: S4 Round 2

paintfood

Local hare with imposter syndrome who has been dooming the world through her issues meets dog who also has imposter syndrome as a recent thing who has looked up to her for many years and is now taking her burden. One of them is a lot more tepid while the other is super friendly, and they ultimately end up being the companion the other needs, especially for the hare, when they end up on the same level as friends. They respect each other so very much but idolize the other maybe a little too much sometimes

Contrasting Colors

Two brothers; Marigold and Hydrangea.

They share a body. It is unclear when or how this happened; it just *is*. At first, they aren't even aware of each other's existence. Eventually, they start talking to each other by passing along messages through another character. Marigold expresses his distain for humans, and Hydrangea expresses his desire to trust and form bonds with them. Marigold claims that he wants to take their body for himself, and Hydrangea wants to be Marigold's friend and brother. Eventually, they do make amends and come to care for one another.

OMG. OP you have done something special for me: you reminded me of the name of the show I saw an episode of once at a friend’s house as a kid and really liked, but was thereafter never able to find again. Growing Up Creepie managed to speak so deeply to my bug-obsessed child self that fifteen-ish years later I still have some memory of the half episode I watched and I’m super excited right now. Like, I found it! I found that show I was half convinced I must have made up! I couldn’t pin down the specific episode I saw but aaaaa this is That Show skghjjhhg

I’m really curious as to what very short lived, premium channel series y’all remember if any.

Thank you for choosing my submission, and thank you everyone who voted, this was really fun! I’m going to post more about these sillies because I feel like I probably should now, lol.

S9 Round 1*

More than foils

cw: soulless character, identity confusion

They’re narrative foils, they’re alternate selves, and they’re intergenerational BFFs. A lost her soul long ago in an attempt to stop being overly emotional, and is now cold and heartless, having convinced herself that she’s better off without her irrational emotions. A is logical, efficient, and solitary, having lost her need for connection and the joy she used to find in life. Then she meets an adolescent version of herself, B, whose soul and emotions are intact, and has to reconsider everything. In some ways the two are polar opposites, yet in others they’re exactly alike. B is lively, caring, fun-loving, and always overreacting. Both of them are brilliant yet reckless, searching for new knowledge without regard for safety or sanity.

B tries to steer A towards morally better choices, knowing that she’s the only one A will listen to, and she grows to admire A despite her flaws, eventually coming to love her like family. A has become selfish and uncaring towards others, but to her, B is not “others,” but the soulful, complete version of herself. A considers herself no longer capable of love, but B becomes everything to her, valued above even her own life. They form a sort of symbiotic relationship, with A acting as a mentor, guardian, and voice of reason to B, and B acting as A’s heart and soul and conscience. In many ways, they catalyze each other’s character development… but they also enable each other’s craziness.

Birdsong

cw: murder mention

She's a woman who exists beyond normal boundaries of time & space, who's somehow both a ghost and the reincarnation of her own great-uncle. He's the detective investigating her murder, and was somehow destined to help her long before he ever knew she existed. They've never met while alive, but they both can't stop haunting each other all the same.

The detective and the ghost keep circling each other throughout time loops and dreams, where both of them seem eternally trapped in the same series of rooms. The woman might be trying to guide the detective to the right path, or she might be a vengeful corrupted soul keeping him stuck forever. The detective might be stumbling closer to a way for both of them to escape, with the ghost ascending past her current status -- or he might somehow be her murderer, thanks to the time loop they've both entered. Neither of them seem to have the answers yet, but there is the lingering possibility that the only way for them to move past their current state is to become a part of the very environment they can't leave.

*Ship does not have to be romantic.

there is no minimum amount of suffering before you are allowed to want to alleviate it

Another art post thanks to an Oakie voter (thank you, @system-bracket !)

This is a metaphorical selves-portrait we made! Jacob is on the left, Katlyn is on the right, and our body is in the center.

I hate walking outside and hearing something crunch underfoot. I never know if it’s a stick or if I now have to mourn some hapless invertebrate I accidentally crushed.

character who accidentally gets cloned, but instead of the Evil Twin trope or arguing over who is “real” or trying to murder each other (why???) they just…get on with their lives. they acknowledge that they are two virtually identical people with the equal right to exist, and decide to share their social group & living space. eventually their parents & friends get used to the idea of having unusually identical twins around

Corvus by Mariya S