In my experience so far, She/Her/Hers had it right when they wrote that,
I will probably harbor some doubts, but mostly I feel fine. // Fuck that, I feel fantastic! I am living with enthusiasm, reckless abandon.
Like, there’s some fear and discomfort wrt whether this is the right choice but that’s bc everything I’m questioning is stuff I’ve never tested. Crossdressing? Hair stuff? It’s all stuff my “1.5in hair and cargo shorts for the last decade” ass has never experimented with.
And if the fact that my brain still lights up most times someone calls me Theo despite having had that happen constantly for a month, and the fact that I’m really liking some of the experiments I’m already doing with my hair (bangs), and the recession of longstanding confidence issues timed coincidentally with getting to college and flipping to testing this out almost-completely-publicly is any indication, then crossdressing and real hair experimentation is going to be euphoric.
(Also finding out SHH released another version of that song last year almost made me tear up bc holy shit the contrast w/ the lead having started (finished?) voice feminization)
transness is about shaping yourself in ways that make you fall in love with yourself, it is not defined by dysphoria or discomfort- you don't have to carry misery around with you forever.
I will never not be offended that I got put in some gangly-ass testosterone-riddled skin suit when I could have been an adorable little girlie this whole time.
I want to pick a new name but I'm torn between a few, can the people in the notes please help me decide?? Or at least please like call me them, to help me figure out which one I like? (Im boyflux ftm)
I hope this isn't weird/rude to ask, also this is kinda long sorry, thank you if you post this op :)
(Please don't be offended if I say something rude about your name to anyone reading this, the names I'm gonna talk about are: Lewis, Luca, Luke, Alec, Alex, Niyx and Peter)
Lewis
the one im basically settled on
I really like it
Feels like mine i guess
I feel like transphobic people might call me louis tho :/ or even accepting people might not realise im a guy and think they've misheard and call me louis
I think it would go well with my last name
Luca
Stolen from miraculous ladybugs Luca and the sea monster kid (this is a good thing)
I think I'd rather the name Luke because this is like Luke but not quite and if you're gonna make it like 1/2 Luke why not make it fully Luke
Luke
Stolen from Luke Patterson (jatp) because I headcannon him as ftm
I know a guy named Luke who kinda sucks and who my friends and I kinda don't like
I like this name but is it mine
Alec
I like this name
sounds cool with the "ck" sound at the end
Same thing as the luca thing, why not just go with Alex??
But I kinda like it
Alex
I know a guy named Alex and I'd feel kinda weird stealing his name
Stolen from jatp's Alex
I dont really like the name for me i guess but at the same time i do
Niyx
Such. A. Cool. Name.
It doesn't really feel like mine
Also stolen from a fictional charichter
Peter
Peter Parkers name
Its just kinda. A name.
Doesn't really fit me right
i kinda like it tho
It's a cool name
From the Bible which is kinda cool because I'm a Christian
i love the names peter and lewis, they’re both so cool. i love the nickname lou, too. ultimately it’s up to you, but those are my two cents!
star magnolia @punkitt-is-here because i had to return the favor :)
Ralsapril Day 7 - Robe
Ralsei in a Yukata counts as a robe right?
First entry in a while, huh?
I hit a local barbershop on Monday and got my beard shaved off. Looking in the mirror for the next day or 2 kept making 🎶the person in the mirror isn’t me🎶 pop into my head, but since that’s passed, I think it was a reaction to not having that level of protection from weight shit (since that aspect is still here) and not a bad reaction to taking the next step in social transition.
Still dreading the inevitable coming out convo w/ my parents, and still stressing over writing the transname letter to my profs, but nothing so far is dissuading me from transition: I felt (and still actively feel) happier than (almost certainly) I felt all summer. I think this is the right choice, I just need to get over non-trans-related appearance fears to be really happy.