A Little Vice (Trans Magical Girl fic)
- Thread starter Shadell
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- United States
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- She/They
Also, Ikea used their plushies as part of an advertisement campaign during the referendum in Sweden. And it has the trans flag colors more or less.
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- Earth
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- He/Him
You can learn more about Blahaj on its wikipedia page, a very normal thing for a plushie-turned-internet-meme to have.
I am too cis to have heard of Blahaj while they were still being sold. And I don't know where I'd put a three-foot-long shark if I had one.
I am too cis to have heard of Blahaj while they were still being sold. And I don't know where I'd put a three-foot-long shark if I had one.
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- Somewhere!
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- She/Her
In your bed! A friend to hug!
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- The Frozen North
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- He/Him
Fret not, the rumors of the Blahaj's demise were greatly exaggerated, the Great Blahaj is still available for purchase: BLÅHAJ Soft toy, shark, 39 ¼" - IKEA
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- She/Her
i wonder if the blahaj is famous enough to out me yet…
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
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- In transition
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- She/Her
As far as I am able to tell, it is not so famous that someone would be able to draw conclusions unless they already spent a not-insignificant amount of time in trans and trans-adjacent spaces to begin with. It seems likely to me that the average civilian on the street would not see the correlation.
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- San Francisco
Can confirm, as an average civilian, I did not know about it until I witnessed this discussion.
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- Central Standard Time
And more specifically: "Internet famous", but only if you're internet-trans, or internet-trans adjacent.
It's possible to be trans and not part of the greater internet-trans hive mind, apparently!
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Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
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- In transition
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- She/Her
Ah, yes, that is an important clarification. Thank you for reminding me.
Sometimes we forget that we live online way more than the average person does and overestimate the popularity of the culture we're immersed in.
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- Colorado
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- She/They
Knowledge of Blåhaj had also escaped containment and leaked into other, closely related communities. I know cis gays who've got one, a few FromSoft gamers, etc.
Now the real giveaway is if they can pronounce it correctly. Outside Scandinavia only trans people both have one and can pronounce it's name correctly.
Well, us and speedrunners. For some reason
Now the real giveaway is if they can pronounce it correctly. Outside Scandinavia only trans people both have one and can pronounce it's name correctly.
Well, us and speedrunners. For some reason
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Blåhaj is pretty well known as a meme plush outside trans circles, so I think it's pretty explainable.
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- Colorado
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- She/Her
At the very least some IKEA employees seem to be aware it's famous, regardless of if they know why. When I went to get my Small Blahaj the guy overseeing the Chekout lanes said "Enjoy your Blahaj" in a kinda salty tone I found funny. It felt like a "This is a furniture store, why do so many adults come here to buy a single stuffed shark?" sort of salt.
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I've reflowed the Ida cafe scene a bit to make things work a little better and fix a continuity error from editing.
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- an unseen void
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- Any
i, fucking, what? how
i was building up through a blissful readthrough to normal praise for a good story and my brain has been completely segfaulted by the Turned Into Children Episode
i hate those episodes so much and then this one is like incredibly good and thematic and ugh
this has forced me to like 60% of a daily C-level of warring emotions and i am upset about it
pls submit additional content
i was building up through a blissful readthrough to normal praise for a good story and my brain has been completely segfaulted by the Turned Into Children Episode
i hate those episodes so much and then this one is like incredibly good and thematic and ugh
this has forced me to like 60% of a daily C-level of warring emotions and i am upset about it
pls submit additional content
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- She/Her
Have I mentioned how clever it is doing a trans magical girl fic in general given that the magical girl genre itself is also kind of about becoming a woman?
Cloak&Dagger
Definitely Insane
You leave it on your pillow and cuddle it when you go to bed.
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- Earth
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- He/Him
Yeah, there's a reason that this specific combination of identity and genre is common in webcomics and web serials and stuff. Plus, with magical girls being such a...well...girly genre, there are plenty of directions you can take gender themes. The gender stuff gives you a new perspective on magical girls, the magical girls are a new lens through which to examine gender stuff.
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- Central Standard Time
A lot of my friends like "Magical Trans", which is this but played less straight (not that this is looking very straight at this point; rather, the opposite), and also a manga.
Anyway, it's a shame that it was cancelled.
Icipall
Don't worry, we can fanfix that!
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- Cold snow fields of Finland
Hey, I like that too!
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- Central Standard Time
Clearly this means that we are fated to be tragic rivals until one of us shoots a friendship beam at the other at a climactic point in someone's character arc (after which we shall become teammates and friends)
Icipall
Don't worry, we can fanfix that!
- Location
- Cold snow fields of Finland
Initiate orbital friendship cannon.Clearly this means that we are fated to be tragic rivals until one of us shoots a friendship beam at the other at a climactic point in someone's character arc (after which we shall become teammates and friends)
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- England, unfortunately.
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- She/They
...Ah. I think I get it:
The reason why C. can't be a saint yet isn't to do with them being an Abyssal beast in progress. Gulas proof that isn't a restriction. It's way way simpler.
They're The Saint of Kindness. They've been kind to every character except Dragon (whose actions made clear does not deserve kindness)... and themselves.
Ida I think really qualified as the Saint of Diligence when she began accepting Inessa's help, instead of just trying to power through everything by being more dedicated. She just never fully realised what it was that changed. And Inessa is Chastity/purity, but she's hardly been repressing the fact that she thinks Lupin/Avaritia's hot. With Temperance... well she was originally Gula, so all she really needed to do was actually show Temperance, and she's never been shy about enjoying indulging herself, it's just her making sure that she doesn't deprive others by doing it.
The reason why C. can't be a saint yet isn't to do with them being an Abyssal beast in progress. Gulas proof that isn't a restriction. It's way way simpler.
They're The Saint of Kindness. They've been kind to every character except Dragon (whose actions made clear does not deserve kindness)... and themselves.
Ida I think really qualified as the Saint of Diligence when she began accepting Inessa's help, instead of just trying to power through everything by being more dedicated. She just never fully realised what it was that changed. And Inessa is Chastity/purity, but she's hardly been repressing the fact that she thinks Lupin/Avaritia's hot. With Temperance... well she was originally Gula, so all she really needed to do was actually show Temperance, and she's never been shy about enjoying indulging herself, it's just her making sure that she doesn't deprive others by doing it.
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You can only work at your best when you practice self-care, after all. I can imagine the in-universe memes of Michael telling you to practice self-care, alongside the defender of trans rights memes.
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