Violet Rose (she/it)

@CrimsonCorviknight@rqd2.net @map@rqd2.net A fiercely rebellious, anti-authority spirit and good understanding of and adherence to opsec. Not only are those qualities absolutely critical for reducing the risk of harm coming to the young person and oneself while such relationships are still so viciously persecuted, they’re also extremely hot in their own right! ❤️‍🔥

@Ballonhuman@rqd2.net I don’t understand how whoever made this can use such a beautiful design sense yet put such ugly and utterly stupid words into it.

@frank@rqd2.net I think it should be up to the person in question what they’re comfortable with and how they’re best at expressing themselves. Personally, I prefer being credited in any/all circumstances that aren’t incriminating or highly personally identifying.

@Enigma@rqd2.net I used to feel like this about some of the things I’m into, but I’ve put a lot of work into eliminating that kind of unhelpful human weakness from myself. I’m not ashamed of or upset by a single thing I like anymore beyond vestigial levels.

@panda@rqd2.net An indispensible part of support for all transids is accepting the genuine reality of the identification. I realize that feels like a step too far, but that’s because the oppressive force of of hegemony is strong and virtually nobody can avoid internalizing some of it. Nevertheless, I am a child, and I don’t need to say “transage” if I don’t feel like it. You are Japanese, and you don’t need to say “transrace” if you don’t feel like it. You deserve to be seen for who you are. We deserve to be seen for who we are! No half measures, no hesitation, we seize our future and claim it with pride!

@Sasagoxialan@rqd2.net Smash!

@arisu_exe@rqd2.net @map@rqd2.net I don’t think you told us about actually getting banned, or if you did, I don’t remember. What happened?

@guided_to_madness@rqd2.net This is a better question when it comes to higher ages than lower ones. In lower ages, the difference between one year and another can be very sharp. Even though those differences can come years sooner for some than others, it nevertheless remains the case that changes - both biological and social - come very quickly when chronologically young, whereas the differences between, say, 25 and 30, might not even be noticeable.

I got to the number 8 over a very long span of time, but i’ve always known I was in the 6-12 range, because I know I’m not a toddler or a teenager. So only a 6 year range to search within. First, I identified as 6, then 7, then 11 - all essentially arbitrary. Then 10, due to feeling like DuckDuckGo/Startpage image searches for girls that age seemed right. I eventually arrived at 8 by just doing a series of image searches for “xth grade class” to see a broader sampling of kids the same age together, and 3rd grade felt like the most accurate to how I ought to look. I also like that number for other reasons - seven-step progressions are numerologically significant to me, with an eighth step being one beyond the final; turn it on its side and it becomes infinity, spirals and loops are thematic to me, and it can very, very faintly approximate the shape of butterfly wings.

That said, it makes things difficult when different people have different ideas of what a child of a given age looks like, which will be influenced by such things as their own experience of puberty, the experiences of their peers, and the norms for the place and time they lived while having those experiences. This is especially significant because the average age of puberty’s onset has decreased over time. I once had a partner who insisted that what I was describing as a normal appearance for a 10 year old was actually more like 14, and I at least imagine this kind of thing is why she thought so.

@TheSomebodies@freak.university @arisu_exe@freak.university @grumpy@mirr0r.city @arisu_exe@rqd2.net Yeah, honestly, the DOST test is kind of a complete nightmare and I feel like if you’re trying to avoid legal liability reliably, some amount of overcompensation is practically required - exactly what the anti scum wanted, of course. 🫤

@arisu_exe@freak.university @grumpy@mirr0r.city @arisu_exe@rqd2.net I’m of the opinion that the exact definition of “sexually interacting with minors” needs to be expanded upon. Depending on who you ask, that can be quite a broad spectrum of behavior.