This is the greatest thing I ever read in my entire life. Will model future self after image.
Fuckfuckfuck /tttt/ has breached containment
Weird year to die of plague
Imagine dying of plague before it was cool.
You can die of the plague today. It wasn’t constrained by dates, big flare ups in society happened and they were the ones that went down in history books, but people died of the disease outside those years too.
I didn’t say that’s not possible, I said that’s weird, just like dying of plague today would be.
Why would it be weird?
It would only be weird today in a modern western country because of the rarity and available medical treatment being unsuccessful. It was not any different historically from other diseases centuries ago that lacked treatment or understanding. There was nothing weird about it.
Maybe dysentery would have been better.
Found the historian
This post is like a large oasis present in a bed of coarse sand and stone in the depths of death valley
.tapestry and .stainedglass made me chuckle
Ye olde gender euphoria
I’m not familiar with modern slang. Boy/girlmode, is that when someone is pretending to be their original gender or when they’re trying to put themselves fully in their gender mindspace?
Moding, be it boy or girl, is presenting as that gender, regardless of internal gender.
As an example, a trans woman may sometimes choose to present masculine for whatever reason. That would be boymode.
However, a trans man choosing to present masculine is also boymode.
Obviously, it would follow that non binary people or gender fluid people would also be able to choose to present masculine and thus go boymode.
The term exists as an expression of presentation, regardless of birth assigned gender, or genital/gonad configuration at the time of moding.
I’m cishet male, and could girlmode if I so choose, as the term does exist within that frame of reference as well, albeit rarely. It isn’t even about passing; my giant bearded self could still girlmode, and it would be an accurate usage of the term still.
That’s actually part of what the greentext implies; the Lord of that realm isn’t passing, but is still boymoding, and his subjects respect that once they’re made aware of it.
That all being said, it is rarer to see the term used when presenting as your affirmed gender. It would typically only be used when presenting as your assigned gender. It’s also unusual to see it happen once someone is well into transition as there’s less and less point in moding assigned gender.
The caveat in that is that it is a slang term. It may not be used exactly the same everywhere, or even reliably so in the same locale. I’ve known people that reject it applying to anyone that’s cis, as it isn’t the same thing for a cis person to present as a different gender than their assigned one. There’s a totally separate set of social mores around it, and that does matter. It’s also fairly rare for cis folks to present as other than their cis gender, and it wouldn’t be for the same reasons. But I have heard and seen it used in that context, so I included it here to be thorough.
In the greentext itself I got quite confused with the multiple pronouns and terms. I’m still not sure if it’s meant to be a trans women who’s saying that they are out in their assigned gender, or just a trans men.
My confusion comes from the fact that they seemed to appreciate being called “ladyship” but then mention they are in boymode.
Would cis male drag queens would an example of girl moding by a cis person?
I’ve used the term, but never really considered it’s edges, if you know what I mean
Drag is such a specific thing, I don’t know if most of it would count tbh.
Stage drag is as much an art performance as anything else. It’s an exaggeration of feminine presentation. I wouldn’t argue or fuss if someone said it was girlmode, but I don’t think of it that way usually.
However! There are performers, and non performers, that “serve real fish”. While that term is contentious, it’s a distinct part of drag; and it’s about presenting in such a way as to directly mimic standard feminine presentation rather than the exaggerated and performative side. So it would definitely count, imo.
“serve real fish”
Been around a lot of drag queens, my ex used to do make up at a gay club. Never heard that one.
Modern? It’s over 800 years old.
You don’t need to make us feel old, jeez.
I’ve always seen the former but I suppose it could be either
I’m not familiar with modern slang
Okay grandpa
I’ll make your grandmother howl like a dog trapped in a burning house if you don’t elucidate me within 5 minutes. My balls are in your court now.
Please remove your balls
