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Not my usual content, but I made something I wanted to share...

Edit: Now with an ID from @a-captions-blog! Thank you for writing it!

[Art description: A Pokémon-themed comic featuring OP as a Pikachu. Long description follows.

1. The tips of Pikachu’s ears are shown with text that says, ‘I’m a Pikachu / My world is filled with lots of cool stuff. Sometimes it feels like anything is possible!’ Under this is a collage showing a Charizard, a Pidgeotto, a Nidoking, an Eevee, and an Ivysaur, all in the background as the Pikachu looks up in wonder. Text reads, ‘All sorts of types, all sorts of attacks, all sorts of Pokemon.’

2. Text says, ‘But...only two ways a Pikachu’s tail could look.’ Two boxes in the upper corners show the male and female Pikachu tails, respectively. The male has a rectangular end to his tale, and the female has a heart-shaped end to hers. Text continues, ‘So then, what am I?’ A large drawing of the narrator Pikachu is shown, with an arrow pointing to their tail, whose end is split somewhat like scissors and doesn’t match either the male or female drawing above.

3. Text says, ‘Too pointy to be [female], too much of a V-shape to be [male]. I thought there was something wrong with me.’ Under this are three cascading panels showing the Pikachu from below at an angle emphasizing their tail. The second panel shows mel further away, and in the final panel she have disappeared entirely. Text on the panels reads, ‘I felt / very, very, very / alone.’

4. Text says, ‘But then, something happened. I found others like me.’ The art shows the narrator reaching out to another Pikachu. Under this are three other Pikachu. One has a rounded tail, one has a tail that has been stitched up to be rectangular, and one has a tail with a slight spike at the tip.

5. Closeups are shown of each of the tails from the previous panel, with text that says, ‘Round tails, scarred tails, spiky tails.’ Under this is a drawing of the Pikachu all hugging with lightning coming from their cheeks. Text reads, ‘They told me nothing was wrong with me, and I wasn´t alone anymore.’

6. Text says, ‘There are many ways a Pikachu’s tail can look. I’ve heard there’s at least over 30 different variations.’ Under this are two panels. The first panel shows the narrator lying on their back on a background of male and female symbols. Text reads, ‘Some days are still hard.’ In the second panel, the Pikachu with the scarred tail is shown with text that says, ‘My friend tells me her tail used to look just like mine. It was taken from her.’

8. The narrator is shown sitting and looking upwards. Text reads, ‘Some trainers won’t accept Pikachu that aren’t [male] or [female]. They alter our tails without our consent. But things are getting better. We are making change. We’re fighting so that our tails will be left alone.’ Under this is a panel showing the four Pikachu running happily towards the right. Text reads, ‘We’re all on a spectrum. Every tail looks different; anything is possible.’

The final text reads, ‘This is a comic about intersex people.’ The watermark in the lower right says @ PostManic. \End descriptions

my GOSH I'm reading the manga rn (i jump around to random parts idfk) and im reading the warriors backstory and WHY WAS SM OF THIS LEFT OUT OF THE ANIME ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Annie: "Or what, do you want me to get close to one of the men in the family and marry into it?"

Bertholdt: "NO, YOU CANT DO THAT"

(Later)

Annie: "Plus, I don't have the mind of charm it takes to seduce a man"

Bertholdt: "THATS NOT TRUE!

Annie: "...? Thanks?"

Flippin Bertholdt the anime did you so dirty ill never forgive them

Even just like, the bit of him looking at wall Maria for the first time was absolutely tragic.

i use tiktok mostly just to post my own edits and see my mutuals stuff now bc im sick of the fandom on there. most of them clearly watched the show with their head up their ass or smth because they’re manage to come up with the most simultaneously hilarious and horrible takes ever.

also because not a single one of them can take bertholdt’s character seriously without rehashing the exact same name jokes i’ve heard since i joined the fandom in 2021. like sure some are funny but it gets so old so quickly, and when you make a post actually going into his character and being a bit more serious the comments are just “poor [some word beginning with b]” like PLEASE SHUT UP FOR A MOMENT!!!

literally had to put in the caption of one of my bert videos “stfu about his name for once” bc i knew the kind of comments i’d receive if i didn’t.

this fandom rather completely forgets his character (who is extremely important to the plot and towards the entire character of reiner but that’s a whole other thing), hates him for what he did even tho they love reiner/annie, or they treat him like a joke and never bother to go past surface level with his character.

he is the most interesting warrior imo because he was the first to openly admit and see that all the fighting was stupid and pointless. that the paradis eldians were no different from him and him killing them wasn’t personal, it was what had to be done to save his father. there’s alot more to him but im worried this will become like 3k words if i dont stop but most of the fandom can’t even comprehend that its actually ridiculous.

people treat him like absolute shit because he died first and he was weak when firstly shut the fuck up?? he was not weak in the slightest and had the most powerful titan ability bar the actual fucking founding titan. like oh my god. and other people say “oh he was too attached to reiner” dog that’s the point. of his character. oh my god.

idk i think im just sick of the fandom treating him like this. he and connie are imo the most overlooked characters in the entire animanga.

and don’t even get me started on how shit both him and connie are treated in official arts and stuff bc. wow

Thinking about how Bertolt is the calm for Reiner's stormy mind. It makes the moment when Bertolt finally breaks in Shiganshina hit even harder because for once, he's the one who lets the storm take over.

I feel like the absolute turmoil titan shifters go through is severely overlooked because they have no scars to show it.

Of course their wounds heal, but the pain is still very real. The trauma of having your limbs brutally chopped/bitten/blown off is still very real. The agony they suffer, both mentally and physically, every time they have to self harm in order to shift is still very real.

They've suffered horrific wounds that nobody should have to endure. But they heal, and then they go on to endure it some more.

When I remember that Eren gouged out his own eye and cut off his own leg, I just feel so sick to my stomach for him. I can't imagine the mental fortitude it would take to do something like that- to go against every instinct and bone in your body screaming at you not to do it, all for the purpose of achieving a goal.

Jean: Valentine’s day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos-

Marco: I wrote you a poem.

Jean, already crying: You did?

S4 Reiner is great.

He's playing celebrity war hero while scrambling to keep his sanity intact with his bare hands. Keeps trying to kill himself but can't follow through because he feels bad for the kids that are competing to eventually cannibalize him. Blatantly picks favorites anyways. Keeps shittalking the people he loved and then attempted to kill. Enemies-to-enemies relationship with all his coworkers. The only guy that could stand him is dead.

Mommy issues. Is 21, looks 40. Might be gay.

What a man.

i love london