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cw: Mentions of sexual violence, colonialism and sex.
He always felt a sort of disconnect with masculinity.
But also, being raised in a very patriarchal society, witnessing sexual violence and inequality targeted at women, he always felt a sort of duty to be a model man.
He was scared of his own sexual desires because he's seen sex used as a way to harm others.
He conformed with gender roles in order to ease his more progressive ideals amongst his parishioners.
He studied feminism and related those topics to his preachings.
He still had a hard time understanding sexual diversity, yet, he was a progressive priest when it came to LGBT+ rights.
When he learnt he was intersexual, he felt very confused and ashamed. It brought back that feeling of alienation with his role as a man.
It made him realize his own biases about gender identity and sexuality.
That only fuelled the feeling of inadequacy for the role he had been filling as a priest and man of god.
Before he was appointed to the clinic, he received a closeted trans penitent to his church.
He saw himself reflected on them and made the choice to be himself.
Afterwards he started doing more research about the difference between sex and gender.
He saw himself reflected on the people that were beyond women and men. Related to the detachment to one's assigned gender, and the desire to not be perceived and be limited by it.
Learning about the coloniality of gender brought him a lot of comfort and solidified his anti imperialist views.
Now that gender and sex wasn't as structured inside his mind and soul, the idea of sex didn't scare him as much-
Sex wasn't something he had to "take" or do to someone else. And he let himself indulge in fantasies and self pleasure.
He found his own gender identity very personal, something he had acknowledged with god only.
By the time he's in the papacy he's very comfortable with his identity.
He finds he enjoys challenging gender norms in his duties and his presentation. Leaving his hair long and wearing more feminine clothing under his cassock.
Pope Innocent never comes out publicly, but he makes sure the church becomes welcome of trans people.
Justin of the Timber Lake: A mythical figure revered in the early 21st century as the Harbinger of May, thought to be the name of a deity, or possibly some sort of messianic figure
Excerpt from A History of Pre-Contact Earth, published 2903
new dynamite zootopia comic finally dropped and they’re SO cute i cannot get over this art style <3
Y'all ever wonder how Duke Leto would have been with two children fucked up by Spice, the Water of Life and Prescience. Just sat around at breakfast one morning and...
Paul: One of the planets is dissenting. We will have to intercede.
Jessica: I wouldn't worry, you'll figure something out.
Alia: Grandpa Harkonnen says kill them all :)
Duke Leto: ...
Duke Leto: Sweet Orange Catholic Jesus
As I've discussed several times on this account, there's a high probability that Sigyn (with the "Sig" in her name, with the Victorious Woman/Friend of Victory, and the association with fetters, among other things) was a Valkyrie.
And as you know, Valkyries came for brave warriors on the hour of their deaths, to take them to Valhalla. So in this piece I commissioned, the amazing @boomdafunk depicted Sigyn welcoming (MCU)Loki after his death at Thanos' hands.
Narvi: How did you meet mother, dad?
Loki: Well, the day I died
Vali: ... Of course you did... ^^'
The pose from this ilustration was inspired by another of my mythological OTPs, Psyche & Eros :3
In this piece, I guess the roles are reversed, with the winged lover being Sigyn :3
ursula k le guin said sci fi/fantasy does not have to be about giant wars or battles of good and evil or galactic disaster; it is best served as a lens through which to examine what is actually intrinsic to the human condition and what, once removed a few layers from our own perceptions & assumptions, begins to fall apart. and she was correct.
hey, did you know that the world is a better place because of your creations and art and writing, no matter how niche or how many people see it
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