Subject: You just made my day!
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Posted on: 2018-02-14 18:57:00 UTC
I just read this interlude, and it made me very happy.
I have some things in common with Ix. I'm a disabled person without much of a gender, and I wish I didn't have boobs and wear loose clothing. Dealing with all of this is a little bit awkward sometimes even though I don't have major dysphoria, especially since I know I'll never have the money to make any actual physical changes. (Other than cut my hair short. I currently have a buzz cut and it is soo comfy.)
It was really healing to see Charlotte and Ix being adorable together, and Charlotte having no problem with Ix's gender or lack thereof, and it generally being considered a completely normal thing to admit to not being quite the gender they thought you were when you were born.
I mean, I know it's the PPC and everything, where it's normal to see sentient shades of blue and talking horses and whatnot, and being genderqueer doesn't even register as odd there. But the fact is, out of character, the PPC stories are written by real people who really have those opinions and want the world to actually be that way.
So yeah, this makes me happy.