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On this mega I shall take the opportunity to rant about one of my favorite things: the Webnovel UNJUST DEPTHS!
Do you love transgenders?
Do you love communism?
Do you love queer romance?
Do you love killing fascists in a giant fucking mech?
Would a plotline with all of these things happening in a underwater retro-futuristic gundam setting intrigue you?
Especially if its actually really well written with good characters, rich worldbuilding, and a marxist leninist transfem author?
All of the answers should be: YES I DO ~~or else I WILL BAN YOU~~
Since you obviously love all of those things then Unjust Depths is perfect for YOU yes YOU! It is DESTINY
The Imbrian Ocean is at a time of severe instability. The monarch of the vast Empire that spans its unjust depths (:3) is sick and nearing death, every territory of the ocean now vying to carve their own Destiny out of the chaos. From the Volk fascists 
, Zionists 
(they literally will not die why are they still here oh my god), The 'Anarchists' (social chauvanists) 
in Bosporus, and the monarchs 
of each vast noble domain, each vies for power and prestige no matter who they crush underfoot, but it would be a pretty depressing story without a bright light in the dark.
On the edge of the Empire sits the glorious Union! The (Soviet) Union 
is a socialist federation of three states (and one anarchist mountain 
)that were formerly slave colonies under the Imbrian Empire until they broke away in a fierce liberation war. They have spent the last 20 years since then building themselves up. Whether they be Human 
, Shimmi 
(Catgirls who usually follow a religion closely related to modern Islam), and Kattaran 
(a hybrid humanoid species with characteristics of sea life ranging from sharks to cuttlefish)building socialism side by side.
First lead under the revolutionary leader Dashka Kansal, then the Idealist Ahwalia who lead the country to near ruin in pursuit of building a utopia on pillars of sand, then under the scientific socialist 
leadership of the Grand Marshall of the Union, Bhavani Jayanskar (I love Jayanskar so much shes basically as if Stalin, Lenin, and Zhukov were rolled into the same person but was a black lesbian badass who wore the uniform REALLY WELL)(she aint the main character at all tho shes only in very few scenes i just love her so much). Under Jayanskar, the Union has been growing their economy to both eliminate hunger and give everyone a home 
, but also growing their military capabilities for the inevitable return of the Empire. The Union is alone, but with the people by its side nothing, not even Destiny, can snuff out true freedoms light. 
As war wages between the Empire and Republic (basically underwater USA) once more over the lands between them, the facade begins to finally crack...
And a border conflict between the Empire and Union escalate, and the dreaded reconquest begins.
Amidst this turmoil, lives our main characters (yes there are multiple and all of them are lovely). Each of whom I personally love dearly, and are very well characterized. Many are soldiers of the Union, some are scientists, some are divers (mech pilots), some are lost strands finding new meaning after joining this band of Brigands
All are Communists 
All serve the Union 
All would gladly give their lives to defending socialism 
but even they would have little inkling of the adventure set in store for them as the lands beneath the waves erupt in fire, fury, and revolt
Can these transgender badasses kick fascist ass?
Can they kiss? (oh my god please kiss ISTG THERE IS SO MUCH SHIPPING AHHHH ITS GLORIOUS)
FIND OUT HERE: https://unjustdepths.com/
please do or else I will pout incessantly
just try it pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase i need to talk to someone about it after Cromalin went AFK
(I miss her, she was a real one)
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I love all my transfem friends and it breaks my heart that every single one of them have a plethora of intense trauma and mental illnesses no matter what race, socioeconomic upbringing/current, career path, social life, etc.
On one hand it's very nice to have people that can relate and accept my level of fucked up but at the same time I'm starting to understand the elder trans women who've said they try to avoid trans/queer spaces/people because of how heavy it can be
Yeah, I wonder how much of the comorbids are socially inflicted myself.
I used to avoid those spaces, but ... lately I'm finding it worth it to be here, at least.
Well puberty is a repetitive exposure to a series of traumatic events, within which transgender individuals perceive little or no chance to escape so yeah probably only like 1% of trans people manage to avoid that trauma, and family wealth would have little bearing on it.
And that's just the baseline.
I'm kind of desensitized to it all, but maybe cause I'm dissociating from myself lol and I always had a tendency to enggage in 'therapist talk' with people
Lol I'm pretty used to it too tbh, to the point where I accidentally say horrifying shit to my tech coworkers like "yea half my transfem friends have been homeless at some point in their life" and they get super concerned and I'm just like, lol this is just reality, its a casual chat for me
And most of my chats with friends are just depressing shit as well. Nowadays the only things that get me are stuff like
very trauma shit
when people tell me they were homeless as a kid or had to be an escort to survive and detail their experiences in that life
Uncritical support, your tech coworkers should be concerned. Maybe it'd drive them to try to help somehow? Trevor project or smth?
My coworkers have voiced fear of people who go to bars during the daytime and constantly ask me if I'm safe living in SF because of all the homeless people before venting about how much they hate them and how they ruin cities everywhere
Don't get misled, they're only concerned about me hanging out with "undesirables", they couldn't give any less fucks about my friends
Oh, they're fucking losers then, not surprising for tech coworkers but sad to see. Fuck em.
cw
spoiler mentions of sh/suicide
One of the non-queer online communities I used to regular had a lot of people who were depressed and some who talked a bit about SH (but talking about that in detail seemed not-allowed) and some who were suicidal. Like one person I came to consider a friend whom had attempted suicide on multiple occasions before joining the community with no reason to believe things could get better. From the beginning I worried he might not be with us for long, :\
It was far from always depressing there, but by comparison this place still seems better? At least there seems to be a lot more optimism for the near-future, even for those whom struggle a lot in the present. But like, at this point I'm starting to avoid that kind of stuff when I can and I'm not even a trans elder...
Didn't know the terminology at the time, but what I assume now was chronic dissociation made me feel like I had an easier time dealing with that kind of environment and made me want to be there to try to support others. Not really sure how good of job I did though. And its not like I wasn't affected by those kinds of things... I was just less self-aware of how it was actually affecting me. And now its harder to not be aware of that... :::