ive come to realize something about the way we think about ourselves. gender isnt a social construct. heres why:
it implies that if there was no society, there wouldnt be any gender but people who are isolated from society can still have a gender
if all it took to be a woman was to simply identify as a woman, a transmasc egg would be considered a woman
it kinda feeds into the gender = gender expression myth
people from ye olden days and from other cultures who have different words for being trans like hijra instead of enby wouldnt be that gender because its a different label
tying back to that first point, if you need society to have a gender, wouldnt that make it a choice?
i propose this: gender is a psychological connection to femmininity/masculinity/androgyny/etc. like zodiacs, youre stuck with it for life, but how it applies to you is different then how it applies to someone else with the same zodiac/gender. how you interpret it can be different. you can call a color teal or cyan or turquoise but that doesnt change what color it is. and even if youre really short, that doesnt stop you from wearing heels, like how being a man doesnt stop you from wearing a dress. to be a woman, you have a psychological connection to femininity. you can present masculine, but inside its still femme. same thing for feminine presenting men and feminine/masculine presenting enbies.
thanks for reading, have a great day :)
So I had a thought…
Visions are the results of strong ambitions. So what if delusions are twisted versions of ambitions? This would explain why they give the same power as a Vision would but with the risk of it backfiring. Only someone as delusional as the ambition contained within it would be able to harness its full power, like the Harbingers.
Here’s an example: Wanderer wanted to have a heart and become a true human. This was his pure ambition. But it was warped into a delusion in which he believed he was a god. When he realized his delusion wasn’t reality and he embraced his true ambition, he was awarded with a Vision.
Actually, that kinda reminds me of the crowned heir from the Gnostic Hymn. Dainsleif did say that coincidences don’t exist in Teyvat…
This was long overdue... my old pfp is almost two years old! For this one i decided to play around with a simpler style so i didnt lose any detail when its small! This was actually super quick for me, only took me a couple hours instead of the usual 3 months. Might have to try this style more often...
through the power of mutation, i have made a dark skinned character in silly wisher... (now if only hoyo could do the same)
just a lil wip cuz gods forbid i actually finish a drawing—
Spoily warning! 5.0 Natlan archon quest and also a bit Fontaine archon quest
So, when Capitano said "You heard something from here, didnt you?" everyone just kinda assumed he was talking to Olorun. But theres a trope of the protagonist having a dream about the villain discussing/inacting their evil plans and then the villain addresses the protag directly, seemingly aware of the protags presence. This theory is kinda half-baked but maybe its like when the Traveler dreamed of Childe in the primordial sea...
just a thought tho :p
why are my shitposts viral but my art is barely given any attention? i appreciate the support but i spent five minutes typing this post and five hours drawing those
hiya! im compiling redesigns of genshin characters cuz im too lazy to redesign them myself
...so feel free to tag me if you see anything! if its tagged with #genshin redesign or #genshin impact redesign ive probably seen it but the ones that arent tagged slip through the cracks. i also probably wont settle on a nahida redesign as theyre all so good, but id love to see them regardless! thanks yall :3
I drew Kayleigh again! I changed her color palette a bit, and she’s better than ever!
OMG THIS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL! I love it so much!! He looks so chill and cute :)
i'm not dead! just been drowning in wips lol
sorry if this looks inconsistent, i did this over the span of several months (the handwriting is just cuz i use my finger lmao). Once again reiterating that my version is not "fixing" Hoyo's original design, i'm just making it more to my taste and more accurate to the cultures Natlan is based on. Another thing i want y'all to know is that "blackwashing" is not real and POC headcanons/redesigns aren't bad! If you dont like it, just scroll on by.
redesigns ive done recently
they/them // genshin impact, honkai star rail, dungeon meshi // hi im sani, im a scrungly lil enby who likes drawing and anime ^^
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