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Nico Nico Rose

@niconicorose / niconicorose.blog

She/her. 41/f trans lesbian. Writer, musician. Fan of lesbians, idols, anime, science fiction, and games. Working on my debut trans/lesbian rock band magical girl novel, “Magica Riot”
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sometimes being a lesbian is like. one day when youre a little kid you hear a pretty girl laugh and its the most beautiful thing youve ever heard and you decide you want to hear it as often as possible for the rest of your life

and sometimes its like. you see some boobs and go completely braindead for the next 2 to 3 minutes

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I think it's very fascinating that, back to back, we have had a pair of what I want to call system shocks on tumblr.

The first wave was the beef between Kendrick and Drake. The beef reached truly titanic levels in order to breach containment and reach our shores in any real way. What was then immediately revealed is that a very loud (if not actually numerous) portion of the tumblr userbase is not simply ignorant of rap music, but proudly so, and not just proudly so, but ignorant of it in ways that have become stereotypes of rap critics. Accusations of violence, misogyny, and difficulty of understanding it were particularly visible to me. With a side helping of racism. The response to this was twofold: tumblr users either got into some damn funny fights when idiots doubled down on their ignorance, or they were curious and we got some damn good recommendations.

The second event was this week: The AO3 Ship Bracket finals: Destiel vs Suletta. The strongest yaoi of the past vs the strongest yuri of today. As Sulemio tore through the polls, again this trend emerged! Deeply incurious, proudly ignorant people parroting criticisms of anime that have become stereotypes anime fans repeat to make fun of critics! Accusations of sexualization, misogyny, and obscurity were particularly visible to me. With a side helping of racism. And then, just like last time, people split off into two camps. The first was idiots without any actual knowledge of Gundam showing up to crow about Destiel like the franchise isn't older than some of their parents. The second was some really good recommendation threads with people willing to learn (just start on Witch From Mercury, it's fine, then maybe watch The Origin or something, other people have better recs than me).

I think it's really interesting that tumblr's userbase has been exposed for being really inflexible and driven into a rut in its fandom spaces. And defensively so. I think that expanding your horizons is good for you for a lot of reasons, but avoiding looking like a jackass on tumblr is a really good incentive, I think.

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I appreciate anytime I see a Kanan in a suit artwork. My New Melody Project version of Kanan is a suit kind of girl and I'm glad I'm not alone out there.

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miiilowo

tumblr is great because no matter how many followers i get it doesn't stop me from being really fucking annoying. other places i will perhaps think before i post. Not here. not here

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~Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari~

I’m just putting the previous drawings into one.

I still love this song soooo much ;w;

μ'sic forever

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Genuinely I think no item of clothing makes me feel more dysphoric and hating my body as much as pants. I just feel awful in them. I like a high-waisted skirt or dress that enhances what hips I do have.

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I wanted to draw Daisy! My Twisted Wonderland Ramshackle prefect!

I like her.

She created the handicrafts club so she could try and make herself things with the small class budget, but doesn't have any preexisting knowledge of handicrafts. So she's just teaching herself.

The little flower she has embroidered on her pencil case and tie is a "lazy daisy" stitch.

Her clothes, aside from her vest (which she thankfully was able to get custom made) is all stock men's uniform sizing. Since she has a larger chest and hips, it means she has to buy oversized clothes in order to fit correctly in those areas.

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Something I really hope folks will know ahead of time is that Magica Riot is not a grimdark magical girl deconstruction. It may be about queer magical girls in their 20s who are a rock band in Portland and can drink and cuss like sailors, but it is 100% meant as sincerely as anything like Sailor Moon or Pretty Cure.

The setting lends itself to some atypical elements, but it's a very loving magical girl tale at its core! 😊

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