the "you're becoming who you are" narrative of transness always bothers me, but i need space to explain this.

who i am doesn't exist to society, and i never got tools to understand it. i am becoming who i *want* to be, and i don't even know all the details yet.

i wanted a name that sounded like space so that when i say i have a weird gender from space, it won't be a surprise

i want pronouns that aren't of the human realm so it's not a surprise when i don't really seem like a human

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@astra Mood. Essentialism is a dangerous road to go down anyways. Self-determination is so much better.

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