Pairing: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, James Potter/Lily Evans
Rating:T
Length:7447
Summary:Some aspects of a teenage boyhood—pranks, sports, the distressing political situation, dirt—look universal to Sirius, but others—confusing affection for one of his mates, the driving need to find his own self-assurance, a fortifying relationship with a spiral staircase—feel like his alone.
Three snapshots of growing up and growing into oneself, but mostly just kids having fun.
Author’s Notes: This fic was made possible by my hilarious, patient betas and by fantom_ftnoise’s generous, incredible feedback & insight on trans experiences; thank you.
The prompt was: “A trans male Gryffindor having an encounter with those stupid girls dorm stairs that solidifies their identity and helps with doubts”, I hope I did it justice!
A thousand thanks to the fest mods for putting this on, and to all the writers/artists/creators who participated. This was my first fest and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. This little story is of course dedicated, with love, to the hp fandom’s trans community.
See the end notes for more information on the warning.
I have the headcanon that Dick came out and socially transitioned really young. His parents were very supportive and called him “Robin”, his existing gender neutral nickname, until he settled on a new name
more Pokemon doodles! this illustrates some of my Leon headcanons - he’s trans, so jot that down, and he used his Gym Challenge as a starting point for his social transition. Before that he would dress in a sporty-cute kinda style. Also, he and Sonia have known each other since they were babies!
OH BOY A FANART SUNDAY! I finally posted one on time again!!
I got Pokemon Shield for Crimmus and GOSH, I’m having a ton of fun… I love all the characters, especially Leon, and I can’t wait to meet all the Gym Leaders - looking forward to Opal in particular~ also, Leon is my trans pants-with-directions himbo king :’)
From its inception, Animorphs was always a series dedicated to what we’d term social justice today. It featured five kids of various ethnicities trying to save the world from a secret alien invasion, becoming child warriors in the process. But as a product of the 90s, it didn’t focus on LGBTQ+ issues very much. Sure, the protagonists were very young, and author K.A. Applegate might not have been able to get any LGBTQ+ rep through her publishers if she had had any ideas, but the fact remains that a series about kids literally changing their bodies as a weapon of war should have made trans issues front and center in Animorphs’s otherwise excellent diversity.
Fortunately, in recent years the Animorphs fandom has taken steps to correct this oversight. One of my previous FFs, Bird in a Cage, was a character study of Tobias, arguably the Animorph with the most gender dysphoria. Canonically, Tobias never felt comfortable in his human body, and when he ended up trapped in his hawk morph, it wasn’t his body he missed, but his humanity in general. In that fic, author etothepii explores the idea of Tobias as a trans girl coming to terms with her gender identity. Today’s fanfic broadens the scope of these gender identity issues by changing the gender identity of all the Animorphs. The Word of Your Body is a series of vignettes about trans, intersex, and nonbinary Animorphs that looks at the many social and family issues that the gender-diverse Animorphs have to go through in the shadow of the war.
Trigger warning for gender dysphoria, transphobia, and internalized transphobia in the fic. As Animorphs was originally written in the 90s, this fanfic was written using LGBTQ+ terms that would have been used in the 90s, despite the fact that we no longer use some of these terms today. Please read with caution.
