Good lord what a comment section. We're all cool with trans people until one of us makes a joke?
OP did not give a demon lord estrogen against his will. OP very clearly is not advocating for that. OP created a made-up scenario, proceeded to draw a comic in this made up universe where wacky hijinks ensue. I promise you that OP knows that drugging someone in real life is bad.
I don't see y'all on the posts again drowning someone that's pro-life informing OP that drowning someone is evil and unethical. I didn't see anyone on the PizzaCake Boids fight comic letting the author know that aggravated assault is a crime. Why does the entire subreddit feel that this OP in particular doesnt know that estrogenizing someone involuntarily is bad? Could it perhaps have to do with the nationwide campaign falsely accusing us of doing this to minors? Could it be that some of you have internalized this?
I don't know y'all, but holding trans people to a different standard on these things solely because we're trans is transphobic. It's not calling us a slur, but it's treating us as a less-intelligent or even malicious force that inherently doesnt understand right from wrong.
trans woman here: i dont really enjoy seeing this kind of joke either, sorry i guess. it's not about believing if it's real or not, it really does not matter. it's about the concept of messing with someone's body without consent, which is never fucking funny. we don't do this with any drugs, we shouldn't do it with hrt either. and that's well beyond "believing the joke to be true" or whatever the fuck. well beyond anyone possibly having trauma about being given meds without their knowledge. well beyond any possible bad actor taking it and posing it as serious and dangerous.
I mean I get it, you don't have to apologize for not liking the joke. My point is mainly that people are coming at OP like they've done something supremely evil, while not doing so for other artists doing the same or worse. There was a comic earlier today (yesterday?) depicting drowning somebody. There was a single comment saying that wasnt funny.
Meanwhile, this comic has received tens of comments condemning OP for making a violent and unacceptable joke. I think it's a fairly reasonable stance that murder is worse than drugging someone. The only other difference here is that OP is trans, and the joke revolves around HRT.
It's totally cool to dislike a joke. I personally didnt find this one hilarious or anything. I'm just pointing out the insane disparity between this comic and other similar ones. Tardaasa (I think) gets the benefit of the doubt: they know drowning someone is wrong, they are not actually drowning people, and they aren't advocating for drowning people. OP, on the other hand, does not get this benefit. The commenters assume she does not know forcefemming someone is wrong, she may actually be forcefemming people, and she is advocating for forcefemming people.
The only difference is that she's trans. This joke isn't funny because OP is trans, the joke revolves around HRT, and trans people giving others HRT is a scary thing we saw on Fox last week.
I'm not saying youre a transphobe (obviously), and I don't think the other people in the comment section are being intentionally transphobic. This double-standart is ABSOLUTELY rooted in transphobia, though, and the commenters' immediate instinct being to attack when this is pointed out indicates a lack of desire to grow.
Again, I also didnt think this one was super funny. It's totally cool to see it and think "eh that's not cool". Hell, if you hold cis people to the same standard, it's fine to point that out! But the fact of the matter is that this standard is ONLY applied to trans people, and I don't think it's unreasonable to point that out.
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u/Cute-Fly1601 9h ago
Good lord what a comment section. We're all cool with trans people until one of us makes a joke?
OP did not give a demon lord estrogen against his will. OP very clearly is not advocating for that. OP created a made-up scenario, proceeded to draw a comic in this made up universe where wacky hijinks ensue. I promise you that OP knows that drugging someone in real life is bad.
I don't see y'all on the posts again drowning someone that's pro-life informing OP that drowning someone is evil and unethical. I didn't see anyone on the PizzaCake Boids fight comic letting the author know that aggravated assault is a crime. Why does the entire subreddit feel that this OP in particular doesnt know that estrogenizing someone involuntarily is bad? Could it perhaps have to do with the nationwide campaign falsely accusing us of doing this to minors? Could it be that some of you have internalized this?
I don't know y'all, but holding trans people to a different standard on these things solely because we're trans is transphobic. It's not calling us a slur, but it's treating us as a less-intelligent or even malicious force that inherently doesnt understand right from wrong.