IAmTheBard-guy
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Alrighty, kids.
Journal entry number: I
I, being the confused and questioning human I am, was watching one of those dreaded Tik-Tok collection videos-- this one, in particular, was around the concept of Trans/Non-Binary people.
I bet you can guess why I was watching that, non-existent followers.
Anyway, at some point, I heard the unmistakable and distinguished sound of a personal childhood wedsite: Starfall
It was the "Who Am I?" pronunciation thing (not nearly as intriguing to me as it was to the five year old me, might I add) that first caught my attention. Then, what followed.
The question, more specifically.
"I am a _____ "
Girl?
Boy?
This. This sparked some distant memory stored in the closed-off vault that is the childhood memories I wish I could forget.
Two choices were given to me as a child. Girl or boy?
On this kindergarten game website, I was given a choice. Given, the options weren't extensive, but I had a choice.
And, more often than not, I'd choose the thing I wished to be.
...
Remembering this reminded me of the confusion that, even as a child, I faced.
The other kids would ask me, of their own curiosity, if I would have rather be the opposite of what I biologically am.
When I answered, they would often gasp, or make a face, and I never understood why. It was a question and I had a direct answer. Did I answer wrong?
I had no one to go to with my own curiosity. I was unaware that, even if I did, I could be faced with more things that I couldn't have possibly understood, much less combat.
I'll never know for sure what would've happened, and I have to wonder what would've happened if I didn't keep it to myself.
...
One fucking Tik-Tok brought me back.
Now, if you, my totally-existing followers, would excuse me... I need to go fool around on Starfall.