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[garotted]

[ when the feed opens up, it is to a small black cat with heterochromia (one eye brown, the other a bright gold). depending on where you live, he might even be a familiar black cat. ]

Hey. [ oh and he talks. ] Figured I should get this out of the way, since I'm.. here, I guess, for the time being. [ an ear flicks, and he settles, getting comfortable and crossing his paws. ] Anyway, I'm Alex, and I got here.. recently. [ alex fierro: he of the frustratingly vague and casually suspicious nature. ] Norse demigod here, so if one of you Asgardian lot feels some strange seidr on the air or whatever, hi, that's me.

[ he blinks mildly, head tilting as he considers the video feed. what else, what else.. oh! ]

Despite all evidence to the contrary, I'm not always a cat. .. Sometimes I'm a flamingo. Or a dragon. Also I'm genderfluid, so don't be a dick about it and I'll give you my pronouns. [ a significant pause. ] They're he/him today if you're wondering. That's it, thanks.

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[garotted]

My mom gave birth to me. He's my mom.
Shapeshifter, remember??

[antietam]

Yeah but [ there are so many buts here. ]

I guess I don't get gods. He must have really liked your dad?

[garotted]

No? You don't have to like someone to fuck them.
Is it really that hard to understand that sometimes my mom carries his children?
I mean, if you're even kind of familiar with Norse mythology, you must know about Sleipnir.

[antietam]

I spent most of my time on the Roman and Welsh side of things.

And yeah, it's a little hard to understand? I mean, if I could shapeshift, I think the last thing I would want to do is give birth.

[garotted]

You think that, but you have no idea, do you? Maybe if you suddenly learned you could shapeshift, it'd be one thing, but it's always been a part of my mother, and a part of me.
When you have a body that malleable, maybe stupid shit like traditional ideas of gender and the roles they play in society naturally don't mean shit to you.

[antietam]

[ Getting called out like this brings back memories. He wasn't even aware he was doing any of that, but he's inclined to listen. ]

Sorry. All I meant was I've heard pregnancy and giving birth is painful.

It must be hard to live in a society that expects you to be one thing. [ That's his way of saying he wants to know more about it. ]

[garotted]

Again, shapeshifter. I doubt my mother ever experiences pain in childbirth. Though to be fair, he does generally prefer to father his children instead of carry them.

I don't let it bother me anymore. If people can't accept me the way I am, they can fuck off.

[antietam]

It takes a lot of strength to be able to think that way. How did you decide that instead of trying to be like everyone else?

[garotted]

I didn't have a choice. It was learn to tell the world to kiss my ass or lay down and die.

[antietam]

Usually it's easier to lay down and die.

Sorry to get morbid so fast. I'm Adam. It's nice to meet you.