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Trans Megathread for the Week of December 23rd, 2024 to December 29th, 2024 - TMGC MEGA

Greetings, salutations even! I know this is a tough time of year for many of us, and all I ask is that you all make this the best week you possibly can. If the holidays are a struggle, take time to care for yourself if you can. Hang out with friends, do the things you love, find that sweet gender euphoria, follow what makes you truly happy. Oh, and continue to be yourselves :). Alright everybody, get ready for the largest mega I’ve ever written (I think).

Welcome to the TMGC mega! I have been hyping this up, probably for months now, and it’s my time to deliver on what might be the one of the best Fire Emblem experiences of all time. Buckle up, because this is going to be a long one. Most of the post will have light to no spoilers, but some parts may have a moderate amount of spoilers. With that out of the way, let’s find out what this game has to offer.

I’m realizing that I’m treading a lot of the same ground as I did in my last post, and I’m trying to think about what else to write. The thing is, I don’t know what else to say. I don’t want to spoil the game for you wonderful people! So, you’re going to have to play this for yourself, especially those of you familiar with Fire Emblem.

For those of you unfamiliar with Fire Emblem, this might be difficult to pick up. If you’re willing to figure things out, or DM me for help (seriously, I’m willing to, don’t be shy :)), go right ahead! It’s a great game. However, there are definitely better games to help you get into Fire Emblem as a series. I would recommend Fire Emblem: Three Houses for the Nintendo Switch, or Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia for the 3DS. These games both go over basic Fire Emblem mechanics, while having some of the things TMGC takes inspiration from. Both games make use of combat arts, for example. They are also both really good games, and I would consider Shadows of Valentia to be one of my favorite Fire Emblem games, especially in it’s presentation. And yes, if I do a Fire Emblem mega next time, it’s going to be a Shadows of Valentia mega. Those who saw the last time I hosted the megathread are sure to recognize the characters :)

If you want to play Fire Emblem: The Morrow’s Golden Country, you’ll need a GameBoy Advance emulator (I use MGBA) as well as a copy of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (shouldn't be hard to find). From there, download the patch (sorry for google link, the patch is regularly updated) and apply it to the Sacred Stones rom using RomPatcher. From there, you have a functioning TMGC rom and are ready to play.

I think that’s going to be all from me today. Again, I hope the holidays go well for all of you. I know this is a tough time of year, and I wish you all the best of luck. I also encourage you to keep up the posting in both the mega and tracha. I’ll likely spend some time in tracha myself, and who knows, maybe we can even talk about Fire Emblem. Don’t suffer in silence, feel free to vent frustrations. Love you all, let’s have a great week!

Join our public Matrix server! https://matrix.to/#/#tracha:chapo.chat

As a reminder, please do not discuss current struggle sessions in the mega. We want this to be a little oasis for all of us and the best way to do that is not to feed into existing conflict on the site.

Also, be sure to properly give content warnings and put sensitive subjects behind proper spoiler tags. It's for the mental health of not just your comrades, but yourself as well.

Here is a screenshot of where to find the spoiler button.

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  • hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i'll add you to the list!

    the list as it stands: 

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            SadArtemis (12/30 - 1/5)
    Eco* (1/6 (The Darkest Day in Our Democracy.) - 1/12)
    Yukiko (1/13 - 1/19)
    oscardejarjayes* (1/20 - 1/26)
    SwitchyandWitchy* (1/27 - 2/2)
    SILLY BEAN@lemmygrad.ml* (2/3 - 2/9)
    AshenWolf* (2/10 - 2/16)
    GayTuckerCarlson* (2/17 - 2/23)

    EstraDoll (3/2 - 3/8)

    ​ * after name denotes someone who has posted before and will be skipped by first-time posters

  • big fucking shoutout to my therapist as i continue to come back to every session with way too much dumb bullshit for one person to have done in two weeks every session

    • The ability of my therapist to keep on top of my bullshit is astonishing. He'll mention something from the previous session and ask how that's going, and I'm "What? That? Oh yeah..."

  • finally booked an appointment for HRT, it’s online in about a week. what kinds of questions should I expect from them? also will they require blood tests before prescribing anything? I assume so, and if that’s the case, would I be better off changing to an in person appointment?

  • welp. i just mentioned to my mom that i changed every part of my name including my middle and last and while she says she supports me she also started crying so that's fun and awkward :)

  • cannot put into words how much i appreciate this site. everywhere else have turned into varying degrees of hell holes. this is the only place that feels sane

  • Took a really good pic of Rosie being a sweetheart and helping me do laundry earlier today (she's super smart and very curious about appliances and household chores, she's tried pawing at the vacuum before after noticing it made her favorite spot on the living room floor clean and tried tapping at the space heater like she was trying to figure out how to turn it on on her own)

  • My hair is getting so long now like down my neck but longer then I can ever remember it being, I can kind of see it starting to come together. It's something ✨

  • i'm trying to worldbuild out one of my stories rn and it's so hard... i admire people who do this for fun. i feel like i'm just literally copy-pasting the real world.

  • When I transitioned years ago, I hoped that HRT would also help with better anger management control because it's something I've battled with since I was a kid. While things have improved dramatically, and I don't have a tendency to display outward aggression anymore in real life, I'm still dealing with feelings of intense inner rage when I see people spout reactionary garbage like transphobia. The thing that seems to help at the moment (aside from letting me smash

    the skull of every single transphobe) is vaping some cannabis to calm me down. Reactionaries are in serious trouble if I ever run out of

  • i find myself jealous whenever I see two people out, it's like, how did you find someone that will be seen in public with you. fucking magic lmao

    • Every once in a while when I go out with coworkers or family, you'll see two very young couples presumably on a first date. The young lady is usually dressed to the nines, makeup is good, hair done. And the dude is usually schlubby, pj pants and wearing a baseball cap in an indoors fancy-ish restaurant lol. Part of it is just the area but god bless these young women for having to put up with dating young men

  • Got some uncles and shit in my extended family who've fallen deep down the internet transphobia rabbit hole. Word spreads quick in the family so when I'm out more publicly, I'm not gonna be able to hide my transness from them forever. An alternative tactic has presented itself - form a vanguard. I've been probing along their sides of the family for sympathetic people who'll have my back if shit ever goes down about it and centrists I can try to push into taking my side.

    Slow going so far, but the advantage of this season is a lot of family is all in the same town so I have an ample pool of potential allies.

    Go to tactic so far is making shitty jokes at christmas gatherings to gauge how safe different members of the family are safe to come out to. When my grandmother complained about not seeing any of granddaughters, I joked "Next year, I'll pop some oestrogen and come in a dress." sweep the faces of the gathered family look for which ones reacted with disgust, which found it funny, etc.

  • 6 weeks on E/Spiro, and no booba yet.

    On the other hand, mental health is so much better, so I can wait for booba. I figure that I will probably get my dose upped at the next appointment.

    Obligatory "vacation" at the folks place has been a wash. Wasn't planning to come out over the holidays anyways. However, I got sick almost immediately so that has put a major damper on things. Because of the sickness and relative cabin fever (it is very cold outside), things are the normal sort of rocky with everyone. Nothing severe, but just people getting on each other's nerves frequently.

  • ::: spoiler spoiler I socialized with close friends yesterday, so today I get to freak out and try to stop my brain from thinking they all hate me and want me gone. I hate my brain, why does it try to hurt me so much when people express that they enjoy my company? Why does it not want me to be happy? I should be happy and joyful and instead i feel alone and like all the people I know are out for blood, my blood.

    To be clear, they have done literally nothing to indicate this, its all in my head. Well, my heart. Is there a word for delusions of the heart? Cause thats what ive got. I dont get paranoid delusions about cognitive things, i just get super fucking deluded and paranoid about emotional things. I hate this.

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