Do women know how beautiful they are?
Big Macintosh does.
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content warning: gender dysphoria and crippling self-loathing
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Ah yes, the universally relatable kind of story :D And look, I get to post first comment! No-one could possibly get any mistaken ideas from this :D
For real, Alicorn Princess Big Mac is the gift that keeps on giving.
This story hits so close to home for me. The way you describe how Mac appreciates the woman in his life shows he notices much more than most men. It also shows how much he wishes he were like them. He has has their fortitude and courage, most certainly. But I understand why he wants more. Women are truly beautiful as they change, adapt and grow in their lives, in ways that men cannot. I can empathize with him in wishing to be female and have those personal experiences.
You really wrote Mac’s thoughts and feelings quite well. Much like him, you said a great deal in just a few words. Nicely done!
Beautiful and heartrending.
Beautifully written and emotionalised. But I can’t help but notice there’s a few typos throwing off the immersion, like this one:
Surely that’s “her”.
Other than that, lovely piece.
Keep up the wonderful work.
Well written, but I was a bit bothered by this bit:
"Once upon a time, when he would see a woman -- a beautiful, marvelous woman -- trip and fall or drop something she'd been carrying, his first instinct would be to rush to her side and help her back on her feet. And he did exactly that, once or twice, before he realized that the looks these women gave him were all the same.
Fear.
The moment they saw him, noticed his huge, hulking frame, his broad shoulders and muscular forearms, and his all-too-male face, those women reacted with sudden fear. It was even sometimes true of the women he knew well, at least just for that first moment. In that moment, they would see him as a threat, a monster sprung from the shadows. Some would shake the fear off after a long, tense moment, and accept his offer of assistance. Others would claim to be all right, in the hope that he would just go away and leave them alone."
Not your intention, I'm sure, but this sounds a bit like Incel propaganda - "modern women, brainwashed by feminism, react to helpful actions from traditionally masculine men with nothing but fear and disgust." Perhaps I assume too much, but I suspect quite a few women don't live in perpetual fear of physically large and strong men, and some even may appreciate helpful gestures from them.
(Of course, this may just be Big Mac's perception rather than the reality. Or maybe he's just really bad at trying to be friendly. )
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I think you're reading a bit too much into it, to be honest. This is written as a past experience, and in no way offers judgment for how "all women" will always respond, nor does it have any hallmarks of the "incel propaganda" you mentioned, where Big Mac would condemn their reactions as a result of feminism.
*excited shouting!*
Plz write one where he transitions to Orchard Blossom, tho! This is very sad.
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Big Mac doesn't have to be an incel or resent women for the scenario described to match incels' version of reality.
Do women know how biutiful they are? The answer to that question is simply "Yes, they do", society in general tells them that all the time, and they themselves tell each other that all the time, so Big Mac, You are just a simp, women beauty is decided by men, so it is obvious that you would look at yourself and think you are ugly, you are masculine, not feminine, so You should seek to be handsome, not biutiful, women must judge that, not you.
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You do, in fact, assume too much. That precise reaction is all too common if not universal, in my experience and observation, and sadly is quite real. Women generally are on the wrong end of the power imbalance in society—certainly in the US if not elsewhere. Most have to live and act every moment with an alert awareness of that imbalance and its potential consequences for their well-being and perhaps very lives. Far worse if they are trans or women of color!
If that makes it sound like most women have to live balanced on a razor’s edge, I am not being dramatic; I am being factual. One need look no farther than the striking down of Roe v. Wade to see just how dire the situation is.
The reactions described in the quoted passage (spoiler text would not be out of place there, by the way) are to me an unfortunately familiar lament from female friends, acquaintances, and even strangers. The fundamental flaw behind the whole incel nonsense is their utter lack of awareness of all this, and their sense of unwarranted entitlement that affairs remain exactly as they are—or more so.
Ah.
Hurts like the first time.
But only until you do something about it.
Captured scarily well. Excellent work.
Such beauty, Kudos to the author!
A well-crafted gut punch of a story, the kind of deeply personal narrative that leaves me feeling uncomfortably voyeuristic after seeing such private thoughts. Brilliant work. Thank you for it.
I’ve never spoken to a woman in my life.
…oh hey, smartypants reference. I think.
I’ve always liked the idea that Mac has a cauldron of eloquent language bubbling away beneath his placid surface, so giving the narration such a florid quality really works on me.
Anyway, a very sympathetic dysphoric Mac. Give it a solid sixteen zap apples out of a possible nineteen dead parents.
11352405 hello, have you ever touched a boob
Not sure how Big Mac and Sugar Belle are still a thing in this universe.
Very well written story, but... I dunno.
The "charachter has a problem and it's sad and we are going nowhere" kind of story leaves a lot to be desired in the end. Maybe it's just 'the sads'.
I read this story a while back and it has a new deeper meaning to me given your recent announcement.
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haha, yeah, there might be some of that :D
for the record, I never felt this low myself, but it's very easy to see why someone might
The abrupt end is what makes this the worst. Orchard Blossom has two sisters and a grandma that surely would love her, and yet this still eats her up inside. Of all the trans stories on the site, this one somehow hurts the most in how incomplete and unrealized her world is. I have to agree that it desperately calls for a sequel. Maybe something about Orchard Blossom getting something better fitting to call her own. That certainly would go with the silent style quite well. How dare you make me feel things.
11351584 I'd agree with Silent Whisper's comment in that it isn't a universal judgment nor does it carry the reactions from Orchard Blossom suggesting she's buying into some EqG incel-type stuff. Uncommon reactions tend to stick out. I don't blame you for noting it though. I did too, and the part about some women going out of the way to avoid men isn't wrong, even though most people are friendly and well-meaning, regardless of their gender. I've had women give me dirty (or sometimes just annoyed) looks for holding the door open for them, for not being receptive to advances, and for lending a hand. But I also hold the door open for everyone and lend a land to everyone, if I can. I've only ever had women cross the street in fear because they assumed I was following them... because I was walking many paces behind them in broad daylight, on public sidewalks anyone can use. But because I was the only other man, they reacted that way. Men have reacted to me that way too, but only at night, and because I don't make much noise when I walk. It sucks. I'm not Mr. Ubermensch, all tall, strong, and imposing. I wouldn't hurt anyone, People just make assumptions that can be cruel out of attempts to keep themselves safe. I only cross streets if I notice someone behaving in a way I can only describe as suspicious, not just because we're walking the same way.
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you are quite welcome :)
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Srsly if you make an Orchard Blossom sequel I will be 100% all over that.
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I can't say I won't (in fact, I'd like to) only that I don't have an idea! Or the drive to write. :B
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drink your idea-giving juice
I do hope that this Big Mac will be able to see the beauty within himself.
Really well written!!! I feel very bad for her though
please write a sequel where shes happy!!