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They appeal to the values of science, observation, and reality, because they feel that these values support their transphobia. In many cases, they actually compare being trans to believing in God. The odd thing about having a transgender identity is that your mind does not match your biology. I understand that people can perceive gender and sex to be different. But when they go on and on about this, it comes off as more of an expression of a stigmatizing attitude, not an articulation of some uncomfortable truth.

Instead, the sheer redundancy of such a declaration exposes their total unfamiliarity with the medical consensus. Since , three editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders have included some kind of diagnosis related to being trans, under names like transsexualism, gender identity disorder, or gender dysphoria.

Some people experience gender dysphoria at such a level that the distress meets criteria for a formal diagnosis that might be classified as a mental disorder. Such a diagnosis is not a license for stigmatization or for the deprivation of civil and human rights. Rather, the distress of gender dysphoria, when present, is the concern that might be diagnosable and for which various treatment options are available.

I assume that all the decent people out there already understand this, but apparently some of you need it spelled out. There were six editions that came before it, dating back to I already saw a therapist about this. And then they referred me to a gynecologist. Tell me again who I should be taking medical advice from?

They assume that science and evidence support their position, when actually this most often supports the exact opposite of their position. In reality, a majority of trans people have been harassed just for trying to use public restrooms. Have a majority of cis people been harassed by trans people in restrooms?

Do you know of any? I guess the American Psychiatric Association just needs to go back to middle school, right? So, why would people who engage in this transparent nonsense claim that they have science behind them? They only seem to have a selective interest in the idea of something concrete that would back up their preconceived beliefs.

What else do you call it when someone knows nothing about science and thinks they can blather on and on about it anyway? What do you call it when someone refuses to change their beliefs when faced with evidence? What do you call it when they think their own intuition and baseless conjecture are more reliable than any research? How is believing that trans people have an unfair advantage in sports any different from believing the earth is 6, years old?

Science and observation and reality should matter to everyone, and I hope they matter to you. And this chorus of opposition consists of none other than those most affected by this: That conversation has since elicited a variety of reactions: We, the undersigned trans women and trans-feminine individuals, are appalled at recent attacks on trans woman journalist Parker Marie Molloy published by Calpernia Addams and Andrea James on the Huffington Post and Boing Boing.

They display homophobia, transphobia, ignorance, dishonesty, and hatred throughout. We believe that these pieces should not have been published, and that they are not representative of the views of trans women as a community. Calpernia Addams and Andrea James do not speak for us. Addams and James have chosen to focus on an individual trans woman and personally attack her at length. In reality, the conduct of RuPaul and others has been widely criticized by vast swathes of trans women.

This is not a new critique that has only arisen due to a lack of experience among young queer trans women. It is a long-standing and well-supported objection, one which has been articulated by trans women of all ages and sexualities. Addams and James ignore this in favor of needlessly inflammatory rhetoric, a regressive defense of gay and lesbian transphobia, and unmitigated contempt for the gender and sexuality of queer trans women. Their columns do not contribute to this discussion in any meaningful way. To the contrary, young trans women can offer a fresh and contemporary perspective to balance the traditional and stagnant views of those like Addams and James.

Whatever decades of experience with trans issues that Addams and James have had, it has not served them well in these recent columns. Here, Addams has done exactly that. This is not a meaningful argument; it is only more of the same classic transmisogyny. This is, at a minimum, inconsistent. Contrary to James, we do not accept that drag performance is itself a valid excuse for cisgender people to use transmisogynist slurs.

Such a rationale is nonsensical. When a word becomes so closely associated with open hostility toward a marginalized group that it is widely considered a slur by the group it targets, this is not itself a justification to continue using this word. It is rather obviously a compelling reason not to use it.

Cis people using transmisogynist slurs are not violating a taboo when the use of such slurs is already broadly accepted among cis people. Most of society does not consider it taboo to refer to trans women in these terms — there is no taboo to break. Cisgender male drag queens are assigned male at birth, and they neither consider themselves to be women nor live as women in their everyday lives.

Unlike trans women, they are not the ones who regularly face the consequences of widespread transphobia and transmisogyny, and they are not confronted with the fallout of normalizing transmisogynist slurs. This transphobia is no more excusable — it is equally deserving of scrutiny. We do not share this belief. Elitism and exclusion of queer trans women from queer culture. We believe that trans women have every reason to be angry at the mass media legitimization of transmisogynist slurs by cisgender men, and we question the value of learning from this culture or participating in it, let alone building upon it.

It is no point of pride to tolerate a transphobic culture. We ask that Calpernia Addams and Andrea James refrain from publishing further columns exhibiting this variety of homophobia, transphobia, transmisogyny, misgendering, ageism, and unwarranted hostility toward other trans women. We further ask that Huffington Post, Boing Boing, and other outlets refuse to give a platform to any columns endorsing such prejudice, whether by Addams and James or by others. This letter will be updated regularly. Guest post by Trinity Pixie.

My previous post, Green , which I presented without comment, was actually a piece of creative nonfiction. I lived in a place somewhere between rural and suburban. Many houses, few businesses, no public transit. There was a convenience store about a mile and a half away, a grocery store about ten, and in between were a number of people who would likely recognize me from pre-transition — many of whom were happy to attack me previous to transition, without the excuse of queerness thrown in. I was explicitly not invited to family functions, and forbidden from telling anyone, even my siblings, of my trans status.

I had access to medication and health care used as a bargaining chip, was told that I was faking the severity of my disability. I had my own father threaten me with physical harm and make me fear for my life, all the while being told I was the one harming the family. My parents are atheists. They have used labels like secular humanist to define themselves. The reasons, the arguments they would use to defend what they did, how they treated me, are secular. They are also just as valid as any secular arguments against abortion , so why is it that a leader of the secular movement will acknowledge those arguments, but not acknowledge my parents?

Why are you comfortable with violations of the rights of cis women, but not with people like my parents? Who believe slavery should have been a state-by-state issue, and have a secular argument for that. You need to ask yourself: Trinity Pixie is a member of the Secular Woman advisory board. The past few years of my life have featured various events that repeatedly force me to update significant parts of how I understand myself. I used to see little purpose in life and no path forward for myself, until I created an ongoing open-ended project to direct my energies toward, and coincidentally slid into utter femininity in a matter of months.

Then I started HRT and gained the perspective to see just how awful, how suffocating, how unbearable things were before — and how it brought me to a place where I was finally a happy, functional person who truly loved life. Many of my writings should be considered mostly obsolete for that very reason. I thought I had fixed this.

I thought I had found the answer — the reason why I had felt so pervasively uncomfortable for all of my life, and the solution that did what nothing else could and actually made everything better. I thought I was in the clear to check that off as decisively handled. I was wrong about having fully understood the nature of my problems. And I was wrong about the extent to which transitioning could adequately address them. My dysphoria feels like depression. Other people had to tell me. I did my best to convey how this felt for me:. Many trans people told me that this article resonated strongly with them; some said it was as if they were reading what could have been their own journal.

Others pointed out that there was substantial overlap between what I described, and the symptoms of depression. To show a connection between these experiences and gender dysphoria, I had to rely on one key point: I figured all I could do was ignore it as much as possible and focus on whatever positives I could find — I gave up hope of ever truly fixing this.

I saw these things as two parallel lines, each progressing on their own path but never intersecting. So it came as a surprise when these two things began to interact: I started HRT in , and almost immediately felt free of all the crushing negativity for the first time in my life. Thus, I learned to recognize dysphoria. I did not learn to recognize depression. Around the end of , I started experiencing what seemed like the same thing all over again:.

Because I had previously associated these feelings with dysphoria, my first guess was that all of this had to be linked to gender-related factors. So that was where I started: Was it my recently-adjusted progesterone dose?

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I switched back to my previous dose — but the relief was only temporary. Surgeries, obviously, are not quite so accessible or easy to experiment with. I was starting to get scared. Things were fine before. That just sounds really abstracted, though. She started a new life with me, in a place where everyone knew me as a woman.

She let me know that starting hormones would make me even more desirable in her eyes, not less. It sounded familiar to her, and she raised the possibility of depression. My next, even more desperate question: I only go to my gynecologist for HRT and the associated check-ups and blood monitoring. Trans people have often found that when they seek care for any sort of illness, their doctors advise them to discontinue HRT regardless of whether their current health problem has any connection to this.

This issue is more than anecdotal: We do, so seeking care can be a difficult thing to contemplate. So I went with the option that we already knew the most about. To me, he seemed like the best bet. Outness is a risk factor for refusal of service: Fortunately, all of this turned out to be a non-issue. He asked how I was feeling, and I told him everything — the way that life had somehow become unbearable for no apparent reason, and the dread I felt at having to face every single day. Everything he said gave me the impression that he understood this well.

We worked out a balance of which medication would be both affordable and effective for me, and ended up settling on his first recommendation — something he felt would give me more energy. People widely regard being trans as an undesirable existence. This urge to avoid the possibility of transness manifests as a staggering variety of excuses and denials. The cis people around us, often our parents and relatives, may claim that our gender-related feelings can instead be explained as a product of:.

These are all things that trans people have actually reported hearing from various cis people, and this is not an exhaustive list. Given the prevalence of these creative explanations, trans people in search of reasons to doubt their own transness have ample opportunity to seize on them as well. But this fervent effort to locate any possible alternatives to transness extends beyond the poorly-informed folklore of laypersons. Under his direction, this program has subjected children to a form of reparative therapy to discourage them from being trans or questioning their gender.

He posits that their desire to live as another sex is instead largely rooted in family issues:. First, he thinks that family dynamics play a large role in childhood GID—not necessarily in the origins of cross-gendered behavior, but in their persistence. Wishing to be a girl will only make you unhappy in the long run, and pretending to be a girl will only make your life around others harder.

Whatever conflicts or issues that parents have that prevent them from uniting to help their child must be addressed.

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He points out that the burden of living as the opposite gender is great, and should not be casually embraced. Failure to intervene increases the chances of transsexualism in adulthood, which Zucker considers a bad outcome. For one, sex change surgery is major and permanent, and can have serious side effects. Why put boys at risk for this when they can become gay men happy to be men? Alice Dreger, a bioethicist who previously compared gender-questioning kids to children who unseriously pretend to be train engines , promotes a similar idea. Dreger likewise depicts transitioning as undesirable, and endorses alternatives where possible:.

Sex-changing interventions are nontrivial. They involve substantial physical risk, including major risk to sexual sensation, and a lifelong commitment to trying to manage hormone replacement. And the clinician who tries to get a gender dysphoric kid to learn to like her or his innate body really is a Nazi?

What if a boy could go to school in a dress and still be a boy? As a trans woman, my diagnosis of depression exists within the context of these widespread attitudes. Commonplace medical practices reflect this overabundance of caution, something which became all the more striking when compared to my recent experiences. Unlike in , I did not need to find one of the few therapists in a city of millions who would evaluate me and provide a lengthy referral letter for treatment.

Instead, I was able to go to the same doctor as the rest of my family, and soon found myself sitting in an exam room full of detailed posters about depression and the drugs that might help. Within 30 minutes, I walked out with a prescription in hand. Trans people are often asked to consider whether they may just be depressed cis people — but depressed cis people are rarely asked to consider whether they might be trans.

What am I supposed to make of that? And what will others make of it? For one, there is no reason why gender dysphoria and other mental illnesses should be seen as mutually exclusive. For that matter, neither does childhood bullying, sexual abuse, autism, and so on. Those also make me feel pretty terrible, but it would be absurd to claim that only one of these is responsible for the entirety of my physical pain.

Does it seem at all realistic that there would be no occurrence of depression among trans people? People sometimes get depressed, and trans people are people. Scientific studies confirm, rather predictably, that gender dysphoria and depression can coexist. A study of trans people found that they experienced psychiatric conditions at a rate similar to cis people:. In fact, the incidence of reported psychiatric problems is similar to that seen in the general population. Similarities in incidence included depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.

And a study found comparable levels of mental health conditions in people diagnosed with gender dysphoria:. Mood disorder was the third most frequent 1. Furthermore, studies of trans people undergoing medical transition have consistently confirmed that these procedures are significantly helpful in addressing the symptoms of other mental health conditions, and increase our general well-being.

Hormone therapy, in particular, stands out as a key factor in reducing levels of distress. A study followed 57 trans people before and after HRT and genital reassignment surgery, and found that starting HRT was associated with a marked decrease in depression and anxiety:. Significant decreases were found in the subscales such as anxiety, depression, interpersonal sensitivity, and hostility. Furthermore, the SCL scores resembled those of a general population after hormone therapy was initiated.

Another study of 70 trans people examined their self-reported stress and their blood levels of cortisol, a hormone associated with stress. Being on HRT was linked to a reduction in perceived stress levels and cortisol awakening response:.

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At enrollment, transsexuals reported elevated CAR; their values were out of normal. She doesn't expect a Diance to tumble out of its poke ball. Or the chaos, legal and otherwise, that comes along. She also doesn't expect her Fennekin to come on back around. Understudy by reminiscent-afterthought reviews [AU] Their class is holding a play for the Autumn Festival. Yuujin is a shoe-in for the lead, and Haru signs up to help write the script because what else can he do?

But then names come out of the hat and he's the main character in a story he's not allowed to write, and Yuujin seems to have an ulterior motive for letting it all pan out. CYPHER by roulechausettes reviews It has been sixteen years since the defeat of the D-Reaper, and the Digital World has gotten closer than ever to the real world, causing digimon to begin to bio-emerge once again, bringing fears of chaos amongst the original tamers and Hypnos.

However, far from Japan, a group of tamers with unique powers emerges Now that Weiss has control of the Schnee Dust Company, things have started to change for the better. Blake's happily married, but, there is one thing she's always wanted. A family of her very own. With the help of dust and DNA, she finally gets her wish. T - English - Romance - Chapters: Dudley Dursley and the Quest for Truth by books reviews When Dudley Dursley and his parents are forced to spend a year with-gasp!

Potterwatch, tall tales and magic, oh my! Rating changed for safety This sets off a hair trigger line of events that will change not only a female Harry Potter but her family forever. Slight floating timeline, easily missed.

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It turns out protecting the world from devastation is a lot harder than it sounds. All Seems Beautiful by Fizzing Wizard reviews After a bizarre incident at the camp, Taichi learns he's vanishing from his own world and becoming part of the Digital World. Meanwhile the Chosen take hits from every corner: And they can't keep their personal lives from tangling.

The Chosen were dealt the worst blow possible, and it's tearing them apart. His father has been dead for five years. He doesn't expect to get the chance Spoilers through end of game plus secret reports. Action, romance, danger, good, evil, ninjas, bunnies. World Ends With You - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: Across the Universe by SunLight reviews In another universe, Taichi's little sister never lived past childhood. Years later, in a world without Light, Takeru comes across a girl claiming to be Hikari Yagami.

End of an Age by 6ixisgod reviews Kanto mourns their passing in silence. Sixteen years has passed since the rebellion was destroyed by the dragon. Now, the sons of the old rebellion will rise again in the east. Blood will be spilled, men will fall, and a god will rise from his slumber. Lyn saves a young man named Will. She will fight for Caelin to save her grandfather from Lundgren, whose rule is reinforced by a dark shadow. Eliwood of Pharae sets off on a quest to find his Father, and when he runs into Will he asks for his aid. Soon, the very world will come under threat from Nergal of the Fang.

Can they stop his plans before it's too late? Hikaru no Ghost by anad reviews Sai is Japan's greatest living go player. Hikaru is the Heian ghost haunting him. Hikaru no Go - Rated: Trouble is, the Decimo is proving to be a bit… picky. Timoteo just wants the grandbabies. So he sends his successor to the shining island of Regalo, hoping a certain crimson-haired girl catches his eye.

Crossover - Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Hibari, Reborn - Complete. The Changeling by Annerb reviews Ginny is sorted into Slytherin. It takes her seven years to figure out why. Oak's laboratory, this leads to a whole different journey for the resident douche of Pallet. A Gary-centric journey through Kanto with its own trials and tribulations.

Hilbert kind of knows how that goes. That Lillie's the one who gets to change, mend fences with their mother, and get her heroic Trainer journey somewhere far away. Or maybe, in some form of poetic justice, it's just right that Lillie gets to leave and Gladion has to stay. Caught in a Thousand Strings by Thai Tea Addict reviews Sai wakes up to find everything he'd gone through to be a dream; he is a professional Go player that has already conquered the top players. Longing for what was, Sai seeks out his student - only Shindou Hikaru isn't exactly what Sai had expected.

Hikaru hadn't been expecting an eccentric Go pro to be crashing into his life either. AUish Hikaru no Go - Rated: M - English - Chapters: The Adventures of Fred and George by pixileanin reviews Fred and George are turning six and discovering their own brilliance. Vignettes of Tsubasa and Kanade's past together before Kanade's death and before they were Zwei Wing. Now, a summer snowstorm. Blanche believes the secret to the chaos lies in the legend of the three great birds.

To restore balance to the region, the team leaders must seek out the rampaging pokemon. The trap has been set for the members of Professor Willow's lab, and a sinister stranger knows just how to break the bonds of truth and love. Equanimity by TottWriter reviews "Your friend will not be returning all the while my demands are unmet. Surrender your digivices and digimon, and concede defeat to the Digimon Kaiser" - There was no way we were going to meet those demands, and I thought I was prepared to to do whatever it took to get Takeru back.

But how do you rescue someone when they no longer wish to be saved? An 02 AU - part of Trinacriform. Its saviour leaves and searches for a way to release it from its chains, but in doing so he's put an extra key into Analogman's hands - and he doesn't realise until it's almost too late. Or maybe it is too late. Ash wants to be a Pokemon Master. Misty wants Ash-and respect. Jessie and James want out. Mewtwo just wants to be left alone.

The three of Ash, Brock and Misty will each be compelled to protect their home and unite the trainers and Pokemon of Kanto. Silence is golden, but yelling is platinum. Tell them exactly what they want to hear, and your chances of surviving will be better. Jorcy is in too deep and he is the only one that can save himself and an entire world. Scylla and Charybdis by Druddigonite reviews A tale of how former enemies became unlikely allies.

Faking Redemption by reminiscent-afterthought [post-Hunters] It's too hard to see clearly when you know your vision's been compromised these past two years. But an outside perspective can help, especially if there's a strong voice and a strong light attached. The legendries fly for Ash, but they offer Alain this one chance, to go back and fix his mistakes so he doesn't doom the world again. But he's not the Chosen One who'll save it. That's still, and will always be, Ash. Loopy Loops by reminiscent-afterthought reviews Sayo doesn't think anything strange at first, but things do seem very oddly planned out.

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The God-Slaying Peace-Keeper by reminiscent-afterthought reviews By this point, he thinks everyone in the digital world knows his name — or at least his occupation, so he's surprised and somewhat insulted to find this girl calling him "Fenrir" instead. But when he finds out what that means - well, surprise isn't doing it nearly enough justice.

Lines in the Sand by Eilyfe reviews Keep fighting, they say, eventually you will have won. But what is winning? As order in the Element Nations collapses, Team Seven asks just that. The desert cries out and on blood-soaked dunes their sandals leave imprints. Where do you draw the line when war puts morality into question at every turn? Hyakki Yagyo by velvet-sometimes reviews When something old awakens into a world of everything new, there are consequences for the actions of the past. And when spirits long since forgotten start to answer the call of magic, and Dragons seek retribution for the wounds of the land, Chihiro's world changes in impossible ways.

Spirited Away - Rated: Now the eighth child and Taichi's little sister is dead, and Vamdemon's victory is imminent. Who is that voice whispering in her ear, that shadow still out of sight? And why hasn't Vamdemon yet won? Is there still hope alive after all? Sorta okay with it. He's okay with a lot of things. Aaaaabsolutely dandy about it Doesn't mean he's going to make it easy for them, though. Ensemble cast, multiculturalism, worldbuilding and flame lore. Graceful Degradation by Tirfarthuan reviews Cutting corners hurt Precia once and she wasn't going to risk Alicia's last chance by doing so again.

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Just what is real, and who are his friends anyway? Miyako's thrilled when her dream of meeting the champions of her favorite virtual game becomes reality, but could her good luck have been a trap? Now she's thrust into a world of monsters and abductions and pretty girls and her worst fear: Renascent by TottWriter reviews Ken has always known about the seed in his neck, and he's used it to its utmost potential in the furthering of his ambitions. It seemed the perfect tool - until he repented of his time as the Digimon Kaiser and was left to face the far-reaching and seemingly permanent consequences of his actions.

Yet redemption awaits in the unlikeliest of places… Written for the Digimon Bang Digimon - Rated: They dive into battles with their weapons: Humans were all about balance after all. New Management by Blacknovelist reviews A woman on a mission is a powerful thing, and there are times you need every inch of power you can get. Especially if that mission involves taking care of a dorm full of students and their ex-hero skeleton of a teacher supervisor. It's a good thing she's damn good at her job of being a mom. Inko inadvertently takes over the 1A dorm building and absolutely no one minds.

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Two members of the Outcasts Guild - a Meowstic and her small Dedenne companion - stumble upon an odd discovery. Something that sparks a little hope amongst the Outcasts. The hope that one day, the Darkness just might be defeated and Pokemon can live in peace once more. She had seen it. Over, and over, and over, and over He'd been the killer. Both of them were stained with blood, blades that could only cut more wounds no matter how others tried to heal them.

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You may wish to get comfortable: The Legend of Zelda: Sky Lines by Light Onthemayo reviews One hundred and fifty years after the disaster with the Spirit Tracks, Hyrule has risen to the skies. The people have made a living through the use of airships and the "Sky Lines", trails of intense wind used to aid these airships in their travels.

On the eve of a fantastic adventure, a young man named Link has just been given command of his own airship Silent Melody by Cynical-Banshee reviews There is a certain beauty to sacrifice, and the love it brings. Sequel fic is up, titled 'Ethereal Days. The barriers protecting Hyrule have broken down and a new evil from the south emerges threatening all who live. Link, Zelda and others must escape this oncoming menace and find a way to overcome it before all of Hyrule and the rest of the world is lost.

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This is the story of a girl who searches for the strongest weapon of them all to survive. Voices Full of Pain by reminiscent-afterthought reviews [AU] Taiki was eleven when he first started hearing those voices pleading for help, and they wore him down before he turned twelve. When a honedge attaches itself to her arm, she's forced to seek aid from the destruction pokemon, who offers his assistance in exchange for her help: The Finale of Zwei Wing by reminiscent-afterthought reviews It would be their greatest concert.

But they hadn't realised what it would take - what it would cost them. His D-3, his D-Terminal, his Digimon partner, his friends. Silver Clouds and Gray Linings by Huinari reviews Zinnia leaves for the land of fairies in hopes that she'll be able to forge something new with the broken shards of her old self, where too many memories lurk. Eventually, though, they resurface. Fangs and Claws by reminiscent-afterthought reviews Light Fang and Night Claw are tangled in a mess of blood and mangled bodies and no-one quite knows why they do this, or keep on doing this.

Or the ones who know don't say, and all everyone can do is try and play their cards to the best of their ability with the knowledge they have and the pawns at their disposal. Hikari the Magical Girl by reminiscent-afterthought reviews It was easy to mistake him for a cat in the dark, but it wasn't a mistake she should have made. But when the other worlds slowly fall, the Chosen through time and space collect at the final battleground The Fighters by reminiscent-afterthought reviews [alt second season] Ruko couldn't stay away from the battlefield, or her true wish.

Though she blamed Iona for it, and Tama, the truth was that it was in her blood and she knew it. She can only reject and fight in its web, or accept Selector Infected Wixoss - Rated: An innocent bystander who should have died is spared. Two brothers reconcile - but while that unhappy story looks happier, the Dark Seed is still planted and an evil force is still looking for a way back. That window of opportunity has closed - and so he'll smash a hole through the wall instead.

Filling in the Gaps by reminiscent-afterthought reviews I am going to take your memories and your Pokemon. You are going to get them back: You do that, you'll be back on track. You capture the wrong Pokemon, and you'll be in further strife. As for why…you'll just have to wait and see, won't you? But none of them are to blame for electrocuting Ash to the point of brain damage. That's all on Pikachu. The Western Army is defeated; the country stands, uneasy, under the hand of the Tokugawa. Kaoru Kamiya, whose family was on the losing side, has been sold into marriage for the sake of peace.

Her new husband is a legend, a demon bound in human form, marked by his blood-lust and his bright red hair. However, legends have a way of being not exactly Rurouni Kenshin - Rated: Burning Gracidea by reminiscent-afterthought reviews Hugh knows exactly what he wants to do. Rosa couldn't be more unsure. And yet they're both doing the same thing, walking along the same paths. But maybe Hugh's taking that for granted, that Rosa will always be there. And maybe Rosa's taking it for granted too. Footsoldiers by StormyNight55 reviews I have lost my titles, my gym, my city, and my pokemon.

The only thing left for me is to find him. It's safe, it's comforting But accepting the darkness and embracing it are two very different things, and while it's easy for some of them, will it rip faultlessly rip apart their team? I have someone here who I've never heard of before.

She says you were the one who gave her her Pokemon. I've looked her up but, she doesn't show up anywhere on the Trainer Database. I'm sending her to you but, could you answer this for me? The Help by Luna Rapunzel reviews It's the year of the Second War at Hogwarts, and Ginny can't seem to stop making questionable life choices in the hallways.

Her hands are stained green like Astoria's dress robes. Imperfection by reminiscent-afterthought reviews There was a lot more to Hikari than the surface illuminated by her so-called light. Daydreamer by Luna Rapunzel reviews Sometimes love's not diamonds; it just slips off course and skins its knees. A Mark of Unknown Origin by BlackCavern reviews Robin wasn't quite sure where he had aquired that peculiar mark on the back of his hand but he doubted it had any good meaning attatched to it.

Written for The Handmaid for Yuletide Odin Sphere - Rated: As they go on their respective journeys, will they find out who they are and why they're there? An alternate version of George R. Martin's Game of Thrones series of books. A song of Ice and Fire - Rated: M - English - Fantasy - Chapters: Asylum by Strix 4 reviews AU. In a world where alchemy exists, but is thought to be a fairytale, the Elric brothers land themselves in an asylum after their abilities are discovered. But this hospital has a darker purpose, and its patients must band together in order to survive Fullmetal Alchemist - Rated: After Armageddon by mangaluva reviews Saylee wants to find her brother and protect her town, and to that end teams up with Chaz the Charmander.

Chaz, too, wants to know something- just what exactly happened to Kanto since he was last out of his Pokeball? Based on my FR Nuzlocke run. In medias res, The Great Game. Working with Mami and protecting Madoka, Homura demands Kyuubey show her the past. However, Kyuubey seems to have a lot to hide. The Fabric of Fate by Whozawhatcha reviews He stood, as if he had been waiting all along, for another to make it this far. He sent me a cold glance, and without a word, he reached for a pokeball. Trembling, I swallowed my fear and did the same.

It's up to Cherubimon's own team to fight them. But this fight is personal. Torn by Neurotica reviews AU. An escape from Azkaban has called for drastic measures to be taken. Five-year-old Harry Potter is taken from his relatives' home and relocated with two of his parents' remaining friends. T - English - Mystery - Chapters: Stygian Solace by Uzumaki-sama reviews By taking Riku's hand, Sora alters their destinies, and Riku takes his rightful place as the keyblade master.

Now as Riku plays between his duty as a hero and his own confused judgment, Sora tries to suppress the darkness within both of them.



RS Kingdom Hearts - Rated: Pedestal by Digital Skitty reviews For some people, training isn't easy. For some people, training is beyond easy. Unfortunately, for me, training is beyond hard. Double weaknesses, attacked by wild Pokemon, mistrust of trainers, and much more.



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Grieving, the Mother seeks her return, though the laws of Heaven and Earth stand in her way. Hungry, the Beast is bound and seeks release. Alphabet Soup by CoffeeIncluded reviews N can remember only bits of the ceremony. Bree can't remember anything from before her sixth birthday. Memory's a funny thing, isn't it? No, he wakes up. Homura doesn't care that her name, gender, life and world have changed: Complete; you better believe there are spoilers.

Gave everyone a new chance. What will life hold for Homura in a world without Puellae Magi, or Witches A very AU story in an alternate post-series time-line. Tourniquet by VampireWriter reviews "You're rude, creepy and a control-freak He's determined to keep Break alive, even if his methods are a little FES, only Minato is English, hence the title.

Then Minato cheats the game. So the game cheats back. So Minato cheats the world. So the story is retold. Persona Series - Rated: All's Fair by Yayfully Free reviews Sometimes love is a little less on the legal side of the law She is determined to get to the truth behind her little house guest once and for all. But is she really prepared for what she may find? Meanwhile, the Millenium Earl and Voldemort have joined hands in their plot to destroy the world.

Penname changed used to be Kagine D. His plan is to rebuild the Uchiha clan, but will things go exactly as he has planned? I am not a marshmallow. Reverse Side of Darkness by Koorino Megumi reviews Four years later, Sora must travel to "the other side of the mirror" to find the door to the light. But at the same time, the door to the darkness has been reopened, and the Heartless have returned Kingdom Hearts - Rated: Eureka Seven - Rated: Blackcurrant by floweranza reviews Dissociation is a complex mental process that provides a coping mechanism for individuals confronting painful and traumatic situations.

Yin by Gemini Star01 reviews Sequel to Harry Potter and the DigiFrontier After a year of somewhat normal life, the Hogwarts Transfers are startled when several old friends apear with some bad news. The Chill of Winter by Lanse reviews Warmth can be found in the most unexpected places. They discover a hidden message in the candy wrappers his mother has been giving him, and begin to uncover the mystery. Now, strange things are starting to happen, and the only one who can help him is a friend he knows almost nothing about Now they've got the chance to study abroad, in England of all places.

But there are some odd things happening. Who better to teach him than the Bearer of Friendship himself? NOT a ghost story! Now, as the aloof Digimon Paladin, he protects his world from danger Because he can't really save her partner no matter where and when but he can save her and he's going to try. T - English - Friendship - Chapters: There's a lot that can happen with infatuations, especially since Taiga's infatuated with a princess. Oh well, at least he's not Niko. It's a complete coincidence that Taiki is here for his tea every week. Okay, it's fine, but he's not!

Oath reviews All Tae wanted was to be acknowledged, in some way. But no one is looking. Especially not the person he wanted to look the most. Slight In Prayer spoilers. Mundane Demon Utility reviews In Ochako's feverish attempts to study, she accidentally summoned a demon to help her pass her classes. Cursed and Infinite reviews Ayame has always wanted some kind of adventure, and Aevium seems like a good place to start. Then her mother gets kidnapped. Her Eevee also is displaying some strange issues. Finally she's being stalked by a telepathic grumpy pony.

Can she change her mind yet? Ran does not like what she finds. T - English - Angst - Chapters: Coffee Grounds reviews A collection of coffee commissioned drabbles. Tagiru is awestruck by Taiki often, but this is, well, new. Somehow, this gets him caught up in the affairs of a group of rich kids. She has no idea that she's brought home a little goddess. And Sayo always repays her debts. And what does this have to do with the digital world?

T - English - Suspense - Chapters: Hikari finds every door shut to her again when her mark arrives, but she's going to fight to shove them open, for herself and for everyone she loves. AU Digimon - Rated: They find its owner, but the owner is buried in secrets. It might take a miracle to help these two stay together. Daisuke has always been able to create a miracle though, hasn't he? Living, Burning, Holes None of them talked about it.

Flash By reviews Snippets from every series ranging from pairings to character-centric to anything imaginable, all under five hundred words. Dearly Beloved For Daisuke, the dating world has easily been eclipsed by the culinary one and that's just how he likes it. Except even Ken is starting to get annoyed at him.

So when in doubt, get help. The only real problem is: And why won't she take off her hat?

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Part of In Prayer. A Time to Play On reviews Let's give the manga and game worlds some love, shall we? A Robin in the Night reviews Her mother is buried, people are whispering. And then, and then, a woman takes her hand and takes her home. And she knows exactly what she needs and who. Too bad she has no idea. But never doubt Midoriya Inko. A Piece of Peace reviews What do you do when your ultimate wingman is your son? This is the question Hikari ponders over coffee all while thinking of Motomiya Daisuke. And what Daisuke thinks about his son as well, as they grow older and time ticks on.

A My Sanctuary spin-off. He likes his past right where it is. Too bad it doesn't give a hoot. T - English - Family - Chapters: Wane reviews Yamato's bones itch, and it all stems from the bite on his leg. Hemlock reviews A poison is spreading through Shibuya waters and it's up to Masaru and Agumon to stop it. Someone should have told that to this chick. One day, a bubble pops and says something very strange. Thankfully, Uncles Ken and Takeru are on the case. And so is he because he's going to help.

Little Kei may have bit off more than he could chew though. An In Prayer story. This is about the second time. That's all he's ever been to his father. No training has changed that fact. But then, Shoto meets one of his greatest heroes.

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From that ultimate chance comes the ultimate betrayal. And from that betrayal comes freedom for them all. Chaos ensues, along with time travel shenanigans. Slight crack, dubious verse canon. Rabbit Paws A Gold Thread story. Sayo had been born under the light of the red moons. Either she was destined for great things, or an early death. Well, she'd figure it out as things went on, she supposed. Now, apparently, Koh has to pay for it. He's not sure what Sayo has to do with it. Blues Notes reviews Teen father Nikolai, now an adult, with his daughter wasting away from the rare illness known as Reversal Fever, decides to take one last Pokemon journey.

He will take her to find the Azure Flute, as her final, wonderful memory before their last attempts at a cure. Of course, it's not as easy as it sounds, in the world he never wanted much to do with. Simple Math reviews You take a Hikari who gets on a bus that she shouldn't.

You subtract a Taichi fraction when they wake up in a strange world and she ends up with his clone. You subtract a demon and add a cult. Then you run a certain cat and bat through a variable sequence. What do you equal out to? Some people seek to light up the sky. Others seek out its beauty in the dark. This is a complete fallacy. A story before Simple Math. The Digital World changes. But time will pass, and the forgotten human world must make a reminder of its dreams, even if it takes an abomination to do it. Someone else has decided the former soldiers should just stay ghosts.

Yuu caught in the middle of his own mistakes, needs to take both groups out. Meanwhile, Tagiru has to navigate the dark web that Quartzmon left behind. But her betrothed calls her by a different name, expects different things. She's pretty sure he's the insane one here. Many AUs in one Naruto - Rated: Coda Her fingers closed over the orange gem and she remembered. But only in part. Selina can't help with that. She, ever eternal, sought his own. Eventual Chrobin, sporadic updates.

I think I was anyway. The Color Orange reviews Maybe Yellow feels sorry for him. Off of the Carousel reviews The game should never end. Needle in Your Arm reviews It's supposed to stay in one place, not keep going lower. M - English - Angst - Chapters: Formation reviews Perhaps he was all in her head. For a while, all seems well. But then, like everything so far, it doesn't. She didn't know it would pull her into another save the world deal or the life of one of her friends. For Onixflame the Blue. Bagramon sees a different prophecy, a new end of the war. But it requires a new turning point.

Possibility has never seemed so red. He should be at his apartment, making plans for the mixer. Instead, Yutaka's following his brother, just like everyone else does. But this time, he's going to make the kid figure things out, and deal with being responsible for a bunch of preteen drama queens. He might have to do a little introspection in the process though. Washed Out reviews Persona 4 All Yui can do is smile away her sorrow. She's afraid of what will happen if she doesn't. Perhaps she should be. AU Persona Series - Rated: Memories that will inevitably, hurt Suzu.

But she can't let them go. But she cannot know that for long. Akari prays for the rose to not bloom, not until her oath brother's suffering is paid for a thousand fold. But the Bagra mercenary threatens that desire with just the right amount of sorrow and a poison sword. Finding Heaven reviews All children want to be heroes. Akashi Tagiru wants to shine, to outshine the boy who died. Amano Yuu is everything he could ever need to shine, as is the strange boy with the spider tattoo. But then Yuu introduces him to the Hunt for Paradise, and the very real possibility that something worse happened to Kudo Taiki than death.

The hunt continues, dwindling down the world's tamers one by one. Four chosen ones have to put the lives of the group in the hands of a NEET and his comrades to make it to the only paradise they have left, the Digital World. But one stolen item too many has resulted in more new students, and with them, more new problems. Then again, they may also be the solution to a curse.

Dance of the Red Mage reviews In her desperation for a mama who loves her, Maria decides to obediently wait for her mama's return at home, and not go to the family party All that comes back to her is a Halloween present and Eva. However, Maria will not despair! As her kind mama was only in her dreams anyway. Then again, so was Sakutaro. To keep the world's magic in place, Alicia Testarossa must be sacrificed to the Abyss, the former treasure of golden light. Centuries passed from that day. While playing, young Nanoha and her friends find a sealed capsule with a small creature guarding it.

Perhaps they should have left it alone. The Kids Are All Right Serena didn't mean to fall in love when she house-sat for a week, but her sister's neighbor won her over with fresh bread and her friendly smile. And her fluffy hair. That was good too. He doesn't want to try. All the wrath they could not invoke on their fellows, they could finally use here. They did not expect to see a strange blond woman enter their domain, full of thoughts of mercy and freedom.

T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: Hudiemon, in the Digital World, finds the witch again. The Little Chicks reviews Saber isn't gone. So with nothing better to do, Kiritsugu goes on a child saving spree. It's not like Saber disagrees. Well, the methods, she might disagree with.

But now that he, at this young age, has been, he has to rethink things. Come middle school, everything has resettled. That is, until Izuku, of all people, suddenly gets a Quirk. Or it seems like he does anyway. Then she makes the mistake of napping in a woman's flower bed while they moved in. Hijinks ensue and Serena's life changes course. But when the other first-years pick on her, that turns out to be a very good thing - especially when the Weasley brothers and their friends get on board. Hikari chooses to wait and watch, again.

Then a new fate arrives in the form of a sweet orange cat. But that cat is a little more than sweet, and the weight of this destiny might just ruin its wielder. Wherever You May Go reviews In the years after the fall of Quartzmon, normal life almost resumed entirely, but for the Digimon that appeared every now and again. Of course, normal can't last forever.

For one man in England, it was only a temporary respite. My Sunshine reviews PokeSpe Giovanni has nothing left. Then he finds a young orphan girl. This Never Ending Tale It's going from motherhood to grandmotherhood to motherhood again. AU xover with Frontier. What no one tells Rina is that remembering anything about being Orimoto Izumi is grounds for everything to go horribly wrong. And that didn't even include recalling other things. The little girl they found in the cold with only bad memories and barely a name deserved to know about the warmth of not being alone.

She deserved to celebrate it too. But nothing is that easy. They never promised to wish for only good things. In a world where everything might just come to an end tomorrow, it's surely okay to be a little bit selfish, isn't it? Gift Box reviews Ten little seasonal drabbles of all sorts.