I know you are, but what am I?

My immediate thought:

#sexuality and personality do not match at all #but i can kinda dig the phenomenal cosmic power

 

Spoiler: idk if i should spoiler, it's not like i'm secretive about my gendery mess

That's pretty accurate!

 

YES, that was the one I was thinking about! I'm glad I remembered correctly. I actually used to see that icon as Kanaya for the longest time, like so

until one day I noticed, wait, that's not Kanaya! That looks more like Mephisto or something. Thus in my head you were some kind of Kanaya/Mephisto fusion (Kanasto? Mephaya?), so mostly neutral gender wise? + helpful and polite, but might fuck you up in the right/wrong circumstances. Oh, and because you once mentioned you're finnish (I think? I might have you mixed up after all argh), I thought of you as dealing well with cold weather and being quite robust in general. And also really nice, because Finns have mostly been pretty swell peeps in my experience.

Man though, this is pretty hard. Personally I find it really difficult to read people through the internet. Hm, let's try some more though.

@IvyLB I get clumsy witch for you, for some reason? Feminine leaning, but the Princex under your username suggests neutral, so something in that general direction. Also, cat-like (but a clumsy cat >:3c), probably because of the witch thing. (EDIT: whoops, I just saw your post! So I'm not that off, aside maybe from the cat thing!)
@BPD anon I actually did read you as female, like the Arya Stark type
@Acey Actual RL Amethyst, from your sense of humor - and because you used to have her as an icon. A bit of Aradia too. Memelord, probably.

 

@WinkWonk Aw, thanks! And while I'm not Finnish I do live in Finland, and it turns out I have a pretty Finnish attitude (stoicism, introverted...). Moreso than the actual Finnish guy I married, in at least. XD

 

omg clumsy is very tru. Idk how cat-like i really am but cats like me and i like cats a lot (which is unfortunate because I'm allergic but *takes allergy pills* *rubs face in cat fur*)

 

copycat >:C

 

I still have this account, you know.

 

That's quite flattering! The 'choosing your words carefully' bit, I mean. And surprising - I actually talk a lot (like a LOT a lot), and while I deliberately simplified my speaking patterns in high school (in an attempt to stop people looking at me funny) I usually let loose with the verbosity online. But apparently I have an unusual way of looking at things and therefore an unusual way of phrasing things, which might suggest that I did a lot of thinking and then chose my words carefully. In reality, though, I'm just an autistic nerd. (Or nrrd, as my sinbuddy says.)

Aww, that's lovely! Not sure if you meant 'warm' literally or figuratively, but both apply. (Well. I'm not warm right now. But that's because my bedroom is basically Siberia, and when that isn't the case I tend to generate a surprising amount of heat for such a tiny person.) 'Cluttered desk' is semi-accurate, in that my room is so incredibly cluttered that there's no room for a desk, so I sit on a yoga ball in front of one of the shelves in my wardrobe and call that 'a desk'. And yes, it is cluttered.

While I am glad I give off that impression, I definitely do not put things in their proper places.

Spoiler: elaboration on that point

I actually have an occupational therapist who is making home visits to try to help me unfuck my room, which is basically an obstacle course. The only usable parts of my room are
1. the small area where I sit in front of my makeshift desk - because I sit on a yoga ball instead of a chair, this requires even less clear floorspace than you would expect, therefore it is surrounded by stuff; and
2. the 2' x 4'6" section of my bed that is not covered in stuff. This is where I sleep. My feet dangle off the end unless I curl up in the fetal position.
Seriously. It's bad.

Anyway, I'd still love to hear other people's readings of me, but for those who don't want to or have already:

Spoiler: my actual gender

I am... drumroll, please... a woman! A giant woman. ("Giant" is figurative here. I may or may not have dwarfism.)

More specifically, I am cis, but also bigender. I say I'm cis because my gender assignment was absolutely correct; based on my body, people expected me to be a girl, and here I am. The "bigender" part doesn't take away from my female identity; it adds to it.

My masculine identity is much smaller, but it's not like I'm 90% female, 10% male. I'm 100% female, but also 10-15% male. This is why I prefer the term "bigender" to others: I think it makes it pretty clear that I have two gender identities, as opposed to one intermediate/androgynous/nonbinary identity.(I'd also shy away from using the term "nonbinary" for myself, for the same reason I don't call myself trans. I do have a binary, cis identity: womanhood. Queer womanhood, sure, but it's still binary-compatible and congruent with my assigned gender.)

Fun fact: Eddie Izzard and I have the same gender identity, but inverted! We use different words for it, but he describes his identity as completely male with additional female, while I'm completely female with additional male. :)

 

Since I seem to recall you following me on Tumblr, I think you know that there's no "probably" to the memelord bit. :P

But YESSSSS I approve. Aradia and Amethyst are my faves from their respective serieses, so I'm super flattered I give off that impression!

 

@Elph i.....have never thought abt bigender as being like that, that is so interesting

 

@Ducks Pretty on the nose with the masculinity, as I'm pretty damn androgynous, and you better believe I'm all about the sports; I was raised in the suburbs of a legendary sports city, so it was most definitely something I was raised in. Carolina though, I came to on my own...with guidance. :P

 

Late responses!

Spoiler

@Imoyram is the only one to get gender right, although idk about the mom friend. I end up being more the sister friend usually.
@missoyashirou I'm actually working on knowing the elder futhark better. The bindrune in my icon is actually from a book series
@sirsparklepants I actually have an entire shelf of turtles that I inherited from my great-grandfather and have been adding to.

 

Hey you know that ask prompt on Tumblr that asks if you were a character, how would the fandom misinterpret you? Can somebody do that for me?

 

...is anyone still using this thread? anyone? anyway if they are I would be very interested in their gendered impressions of me! or any other impressions they'd care to share. and the reasoning behind said impressions, if there exists any. also, if anyone would like my impression of their gender, I am more than happy to share my baseless assumptions.

edit: ooh! also! bonus round with sexuality! either in conjunction with gender or just categories of people you'd guess I am/am not attracted to.

 

You ping me as male-ish? Possibly full boy, possibly masc-leaning NB.

 

you ping me as having either feminine masculinity, or masculine femininity. i'm not entirely sure which is dominant, but there is a definite impression of being close to the edges of both kinds of gender presentation.

 

Ping-wise, I'd say female, but not stereotypically "feminine". Or, well, perhaps not necessarily not feminine, but possibly not... "girly"? Is the only word I can think to describe what I'm trying to say, excuse me for leaning on gendernormativity for my terms, but let's face it the whole "pinging" thing is often founded on absorbed cultural stereotypes anyway.

And, possibly in line with all that, gay or bisexual?