Nonbinary Representation

[shrewd rune]

Sometimes I wish I wasn't trans nonbinary neutrois... it makes me feel like I'm kinda alone. I look at characters in media, the good ones, and think "if only I was like him", or "if only I was like her". There's hardly any (if any) nonbinary characters in mainstream media (video games, books, shows), which makes me feel alone. I know it's gotten better, but when I was a kid, there was none. Zero.

I spent years trying to avoid my queerness because I didn't even know there was a word for how I felt, and if there was, then it was wrong and I couldn't be it. I longed to be like a few of the guys I saw, while also forcing myself to be like a few of the girls because that's what my assigned sex was. All while I was feeling like I was something else. Something completely neutral. But there was no character to look to for that.

Even now, I still crave to be "normal", because that's just easier. That's what I see in the media still. And overly queer media sometimes isn't casual enough about it for me. I just wish it was normal to be nonbinary. I wish I could see casual nonbinary main characters in action shows, something treated as completely normal... but I don't even know if that will ever exist, knowing what's going on and how people see things. How they'll probably always see things. But a person can dream, right?

[harsh wing]

Tbh I think it is normal especially when it was how you were born and you can't do anything about since it was how you were created.

Don't feel ashamed of how you look are what you are because you think that it's not normal though it's you not some person from school or your neighbor...it's you

You should feel proud of what you wanna be or choose because at the end of the day noone is gonna do anything about it it's not like they can change you back for something that you can change not them.

[shrewd rune]

That's the thing, though, I don't always want to be this way. It's just how I ended up. I couldn't just stay in the closet or force myself to be full trans, though, because of dysphoria. Ever since I was a kid, though, I secretly wished there was more representation in media of people like me, especially in media that is more action-based and doesn't focus too much on identities of characters. I wish it could just be casual. I wish my existence wasn't automatically tied to politics, because I know how I feel, and I have never been into politics, I hardly even understand them. I wish others could see it that way

[flint moat]

Play hollow knight, undertale, or breath of the wild ( I know that link is technically male but im pretty sure the devs confirmed hes non binary), and as a fellow non binary i feel this too, I wish we got more representation in tv shows/movies.

[shrewd rune]

I tried playing Hollow Knight and Undertale, never made it through all of them since it wasn't quite my type of game (and I had to get rid of them later). I don't have a Nintendo for Breath of the Wild, either

[flint moat]

Oh

[shrewd rune]

It's fine. Just more proof that there isn't enough nonbinary representation. My dream is for representation to become so normal that it isn't a big deal when a character is queer and it doesn't spark any political debates. I want my existence to not be tied to politics at all. But I don't even know if that'll be possible

[flint moat]

Same here, and I want our representation to be portrayed as something that isn’t a sin or to be scrutinized. I want it to be normal.

[shrewd rune]

Sadly, because of the way things are around the world, I don't know if that'll ever be achieved

[flint moat]

I know

[shrewd rune]

It makes me sad, too. Maybe one day it'll be better, but I don't know if either of us will get to see that day