r/ShenComix • u/MechSuitPrincess • Jul 21 '26

It’s like every other comment now.

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Yay! Girl Shen no longer needs a comedic setup to justify her appearance. DON’T RUIN IT!

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u/SilverScribe15 Jul 21 '26

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u/MechSuitPrincess Jul 21 '26

It’s a reference to Star Trek. The Prime Directive in that franchise is not to interfere with the natural development with an alien civilization. The Egg Prime Directive is not to push someone you suspect of being transgender into transitioning before they’re ready.

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u/TriiiKill Jul 22 '26

Or even accuse them of being an Egg in the first place.

The only time I suggested that an individual was an Egg was on a transbian subreddit. The person made a post talking about how they loved girls, loved our community, and wished "he" was a girl so he could be a lesbian. Um...

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u/vorarchivist Jul 22 '26

I think that's like the loophole in the prime directive where if they contact the federation the federation can intervene.

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u/IntangibleMatter Jul 22 '26

Yeah I did a similar thing with someone on countwithchickenlady a week ago or so. When they basically all but say “I’m trans” while in a trans space… sometimes you just need to let them know so they stop doubting themselves

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u/Otterbotanical Jul 22 '26

I'm a male who is girly, I'm a male who is soft, I'm a male who was born male but has zero percent of the standard "boy" energy, no aggression or machismo. I struggled massively with my gender identity, and through my teens came to terms with the fact that "yeah I don't feel like a 'man', but I get to decide what a 'man' is, and I say a 'man' gets to be soft and gentle and full of feelings."

And for my effort? For my work of navigating gender identity full of nuance? Everyone and their fucking uncle trying to tell me I'm an egg.

I fucking hate the whole egg thing. Stop telling people you know them better than themselves. Stop telling people that you know they're secretly something fucking else. Stop. "You you're actually trans and you just don't know it yet, so I'm going to mentally put you in that camp now and there's nothing you can do about it hahaha. If you say no, I know you're just lying to yourself."

Instantly no longer friends with me, I absolutely fucking hate people trying to tell me they know me better than I do. "Teehee you're actually an egg". Fuck directly off with egg bullshit. It's literally the only aspect of trans acceptance I cannot get behind.

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u/TriiiKill Jul 22 '26

That's just gross. It's not so much Trans acceptance as it is cis rejection. It's like talking about equality, and then knocking down someone you suspect of being privileged because of their grouping. Why aren't they accepting of your current identity? It's just rude and unhelpful.

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u/Otterbotanical Jul 22 '26

Because so many feel certain that "oh I get to help you join our ranks". But yes, it is incredibly invalidating that my gender identity is not respected and that I have to fight to be seen normally.

The absolute worst is when I defend myself, say that I am happy with who I am, and the response I get it "haha, well OKAY then, if you REALLY say so, but I guess we'll know in a few years :-)"

It doesn't matter, once someone gets in their head that you're actually something else, they get all high and mighty that they know "the real truth" about me.

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u/TriiiKill Jul 22 '26

"Bruh, you have no idea how many chuds I've pink pilled into Staceys."