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murphy alexander (he/they)
@nomoremetaphors.bsky.social
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30 | arospec genderqueer transmasc | ask me about larry trask, or about transfem alex summers, please.

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!!! @badambulist.bsky.social !!! Look what I just found at my local library!
A photo of my local library's "new fiction" shelf, where Welcome To Dorley Hall by Alyson Greaves sits between a John Grisham novel and a Thea Guanzon novel.
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Me, checking AO3 on a whim: "hm, I wonder what proportion of transfem fiction I've written in the XMFC fandom; I bet there's a couple hundred fics, given that fandom has like 20k fics on AO3, so maybe I've written like...5% of it?

AO3:
A screenshot from Archive of Our Own, which shows the following search/filter results: "1-20 of 46 Works in X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)"
March 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
nomoremetaphors.bsky.social
undercurrents? Kirk and Spock practically fucked in front of all of us, and you call that undercurrents?
A screenshot from the medbay scene in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Its a low angle shot; Spock lays along the bottom of the frame in a medical cot. Kirk leans over him, his face intensely tender, as he clasps Spock's left hand in both of his, like a SLUT.
March 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
nomoremetaphors.bsky.social
So, in sum, Alex is treated by the narrative and the characters around him in the same ways pre-transition trans women are treated, while also being used constantly as a mirror for female characters and their personhood.

And also, there is always the Goblin Gown (as depicted below).

(Fin.)
A panel from Dark Web: X-Men #1. Scott and Alex are standing in a dungeon cell, with Acott standing behind Alex, looking pissed, as Alex looks pensively downward at himself, though most of his body is obscure in silhouette. Scott says, "Every time I have sympathy for Maddie, she goes off and does something like this." Alex replies, "You don't know what it's like. To not be the one leading the charge. To be left behind...to be used up, chewed up, and spit out. I think that's why I understand her. We're the same." Scott does not respond to any of the meat of this, instead asking, "Wait...what are you wearing?!" The subsequent panel from Dark Web: X-Men #1, depicting Alex Summers dressed in the Goblin Gown: his normal costume has been rent into a crop top with underboob, a loin cloth, an opera glove, black thigh-highs, and a ragged cape. He is obviously upset, and is saying, "Gimme a break. I woke up like this. Stop changing the subject. We were maybe finally getting somewhere."
February 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
nomoremetaphors.bsky.social
My paperback copy of Show Girl by @badambulist.bsky.social arrived a week or so ago! So glad to have a physical copy of one of my favorite romance novels ever. #booksky
A photo of a paperback copy of Show Girl by Alyson Greaves. The cover illustration is a simplified drawing of a darker-skinned brunet man in a yellow shirt kissing a medium-skin-toned woman with long wavy brown hair in a light blue dress.
January 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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we ate so well tonight.
A selection of Thanksgiving sides in serving dishes on a marble countertop. A diestel turkey, fresh from the oven, on a white plate.
November 29, 2024 at 2:36 AM