I appreciate you filling me in on the site and everything Spooky Bones and showing me kindness where I didn't expect it. I got $29 off that Cheesecake Factory order so that definitely made my night. I've been lurking around a little and will definitely continue to do so. Have a good night.
To add to what
@Spooky Bones said already, and because you've earned some of my respect by being so chill and reasonable so far, let me dignify you with some proper response:
Something to understand, if we're calling you a bat shit insane troon and mocking you for it, you're being a batshit insane troon and deserve the mocking. If you're being a fairly well adjusted trans person we'll get bored and whine that you aren't giving us content, but we'll still be happy that you grew as a person. We're not good people here, but we're not
bad people either. We're just a bunch of assholes online enjoying the garbage TV of the internet. Part of that means we stay over here so we don't hurt anyone who doesn't come this way. It also means that we point and laugh and talk shit about you in our own corners.
Personally I don't hate transpeople, I have sympathy for those who are clearly suffering from their dysphoria, but due to that exact sympathy I have little mercy for those who troon out due to a fetish, who make it harder for those who who are suffering to be taken seriously. As a good kiwi I pride myself on being factual and honest, so know I am being honest when I say I believe that your behaviour, at least as you've presented yourself to the public so far, is not a good look for trans people, and it closely resembles that of an AGP rather than someone suffering from dysphoria. Showing off your bulge, calling yourself a "dickgirl" and other things like that sure as fuck doesn't look good on you, so I am currently doubtful of your dysphoria. That said, hey, maybe there is a redemption arc coming for you, and I would love that.
While I certainly can't relate to gender dysphoria, I am my own bag of mental issues, and I can certain understand issues with self identity. To that my only advice is this: Your sense of self is what you need to focus on, not what people perceive you as, not what people call you, not what your name is, none of that. What matters is your actions and your image of yourself. No one wants to be your friend when you present your identity as "crazy gun trotting troon", and even if we back it off to just presenting your identity as "transwoman" that still doesn't make you someone I would want to hang out with. Yet earlier today I was playing table top war games with a good friend of mine who is trans, so it isn't the trans part that puts people off. Its the lack of being anything beyond that.
Think about who you are beyond your gender, your sexuality, and your race. Those are things we have no control over, and as a society, despite what you might think, the majority of us
have moved past those things. Believe me when I say beyond the fact it pisses you off and produces content for us when I call you "Mr. Blake Hobbs" and use the wrong pronouns, I don't actually give a flying fuck what your name is, what your pronouns are, what colour your skin is, or who you are fucking. That's the most boring ass shit about a person you can get, that's about as interesting as the weather on a calm day. What people care about, those who will really come to care about you and build meaningful fulfilling relationships with you, is who
you are. Not what demographic you belong to, but what your likes and dislikes are. What are you passionate about? What makes you mad as fuck that is totally pointless and has no larger social implications? What makes you feel good that isn't related to me calling you "Ms. Laura Hobbs" and using the right pronouns? That is where you'll find a lot more acceptance and happiness than what you've currently done, and that is where you'll escape the hell which is a lack of a solid sense of identity.
Here, I'll give an example of what people actually care to know about you rather than your pronouns and what the correct way to address you is: "Hi, my name is Not-About-To-Dox-Myself-On-This-Fucking-Site-Of-All-Places, and I am way too passionate about game design, seriously you'd think I was a fucking sperg I get so excited about the dumbest bits of game design. I spend about 20 hours a week somehow engaged in something related to Table Top RPGs for which I am a game master, and therefore a massive fucking nerd. For extra money I act as an editor for erotica and also make a bit of money acting as a sort of biological consultant for furry erotica writers, despite this, no I am not a furry. I don't find movies particularly enjoyable to watch, I like high fantasy, find sci-fi kinda meh, and listen to metal way too loud because I hate my eardrums."
I truly believe the biggest step forward for LGBTXYZ folks (which, while I oppose the current movement, I am part of the club, I'm right there at letter number 3, but that isn't something I think is important, which is why I didn't mention it before, but it has some value to this point) is to stop shutting themselves off and building echo-chambers only made up of other members of LGBTXYZ. Stop fighting, stop culture warring, stop trying to change the minds of individuals by yelling and screaming. Instead just come hang out, crack open some beers. Stop segregating yourselves, stop trying to be your own culture, ask if you can join in with everyone else, accept the invitations to join in when you get them, laugh it off when I jab you in the ribs and call you a crazy troon while we smoke a joint, invite others around, call me cis-scum as you pass me another drink. Rejoin society rather than fighting against it. You'll realize that you're a vocal minority bitching about an opposing vocal minority, and the majority just wants both sides to shut the fuck up and have a joint, the constant yelling is giving us a headache and we can't afford all the Advil. Who knows, maybe you could be the one to show your friends the way forward isn't hostility, but friendship, and if they don't agree that friendship is the way forward, well they are probably miserable toxic cunts anyways. We're better friends than they are anyways, because we
know we're toxic cunts, but we're happy toxic cunts. See? Improvement. Moving up, yes yes?
I agree, LGBTXYZ people deserve and have the right to demand acceptance. I do not however believe you have the right to
demand our respect. I'll give you all the respect in the world when you, not the royal you, I mean
you Blake, earn my respect, and if you read this, I think you see what you need to do to earn it, and once I have respect for you, fuck it, I'll call you anything you want. I'll call you Supreme Dickgirl Laura if you want. Point is, respect is earned on the individual level. It is a give and a take. You don't get respect by demanding it, you get it by behaving in a way that people want to give you it.
So go on Blake, give us a redemption arc, go be the 0.001% of cows who pull it off, make me have enough respect for you to believe your dysphoria might be real and not just a fucking fetish, make me have enough respect to call you "Laura" and remember: Fuck the weens. Those guys are assholes. We'll be here making fun of your every mistake and slip up all the way calling you Blake to piss you off, and maybe we'll celebrate your successes, depends if we notice them or not. You know what, I'm rooting for your success. I really am. I won't believe you can do it, until you do it and maintain it, but I am rooting for you. I'd say, as is you're about a week of good behaviour and not being a batshit crazy troon away from being "Laura" to me. That ain't too bad really, all you gotta do is show that this change is gonna stick and not be gone in a day or two.
Oh, and IDK if you saw it when I said it before, but seriously, you got a stage presence. Find yourself a place where you can get a studio and do some editing. I would love to see you really go at the YouTube thing. Find something you're passionate about not related to social nonsense, write yourself a decent script or a list of bullet points, just rant about it at the camera for 20-30 minutes, edit it up nicely and put it out there for the internet. I think you could find some success with it, you have the right talents to pull it off and you already have an audience to help that YouTube algorithm take note of you, and for us kiwis, well it'd be a great dose of content. Turn that dramacow tag to careercow for us.
Best of luck.