Don't Call me That -SEQUEL TO SCMT

Updated T&C

Here comes the comeback!

If you need warnings, read everything in bold on this chapter

Ya boi is now versed in what it means to write on this app, and that means I'm about to quickly go into some stuff before we start (you only have to read some of it, I promise)

You don't have to have read the first book to read this one but prolly should've or came here from there lol

LET'S PRETEND THE JERKS THIS IS BASED ON ORIGINALLY DON'T EVEN EXIST, OK?? THANK YOU

I would really appreciate you reading all of this, as it's things I have really wanted to talk about for a long time, but if you don't, there are warnings at the end of this beginning note. I ask that at the very least, you read that] which will be listed directly above them near the end. So if you won't read the bulk, scroll down to the end and read everything in bold.

I understand that some of the subjects I'm covering in this a/n are triggering. If you read over any of the following notes, even if not all, that's appreciated, but again, I ask that you read the warnings, in bold, at the bottom, if nothing else. Everything mandatory to read is in bold at the end. And if you're willing to read the first book (83,279 words, without including any A/Ns) and this book which will likely be at least half that long, you can read the mandatory part of this a/n. Thank you.

If you're still here and actually planning on reading, thank you!

Part 1, about dysphoria, and the way I have and will portray it:

When I started the first book, I went absolutely ham on dysphoria. This is partially because I was using it to vent my worst days, partially because when I started I thought no one would read it, partially to add drama because it is fictional.

Most people do not have dysphoria that extreme, you should not feel like you have to, or indulge yours to the extent which this y/n did.

Is dysphoria something you can choose? No, of course not. It's not a choice. It's a struggle which most, if not all of us here have. It's a struggle to have to live with, and that is ok. However, it is not completely out of control, and is not something to allow control over ones life or the way one acts to others.

It's ok to have bad days. It is not ok to let them define you. You are not a bad person for relating to the first book, you are not a bad person if you struggle with dysphoria to the extent that it is crippling, you are not a bad person for struggling.

But it would be irresponsible of me, especially knowing how young some of my audience is, to act like this extent is normal, like this is completely out of your control, or to say that the thoughts portrayed through y/n are ok.

Dysphoria is not an excuse to be transphobic, to yourself or others. I know environment can also add to it, but still, while that's all an explanation of why, it is not an excuse. You have to work on those thoughts. They are not ok, and allowing them to run your life is not helping anything. Lessening internalized transphobia will also lessen your dysphoria.

Trans people are real, in their identities, and valid. That includes you. Disrespecting yourself by saying "I am not a real boy" or similar is also mentally invalidating other trans people. Don't give me that "oh, not other people, just me" bs either. Those thoughts will, if they have not already, show themselves in your thoughts about others in time, and even if they don't, are still not something you should be allowing. Fight them. Tell them no. Tell them they are stupid, because they are.