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Character Comic Transmasc

Rex Ridley, “Good Arson”

Rex Ridley is, well, I’ll just quote his self-introduction from his first appearance: “I’m Rex Ridley, A.K.A. GOOD ARSON, and I’m a dude and I LIGHT STUFF ON FIRE WITH MY MIND!!“. He is a transmasc mutant from Marvel comics, seen wearing a binder in his first appearance.

Other Info:

  • Pronouns/gender: he/him, transmasc
  • Superpower: Rex has pyrokinesis, the ability to create and control fire telepathically
  • Quotes: “I don’t know if my mom is mad about trans stuff or because I burned down the apartment.”
  • Media Appearances: Seven appearances in Marvel comics

Story (SPOILERS!!)

The quote above shows that, before Rex’s first appearance, he (presumably accidentally) burned down his mom’s apartment. Rex then joined Super Trans, and was a member of the team until and after it’s disbanding. (more detail included here: https://trans-media.org/super-trans/).

 

 

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Comic Group Nonbinary Transfem Transmasc

Super Trans

Super Trans was a support group from Marvel comics for transgender mutant youth. The group would eventually become a hero team known as the Next Mutants, and included characters such as Shela Sexton, Morgan Red, and Good Arson. The choice to make this group all Mutants is perfect within the consistent themes of Marvel’s Mutant-related content, as Mutants were and are a stand-in for any oppressed group, ostracized and oppressed for who they are. 

More Info:

  • Members, with hero names, gender and pronouns: Morgan Red (transmasc, he/they), Shela Sexton “Escapade” (transfem, she/her), Reed Fox “Aphelion” (non-binary, they/them), Sophie “Faceshopper” (last name unknown, transfem, she/her), Rex Ridley “Good Arson (transmasc, he/him), Gabe “Bad Guy” (last name unknown, transmasc, he/him), ZZ Phalen “Harmonize” (transfem, they/them), Mojo Junior (cisgender male, he/him), Nora Kuang “Pity Girl” (last name unknown, transfem, she/her)
  • Also known as: The Next Mutants, The Morally Superior X-Men
  • Media Appearances: Seven Marvel comic series

Team History (SPOILERS!!)

Super Trans began as a support group for young, trans Mutants, run by D-Man at the Matt Baker House in Queens, New York. In an early meeting, they rescued Spider-Man when he was driven there by the Sinister Syndicate, an all-female iteration of the classic supervillain team, the Sinister Six. 

Super Trans was later disbanded, due to the bigoty-driven controversy surrounding Mutants. However, the group’s members stayed in touch, and would later reunite. Their first meet-up was crashed by Sentin-Ally, a straight, cisgender ally obsessed with joining their team, who they quickly defeated. After the battle, Pity Girl made the mistake of calling their team the X-Men, which both caught the attention of the actual X-Men, and got them kidnapped by Mojo, a powerful creature from another dimension known for abducting Mutants and casting them involuntarily in insane and dangerous reality TV shows, exactly what he did to the members of Super Trans. They were trapped in slowed time for decades, during which thousands of episodes documenting their harsh struggles were recorded. They were eventually rescued with help from the X-Men and Mojo’s grandson, Mojo Jr., and adopted their current name, the Next Mutants. 

Notes:

  • I never knew about this little group before researching for this site, but I’m so glad I do now!! Seeing a group of young explicitly trans superheroes is so empowering – Sylvie : )
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Agender Character Game Gender Unknown Genderfluid Genderless Genderqueer Nonbinary Transfem Transmasc

Sky: Children of the Light

A Sky kid leads a spirit to relive their memories.
A Sky kid leads a spirit to relive their memories.

Sky: Children of the Light developers (thatgamecompany) have stated that none of the Sky kids (players) or spirits have specified genders. They also have a Pride event every June and donate to The Trevor Project.

Sky: Children of the Light is a social game in which players relive spirits’ memories across 7 different realms. Each spirit has a friendship tree that allows the player to unlock new cosmetics, spells, and more. Sky has events year-round of varying lengths. “Season” events are about the length of a real life season, and “Days” events last a few weeks at most.

thatgamecompany has stated this on a support site: “The characters and spirits in Sky are deliberately designed to let players express their chosen gender in whatever manner they choose. We believe in the power of player choice and self-expression, and encourage you to discover what that means for your in-game character.” When they introduce new spirits on social media, they also avoid using pronouns with the spirits. Whenever pronouns are used, it’s always they/them, similarly to how we use they/them for people when we don’t know their gender.

Every year, Sky hosts Days of Color, an event that acts as an in-game Pride. Pride cosmetics are available during this event. 2023 introduced 2 dark rainbow items (mostly black items with some rainbows). Other items, all rainbow of course, include a cape, trousers, and headphones. An area of Daylight Prairie was also extended for this event. Players could be seen bringing color to the already existing area, and flying up to the extension in a rainbow beam. The extended area featured a few small sky islands with rainbow waterfalls and bridges. Players faded into each color of the rainbow while in this area, and could float upon a giant rainbow ring that encircled the sky islands.

Days of Color 2023 also introduced event currencies. Days of Color currency could buy only the dark rainbow cape. All other items used other in-game currencies, or real ones. Either way, a donation finds its way to The Trevor Project every June.

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Band BIPOC Genderfluid Genderqueer Nonbinary Transmasc

QI.X

The New Queer K-Pop Group To Stan—Get To Know QI.X - Koreaboo

(Left to right: jiGOOK, Prin, Maek, YOURA)

 

QI.X is a 4 member K-Pop group that debuted on November 19, 2022, and released their first official song on March 22, 2023. All 4 members are genderqueer in different ways, and use ‘they’ as at least one of their pronouns.

In their name, QI stands for Queer Idol and X means either infinity, or what’s marked on legal documents that means unspecified gender. QI.X is under Sweet Potato Productions and was brought together by their producer, Jiyeon.

More info:

  • Fandom name: QTZ
  • Fandom color: Periwinkle Purple
  • Links: YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram
  • Members: Prin (they/them), jiGOOK (he/they), Maek (they/them), YOURA (they/them)

 

About the members:

Prin:

  • Birthday: 10/10/2000 (22)
  • Pronouns/gender: they/them, nonbinary
  • Roles: leader, main vocal, main dancer, lead rapper
  • Representative color: blue

 

  • Prin’s name is a shortened and gender neutral form of prince/princess.
  • A favorite quote: “Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
  • They’re a fan of Key, NMIXX, Stray Kids, P1Harmony, and ATEEZ.
  • They’re vegan.
  • They gave up on being an idol because of the K-Pop industry’s LGBTQ+phobia.
  • They’re the resident goofball of the group.
  • A couple of their hobbies are dancing and trying new looks.
  • Being a dancer is their biggest identity.

jiGOOK:

  • Birthday: 12/23/1995 (27)
  • Pronouns/gender: he/they, “genderfluid nonbinary trans male, sometimes genderless”
  • Roles: lead vocalist, main rapper
  • Representative color: green

 

  • No stage name – uses his real name.
  • They’re a drag artist!
  • He wants QI.X to enter the Billboard charts.
  • They’re also vegan.
  • His hobbies include photography and writing music.
  • Their favorite bands are Nirvana, Radiohead, and Sigur Rós.
  • Some of their favorite soloists are Bon Iver, Damien Rice, and Björk.
  • His favorite queer films are Queer as FolkAngels in AmericaQueer Eye, and Pose.
  • They can play piano.

Maek:

  • Birthday: 9/24/1996 (26)
  • Pronouns/gender: they/them, genderqueer
  • Roles: main vocalist, lead rapper
  • Representative color: yellow

 

  • Maek’s name comes from a fictional creature (a Pulgasari) that is tough, eats metal, and breathes fire. They want to be as tough as a Pulgasari when it comes to opposition.
  • They work for JOGAKBO, a trans rights organization.
  • Another vegan!
  • They’ve identified as queer since middle school.
  • They write music, took lessons on beat making, and want to make songs for QI.X in the future.
  • Their musical inspiration is Red Velvet.
  • Their favorite thing to do is eat delicious food.

YOURA:

  • Birthday: 5/7/2000 (22)
  • Pronouns/gender: they/them, unlabeled
  • Roles: lead vocalist, maknae
  • Representative color: purple

 

  • *Has been on break since February 9, 2023.*
  • They’re in a constant state of questioning their gender, which is why they leave it unlabeled.
  • They majored in acting but they’re interested in traditional arts, music, and movement.
  • After being eliminated from idol auditions in elementary school, they decided that they weren’t suited to be an idol because of their appearance and body.
  • Their favorite style of dance is modern dance.
  • They like singing and playing instruments.

Discography:

2023:

  • Lights Up (digital single) – Released March 22, 2023.
  1. Lights Up
  2. Lights Up (Instrumental)

Categories
Genderfaun Genderfluid Genderqueer Nonbinary Song Transfem Transmasc

Lights Up by QI.X

Description:

Lights Up is a song by QI.X about finding community and living authentically, written and performed by a group of genderqueers. The lyrics are about showing one’s true colors, refusing to hide, and persisting through difficult times.

Song links:

SpotifyApple Music, YouTube MusicAmazon

Full song lyrics:

Korean:

혼자였던, 어두웠던
구름 속을 달려갔던 어제
지쳐있던, 울고 있던
나를 알아봤던 건 lights in you

칙칙했던 표정 속에
숨겨왔던 colors in you
I see all the colors in you, you
내 속에 불을 당겨 뜨거운 순간을 뱉어
나 그리고 널 초대할게

 

Lights up, 머리 위로
더는 숨지 않을게
Lights up, lights up
나를 알아본 순간
We got the power to make it make it
Lights up, 머리 위로
더는 숨지 않을게
Light it up, up, up
Light it up, up, up

복잡했던 길 (how to escape)
지도도 없이 (running forward)
언젠가 닿을 거란 걸 알고 있어
I don’t do it for the cash right
I keep on going and pushing me keep on the road
That’s all I need
Lights in you

칙칙했던 표정 속에
숨겨왔던 colors in you
I see all the colors in you, you
내 속에 불을 당겨 뜨거운 순간을 뱉어
나 그리고 널 초대할게

Lights up, 머리 위로
더는 숨지 않을게
Lights up, lights up
나를 알아본 순간
We got the power to make it, make it
Lights up, 머리 위로
더는 숨지 않을게

All I’ve been wishing for
아주 오랜 시간
All I’ve wanted for
꺼지지 않을 불빛을 따라가면
우린 서로 만날 수 있어

 

Lights up, 머리 위로
더는 숨지 않을게 (yeah all I want it for my baby)
Lights up, lights up
나를 알아본 순간 (light it up in my heart)

We got the power to make it make it (oh yeah oh yeah)
Lights up, 머리 위로
더는 숨지 않을게 (we got the power to make it)
Light it up, up, up
Light it up, up, up

Romanized:

Honjayeotdeon, eoduweotdeon
Gureum sogeul dallyeogatdeon eoje
Jichyeoitdeon, ulgo itdeon
Nareul arabwadeon geon lights in you

Chikchikhaetdeon pyojeong soge
Sumgyeowatdeon colors in you
I see all the colors in you, you
Nae soge bureul danggyeo ddeugeoun sunganeul baeteo
Na geurigo neol chodaehalge

Lights up, meori wiro
Deoneun sumji anheulge
Lights up, lights up
Nareul arabon sungan
We got the power to make it, make it
Lights up, meori wiro
Deoneun sumji anheulge
Light it up, up, up
Light it up, up, up

Bogjabhaetdeon gil (how to escape)
Jidodo eobsi (running forward)
Eonjaenga daheul georan geol algo isseo
I don’t do it for the cash right
I keep on going and pushing me keep on the road
That’s all I need
Lights in you

Chikchikhaetdeon pyojeong soge 
Sumgyeowatdeon colors in you
I see all the colors in you, you
Ne soge bureul dangyeo ddeugeoun sunganeul baeteo
Na geurigo neol chodaehalge

Lights up, meori wiro
Deoneun sumji anheulge
Lights up, lights up
Nareul arabon sungan
We got the power to make it, make it
Lights up, meori wiro
Deoneun sumji anheulge

All I’ve been wishing for
Aju oraen sigan
All I’ve wanted for
Ggeojiji anheul bulbicheul ddaragamyeon
Urin seoro mannal su isseo

Lights up, meori wiro
Deoneun sumji anheulge (yeah all I want it for my baby)
Lights up, lights up
Nareul arabon sungan (light it up in my heart)
We got the power to make it, make it (oh yeah oh yeah)
Lights up, meori wiro
Deoneun sumji anheul ge (we got the power to make it)
Light it up, up, up
Light it up, up, up

English:

Yesterday, when I was alone
I ran through the dark clouds
I was exhausted and crying
But what found me were the lights in you

The colors in you that were hidden behind
your dull expression
I see all the colors in you, you
Pull a fire inside of me and throw a hot moment into it
I will invite you and me

Lights up, above my head
I won’t hide anymore
Lights up, lights up
The moment you recognized me
We got the power to make it, make it
Lights up, above my head
I won’t hide anymore
Light it up, up, up
Light it up, up, up

A complicated path (how to escape)
With no guidance (running forward)
I know I will reach it someday
I don’t do it for the cash right
I keep on going and pushing me keep on the road
That’s all I need
Lights in you

The colors in you that were hidden behind
your dull expression
I see all the colors in you, you
Pull a fire inside of me and throw a hot moment into it
I will invite you and me

Lights up, above my head
I won’t hide anymore
Lights up, lights up
The moment you recognized me
We got the power to make it, make it
Lights up, above my head
I won’t hide anymore

All I’ve been wishing for
A long awaited time
All I’ve wanted for
If you follow the light which won’t go out
We can meet each other

Lights up, above my head
I won’t hide anymore (yeah all I want it for my baby)
Lights up, lights up
The moment you recognized me (light up in my heart)
We got the power to make it, make it (oh yeah oh yeah)
Lights up, above my head
I won’t hide anymore (we got the power to make it)
Light it up, up, up
Light it up, up, up

(Translation sources: Δήμητρα Κου. on lyricstranslate.com, irem sönmez on YouTube)


Categories
Song Transmasc

The Village by Wrabel

Description:

The Village is a song dedicated to transgender people, and details the struggles of a young transmasc with an unsupportive family with lyrics that are meant to be quotes: “Don’t dare, don’t you even go there, cutting off your long hair, you do as you’re told.” The song also provides comfort for the listener with its main message, spread throughout the song: there’s nothing wrong with you just because you’re trans.

Song links:

Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, YouTube Music, Amazon

Full song lyrics:

No, your mom don’t get it
and your dad don’t get it
Uncle John don’t get it

And you can’t tell grandma
’cause her heart can’t take it
and she might not make it

They say, “Don’t dare, don’t you even go there,
cutting off your long hair”
“You do as you’re told”
Tell you, “Wake up, go put on your makeup”
“This is just a phase you’re gonna outgrow”

There’s something wrong in the village,
in the village, oh
They stare in the village,
in the village, oh

There’s nothing wrong with you
It’s true, it’s true
There’s something wrong with the village,
with the village
There’s something wrong with the village

Feel the rumors follow you
from Monday all the way Friday dinner
You got one day of shelter
then it’s Sunday hell to pay, you young lost sinner

Well, I’ve been there, sitting in that same chair
whispering that same prayer half a million times
It’s a lie, though, buried in disciples
One page of the Bible isn’t worth a life

There’s something wrong in the village,
in the village, oh
They stare in the village,
in the village, oh

There’s nothing wrong with you
It’s true, it’s true
There’s something wrong with the village
with the village
Something wrong with the village

There’s something wrong in the village,
in the village, oh
They stare in the village,
in the village, oh

There’s nothing wrong with you
It’s true, it’s true
There’s something wrong with the village,
with the village
Something wrong with the village

Member Notes:

This is genuinely such a beautiful song. I’m so mad at myself for forgetting about it. The music video makes me sob every single time I watch it 10/10 we need more media like this in my opinion

-Win!

Categories
Character Mental Illness Show Transmasc

Viktor Hargreeves

Viktor comes out as transmasc in Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy. It fits into his character arc very well, and all his siblings have different, but all kind and supportive, ways of reacting to his coming out. This was written into the script to support Viktor’s actor, Elliot Paige, who came out as transmasc between the releases of seasons 2 and 3!

Viktor has a long character arc, starting in the very first episodes of the show, centering on his journey of self discovery. He struggles with mental illness and overcoming his self-worth issues, and through the events of the show, slowly finds out who he is. Because of this, him coming out as transmasc fits seamlessly into his overarching character development. Viktor at the start of the show is soft-spoken and insecure, but as he finds himself, he becomes more confident, becoming in later seasons one of the most outspoken characters among the Hargreeves siblings. Viktor loves his siblings, and develops an especially strong relationship with Allison through the events of the show. Viktor is skilled at the violin, and is the most powerful Hargreeves sibling, with the power to manipulate sound and energy in a number of massively destructive ways.

More info:

  • Other Names: Number Seven, The White Violin
  • Pronouns/Gender: He/Him, transmasc
  • Media Appearances: Netflix show, major character (based on a character from a comic series by Gerard Way, the comic book version of the character isn’t listed here as she is not trans)

Story (SPOILERS!!)

Viktor was one of the children born on October 1st of 1989 in a strange event where 43 women, who were not pregnant before that moment, suddenly gave birth. Eccentric billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves adopted them soon after, along with 6 other children born in this event. At the Hargreeves mansion in an unnamed city, Reginald raised Viktor, originally under the name “Vanya”, and was raised alongside his siblings, Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Number 5, and Ben. Also each assigned a number, with Viktor being Number 7, the Hargreeves children were raised akin to experiments, with Reginald trying to form them into a sort of ragtag superhero team.

The practices Reginald used to train them, however, were incredibly abusive. When Reginald discovered early on that Viktor had powers that were, he believed, too powerful to be controlled, he began to give him pills to suppress his powers and memories of their powers. For his entire childhood from then on, he was instilled by his father with a belief that he was inherently lesser than his siblings, which would lead to extreme self-worth and mental health issues.

At the start of Season 1, the Hargreeves children have gone their separate ways, divided by the death of their brother, Ben. with Viktor living a quiet life, soft-spoken, focusing on his violin. The Hargreeves are brought together by the death of their father, and the sudden reappearance of Number 5, who had disappeared about a decade ago. Meanwhile, Viktor meets a man named Leonard, who is suspiciously kind to him. Despite his sibling’s’ suspicions, they get together, but they soon find proof that Leonard was preying on his self-worth issues so that he could turn him against his siblings. Viktor kills Leonard upon finding out, completely losing control over his powers as a result, just as Reginald feared. Seconds before his siblings calm him down, he fires a laser from his chest straight into the moon, causing a hail of moon rock that would destroy the Earth in mere minutes. Seconds before they’re crushed by a massive chunk of debris, Number 5 sends them all back in time, to a time decades before any of this even happened.

We find the Hargreeves siblings separated again in Season 2, this time scattered through different times early 60’s Dallas. Viktor, now suffering from amnesia, finds his way to a farm owned by a small family, Sissy, Carl, and their son Harlan, who has a mental developmental disorder. Viktor later saves Harlan, seconds away from drowning in a pond on the farm, by invoking his powers, inadvertently sharing a fraction of his powers with Harlan. As Viktor builds a relationship with Sissy, unhappy with her loveless and unhealthy marriage, they fall in love, and plan to run away together. When Carl finds out about their affair, reacting by threatening to put Harlan in an institution, they finally make an attempt, taking Harlan with them. Along the way, they’re caught by two police officers, one of which is Carl’s brother, and when Viktor uses his powers against the officers he is knocked unconscious by a gunshot. As Viktor is taken to the FBI headquarters, Carl begins to drag Harlan to his car to go through with his threat. Sissy , tired of his emotional abuse, threatens him with a rifle. Carl snatches the rifle, accidentally firing it directly at Harlan, who involuntarily deflects the bullet back towards his father, killing him.

After being tortured and accused of being a Russian spy by FBI agents, Viktor returns to Sissy and Harlan. He attempts to drain the power in Harlan that he unwittingly gave him, and then finds Sissy in the boy’s bedroom. Viktor urges Sissy to come back with him to 2019, along with Harlan, now that Five has found a way to bring them all back to their original timeline. Despite loving him, she knows that going with Viktor will put Harlan in danger, and declines.

After a massive gunfight with the entirety of the Commission, the Hargreeves siblings jump forward in time, back to their home time. But all is not as they expected, due to their actions in the 60’s. In the final seconds, we see an entirely different team of Hargreeves siblings, including Ben, alive once again: the Sparrows.

Season 3 starts right off from where Season 2 ended. After the Sparrows (the new, twisted Hargreeves family that exists in this new timeline) wipe the floor with the Umbrellas (our original team of Hargreeves siblings), Viktor swiftly ends the battle with his powers. The Umbrellas flee, and end up staying, for the time being, at the nearby Obsidian Hotel. As Viktor take a walk through the now alien city, he reflects on his conversations with Sissy. She helped him find himself, and now there’s no going back. As he reminisces on her words: “you don’t even notice the box that you’re in until someone comes along”, he heads into the nearest barbershop, grinning as he takes a seat in the barber’s chair.

Next we see Viktor, he casually mentions in a conversation with his siblings that he goes by Viktor now. He says “It’s who I’ve always been. Is that an issue with anyone? After taking a moment to process, Diego responds with a casual “Nah, I’m good with it”, and Klaus seconds it! Five, responds in his normal casual way, simply saying “truly happy for you, Viktor”, before returning to the conversation at hand.

In a scene later with Allison, Allison says that she “feels like such an a**hole” for not noticing, to which Viktor says, “You couldn’t have known cause I didn’t fully. Being with Sissy, she opened something in me, showed me I’d never be free hiding from who I really am. After losing her I realised, I can’t live in that box anymore. I won’t.” Upon staring at his reflection in a window, Viktor laments, “You know, I always hated mirrors. I thought everybody felt so strange in their skin. I guess that’s not true?” But now, he says, when he looks at his reflection, he sees himself, and just himself. Before the scene ends, Allison hugs him, and reminds him that “You’re family, Viktor, and there’s nothing that would make me love you less.”

The last sibling to learn about Viktor’s transition is Luther, when Diego corrects him on Viktor’s name and let’s him know the news. Being the big, loving softie that he is, he insists on the spot on throwing Viktor a whole party to celebrate, while Diego wants not to make a big deal out of it, as not to embarrass Viktor. Later Diego mentions it to him, saying “Luther wants to throne you a big, stupid party so you feel loved. Do you feel loved?” Viktor says yes, and, despite Diego’s closed off, snarky manner, Diego says, genuinely, “Good. You are.” Luther also asks Viktor to be the best man at his wedding with Sloane, one of the Sparrows. 🙂

While all this has been happening, reality has been tearing itself apart as fallout of the Umbrellas, who were never born in this new timeline, existing in this new timeline that they created, which means that they would have to exist to cause the changes that created this timeline, but– and so on and so on. This is all centered on a crazy ball of lightning called a Kugelblitz, which is disintegrating everything in the universe, at random. Right before the last bit of the universe is destroyed, the remaining Hargreeves children, along with this timeline’s version of Reginald Hargreeves, go through a strange door in an Obsidian Hotel suite, taking them to an identical copy of the hotel. From there they can, according to Reginald, essentially reset the universe. Though they do succeed, Reginald gets to mold the universe how he sees fit, with the Hargreeves children only able to helplessly watch. The original Hargreeves siblings suddenly appear in a new universe, along with Lila and Sparrow Ben. As they all go their separate ways, the camera pans out to show that, in this new universe, Reginald seems to own the city.

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Notes:

  • The person that wrote the original Umbrella Academy comic series, Gerard Way, was also the main singer of My Chemical Romance!
  • Yeah, I know a lot of context is missing from the story section on this post, but the plot of the Umbrella Academy is EXTREMELY complicated and I think WordPress would crash if I typed out the entire thing. And more importantly that’s too much work, so yeah I just focused on Viktor’s storyline and his trans journey -Sylvie <3
Categories
Song Transmasc

This Is Home by Cavetown

Description:

This Is Home is a transmasc anthem, with the lines “I’ll cut my hair, to make you stare, I’ll hide my chest”. There’s also a part that represents someone else talking about him, which is in some ways exactly what a transmasc person both would and wouldn’t want to hear (“Get a load of this trainwreck, his hair’s a mess and he doesn’t know who he is yet, but little do we know the stars welcome him with open arms”). It’s also important to note that this was recorded before Cavetown transitioned, which makes the song representative even for pre-t transmascs.

Song links:

Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, YouTube Music, Amazon

Full song lyrics:

Often I am upset
that I cannot fall in love but I guess
this avoids the stress of falling out of it

Are you tired of me yet?
I’m a little sick right now but I swear,
when I’m ready I will fly us out of here

I’ll cut my hair
to make you stare
I’ll hide my chest, and I’ll
figure out a way to get us out of here

Turn off your porcelain face
I can’t really think right now and this place
has too many colors,
enough to drive all of us insane

Are you dead?
Sometimes I think I’m dead
cause I can feel ghosts and ghouls wrapping my head
but I don’t wanna fall asleep just yet

My eyes went dark
I don’t know where
my pupils are, but I’ll
figure out a way to get us out of here

Get a load of this monster
He doesn’t know how to communicate
His mind is in a different place
Will everybody please give him a little bit of space?
Get a load of this trainwreck
His hair’s a mess and he doesn’t know who he is yet
but little do we know, the stars
welcome him with open arms

Time is
slowly
tracing his face,
but strangely he feels at home in this place

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Character Game Transmasc

Captain Spaceboy

Spaceboy is never mentioned to be transmasc or implied to be in-game, due to OMOCAT (game devs) not knowing, but his original creator confirmed that he is, and there’s old art of him on her Twitter account after getting top surgery.

Spaceboy is the captain of the Space Pirates, and the player’s second boss battle in OMORI, not including the tutorial boss. Outside of the Boss Rush, he can be fought as a boss twice.

More info:

  • Other names: Space Boyfriend, Space Ex-Boyfriend, Space Husband, Space Ex-Husband
  • Pronouns/gender: he/him, transmasc
  • Media Appearances: Minor character from video game OMORI

Story (SPOILERS!!!!):

As Omori and his friends explore Otherworld, they make it to the house at the top of the campground’s hill. A Space Pirate stands in front, guarding the door, and informs the player that this is the home of the captain of the Space Pirates, Capt. Spacebo- I mean, Space Boyfriend. When the player enters the home and climbs the stairs, they see a sleeping Spaceboy. Another Space Pirate explains that his girlfriend, Sweetheart, left him. He’s been laying in bed, lovesick, since she left. They’ve been cleaning his house for him since, and they want to wake him up in the only way they know how: by playing a special mixtape of his and Sweetheart’s favorite songs. The tape has gone missing, though, and they suspect it was thrown away on accident. The party is asked to go find it in the Junkyard.

Once they get so far through the Junkyard, they find a sprout mole named Rosa, who has just found the special mixtape. She’s a huge fan of Sweetheart, and believes having the special mixtape will make her collection truly worthwhile. The party chases her into an area with a line of caution tape. Written on the ground before it are the words “Do Not Cross” with an arrow pointing at the caution tape. Rosa has crossed the caution tape already, and stands still, unresponsive, in the middle of TVs glowing red that are in the shape of “404”. Crossing the caution tape initiates a boss fight against Download Window. After defeating Download Window, the party takes the tape away from the still unresponsive Rosa, who then begins to react again. She tells the party that she’s heard from a reputable source that the special mixtape was thrown away by Space Boyfriend himself, so there’s no point in them trying to return it. They choose not to believe her. After Kel calls her an ugly plant creature, she promises the party that she’ll be getting her revenge and leaves the Junkyard.

The party then returns and tells a Space Pirate what Rosa said. Kel ignores the conversation, takes the special mixtape from Omori’s pocket, and walks to the boombox to put it in. While he does, the rest of the party and the Space Pirate agree that it’d be better not to play it. Kel then puts it in, and Hero yells at him not to once it’s too late. Space Boyfriend then wakes up. Enraged, he yells at the party that he’s going to make Sweetheart pay for not treating him right. The party tells him that they can’t let him do that. Space Boyfriend feels as if he’s been challenged when Aubrey calls him “Space Ex-Boyfriend”, and a boss battle initiates shortly afterward.

Once the party defeats him, he suddenly becomes polite and kind. He explains that “his other half got the better of him” and apologizes for the trouble. Two Space Pirates, clearly afraid, come to tell him his favorite planet is missing. He tells them it’s alright and to call him Capt. Spaceboy again. He also tells them to gather the crew so they could all go together to get sno-cones, as he believes it’ll help him more than just laying in bed. He thanks the party and says if they ever need anything, they can go to him. Hero takes the chance to ask about Basil, but Spaceboy doesn’t know anything. Aubrey gets more worried and starts to cry. Spaceboy desperately tries to comfort her by giving her a sno-cone ticket and a train pass, saying that if he can go from traveling on trains to flying his own spaceship, then he’s sure she’ll find her friend.

After he leaves his home with his crew, the E key can be found under his pillow.

Later in the game, he flies into Sweetheart’s castle in his spaceship as she’s trying to marry herself and he marries her instead. The next day, she divorces him, and in the true route, the party never hears anything about him ever again.