So I have a bunch of people I'm subscribed to and/or have given access to on DW that I wasn't when I was on LJ. In the interests of not forcing people to trawl through my journal to find out who I am (it might take a while), I have made an intro post for anyone who wants to know.

So hi! I'm Tara. This is me.

I am:

>>transgender - MtF, and due to RL circumstances, only out of the closet to the internet and my household/close friends, and if you have a problem with transgirls get the fuck out of my face.
>>American.
>>diagnosed with mild ADD and chemical depression, which means I can sometimes get away with not taking my medication but I really shouldn't.
>>bisexual, so, like unicorns, I don't exist.
>>currently employed in food services, and prone to taking offense at people who assume that all food service people are dumb and/or useless because we're just working nine to five flipping hamburgers.
>>white as white bread, so I strive to be an ally as much as possible and appreciate it when people who know better tell me if I'm showing my ass.
>>an artist, or at least I like to tell myself I am, and sometimes I try to prove it by posting stuff I've done.
>>22 years old.

My life, it is fun. Not. Very. Often. (This is in the process of changing! I currently live in a polyamorous household - I don't participate, but being polyamorous myself I approve explicitly that it is so - and it's kind of wonderful. However, my family is kind of crazy, and I don't want them to find me without knowing they're coming and they've shown a worrying tendency to be able to find me on the internet if I leave enough clues in public, so most of my posts - especially any actually talking about my life - are locked.)

I have developed a fairly active interest in fiction, as a result! Obviously this is not the only reason. But it is the predominant one at present. So obviously I tend to get squawky when my outlet for fantasy treads on my ability to escape from reality. I make posts about this - not necessarily often, or at length, but I do. Sometimes I don't want to make posts about this stuff; most of the time I do, but, you know, every once in a while I just don't have the energy. It ain't that I haven't noticed. Sometimes there are stories where my enjoyment depends on not thinking about these kinds of things. I try to keep the amount of stories where this happens to a minimum, but I'm not necessarily very good at this. I am not going to pretend my tastes are perfect and unblemished; I like TENJHO TENGE, for God's sake, there's no fucking way I'm not aware my tastes and my ethics don't measure up to each other very well. My fandoms are my happy place, and I try to maintain that happiness for myself as much as possible; I'm pretty vocal when my fandoms aren't making me safe and happy.

I like a lot of stuff and I am not going to list them all, but here is a general overview.

I like:

magical girls.
giant robots.
violence.
action.
horror.
cute boys & girls.
singularities (of all kinds).
explosions.
the power of love.
vampires.
character death.
black comedy.
stoner comedy.
mindfucking.
playing with gender and sex tropes.
cyberpunk.
toying with the miraculous.
mew spins on old mythology.
new spins on new mythology.
mice.
sprawling fantasy epics.
communist jokes.
heroes over 40.
dead heroes.
identity porn.
honesty about character sex lives.
fucked-up protagonists who aren't heroes, necessarily.
the power of FRIENDSHIP.
and labyrinths.

among other things.

And if you're okay with all of that, comment here to say so and I'll give you access. (Unless I already have, in which case you don't need to comment, because I already feel safe enough around you to let you in.) I am paranoid and like keeping my space safe and secure under lock, except for those times when I crawl out of my shell - usually because something's pissed me off too much for me to keep quiet about.

Any questions?