I mostly see Transsexual used by older Trans people in the community; generally speaking most will use Transgender. Just a case of language evolving I believe

Either way, congrats Guyver! Best wishes on saving up for HRT and Surgery :)

Congrats, glad to see a cool person be happier with themselves

It's your life, you live however you feel. I don't know much about a lot of this, but I'm happy for you, pal! As long as you're happy, that should be all that matters.

On that note, lemme know where you're at, I'll ask my counselor if she has any colleagues or orgs out that way.

I want to say thank you for everyone with the wonderful comments. It makes feel very fuzzy inside to see so many great people on this site. This year has been a great year for me and becoming 30 years old has helped me discover on my real identity. I haven't told my family yet besides my sister and I will when I'm ready (They are pretty supportive of me). I'm happy to be alive right now after last year was a dark time for me (I almost ended my life).

Well I'm finally back after almost six years. For some reason the password reset finally worked for m, but eh it is what it is. I only tried again cause I got sent an early happy birthday email from here. That aside I'm doing fine. Got The Ultimate Matrix Collection 2 days ago for a great price and got some money from my dad today.

Joining a Ronin Warriors discord channel was the best decision I've made in a long while.

Sudden thought came to me just now.

Fast and Furious. With Transformers. I want to see this.

Considering they started with robbing semi-trailers full of DVD players to somehow redeeming themselves by saving the world G.I.Joe style, yeah I say we are ready for something like that. After all is done, one of the transformers scans Dom's grill and transforms into one for some classic Fast & Furious style family cookout. :lolol
I mean they went to SPACE. Who does that with cars? SPACE.

The recent blowup of family memes really only makes me wonder where people have been for the past like, four movies.

While I don't dislike the modern films, I am a bit sad that the more grounded stylings of the first movie was completely thrown out.

I think I've hit a toku burnout, at least show-wise.

Trigger was mainly fun in the same way you watch a fire, and... yeah, I'm gonna stop for a bit.

How's everyone else holding up?

It is pretty wild how it went from Point Break with cars, Miami Vice mixed with a bit of Dukes of Hazzard, Initial D, roided-out brodude Ocean's 11, and currently G.I.Joe with cars, beer, and barbecues. They are pretty much a black-ops team at this point. Would not be surprised if they suddenly became the Avengers in the final movie that will end it all. :lolol
That said, just realized Michael Rooker was in the recent movie.

Ah, the toku burnout. I hit that during Ghost-Ex Aid.

Trigger's not very much impressing me the same way Z did, but I'd like to see it through anyway.

Zenkaiger is just fine for me as well. It takes a while for me to get to the episodes, but I want to commit and see it through as well. I don't entertain dropping shows. Just wish maybe they'd up the stakes a bit and get some more focus on stuff I like. Mainly anything Stacey lol.

Saber, well, you can already tell how I feel.

Me right now. Gonna skip Revice due to toku burnout. If it's really good I might come watch it later but right now I'm just not feeling it. The henshin jingles are top notch as always though.

I don't actually watch Fast and Furious (I came up with the Transformers crossover idea after seeing the car action when my dad watched it) but I get where you're coming from. Hollywood, and most major studios for that matter, tend to prioritise profit over plot. Same with toku, hence my toku burnout.

For now I decided to keep on with Trigger. But after 4 episodes I can see how the 55th anniversary hype could feel bloated for some since not only is it commemorating the entire franchise, but also every millenial's first ultraman circa 1996. Got a whole lot to live up to and a shame some folks are not enjoying it as much as they wished they did.

Toku is definitely in a weird place for me right now? Sentai the past few years has been amazing for me, with Zenkaiger going even further than that into being one of my favourite Toku ever...! And then after Z was excellent, Trigger has been very lukewarm for me thus far; and on the Kamen Rider end the entire Reiwa era has been the most frustrating the franchise has ever been -- and I have my hopes for Revice but the whole VA situation there is threatening to ruin that as well. If it wasn't for Zenkaiger I'd be wondering if I was suffering some burnout too with how little I'm getting out of Saber and Trigger.

I've at least been having fun watching past stuff! Amazons, Kamen Rider, Tiga, Abaranger, Dynaman, Timeranger... my Ghost rewatch too has made me realise a lot of love for a show I'd previously disregarded! This has in fact been a super good year for me as far as past Toku has been concerned, but actual current stuff is a bit of a wash outside of Sentai. I'm really hoping Revice and Trigger can turn things around

I've been working through non-airing too, which... may not have helped with the burnout. I blew through Geed, Z, X and Ginga in 4-5 months and Ginga S just halted me on the second episode.

I should hunt down a place to watch Sentai,

Oh I should probably mention, when I say toku burnout, I meant that I'm tired of keeping up with the latest shows. There's a lot of old goodies out there. When I'm not procrastinating in watching it, Boukenger has been some nice fresh air for me.

So yeah, not really that I have toku burnout per se, just that I'm tired of keeping up with the latest releases. It's just so nice to be able to step back and watch something at one's own pace, you know?

Same actually?

I dropped Zenkaiger entirely because boring, I stopped watching Saber because meh, I didn’t even watch the third episode of Trigger yet because I’m not really feeling it. Turns out a legacy series made to heavily cash in on a past show I couldn’t care less about doesn’t work for me. I would rather just watch Ultraman Z again.

And Revice is just... nah. Nothing about it seems interesting to me; the only thing that stuck around is feeling uncomfortable whenever Vice is on screen. No thank you.

I did watch a few episodes of Saber today because I do want to finish it, and it wasn't bad. The Desast-stuff especially is really cool. But I don’t feel any excitement for it; it’s just happening while I’m sitting in front of the screen.

I feel like I’m at an all time low when it comes to interest in Toku. Although I do have some treats in store, finishing the latest season of Thunderbolt Fantasy for example, I'm looking forward to that. When everything else fails, the Urobuchi-Muppets are there to save the Toku-day.

Call me crazy,but I actually won an early belt from revice It's supposed to arrive at my apartment around August 11th to the 26th . If anything is gonna get me back into making YouTube videos it's definitely a review of that belt. If anybody wants updates I'll be sure to try and post them here

Oh fantastic!! Congrats :)

I end up applying for a Casino job that will be perfect for me. I hope I do get it because they pay $15 a hour.

That's awesome to hear.

I stopped really being able to keep up with most currently airing shows after the cease and desist, because my internet isn't strong enough to download any of the episodes. Trigger was all I was really watching (except for Z, which was great) and... yeah, it's not good. I know nothing about Tiga, so right out of the gate a lot of the hype is gone.

I haven't kept up with a show as it airs since Build, truth be told. I'm pushing through Zero-One, slowly, but absolutely nothing else since has done much to garner my interest.

It's funny because Zero-One caused me to have a Kamen Rider burnout which is why it took me a while to watch Saber. Might be due to depression and eventual cancer stuff but it actually cause me to really dislike Zero-One.

Regardless I still watch Toku weekly sometimes, but found the binge watching format to be a lot more viable, but that would often involve not watching the show for weeks, and the worst part about that is potentially getting spoiled about it.

Also what's funny is that I've been having Power Rangers burnout for years, but Dino Fury brought me back despite massively disliking Beast Morphers.

To be honest I am torn on Zenkaiger. I get that it's a lighthearted show and meant to be comedic which I'm on board, but I hate how the show is basically filler with very little story arcs, and some things are often dropped for the sake of introducing new things *cough*Stacey*cough*. Also didn't help that the writer's previous works was very mixed bag for me so it made me skeptical about Zenkaigers.

As for Trigger, it's still too early for me to judge. I mean I found Geed to be okay until episode 6 onwards where it keeps getting better and better. Even Z which while fantastic, has its issues too, such as having a rather weak villain (although because NewGen Ultramen tend to have fantastic villains, even R/B, so the bar is high) Trigger's main issue atm is the pacing.

My current mental state:

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I haven't watch Kamen Rider since Ghost and I drop that show pretty quick. I watched 8 episodes of Build, and it was alright. I didn't like it enough to finish it.

I'm not sure if my country's current lockdown is making my mental state 'safer' or worse. I'm glad because I had terrible experience on my last internship causing my anxiety to spike, so lockdowns prevented me from being forced to find a job.

But also the spike in anxiety over the future isn't exactly a good thing either.

Current? I thought this was your normal state of mind? LOL!! I kid, I kid.

I've been watching Saber in spurts - generally five or six episodes, binged at once, then nothing for like a month. I'm not sure it's the optimal way to watch it, but I guess it's working? Idk, I'm not sure I'm burnt out, I just struggle to keep up with things week in, week out anymore. Pandemic has my whole life turned to jelly, weeks now amorphous nothings that all blend together, so it's easy to forget, say, I'm meant to be watching Kiramager and I think I last saw an episode of that a month ago.

Yeah I'm trying my best to take my mind off of all that...

Well yes but right now I'm on a hyperfixation (and I am using that term properly) overdrive.

I've spent the last week slowly unraveling everything that went into the production of Samurai Troopers and it is amazing for a show that 90% of people have never heard of.

Oh. Cool!

I decided to use my female name (Michelle) and pronouns on the Internet. I still have use my male name (Michael) and pronouns outside the Internet because I haven’t started HRT yet and getting an official name change takes a long time to do.

After a decade and a half of searching and half-rememberance, I finally found an old fic that was disproportionately influential on me in my younger years.

Was it a Samurai Trooper/Ronin Warrior inspired piece?

I finally came out to my family, and they are very happy for me. I do feel like that my mom is not so happy deep down. She seems to have very mixed feelings about it despite telling me otherwise. I know I'm 30, and I should not care, but I still live with her at home.

More specifically a Ronin Warriors x Sailor Moon crossover piece.

I actually emailed the original author last night in the vain hope they're still around (or at least still using that email) to see about reuploading it to AO3 or something since it's on an angelfire site at present.

I know that feeling. I live apart from my parents and I'm only out to my mom but I don't think she "gets" it.

I'm proud of you! It takes a lot of courage to come out. And while I don't know your mother, just give her some time.

She feels about it better now. My doctor appointment went out today. No health problems besides being overweight. They found a place that can help with my transition in Columbia, Maryland. I will start gender therapy when I’m ready. Right now, I need a job and lose weight.