Just right off the bat: if discussions about transgenderism, sexuality, rape, suicide (EDIT: Oh, RIP, I changed my mind and didn't talk about these but left them up here), depression, or self-deprecation will cause you to feel panicked, unbearably sad, or extremely angry turn back now
So hi, this is a thread about me. It's sort of my way of telling you all who I am. Some of you know me, some not so much. I don't think very many of you really know me all that well, this is meant to change that to an extent. Basically it's just another excuse to talk about myself
Let's start with the basics. My name is Benjamin Wallace, I go by the usernames "MasterWeavile898" and "KosherKitten" depending on the age of the account. By my request, most people online refer to me as some variation of Alexus. IRL my most common nickname is "Snow." I'm 17 years old and I live with my parents, two sisters, and a dog. I also consider myself to be transgender, a girl
My personality is nothing special. I'm very emotional and have a bit of an inferiority complex which I like to hide behind a mask of pride. I don't like large groups of people and I hate starting conversations. But I do oh-so-love to talk about myself. I'm extremely smart, to the point where I can basically ignore my studies and get Bs. Maybe not a genius, although I have been reading at a college level since age seven. I'm prone to perfectionism and procrastination, which work in tandem to keep me from doing much. I tend to crack jokes, usually of a sexual kind, to keep myself distracted. And oftentimes asking me to be serious or cleaner is going to simply result in me feeling hurt or unwanted
Behind all this though, I like to think that I'm a very caring girl. I'm not very nice, but I do care about people and always try to do what's best for others, even at my own expense. Of course, I care for others a lot, but my sense of self-worth is abysmal. At best I feel useless, and telling me that I made a mistake or outright insulting me is going to make me feel like asymmetrical garbage. Don't get me wrong, I know this isn't true, but like I said, very emotional
I enjoy reading quite a lot, it's probably my second-favorite pastime besides writing. I also enjoy video games, anime, cooking, and the occasional board game. And I'm sure that if you think about it a little you'll quickly come to see why I like visual novels quite a lot, especially when they have some kind of gameplay element mixed in. They bridge the gap between words and technology beautifully
I hate overly sensitive people (like myself), hypocrites (like myself), hipsters and weebs (I can be like both at times), liars (also me, everyone is a liar, even Madoka), and people who won't take math class seriously because they don't think it will help them later on in life (not me). I also dislike insects due to a phobia
K, basics out of the way, let's get to the meat of this topic. See me? I'm a monster. It's not something I necessarily like, in fact it's probably not even true, but it's something I've accepted. I've actually outright been told that I am a monster, which has hurt. After all, I'm only as much a monster as any other human
Basically what I'm trying to say here is that I'm human, and that to cope with those who would say otherwise, I've come to treat "monster" and "human" as synonyms. See, my belief is that the monsters we dream up are really just reflections of ourselves, fears spawned from what we don't want to become. So really, monsters are in everyone, I'm just more willing to admit to mine than some. Or maybe this is just me trying to justify myself to society and I really am inhuman. Does it really even matter why? It's how I am
I've said before that I don't mind people so long as they realize that we're both human they're just as terrible (or not terrible, but the focus here is on the negative) a person as I am and treat me as human. But I hate when people treat me as though I'm less than human, a monster if you will. They're taking what little worth I have in human society and saying that it doesn't matter because I'm not human in the first place
The person I am is a young trans girl struggling with depression and self-worth who desperately wishes she could find some way to be useful. I want to use what little strength I have to help others in every way possible, even if it means diminishing myself even further. To this end I want to become a librarian, someone who helps others through my favorite medium of books. I want to help connect my generation and the generations that follow to the sometimes forgotten world of words and imagination that I've come to love. If that makes me a monster, so be it
With Hope,
Alexus M. Wallace