Final Fantasy XI
Final Fantasy XI is the eleventh numbered installment in the… Okay, you know what it is, I’m just going to tell you about one of the storylines!
During the Wings of the Goddess expansion, adventurers will be sent back in time to experience the events of the Crystal War, a cataclysmic event that is the foundation for conflicts of the modern-day timeline. Should an adventurer choose to serve the Kingdom of San d’Oria, they will be immersed in the story of the Young Griffons—a group of children who would see themselves knights, many of whom grow into prominent characters later in life.
Among the Young Griffons, the player will find Bistillot, a shy boy who doesn’t like to be seen. With his penchant for engineering, shy demeanor, and lack of combat potential, Bistillot prefers to spend his time inside of an orcish war machine that he was able to repair to working condition.
He is often seen before he is heard, with his signature phrase, “HAAAALLOOOOOOOOO” being used to hail the adventurer. Through the course of the story, Bistillot finds his way, even contributing to the war effort with his engineering skills.
However, when another member of the Young Griffons is kidnapped and taken to the present day, the adventurer must return to the present day and reunite with the Young Griffons’ present selves! The adventurer’s first contact in the present day is Bistillot. When the adventurer hears the signature “HAAAALLOOOOOOO,” Bistillot approaches the player, but what the player sees is… a woman?? She introduces herself as Bostilette, a “friend of Bistillot.”
After the rescue mission, Bostilette comes clean. She is, of course, the very same Bistillot who was a little boy twenty years earlier. She explains that she was very sick as a baby, so her parents gave her a boy’s name so that she would be stronger and survive the illness. Once she overcame the illness, she was comfortable to reclaim her name and gender. Well, that closes the book on that story, except… I’ve decided that’s bullshit!
I have unilaterally decided that Bostilette is trans, the sickness she had was dysphoria, she stayed in the orcish war machine because she was an egg, and I hope you all agree!
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coming out stuff
I’m planning to visit my family soon, and I’ve been thinking about what to do regarding my grandparents. They’re old, rural Europeans and I doubt they even know what a trans person is. When I saw them this summer it that was the last time I boymoded, and that just made me feel bad, and I can’t just wear a sports bra and a sweater to hide things now, like I could then. What I’ve decided to so far is to just present fem like I normally do, and if they have questions I’ll answer honestly, but I won’t have a big coming out moment or be particularly insistent that they gender me correctly (at least for now).
Maybe it’s a bit cowardly, but I feel like it’s a good compromise so far, not actively hiding who I am, but hopefully not overwhelming them either. They probably won’t say anything either way, because they’re so ingrained in this annoying cultural idea that asking people anything that could in any way feel uncomfortable for you or for them is better left unsaid in every situation.
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Not everyone needs a big todo for coming out! That’d get exhausting.
You might be surprised with older conservative people, sometimes they’re quicker to accept a loved one is trans (once they get the deal what a trans person in).
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Yeah, the good thing is that since they’re not online or watch english language news, they aren’t exposed to that much of the transphobic hysteria, so it could be pretty okay. I’m still a bit wary because I know there was a lot of drama when my aunt came out as gay, but that all happened before I was born and they’re reconciled now, so I hope they’re more mature now.