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   Moriel :transgender_flag: (moriel@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-May-2025 09:17:59 JST Moriel :transgender_flag:

   Any Discworld fans here? I suddenly had an image of Death coming to a newly transitioned trans person on Discworld just to collect their deadname.

   BE AT EASE. IT IS NOT YET YOUR TIME. I'M ONLY HERE FOR THE NAME.

   #trans #transgender #Discworld #TerryPratchett

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     Flore (flore@tutut.delire.party)'s status on Saturday, 31-May-2025 09:20:23 JST Flore

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     @Moriel
     From what I heard of Sir Terry Pratchett, it's something he would have loved this.
     https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/terry-pratchett-trans-ally-discworld/

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     Mark T. Tomczak (mark@mastodon.fixermark.com)'s status on Saturday, 31-May-2025 09:20:42 JST Mark T. Tomczak

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     @Moriel "Not that I'm surprised that they are taken," pondered Susan, "only that it's you doing the taking. We have a Death of Rats and a Death of Cats... Why not a Death of Names?"

     Her grandfather regarded her with a stare that went on for aeons, which was really the only kind he had so in this context was the closest kind to affection.

     YOU OF ALL PEOPLE UNDERSTAND: NAMES HAVE POWER. THEY CAN HEAL. THEY CAN HURT. AND WHEN A NAME'S TIME HAS COME, I SEE TO IT PERSONALLY TO ASSURE IT IS DONE. #MicroFic #DiscWorld