While it’s generally true that real siblings don’t routinely call each other “bro” or “sis”, as certain stripes of popular media would have us believe, there are occasions when siblings may refer to each other as “brother” or “sister” in full. Those occasions are when you want to fuck with people, and there’s a specific Voice you use when you do it. Anyone who has That Kind of sibling relationship can back me up here.
For those wondering what the Voice in question is, there are actually several recognised variants, including (but not limited to):
The eerie singsong “hello, brother/sister~” when you want people to think you’re in some sort of cult
The bombastic, Viking warrior style “well met, brother/sister!” when you want to give notice that you’re about to do something stupid
The conspicuously formal “yes, dearest brother/sister?” when you want folks to think you’re Up To Something™ (but may or may not be planning anything in particular)
The cold, mechanical “greetings, brother/sister” when you’re acting like robots because of a specific in-joke which you will never explain
• The super sarcastic “Yes brother/sister,” which rivals “yes mum,” in it’s bitterness and mockery
Me when I want my brother to do a favor for me that I can easily do myself: “Dear brother? Best brother in the world? Dearest brother?”
Scalding hot take apparently: if a demographic says “I don’t feel safe in the cisgendered heterosexual society, I need space in the LGBT community” and you say “I’m sorry, you’re not oppressed enough, get out” you’re a fucking asshole.
What this post is about;
Ace/aro people getting called “cishet”
Bisexuals getting called “straight passing”
Straight trans people getting told they’re not oppressed
I got stuck trying to advance in Bloodborne because I saw the sign on a door that said “HUNTERS STAY OUT NOTHING FOR YOU HERE” and I said “okay then there must be somewhere else I’m supposed to go” and then I left
