For me the praising aspect is definitely linked to my deep need for validation and smth smth interacted with my internalized transphobia smth smth being able to be ‘soft’ despite trauma inflicted hyper-independence. Also I was big into collars but idk about that one

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idk but it makes t4t easy since I like petting people

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I mean for me as a trans woman when I was presenting masc it was like I was assumed a sexual threat unless proven otherwise. But being puppy coded/bottomy and largely either nonsexual or just kindly flirty is really calming and eases some of the pain of that time. It’s like I’m not inherently sexualized anymore and I like to lean into that and be cute n stuff

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I genuinely have no fucking idea I just gained it via osmosis from other trans people. Probably just like a cultural thing?

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genuinely idk i was teased enough and given pets and people realized “wtf why r u puppy coded” and i responded IDFK LMAO

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Dysphoria is fucking exhausting not to mention trying to conform to societal expectations I just need to turn my brain off and never think again 😭😭😭

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As someone who plays the owner role in these situations it alleviates the dysphoria i usually have around sex. I get to be fully clothed and in control of what happens with my body while completely satisfying someone and it’s just the best for me

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starting hrt, and the second puberty that comes with it, reopens your mind to developing new kinks. because of how prolific petplay stuff is in online trans culture, i think a lot of people subconscious absorb it in that formative period and it becomes ingrained

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they don’t see us as human, why should we act like one?

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My best friend and I roleplayed as wolves and animals when we were kids and that part of me just never went away and here we are 💔 sometimes I’m a puppy n sometimes I’m a kitty depending on how I feel lol

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