Tranny Spotters Guide
The Tranny community is wide and varied. From my five years in charge of The Angels internet group you get a feel for the basic tranny types. So here, to be taken with a large pinch of salt, are my observations of the various species of online Tranny. You may have spotted some of these yourself...
Ms Shy and Retiring - they tentatively join online groups, lurk for a while, then get spooked by something and delete their entire online presence never to return.
Ms Exothermic - They join and then proceed to explode onto the group with a flurry of posts before burning themselves out and vanishing.
Ms Seenit Doneit - Nothing is new, everything has been discussed before. They will even go to great lengths to drag out the urls or quotes of past discussions of the topic. Will often manage to strangle any new thread at birth.
Ms Demanding - Only ever post to ask for someone to make them look like a girl. Never make conversation. They own no clothes, makeup nor wig yet expect complete strangers to leap to their aid. In the rare cases that they actually arrange to meet someone they rarely go through with it.
Ms Cryptic - Posts infrequently, normally in capitals with no punctuation. Nobody really knows what the question is... Uses a keyboard that seems to have Caps Lock stuck down and some keys missing - writes things like "ANYONE IN LONDON 2MORROW" Often related to Ms Demanding.
Ms Drama Queen - Everything is a crisis, every criticism a personal attack. Always seems to be on a one-tranny crusade to shake up the TG Scene
Ms Tranny on the Edge - Seems to be permanently on the verge of jacking it all in and leaving the scene. A close relation of Ms Drama Queen they are racked by turmoil. Always have a pile of bin bags at hand for easy purging.
Ms Activist - Always fighting a cause - things like the Bounty adverts send them into apoplexy. Heaven help someone who posts something that goes against the "party line"
Ms Lurker - Joins an online group.... and..... erm.... well... lurks.
Ms Bungee - A relative of Ms Shy and Retiring - They join.. then leave.. then join.. then leave.. then join. Act like they have got their knicker elastic caught in the door.
There are more, but I shall save them for another time. If you want me, I shall be hiding inside a rather nice concrete bunker....
Ms Shy and Retiring - they tentatively join online groups, lurk for a while, then get spooked by something and delete their entire online presence never to return.
Ms Exothermic - They join and then proceed to explode onto the group with a flurry of posts before burning themselves out and vanishing.
Ms Seenit Doneit - Nothing is new, everything has been discussed before. They will even go to great lengths to drag out the urls or quotes of past discussions of the topic. Will often manage to strangle any new thread at birth.
Ms Demanding - Only ever post to ask for someone to make them look like a girl. Never make conversation. They own no clothes, makeup nor wig yet expect complete strangers to leap to their aid. In the rare cases that they actually arrange to meet someone they rarely go through with it.
Ms Cryptic - Posts infrequently, normally in capitals with no punctuation. Nobody really knows what the question is... Uses a keyboard that seems to have Caps Lock stuck down and some keys missing - writes things like "ANYONE IN LONDON 2MORROW" Often related to Ms Demanding.
Ms Drama Queen - Everything is a crisis, every criticism a personal attack. Always seems to be on a one-tranny crusade to shake up the TG Scene
Ms Tranny on the Edge - Seems to be permanently on the verge of jacking it all in and leaving the scene. A close relation of Ms Drama Queen they are racked by turmoil. Always have a pile of bin bags at hand for easy purging.
Ms Activist - Always fighting a cause - things like the Bounty adverts send them into apoplexy. Heaven help someone who posts something that goes against the "party line"
Ms Lurker - Joins an online group.... and..... erm.... well... lurks.
Ms Bungee - A relative of Ms Shy and Retiring - They join.. then leave.. then join.. then leave.. then join. Act like they have got their knicker elastic caught in the door.
There are more, but I shall save them for another time. If you want me, I shall be hiding inside a rather nice concrete bunker....






13 Comments:
At September 09, 2005 5:40 PM,
cyclic said…
I WISH I COULD BE AN ANGLE... NO I DON'T, YES I DO.... ack, what am I doing here!!!
Any makeup tips? Bye!
=)
(purposeful dubious spelling adds humor to comment - i think...)
Oh, and you missed this one:
"Trans-Atlantic Wannabe":
Lives in U.S., creates blog and posts pics to flickr to try and fit in with the cool kids. Wants to be an Angel but doesn't live in the UK. Gives up and goes back to her karaoke gig at Burkhart's.
At September 09, 2005 7:09 PM,
Rachel said…
Wow, Jo how uncannily true to life. Unfortunately I fit ALL THE CATEGORIES (unsticks keyboard) so I'm really confused, and that's before taking into account the trannie effect... P.S. Shall I copy and paste your entire blog entry into an Angel's post, just for a laff? :) Have a great time at Reparty50.
At September 09, 2005 7:12 PM,
Connie said…
Well guess I am a Tranny on the Edge...oh dear
At September 09, 2005 7:18 PM,
Miss K said…
You forgot Ms K: Hides away in second life and doesn't join anything.
Actually, I think I did join the Angels once.
At September 09, 2005 9:09 PM,
Aginoth said…
you also forgot...
Ms Piggy - Loud, Bossy and always in too elabarote a frock
btw Joanna, discovered today that your blog is blocked by my works so called suitable content firewall, very odd, and a little disturbing :o) , other T-blogs appear to be fine, what have you got in your earlier blogs that gets blocked, will have to read your archive to find out.
At September 09, 2005 9:28 PM,
Joanna said…
Thanks for all the suggestions... Hope I didn't offend anyone ;)
Aginoth.. I think that may be down to some of the content on my main site rather than the blog.. I guess they may find the captioned images objectionable maybe.... ;o)
At September 09, 2005 9:40 PM,
Lana said…
HMMMMM not sure where I fit, might have to wait for episode 2
At September 11, 2005 1:34 AM,
Chrissy Rogers said…
I rather suspect I'm Ms Exothermic...
At September 11, 2005 6:47 AM,
Stassa said…
Ouch. Yikes. Aie!
But you gotta find a couple "good" types to add, or people will think there's only annoying trannies.
At September 11, 2005 7:08 PM,
Emilygrae said…
there's Ms Nocturnal/Nightshift that can't relate to her local scene because for some ungodly reason they like to do things while the sun is shining, so to keep at least somewhat in touch she talks with trans in different timezones/hemisperes.
I'm a little bit her, which almost by default makes me a little bit of Katerines "Ms TransAtlantic Wannabe". All that and a little Ms Gothish, who has to put on even MORE eye-makeup to change from boy to girlmode.
At September 11, 2005 11:12 PM,
Charlotte said…
Oh bugger!
Joanna, sometimes reading these blogs is like reading a medical text book, you end convinced you are suffering from all of the ailments!
At September 15, 2005 7:11 PM,
Anonymous said…
Ms Mentalist - So wot chocolate bars dooo us girls like eating most when we're on our PLaystations? I'm doing Milky Way tonight err bit tipsy now etc.
At September 19, 2005 3:07 PM,
Stacey Dee Collins said…
Absolutely spot on Jo, they are all in the chatroom every day!
Could add:
Ms Instant TS - Never dressed at all until 2 months ago, now booked into see Uncle Russell and brown noses any other ts girls in the room.
Ms Mother Hen - A type of ts who usually claims (sometimes truthfully) to have been on the scene a while but is rarely seen out. Prefers to recruit a posse of ts wannabes who come visit her. Preys on Ms Instants and is scornful of tvs.
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