Courtney (she/her/they)

Hello lovelies, I am a (trans)Woman who is still in the process of discovering herself!

I have been working up the courage to be who I am for so long, I am excited to be figuring things out.

Pre-HRT, pre-fashion-sense, and pre-confidence.

Any and all tips and advice from more experienced women are welcome!

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Cake day: April 10th, 2026

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  • I would argue Sheppard did NOT talk someone into killing themselves.

    He presented the facts, the man made his own choice, and made sure his remaining life would actually help someone else.

    I would have done the same in his place. I might not have used nanites on a mother just to ensure she helps, but I would absolutely have offered up myself as a snack if my family were now effectively dead and I was the only person around who doesn’t have any more reason to keep going. The fact he was doing everything for his own kid makes it understandable, if not okay.





  • The grass roots aren’t the issue, Without seeing a 360° view, we don’t know how close the nearest tree is. Some tree roots grow quite a ways to the sides, and can be hiding just under the soil.

    For my last house, I dug about 6 inches down, and put a layer of gravel to fill up to the ground level. Pea gravel on bottom 3 inches and larger inch or so gravel on top. Then spaced the bottom ring so there was about 1.5-2in of space for air to flow in.

    I also tried covering the inside of the stones I used with leftover high temp cement from making a blacksmithing forge, but it didn’t adhere well to the stone and flaked off after a couple uses. it would probably do better on concrete retaining wall slabs.

    I built it to last, for sure. But I wouldn’t say I over-built it.

    This kind of ring in OPs pic is probably fine for their purposes, but it’s always good to be aware of things like root fires.