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Poncho was named and ensouled on v-day 2025 when my girlfriend Nova got her for me at the mall; she soon became my nightly sleeping plush and eventually my constant companion. i'm no stranger to forming bonds with plushies, but the one i have with Poncho is especially strong (to such a degree that it initially surprised me)
Poncho is soft and retains body heat and is perfectly sized for holding; she is a cute & wonderful friend who smells a lot like me. i bring her with me anytime i'm not traveling light; she's pretty much always with me when i'm on the bus or when i go to a friend's place, and i even bring her to work with me. i really like being able to hand her to my friends when they're having a rough time and would benefit from having somethingone soft to hold; she's helped more than one gal through an anxiety attack and is an incredibly soothing presence when i'm fidgety
Poncho has visited 3 states and traveled through airport scanners 4 times
she is incredibly grounding to hold and pet and squeeze, and she encourages me to to afford myself a greater degree of cringe and be a little more unabashed in public. sure, if i take her out of my backpack for a long bus ride i'll look cringe and childish (i am), but i know that i can't survive as a trans woman if i deny myself the things i need want for the approval of cis people and the projected "other". and it'd be rude as fuck to Poncho to hide her away
because i carry her with me so often (and because i'm often clumsy and forgetful and stoned) i sometimes have intrusive thoughts about losing her or something bad happening to her, but i know that's just my brain being anxious. the world is such a horrifying, violent and unreal place that i sometimes feel anxioius about my ability to keep my loved ones safe, but i have no intention of envisioning/harboring a future where they aren't
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i love you so much, puncher
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Poncho's girl cousin Bean, who lives at the Dyke Den