remember to take your hrt or troll hrt :)
that was how it was explained to me by my friend who is a trans troll.... maybe it wasnt accurate but they werent rude about describing it >:T i wanna learn but the idea of talking to you more is frustrating :(
IT'S rEAlLy not Much DifFERENT ThAn mAmmALiAn HRT, HAVINg STudied BOtH FOR ONE REaSoN oR ANOTHeR. wE May be INsEcToId, BUT OUr bioLOgIeS StiLL Produce LeVels Of MAscuLinIZInG anD fEMiNizINg HormonEs IN vaRYIng LeVels tHAT NATUrALLY THat Give US ouR (UnNECeSSary, Imo) SEx ChARactERistiCs SO TroLLs WHo wIsH to HaVE differEnT sECONDaRY SEX cHarACteRISTIcs TAKE mEdicATIons wHICH ALtEr tHoSE hoRMONE levElS. i SuppOSe SOme TROlLs find thAT PHErOmoNES dO THe tricK, BuT IT WoULd tAkE LoNGEr Since oUR sPeCiES DoEsn'T nEcesSAriLY NEed tO mAIntain A GeNDER ratIO, it's FaR eAsIER JUsT tO TreAT ThE hORMONeS at THEIR BASE.
thank you for describing it nicely :) thats actually super duper interesting!! would there be any practical differences between using pheromones vs using actual hormones and hormone suppressants?? :D
WEll phEroMOnes in HuManOIds ARe sTrICTLY OLFaCToRY WIthout NECeSsArY EXTerNal rEceptORS, Which we'VE evoLVED out of NEEding AT LeaSt a dozen eMPeRial rEIGnS AgO. SO In rElyiNg ON PHEromones, YOu'Re RElYInG ON A BIoLOGIcaL IMPeRAtIve tHat //MAy// Be cOdEd iNtO US buT WhoSe biolOgical PUrPose iS lONg sINCE DEfuNCT sInCe we CAN Reproduce REGARDlESs OF A trOLls giveN sEx, BecAUsE there'S a tErTIarY RePROductIvE eLement (ThE moThEr gRUB). LiKe THoSE Fish wHO chaNge SEx WhEN THeRe ARE nO maLES Or feMalES present in a gIven scHOOl. It WoRks, SuRE. BUT THe pROcESs wOuld bE Slow, not OnlY bECAUSE IT iS a biOLogIcal pROcEsS NO lOnGeR EmpLoYed By THE sPEcIes AT larGe, buT aLso BEcAusE soCIAllY YOU WOuLD BE cONstanTlY sUrrouNDED bY TROlLS Of otHEr sexEs ReLeAsIng The COnflictING PheRoMoNEs. wHereAS By trEatINg The hoRmonAl DIfFEReNceS DIrEcTLy, yOU aRe CUtTIng Out THE risk of yoUr tranSitioN BEiNg IndIRectlY disRUpted. It's likE ReLYiNG on YouR wisdoM tEeth TO KEEP YouR TEeTH sTrAiGhT. IT migHT WOrk fOR some tRoLLs, bUt ThE pORTIon OF The pOPulaTIoN it wOuLd WoRK fOr is sO MINutE, I WOUlDN'T EVEn BotHer bringiNg it up aS a sUGgesTiON wHEN PREScriBing fOr sUcH THInGs.
PrAcTIcALly sPEAKiNG, i sUPPoSE, PherOMONES CoUlD AvOiD paiNFUl INjeCtIons. but tHe RISK oF failurE iN my OPiNion Far OUTWeighS thAt BeNEfiT, SincE TheRE aRE a PLetHorA OF OTheR meAnS FOr SUcCESsFul hRT APpLICaTIOn.
i know for a fact troll sex is determined by pheromones given off by their given lusus to have the trolls secondary sexual characteristics match their lusus but i didnt know trolls also gave off their own pheromones :0
//EVErY// lIVIng bEINg GIves oFF PHEROMOnes, MISS HarlEY. EVen pLANts haVe THEIR owN FORMS of PHErOMones.
well i mean yeah i more mean pheromones that determine something so significant in other trolls hehe :P
PHErOMOne seXINg ViA luSI Is AN IMPREciSe ThInG, MISs HarlEY. aND NoT aCTualLy aCcUrate TO EvERY TrolL iN eXISTENCE. AftER All, I'vE KNOWN mAnY a TROll aCROss My VASt LifesPAn WhoSE BiolOGiCaL SEX fRoM HATchING DID //NoT// mAtCh tHAt OF THEIR Lusi, AND wHile TheSe tRoLls Are GEneraLly cOnSIDEREd anOMaLOus, iT Is cERTaINLY noT UNHeARD oF. I woULD SaY iT'S faR mORE ACCUrAtE to SaY tHaT LuSi choOSE THEiR CHArGEs ViA pHeRoMOnes. OtHeRwISE, IF we tROllS WeRE so COMpLETeLY ReLiaNt oN sexinG VIA hormones, we WouLD BE in a CONSTant StaTE Of flUX WelL INto OUr AdULthoODs AS wE CAme inTo contacT WITh oTHER trOlls ANd THeIR LuSi. EspECiALlY YOUnG tRoLLS wiTHin oUr CItIES. ANd tROLls hAvE SENsEs OF GenDER ANd seXuaL difFeRENCes LONg BeFoRe tHEy UnDerGO pUBescEnt CHAnGEs. But YeS, iF yoU ATTemPT to uNdeRgo sEX alTeratIOn ViA PhErOmOnE AT A grown age, yOU //wILl// BE aFfEctED by thOse arOUnD YoU, bECAuSE YOU Are AtTEMpTing TO kIcK-StArT A seNSitive biOloGiCaL ProCess.
this is genuinely very interesting and i wanna hear as much as youre willing to tell :)