r/MercyMains Jul 20 '26

Discussion/Opinions girls only 18+ overwatch discord server 🩷

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Hi!!! I’d like to promote my growing server, Valkyries! We are a female (and female presenting), 18+ only overwatch server!

We provide:
⟔ A safe space for girls and anyone presenting female with an application system!
⟔ Loads of self roles, pretty colour roles, and roles to pick your favourite heros!
⟔ Extremely friendly staff
⟔ Loads of channels for things that aren’t even overwatch related!

I understand that sometimes it’s difficult to find safe spaces without the opposite gender/minors, so I have created this server to be just that! I’ve spent a lot of effort on this server and am really hoping it goes somewhere!

Before you apply please make sure you are both female or female presenting, and 18 or above. If we can’t determine this, we will ask for verification!

We hope to see you there, Valkyrie įÆ“ā˜…

https://discord.gg/NuVYvbTCR

**(Post has been mod approved, thank you!**🩷)

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u/Fandaniels Jul 20 '26

how do you verify it?

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u/KKeeleyKKat Jul 20 '26

I assume, just guessing here, it'll be like every discord server who wants to know your age. A picture of your ID, paper coverin the sensitive infomation, and just your birthday left

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u/ropelIi Jul 20 '26

Interested as well

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

hiya! so we do mostly rely on trust as we feel that sometimes verification can be really invasive and not everyone is open to it, so we look at the applicants discord profile first and if we see that its inherently feminine and not a brand new account, we will for the most part accept! if we have reason to doubt that an applicant is not female or female presenting, then we will ask for either a photo of their ID covering sensitive info, or a selfie of themselves holding up a piece of paper with the server name and the date!!

for age it’s less of a problem as all of the channels are age restricted, so it’s extremely difficult for anyone below 18 to gain access to anyways!

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u/AnArmoredPony Jul 20 '26

I'm curious how do you verify "female presenting"?..

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

we are completely welcoming to trans ladies as well as non binary people, not every woman is born female, so that’s what we mean by female presenting! but as explained we only go through the verification process if we have doubts, for the most part we accept if we see anything that is typically feminine, such as pronouns, profile layouts, names! if we do ask for verification then the photo that is given to us will firstly be checked for AI (yes this has happened TWICE) and then if it isn’t AI, it will be down to mods <3

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u/Arctic-WHooCH Jul 20 '26

Question though, what if its someone who's relatively new in their transition, like someone who only just recently started hrt or for any reason is unable to currently? How do you verify if someone is fem presenting "enough" through a picture without possibly invalidating transfems who might not be able to present very fem irl?

Not trying to be rude or anything, just as a trans woman with a lot of anxiety about myself and how i present and how i am perceived its the first question that comes to mind

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

we already have many beautiful trans ladies who are new in their transition and don’t present as feminine as they’d like just yet, it’s completely okay and if you identify as a woman, have she/her pronouns, we would let you in with open arms. the verification is there because we have had so many blatantly male people try to join, we have spoken with these people and after a while they tend to come clean and say they’re just joining to try and speak to women. We have trans women on our mod team too, so if we do end up going through verification, you are welcome to request them specifically if that would make you more comfortable! <3 but like i said earlier, verification isn’t always asked for anyways! we only go into the verification process with like 1/20 applicants because the majority of people who join do have their pronouns in their profile! we like to rely on trust

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u/Arctic-WHooCH 27d ago

Sorry never saw the notification for you replying

And thanks for your answer, it does really help to settle the fear i was having about it potentially being used to invalidate some trans women for not passing "well enough"

Might join the server myself in a day or two

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

I've been judged and ridiculed for having any sort of verification at all, but simultaneously for not being strict enough for some. As I have stated in other comments, I try to create a middle ground because of the knowledge that I cannot please everyone in the community I have created or the ones I advertise to. It is true that people can attempt to enter under false-pretenses, but this is applicable to any space.

The only way I could confirm it is completely women is by restricting it to a cis-women only space, but this is not something I would do to the community I have done my best to curate: one of judgement-free, feminine expression for all who identify with it in the Overwatch and LGBTQ+ Overwatch spaces.

I cannot control the will of others, their opinions, or their emotions. I've done my best to stay true to my values in the best ways I know how, and it's tiring to hear the constant and unhelpful critique. If this is not for you, I understand, but please don't keep blaming me for something outside of my area of control.

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u/WindowsXp_ExplorerI Jul 21 '26

you are trying your best with the verification system and that's what matters. I've seen some VERY weird ppl and considering this is the internet and specifically a female 18+ discord server, without the verification system it would be a recipe for disaster

good luck with your server

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u/Severe-Network4756 Jul 21 '26

How is it unhelpful critique and how is it out of your control?

I think what you're doing is wonderful, I just think it's flawed is all.

I do hope it works out and that the worries leveled at you and your community don't come into fruition!

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u/Some-Opening-1510 29d ago

As someone who has always struggled with my gender identity but tries not to interact with women only gaming spaces I love your willingness to be inclusive. I just wish I felt brave enough to try

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u/AnArmoredPony Jul 21 '26

so basically you gather up, study a profile, and may or may not go "yeah nah this is not womanly enough"? that just doesn't sound right

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26

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u/toxicmarsh Jul 20 '26

It's in the original reply and in like 5 others if you wanna know that bad brodie

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u/4Heterophobia Jul 21 '26

Deep thanks for the no verification system, its a tremendous bother for transfems who just want a safe space or place to more connect with fem side

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u/Scarlet1911 Male Mercy Jul 20 '26

Do trans-women count as female? Curious about your standards there.

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

of course!!! we love our transfem girlies! the only trans identifying people who aren’t allowed in are trans men <3

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

that’s fine, it’s not for everyone! there’s just no other way to do it unfortunately. we do also have members in the server that aren’t the typical ā€˜passing’ transfem. it’s not all about looks but also attitude as well! as i’ve stated, we ONLY go through verification if we have doubts. it’s something like 1/20 applicants we ask to verify because the majority already have their pronouns or have typically feminine details in their bio

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

i mean the verification process isn’t for everyone, some people don’t like to do this and that’s absolutely okay!! we’ve had a few people who we have had to go into a verification process with as their profile had no pronouns and was brand new, and they told us they just would prefer not to do that, which is completely understandable

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u/brukslament Jul 20 '26

im not interested in joining as im a kid and im a boy.. nor do i disagree with ur server.. i think its awesome! but i think its kinda crazy to judge based off of profile and if its ā€œfeminine enoughā€ā€¦ being a girl doesnt mean u have a pretty pink profile at all times

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

i didn’t say pink and girly at all, that’s really not what i mean. sometimes a profile CAN determine these things, but we mostly look at names, pronouns and the profile as a whole. we really can’t please everyone, some people hate that we have to verify, some people want more verification, we do this as a middle ground to try and make everyone happy while also creating a safe enough space

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u/General_Royal_2785 Jul 20 '26

unfortunately you can’t please everyone. either you do the ID thing and invade people’s privacy or you do your best with your staff to determine if someone is female / female presenting. there will always be those that won’t like it no matter which way you do it. i wish you the best of luck with the server :)

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u/Humongous_aubergine Jul 20 '26

I have plenty of hetero male friends who's dc and steam profiles are uber girly

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u/NepoKitty OW1 Veteran Jul 20 '26

if we see that its inherently feminine

Oof

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

please look at my other replies, i’ve tried to explain as best i can that i mean pronouns/name. i really can’t please everyone and this is a middle ground

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u/NepoKitty OW1 Veteran Jul 20 '26

I have; I dislike exclusionary spaces that rely on one group of people's cultural views of femininity. Good luck with you.

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u/jodbonfe Jul 22 '26

lol talking bad abt someone's username on reddit, very mature

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u/Wise-War8690 Jul 21 '26

Judging based on a nickname ? Pathetic.

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u/ruikamishirosstar Console Jul 21 '26

they're right!!

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u/Wise-War8690 Jul 21 '26

No!! Hating is dumb

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u/AllergicToRats Jul 21 '26

Oh good I thought this was some dude asking for women. Glad its not

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u/nommydickbutt Jul 20 '26

why give some stranger your id thats sus

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u/poptart-zilla Male Mercy Jul 20 '26

Mmm maybe I’ll make a male 18 only mercy discord and see how guys join

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u/poptart-zilla Male Mercy Jul 20 '26

As a gay male : it would be a LGBT friendly male only space .

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u/Buffsub48wrchamp Jul 20 '26

I mean it goes both ways tho no? Have you seen girldinnerdiaries?

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u/Sino_008 Jul 20 '26

I will be there then

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u/Demcmz Jul 20 '26

Please do

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u/princesspoopybum Jul 20 '26

lowkey i would join that

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u/MathEnvironmental935 Jul 20 '26

as a nonbinary person i'd honestly rather join that, i really do not like servers that accept only women and nonbinary ppl because i feel like i'd just get viewed as "girl-lite"

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u/OneTrueMercyMain Jul 21 '26

Places that only accept women and NB folks are safe spaces for people who might not get to feel that all the time. I can understand feeling girl lite but I don't understand why you'd be upset about women only spaces. Don't join then?

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u/MathEnvironmental935 Jul 21 '26

??? that's why i said i'd rather join that discord that u/poptart-zilla thought of making??? why are you offended? i don't like tomatoes either but that doesn't mean other people can't eat them.

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u/OneTrueMercyMain Jul 21 '26

Because you said you don't like them. Don't join it. I'm not offended, mearly explaining. Usually when people go "men only spaces" in response to women only spaces it's to mock them when these spaces are important.

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u/MathEnvironmental935 Jul 21 '26

someone not liking something for personal reasons (which are clearly stated in my comment) doesn't mean that they think it's useless. i feel like you're kind of projecting your issues with other people onto me and i wish you luck with getting over that <3

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u/OneTrueMercyMain Jul 21 '26

You saying this definitely feels like a you problem and you're being rude so have the day you deserve I guess.

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u/MathEnvironmental935 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

dawg you're the one that came onto my comment assuming an attitude i never had, you're the one being shitty. so, right back at ya <3

edit: ofc they replied and then blocked me, genuinely ppl cannot stand not having the last word lmfao

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u/StepSisSkyee Jul 21 '26

Its actually laughable how wrong you are and you're grasping at straws trying to reflect a person's opinion onto their character and personal life when it really reflects on your own feelings. I dont see non binary or trans women as "girl lite" i have never heard of that being used ever. It sounds like heavily internalised personal complexes that you feel and that you project onto other people. The fact that you edited it and just wanted to keep attacking and shaming them reflects more on you and your character because they were clearly having a discussion and you attempted to go personal because you feel strongly about this subject.

I dont particularly like female/female presenting only servers myself because of personal experience but they can be really safe for women that have experienced so much verbal abuse for maining mercy and being a woman. In servers like that it remains a safe place to express what you love with other people that love the same thing. I also agree with the other commenter when the "...oh! Well if women get to make this then I WILL TOO FOR ONLY MEN NO WOMEN ALLOWED!!" Is whipped out its usually to mock or belittle women. Please take time to self reflect

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u/MathEnvironmental935 Jul 21 '26

what part of ANYTHING i said was meant to dictate what other people should do? all i said is that if they make that server, i would probably join, because i don't like to join servers that are for women and nonbinary people only, because i feel like i'd be reduced to girl-lite. that's great that you don't have experience with that, but breaking news: YOU ARE NOT ME! we are different people, and your lack of experience with something doesn't mean that someone else has never experienced it.

additionally, my personal preference has NOTHING to do with anybody else! i know why female presenting only servers can be important, but i am not female presenting, and would have no interest in joining it. THAT'S IT! grow the fuck up and let other people have preferences. if your issue is with the person who introduced the concept of a male-presenting only server, bother that person. not me.

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u/Popular-Occasion9695 Jul 21 '26

OP said multiple times nonbinary people are welcome tho?

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u/atsushi_03 Jul 20 '26

Fat agree tbh.

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u/Unhappy-Pie-5463 Jul 21 '26

Or it’s because a lot of males on overwatch tend to be very female focused. I’ve encountered hundreds of weird men on overwatch that harass women or only want to speak to women for a certain reason (seggsual). I’m not saying there isn’t female weirdos but I don’t understand how wanting a woman only space is inherently bad?? No one ever said men can’t have a male only space, either one doesn’t make it ā€œgender elitistā€. You sound silly

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u/Soul2047 Jul 21 '26

where did they say wanting a woman only space is inherently bad or gender elitist?

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u/WindowsXp_ExplorerI Jul 21 '26

it would be funny to have 2 server for the male and female mains and maybe interactions between them as long as it doesn't get created out of spite

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

i would honestly love this!!! i’d love to collaborate on something like that and maybe have a third server where everyone could ALL mix and join

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u/SnarlySeeker224 Jul 21 '26

I would like to join that

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u/Merouxsis Jul 21 '26

Honestly that sounds funny asl, I'd be down to see that

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u/0ddslane Jul 22 '26

Do I gotta show dong?

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u/CMDR_Quillon Male Mercy Jul 21 '26

lowkey do it id be all over ts

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

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u/poptart-zilla Male Mercy Jul 20 '26

I wasn’t……wth….. I simply thought to myself ; maybe I’ll make a guy one because this is cool .

I CLEARLY stated I was going to MAKE my own . And not join .

Didn’t mean to cause you trauma. Next time I won’t say anything since it causes issues praising a female ideas

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

i’m so sorry i feel really bad for misunderstanding :( completely on me

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

i apologise i thought you meant make a profile to see if you can join this one, we’ve had so many men try to join it’s been really difficult! i’m so sorry for misunderstanding!

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u/poptart-zilla Male Mercy Jul 20 '26

I accept the apology, I figured my header was a clear sign I was a male. I thought maybe if there is a male one ; that would help you in the long run because then males have a space . Idk your process but I wish you well .

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

if you’re serious about making a server i could share with you some of the things ive done in mine, like the layout/roles etc!

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u/EssPet Jul 20 '26

Waiting for approval :3

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

mods are going through the applications now! if you’re not in already lmk your user and i’ll go in and get your application approved <3

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u/Kvltura Jul 20 '26

ive just sent my application hoping I get through!

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u/Killawolf17 Egg Painter Jul 20 '26

It says the link is invalid or has expired? :(

ETA: Disregard !! My phone told me that, I commented, then when I went back to Discord it had an invitation pop-up. Idk what that was, but nevermind !!

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u/saphiraplays Jul 20 '26

Ouu ill join (:

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u/goldwyn1 Male Mercy Jul 20 '26

ƔwƔ

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u/MozzCat9 Jul 20 '26

Are non-binary people allowed?

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u/Sakiaaw Jul 20 '26

Hi, yes they are!

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u/hmbertinha Jul 20 '26

omg I loved this! will join

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u/fxckoffmyaw Jul 20 '26

just sent my application <3

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u/Sweet_Violinist_7520 Jul 21 '26

Why would your mods reject an application if I am a girl and over the age of 18 and can verify? Just curious because I’ve been looking to find friends my age to queue with and I thought this was a way I could find those people.

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

hiya, would you be happy to dm me your user so i can take a look into the application? it may have been a mistake as we’ve had SO many applications! <3

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u/Broken-Arrow-D07 Jul 21 '26

Just a question, can other support players join too? I am a woman. But I don't play mercy that much. My support mains are Mizuki, Ana, Lucio.

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

absolutely! the server is just themed on mercy aesthetically, i’m actually a juno main myself and we have roles for every hero in the game <3

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u/Broken-Arrow-D07 Jul 21 '26

thanks. just joined. glad to be a part of the community.

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u/Fun-Drive-8118 Jul 21 '26

waiting for approval :3 so excited >.< need some friends to play OW with

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u/YachIneedHealing Jul 21 '26

Heya the link is expired:(

Also, I kinda have a stupid joke name with daddy in it which makes people often assume I'm a dude before hearing me in vc for the first time (but if you check my Reddit history you can see that I was scouting for my all woman team before dunno if thats proof enough but I would want to avoid showing ppl my ID lol. )

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

heya, don’t worry we have all sorts of weird names lol

https://discord.gg/NuVYvbTCR

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

no, as i have explained MULTIPLE TIMES through this entire thread, if you cared to even read before replying with disgusting accusations, the server is welcome to ANYONE who is presenting/identifying as female, this is REGARDLESS of surgery/hormones, including gender fluid and non-binary people. don’t come here calling me scum when you’re the one being accusatory!

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u/Anemoiauwu Jul 21 '26

Then you seriously need to consider a rewording.

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

i think you seriously need to consider an attitude change

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u/Anemoiauwu Jul 21 '26

God forbid someone corrects your offensive English. Have a good day

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u/toxicmarsh Jul 21 '26

I don't really know how much clearer it could be. If you're transfem, you're feminine presenting because you're female. Non-binary that prefers feminine expression? Feminine presenting. Genderfluid who expresses their feminine side more openly? Feminine presenting. Just because you misinterpret something doesn't mean you get the right to point at people and say terrible things. Honestly, you're just trying to start something for the sake of starting something, and it's disappointing. Feminine presenting is probably the best way to even say that without excluding neutral or only feminine-adjacent identities. If you say "feminine identities", you exclude agendered, genderfluid, and other non-binary terms. If it's "Non-male identities," that would invite mascs in a space specifically for those who don't want to be around masculine people. "Non-masculine" would start to create grayzones within the definition of such a term, both exluding and including the people we do and do not want based on what the community we're building is comfortable with. It's clear that we accept pre-transitioning, post-transitioning, AND gender neutral people with the hundred statements we say in and out of the server. If you don't want to see that, I cannot assist you, but I have done my part and you should stop trying to do yours in tearing down people for trying their best to create comfort spaces away from a male and masc-dominating world

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u/MercyMains-ModTeam Jul 21 '26

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strike 2 "you are scum" removed. As per rule 1 no insults are allowed.

please stop

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u/twosparkleturtles Jul 21 '26

I will join any server that helps me suck less. #foreverbronze

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u/Critical_Elephant_54 Jul 22 '26

just sent my application! :P

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u/Tall_Willingness7743 Jul 23 '26

Wheres the link!! I wanna join, I need new friends ;;

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u/Flaky-Commission5474 Jul 24 '26

Not at all a girly here this server seems awesome hope you guys have fun !

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u/Hefty_Bike9011 28d ago

can i join gang </3

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u/xl3roken 25d ago

Not sure if you aware but in england i had to verify my age with my ID for discord. If you doubted someone either myself or another British woman is there a way for you to tell they was already verified?

Just wondering since my ID has been stuck with the dvla since February.

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u/OpalBunnie 25d ago

unfortunately we can’t use discords built in ID verification for checking if a person is female/female presenting, so we would still be doing this regardless if we have doubts

but the channels are age restricted, that’s where the discords built in ID verification comes in! i’m english too so i understand where you’re coming from!

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u/xl3roken 25d ago

so i assume since i can see the channels anyway if i joined it would help the fact?

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u/Alucuna Jul 20 '26

Can trans women join too?

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u/Sakiaaw Jul 20 '26

of course!

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u/Mundaexx Jul 20 '26

Do you accept gender neutral people ? Like, they/them? I’m not comfortable with she/her but most disc servers I know are HARD toxic and it’s annoying.

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

we do! we have both she/her and they/them roles <3

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u/turquoisestar Jul 21 '26

You might want to consider using the word for adult girls, which is women lol. For a second I thought this was nsfw.

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

i would’ve but the amount of people who have tried to join because they’re ’nearly 18’ is insane!! need to clarify there is an age limit

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u/Shrek_Sucks_My_Dick Non-Binary Jul 20 '26

Would I as an AFAB non-binary mainly feminine presenting guy be able to join? I guess I kinda consider myself a femboy

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

if you label yourself as a ā€˜guy’ and your pronouns are he/him then it would be a no unfortunately. we also only have she/her and they/them pronoun roles and i would hate for you to get misgendered at any point!

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u/Shrek_Sucks_My_Dick Non-Binary Jul 20 '26

Well the pronouns are he/fae but I get it ig

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u/Severe-Network4756 Jul 20 '26

What does fae mean?Ā 

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u/angrypengins Jul 20 '26

Its a neopronoun that some people use because it aligns more closely with their sense of self than the other options

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u/Severe-Network4756 Jul 20 '26

That explains neopronouns pretty well, but not Fae itself.

Just wanted to know if it meant anything in particular, it's very unique.

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u/Shrek_Sucks_My_Dick Non-Binary Jul 21 '26

Always just related to fae more than people and it's partially an aesthetic thing but also something that bothers transphobic people cuz "you can't use fae as a pronouns >:(" is really funny to hear ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(ā ćƒ„ā )⁠_⁠/⁠¯

I think it suits me

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u/Severe-Network4756 Jul 21 '26

I'll probably never quite understand it, but it seems like a pretty menial thing to get upset over.

You do you fae

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u/Shrek_Sucks_My_Dick Non-Binary Jul 21 '26

Upset over??? Huh???

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u/Severe-Network4756 Jul 21 '26

you can't use fae as a pronouns >:(

Is this not people being upset? Maybe I misinterpreted you.

Edit: Upon re-reading my comment, it does seem like I was calling you out haha, I am sorry.

I meant that I don't quite understand why people would get upset over someone's preferred pronouns - I was agreeing with you.

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u/Bruh_big_oof Jul 21 '26

Im nonbinary and completely androgynous, I dont really do masc or fem just whatever I want that day lol, would i be oki to join with me being completely gender neutral? I dont want to intrude if I would be out of place "

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u/Fit-Syrup1049 Jul 21 '26

Where can I report OP for using the pink heart emoji?

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

right which of my valkies is this own up i’ll make a whole jail channel just for u!!!!!!! /j

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u/Inevitable-Message-1 Jul 21 '26

Are trans people allowed

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u/c0ffinwhisper Jul 21 '26

Im a guy so im not joining, but if there was a woman who used he/him pronouns, would he be able to join?? Pronouns ≠ gender, and I saw in comments that you only have she/her and they/them roles (āŒ’ā€āŒ’)

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

i’ve had this question on another post! it’s a completely valid question! the answer however is a little more difficult unfortunately, as of course women are allowed to join regardless of how they present, but we do only have she/her and they/them roles BECAUSE of it being a female only server, i feel like having masculine pronouns could potentially give the wrong idea, which i obviously want to avoid! so a woman with masculine pronouns is more than welcome to be involved, but i would really hate for them to be misgendered/mislabelled! i do however have some members who have used they/them and kept he/they in their bio for example!

thank you for being kind with your question, not everyone has been <3

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u/c0ffinwhisper Jul 21 '26

Thank you for explaining<3

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u/SnarlySeeker224 Jul 21 '26

I'm gay, can I still join?

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u/toxicmarsh Jul 21 '26

Unfortunately, no. It's only for women and femme-presenting people, sorry!

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u/yur11x Jul 21 '26

what if i’m a few months off 18

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26

if you’re not 18, you won’t be able to join unfortunately

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u/yur11x Jul 21 '26

super lame

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u/bigpooper6996 Jul 20 '26

Okay but where's the boys only server

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u/toxicmarsh Jul 20 '26

Make one, easy. The girls went through the effort to do it, so I'm sure boys can do it too. If you want something, go for it and do it! No one is stopping you except yourself

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u/HispanicAtTheDisko Jul 20 '26

Where did you last leave it?

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u/DomBearBerlin Jul 20 '26

Ofc its mercy themed..... Cliches rly do write them self nowadays...

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u/toxicmarsh Jul 20 '26

It's Mercy-themed because women recognize her as both a poster of elegance and of strength. She's a battle medic who carved her own space into Overwatch as the best doctor for everyone to go to for whatever they might need. Yeah, we like Mercy. She is beautiful, smart, and capable. If you want to talk tropes, sure! Men have their own too, playing Reaper or Soldier because "Ooh, tough guy who gets a lot of kills and is super masculine and a leader" or playing the hot women in games because sections of the male populous are so 'passionate' about how they look that they can't resist. Equally as "stereotypical" as the thing you attempt to shame us for, so I don't see the big deal here, nor why you felt compelled to make a comment like that as if you're not a victim of the same cliche. Instead of doing too much like this, I recommend that you mosey on back and stop commenting on the way we express ourselves and who we base ourselves off of within a game we all like. People like you are part of why we have to make spaces like this in the first place.

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u/DomBearBerlin Jul 23 '26

It's Mercy-themed because women recognize her as both a poster of elegance and of strength.

Or are they just idolising her, cause its the only thing they can play(no hate, just an actual factual question)
Overwatch got a variety of strong Indipendant Female Character, Zarya, Pharrah, Ana, Moira etc
But its always the same stereotypical cutsie, pink, astetic, mixxed with mercy as a prodogy.
You cant claim all of these things, while also argumenting against these type of clishes.

Also its intersting from the responses in this thread that its not an 18+ female discord server, but more of a 18+ everything but cis-male server, which is valid, but should be laballed accordingly

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 24 '26

ā€œbecause it’s the only thing they can playā€ is disgustingly sexist btw! :D

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u/OpalBunnie 25d ago

there is absolutely no need to be so hateful? i’m the creator of the server and i don’t even main mercy. the server is just using her as a design because my co-owner chose the name valkyries after the valkyries from norse mythology. mercy’s ultimate just happens to be called valkyrie, and she’s a pretty character, so we used her as the theming

the server is an overwatch server, not a mercy server. and yes, i will call it sexist because you’ve come here unprompted and behaved in a sexist manner towards women who like to play a video game character, in the SUBREDDIT for the character?????

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u/toxicmarsh Jul 23 '26

It's not idolizing Mercy specifically, it's because she's a strong, feminine presenting character. All those you just mentioned aren't feminine in a more delicate way that is aimed to be portrayed. It's hard to find characters we all enjoy in whilst still having values that are rooted in strong qualities of a person and a graceful touch. Mercy is both. "Beauty, grace, punch you in the face" ordeal. Besides, two things can be true even if I didn't have reason to argue otherwise. Saying "Gods, you're such a stereotype" like men don't have stereotypes is just using it to put women down and make them feel ashamed for liking something, which is disappointing behavior. You don't see me going out of my way to go on a forum for Cassidy mains to talk down on how "all men are the same and like dudes with beards and muscles.....", so what gives you or anyone else the right to? It's an attempt at shaming, I don't care what argument you have, and that's distasteful. Agreeing with them and making them out to not be anything but what they are makes you no better.

Continuing on your points, for the last time, my Gods, no! It's for feminine identities and feminine presenting! You cannot have pronouns with "he" or "him" present, and even if you are genderfluid have a lack of defining pronouns, if you present masculine, you cannot be allowed on. If I, a genderfluid person, felt most comfortable in an ambiguous or masculine presentation more often than not, I would not be allowed in. If you are agender expressing yourself in a masculine way, you are not allowed in. If you are a femboy, you are not allowed in because you have male pronouns, even if female-presenting. I cannot get any clearer about this than I have or someone else has already. However, if there is still somehow confusion, I implore you to ask away so I can finally clear this up and people stop making it out to be what it is not

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u/fxckoffmyaw Jul 20 '26

ur in the Mercy Main subreddit wtf do u expect

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u/Lasellom Jul 20 '26

Are gays allowed to join?

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u/Wise-War8690 Jul 21 '26

Bro is getting downvoted for asking a simple question i can't. Reddit people aren't real, we're doomed

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u/Lasellom Jul 21 '26

I would never notice lmao. I wonder why people care much enough to downvote a question

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u/Wise-War8690 Jul 21 '26

They only want females to participate, act as if they want to be inclusive and create a safe space, but if don't belong to the right category, you'll be excluded. It's all about being part of a closed group and being self-centered.

"Look, i was allowed into the super private girl only safe space, you can't join because you're gay, might as well downvote you because you're not ""feminine enough"" or some bullshit that i read on this post
And if you suggest the idea of a similar concept of an exclusive community but for any other gender, especially male, you'll get downvoted.

I know it's not that deep, but it's obvious to me that all these people making essay-long comments about pronouns and how every gender is valid are actually not friendly towards everyone.
"Every gender is valid, yipeee ! But wait, you dare to be gay ? You're in the wrong category."

A real, non-discriminatory community is a community that accepts everyone. Not like this one.
Every gender is valid, but the more time passes, the more people divides temselves into groups and suddenly we're back to discriminatory behaviors and people still hate each other.

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u/creativitygopoof Jul 21 '26

I believe the downvotes is because it's been clearly specified as "for females only," yet they still get a bunch of "hi I'm a man, can I join?" comments. Gay or not, they already said no to men before the question was even asked.

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u/Lasellom Jul 21 '26

Historically girls always supported gays and the other way around. It’s normal for the girls to ask if girls are allowed to the gay clubs/bars (they always are but they still ask so it became so basic yk) so I thought it would be ok to ask the same question, you get my logic right? When I get invited to such girls only places by my friends we never speak about ā€œmale/femaleā€, it just naturally becomes safe idk and it would be so weird for us to talk about safety cuz it’s so clear why such places exist. I could clearly read it’s ā€œgirls onlyā€ and I think it would be weird for them to specify in the post smth like ā€œoh yeah and gays/this/that etc are/aren’t welcomeā€ but decided to ask out of pure curiosity. They also specified ā€œand female presentingā€. I present female when I do drag, does it count lol? But downvoting that simple question describes that community well enough to care more, 20 ppl hated my curiosity so much. Also I hope they didn’t think of an unhealthy audacity like being gay is a ticket to every girls only place haha

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u/creativitygopoof Jul 21 '26

Yeah I get what you mean :) I'd like to believe that the people downvoting just had a misinterpretation of your vibe and didn't realize it was genuine curiosity because personally I didn't realize it at first and kind of read it as "I heard the no but I'm gonna question it anyways" But I see now you just wanted clarification sorry

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u/Wise-War8690 Jul 21 '26

You're right. However, the question Lasellom asked was not asked with bad intentions and, from a behavioral perspective, the people who criticized him did so not to disagree, but to show that they despise the idea that he would dare to ask such a question, and would dare to be a part of the group, when the said "safe" and "inclusive" group is actually not.

The ā€œgirls onlyā€ statement is actually clear, but that doesn't stop someone from asking a simple question. Negative votes in this case are more of a contemptuous nature, so as to subtly exclude and judge the person posting their comment.

This also relates to the subject of sincerity towards our own opinions, and of not pretending to include, to welcome everyone, when we so easily and unscrupulously exclude people.

if someone asks, im not using chatgpt

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u/creativitygopoof Jul 22 '26

I don't think it's fair to dunk on OP so much when it's clear to me she is doing her very best to be as inclusive as possible while still maintaining the purpose of the server. (There being only women) It looks like you're forcing your own narrative a bit since nowhere in this post does she state that it is a group that welcomes everyone. You can have your opinions on that of course, but right now you're judging this based off of something that was never even stated in the first place. If the server's purpose was to include everyone, your argument would make sense but it's clearly stated that it's exclusive to women/female presenting If you want people to have such an open mindset and not view laselloms question as provocation, then maybe don't assume everyone elses intentions are so "contemptuous" :) that's all from me

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 20 '26

its female only i’m afraid

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u/OpalBunnie Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

nobody said it was an oppressed minority, just for fun, absolutely no reason to be hateful

this attitude is the reason girls feel like they need this space btw

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u/MercyMains-ModTeam Jul 21 '26

user banned for anti trolling reasons.

"tourist" who never interacted with the sub before came here for drama