But what can I reasonably do but assume? Certainly not ask Al, for why should I expect a reliable answer? Al has nothing but memory to say whether anything changed, and in the case that Al’s feelings aren’t accurate to the original why should the memories of feelings be any different? I don’t even trust my own memories of feelings, and I was never once resurrected with a copy of unknown providence and fidelity.

I think the fact that the A.I. Formed from his brain is trans was a big tell, I binge read the comic tho.

male and female aren’t the only options. he clearly struggled with masculinity in the past, feeling that it conflicted with his attraction to brendan while also desperately clinging to his projection of it for a sense of safety while existing in the outside world (and probably this was something he learned to do as a child, to be safer in his own home).

I’m full of so many emotions – this climax is spectacular. Thank you for your amazing storytelling, Blue – and thank you for your courage, Al.

Yup, one of my favorite aspects of the way Sulla’s mind was conceived in relation to Al’s entire deal is how it deftly skirts the complicated issue of genetics vs. nurture wrt queerness in order to focus more on this specific instance. Clever, eh?