Ó╭╮Ò Transition anxiety is… something i know well. I knew i was trans at 19 but didn’t start my journey until 26. Al’s concerns are valid and familiar.
This page, what Al’s going through, really resonates with me as a nonbinary person working through a lot of these same thoughts in therapy right now. It reminds me of my own internalized transphobia, and I just really feel for Al and other trans people struggling with these anxieties. It’s so so real and scary and emotional.
Don’t live a certain way for other people. It hurts you tremendously, and they either don’t know or don’t appreciate what you’re going through, just to suit them.
I just did a huge binge read of the comic after having found this page on a trans subreddit.
I just wanted to say thank you for making this. It’s made me feel a lot of things, and resonated in more than a few parts. It’s also got some very cool robots and tickles my transhumanism side.
10/10 recommending this to a lot of people
Being afraid of imposter syndrome for wanting to transition but also being afraid of imposter syndrome after the transition because of other people’s expectations. I can’t imagine the difficulty my transgender brothers and sister’s go through but if it is something like this then it is important to love and support them.
Caught up… /Again/ And I’m on the verge of tears ｡ﾟ( ﾟஇ‸இﾟ)ﾟ｡
It’s such beautiful lives you’ve told us, Blue!! I can’t wait and am scared at the same time for the final pages…
I think AL needs a new body.
But I understand, a little, where AL’s feelings are coming from.
Some fiction writers talk about this idea-
(for example- look at the I.M. in H.G. Well’s book, the Invisible Man),
…if you instantly + totally, + permanently change your looks, would that change be so large that you can’t rationally stand it?
If I flip a switch, and make myself look like Superman from The Dark Knight Returns (book), or like Violet in the 2006 film…Ultraviolet, will the change be too alarming for me to handle? Hm.
Late to the party, but, every word on that page is like some piece of me ripped from my psyche, every fear, every agony, every terror, and the unstopped, uncontrollable sense that I couldn’t stop it if I tried.
Oh, Al. :( This is the worst kind of self blame – the ‘I hate myself and you’d all be better off without me’ kind.
This sounds very familiar. (Not regarding myself, but friends that have gone through transition, and have had similar thoughts.)
This page hit hard. Its beautiful yet sad but also raw and real and amazing. I love it.
Ó╭╮Ò Transition anxiety is… something i know well. I knew i was trans at 19 but didn’t start my journey until 26. Al’s concerns are valid and familiar.
Over 30 and pre-hrt, but waiting for appt. with endocrinologists any day now… yeah, this is pretty much my headspace right now. Bang on.
Oh, Al….
This page, what Al’s going through, really resonates with me as a nonbinary person working through a lot of these same thoughts in therapy right now. It reminds me of my own internalized transphobia, and I just really feel for Al and other trans people struggling with these anxieties. It’s so so real and scary and emotional.
Al… you have just given voice to the fears and thoughts of my own mind. Wow. Thank you?
I tried to post a comment before, on the last page, but it wouldn’t go through. Here’s hoping…
This.
Ohhhhhhh this is a big transition Mood.
“Everyone will see through me! They’ll know that I’m faking it! And if not, they’ll hate me for taking Old Me away from them!”
It hurts. Right in the feelings.
Thanks so much for this honest portrayal.
Definitely one of the best sets yet! Makes it clear how difficult change is.
oof oof ow too close to home
Change is scary.
Even when not changing is scary, change is still scary.
Ah, this hurts… This hurts so much…
I’m over a year into my transition and I still have my doubts…
Don’t live a certain way for other people. It hurts you tremendously, and they either don’t know or don’t appreciate what you’re going through, just to suit them.
My heart hurt.
I just did a huge binge read of the comic after having found this page on a trans subreddit.
I just wanted to say thank you for making this. It’s made me feel a lot of things, and resonated in more than a few parts. It’s also got some very cool robots and tickles my transhumanism side.
10/10 recommending this to a lot of people
god fucking mood ‘i hate that i need it so bad, what if i lose what i’ve built, what if you’re not attracted to me’ FUCKN MOOD
Being afraid of imposter syndrome for wanting to transition but also being afraid of imposter syndrome after the transition because of other people’s expectations. I can’t imagine the difficulty my transgender brothers and sister’s go through but if it is something like this then it is important to love and support them.
*hand on mouth, just whispering:* oh, holy shit, holy shit
you really worded the thing huh
Ow ow ow, right in the feels.
But also, it looks like Brendan’s on the move in the last panel, so I gotta have hope for some physical reassurance in the next update.
Caught up… /Again/ And I’m on the verge of tears ｡ﾟ( ﾟஇ‸இﾟ)ﾟ｡
It’s such beautiful lives you’ve told us, Blue!! I can’t wait and am scared at the same time for the final pages…
Year after year, reading this comic, I keep saying, this is the best page I’ve ever read. But this time I have to acknowledge it out loud.
Thank you for writing this comic. This is the best page I’ve ever read.
I think AL needs a new body.
But I understand, a little, where AL’s feelings are coming from.
Some fiction writers talk about this idea-
(for example- look at the I.M. in H.G. Well’s book, the Invisible Man),
…if you instantly + totally, + permanently change your looks, would that change be so large that you can’t rationally stand it?
If I flip a switch, and make myself look like Superman from The Dark Knight Returns (book), or like Violet in the 2006 film…Ultraviolet, will the change be too alarming for me to handle? Hm.
thank you for writing this comic, finding the words that for many would just be a gutteral scream.
Late to the party, but, every word on that page is like some piece of me ripped from my psyche, every fear, every agony, every terror, and the unstopped, uncontrollable sense that I couldn’t stop it if I tried.