女友似乎喜歡作爲女生的我 - Ch. 4

[MangaDex]

 

[CyberneticSusurrus]

Author, that potion is real.
It's called estrogen. You can get it in real life.

There are beautiful women on the internet who would be happy to help you learn where and how to acquire some, and give you fashion and makeup tips.
You can be a girl.

 

[pink_rabbit]

congrats on being trans!!!

 

[rotationplus]

http://turn-me-into-a-girl.com

 

[maebemaebeno]

author, i am a pretty girl (at least, lots of girls around me seem to think so). i will forcefeed you your estrogen if you need a pretty girl to do that.

 

[Zblurth]

Nuh uh author I would be the first one

 

[CyberneticSusurrus]

http://turn-me-into-a-girl.com

https://cafenet.hrtscience.info/ seems rather more practical.

 

[MidnighTea]

I'm pretty sure the author is in Hong Kong. At least research how safe it'd be to be openly trans in that part of the world before pushing estradiol.

 

[xanon]

Being happy with yourself is a super power.

 

[CyberneticSusurrus]

I'm pretty sure the author is in Hong Kong. At least research how safe it'd be to be openly trans in that part of the world before pushing estradiol.

And your alternative proposal is what?
You cannot seriously be seeing someone repeatedly yearn to be a girl - explicitly wanting to be forced/pushed/encouraged into such - and think "yeah, what they need is to never even consider pursuing hormone therapy and transition.".
Be fucking for real.

 

[MidnighTea]

And your alternative proposal is what?
You cannot seriously be seeing someone repeatedly yearn to be a girl - explicitly wanting to be forced/pushed/encouraged into such - and think "yeah, what they need is to never even consider pursuing hormone therapy and transition.".
Be fucking for real.

And what if the author was in the middle of Saudi Arabia or the UAE? Or somewhere else where outwardly being LGBT can lead to extreme harm or death? Don't get mad at me for your unwillingness to consider other people's life situations when pushing them to do something that might be more risky for them than it is for you. (were you even aware of the flag on the main comic page is Hong Kong's in the first place?)

And of course, like anyone else deep in privilege on a global scale, you get mad at the person pointing out the problem than saving that anger for the problem itself. It's a lot easier to blow up at me than it is to both research Hong Kong's safety levels for LGBTQIA+ people and give someone a considered plan. Or you know, at least temperature check on how interested they might be. At the bare minimum take the time to find out what misinformation they might've been exposed to and correcting it, because there's a lot out there. There's an order of operations in recommending transition. Being loud and pushing past these checks while banging a tautological drum makes you only so much better than the people who assigned you your birth gender to begin with.

You think I'm happy that being closeted is required for some people to survive in some places even here in the USA, even fully knowing the increased trans suicide rates? You think I LIKE this status quo? No. But you have to deal with the world you're living in, not carry on like you're already in the world you want to be living in. Otherwise you won't be able to lay the groundwork for the better world to happen.
And for Tiresias's sake have some empathy/consideration for people in certain parts of the world who will likely go their whole lives without being able to safely transition.


EDIT: As it turns out, Hong Kong is pretty progressive and I shared something neat on a post further down. But still, I beg people to keep a global mindset.

 

[maxur]

And the egg starts to crack

 

[MidnighTea]

By the way, as it turns out Hong Kong is actually pretty progressive with LGBTQIA+ rights, with its own struggles. I just looked into it. Here's an interesting story worth sharing:

So in the end... yeah. Author, if you're reading this -- possibly consider transition if you can swing it. There's probably resources if you look for it. Hormones can change your body pretty dramatically and you'd be surprised how attainable a feminine voice is.

 

[0_Aling_0]

I....didn't realize that something that I said could make the comments go like this..
Even though I'm currently in the UK where people's perspectives are more open, I'm not going to do it at the moment.
The TS thing in my mind is more like a magical thing, where the process could be instantly done or overnight.
And realistically I don't have that much money and I'm aware of the possible consequences of having the transition.
I'm sorry for being an idiot.
I'm sorry for causing a fight.
I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused.
I'm sorry.

 

[CyberneticSusurrus]

I....didn't realize that something that I said could make the comments go like this..
Even though I'm currently in the UK where people's perspectives are more open, I'm not going to do it at the moment.
The TS thing in my mind is more like a magical thing, where the process could be instantly done or overnight.
And realistically I don't have that much money and I'm aware of the possible consequences of having the transition.
I'm sorry for being an idiot.
I'm sorry for causing a fight.
I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused.
I'm sorry.

You have done literally nothing wrong, and have nothing to apologise for.

 

[MidnighTea]

I apologize it escalated to this point.

 

[maebemaebeno]

I....didn't realize that something that I said could make the comments go like this..
Even though I'm currently in the UK where people's perspectives are more open, I'm not going to do it at the moment.
The TS thing in my mind is more like a magical thing, where the process could be instantly done or overnight.
And realistically I don't have that much money and I'm aware of the possible consequences of having the transition.
I'm sorry for being an idiot.
I'm sorry for causing a fight.
I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused.
I'm sorry.

No need to be sorry. And I understand that it's hard. Fwiw injectable E is rather cheap, I think. But the consequences are there, I get that (but it's so much better than not doing it).

And estrogen is pretty magical. People just think of me as a woman nowadays. Not instant but constantly good.

 

[Camy]

Author, that potion is real.
It's called estrogen. You can get it in real life.

There are beautiful women on the internet who would be happy to help you learn where and how to acquire some, and give you fashion and makeup tips.
You can be a girl.

I can't speak for the author or translator but I kinda get where the thought about a magical "TS potion" comes from, beyond just making the process much easier obviously. Like you said, transitioning is a difficult thing. It takes time and effort even if we set aside the risk of medical complications/side effects, and it's a lifelong commitment. But if one isn't necessarily unhappy or uncomfortable with the current state of things, like it's not preferred but it's good enough, the trade-off just doesn't seem worth it if that makes sense? Like the choice is very easy but things aren't bad enough, or bad at all for that matter, to go through with it.

The TS potion removes the burden of all of that, so we just indulge in the fantasy for a little bit.

 

[lilsssss]

I....didn't realize that something that I said could make the comments go like this..
Even though I'm currently in the UK where people's perspectives are more open, I'm not going to do it at the moment.
The TS thing in my mind is more like a magical thing, where the process could be instantly done or overnight.
And realistically I don't have that much money and I'm aware of the possible consequences of having the transition.
I'm sorry for being an idiot.
I'm sorry for causing a fight.
I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused.
I'm sorry.

you didn't do anything wrong I promise, you don't have to apologise