I'm 2 months longer on it than you, but this is still pretty much how I feel about it. Alhough I compensate for the readying time by prepping everything the night before and then rushing in the morning after I inevitably I oversleep every day.

It's outright my favourite manga, it manages to avoid most of the issues fantasy manga tend to fall into nowadays and it's remarkably mature and well-thought out in how it approaches a lot of its subject matter. It's also just a delight of a work when you analyse it.

Since you're quite early I'll go over one of the simpler things I had fun considering: the magic system! Without going too in depth, it functions as an allegory for several things at once, most notably art. Obviously the magic is drawn, but it goes further as the way that the witches relate to their magic is the same way artists relate to their art; they develop styles and preferences, they have to work around their lack of skill in certain areas to produce their art, the way people talk about it, etc...

But it also doubles as an allegory for scientific progress, one of the forbidden magics is medical, after all. And there's this lovely tension between the two. I'd go further but to really explain my thoughts requires a lot of later context.

It's a lovely series, and I adore it.

Had my first ever date on the first day of pride and I am in shambles. She's so cute and she thinks I'm so pretty and I just can't handle a girl that cute calling me pretty aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Wtf it worked???????!!!!????? I just had a great first date with a cute trans girl on there who luckily isn't that 4chan-y. I didn't expect this at all I was using it on a random bored whim. So uhhh, thank you for sending me the 4chan femcel dating app I guess it seemed to have worked somehow. (Every person outside of this one who messaged me was a big red flag though so I guess I just got really lucky)

I'm sorry what did I just read. Is this seriously a 4chan dating app.

Fuck it I think I might actually try a dating app. Is there any app that isn't completely terrible for trans women?

They definitely might be, mine had become noticeable a little over a month and a half after starting. Either way if it is nothing it won't be soon!

Is there a better feeling than putting on a simple femme outfit and lazing about at home all day while the euphoria washes over you? I don't think there is.

Went out fully femme in a non-school context for the first time. I was planning on doing it with a friend but they were really busy so I just bit the bullet and did it alone. I think it was a bit too much all at once though, it was really overwhelming and my heart was beating out of my chest the entire time till I got home. I'm proud of myelf for doing it and glad that I did though. I even got complimented on my outfit by some other trans people at the store I went to!

Thank you to everyone who responded, it made me feel a lot more excited about the effortpost again. I can't wait to work on it again tonight!

I'm glad to hear it! 💜

Incredibly valid, that was basically me just a few months ago lmao

I'll make sure to try my best then! 💜

Oh that would be perfect actually! I'll DM you it once I've got it edited into something actually coherent. Thank you very much for offering to help! 💜

Bit of a less serious worry than usual, but I keep wanting to finish that fashion effortpost that I have drafted up to post here but I keep procrastinating it. It's mostly since I worry my advice isn't actually that helpful or good since I'm still very new to this. But I still want to get that post done sometime soon since I find fashion really exciting now that I've started to actually present femme and I feel like it would still help at least a few people here to read.

If your breasts aren't super big you could try wearing some femme-but-plausibly-masc outfits as a way to ease yourself into presenting femme. I personally love blouses for exactly this reason but I'm sure there's other options if that doesn't fit your aesthetic. (Like I've seen people suggest wearing women's jeans before)

That's so exciting! Dresses are so nice and so very pretty, I'm sure you looked great! 💜

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Why the fuck are maid and tradwife the same slot how dare you do this to me.

Oh no no don't worry it wasn't invalidating at all! It was just like, the summing up of my multi-paragraph vent into 'feeling like I don't have permission to be sad about dysphoria' is really funny and accurate in a way that made me feel better. It's just also this happens quite often to me where I spiral and vent out paragraphs and then someone sums it in a way that I find super silly and makes me feel better.

Okay this actually made me tear up a little to read, thank you so much, I think I really needed to hear this.

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Also the ED likely won't be a problem, I'm in a position now where I can afford food and I've been eating decently now because of it. Not quite as much as when I was living with my parents, but enough that I feel healthier than I have in months. I'm actually feeling really nice about my food situation rn since I've reached a point where I've been able to motivate myself to at least cook one proper meal every day instead of meal planning, and that has been a real comfort. The meals themselves are usually basic stuff like simple pasta but that still makes me feel really nice to be able to do after so long where I couldn't muster that motivation more than once every few weeks. (I even bake on weekends for little treats and that's been very fun)