Saw this when it came out, it seemed interesting so I watched the thread, but wasn't in a great spot to read it at the time. Finally did so properly a couple days ago, and finally commenting now ^.^;
Anyway, I really, really love this! Cool and unique premise, I really love Grace so far, and I can't wait to see where this all goes!
I really love the weird mix of culture shock and offhanded "oh huh neat" non-reactions to her weird new biology Grace is having; it's probably a good thing, all things considered, that there's some built-in psychological easing of the process given how freaky some of the changes would probably feel normally.
And that she's been so disconnected from the war up to this point, too. Just the general fact of like, waking up to discover yourself as an eldritch demon thing probably responsible for untold deaths, just on its face would be A Lot to have to process, if she had more emotional investment in the conflict beforehand than just "oh my god mom shut the fuck up about microchips already,
please." As Itmauve said:
What kind of person would cosplay as an Abyssal? Do you want to present yourself as that kind of person?
In all of the transfics I've read, (which isn't many but still) I haven't seen one that really delves into the question of "what if miracle magic sex-change... but mixed feelings because that comes with an aesthetic shift you still kinda dislike anyway, undercutting the gender euphoria?" And I don't expect this to be that fic, but it is still interesting that in its own way, what with just the Political Implications™ of such a look, the possibility is here. So again, probably a good thing that she doesn't have the same kind of intense feelings about Abyssals that most people probably would.
Though I also wonder if that was a contributing factor to this transformation being able to happen in the first place... Hmm.
Have only had Grace for three chapters, but if anything happened to her I would kill everyone in this universe and then myself.
While it may well be for Crab Reasons as was insightfully pointed out, I have to say I am jokingly pumping my fist at coffee disliker representation.
Absolutely same here!
Uhm, there's a whole gundam anime where the protagonist is a lesbian Mary Sue.
What's it called? I'd love to watch it. We unironically need more lesbian mary sues in fiction.
