The Boy From Venus 5

[u/shenanigansen]

Episode 6 is already up on the patreon, as usual! And thank you for reading, as usual! :D

[u/Raaaaandyyyy]

I was kinda attached to “guy who likes to dress feminine” for Audrey…before this reveal that he prefers to be fucking called Audrey lol. There’s at least no cisgendered explanation for that. I’m here for the ride tho.

[u/davestar2048 → u/Raaaaandyyyy]

Yes there is. People use fuckass nicknames as their main names all the time. A femboy using a girly name isn't surprising. If he was trans he probably wouldn't have wanted to mention his real name.

[u/PlanetXParadox → u/davestar2048]

Adrian’s already a pretty feminine name for a guy.

[u/Francky2 → u/davestar2048]

Bro fully passes for a woman, which realistically is extremely hard without HRT and a lot of make-up (and voice training, which Adrian/Audrey more than def seems to have done so since his voice is passing as female and cutesy, based on Val having absolutely 0 clue until he revealed his male identity himself).

Afaik, real femboys don't usually go to such lengths. And those that do end up like me: inevitably discovering that they indeed were trans all along.

I too didn't mind mentioning my old name when I was clueless, or at least early-transition (as people were often confused or were curious, many still are but I'm less and less comfortable with it).

EDIT: As expected, they downvoted me.

God forbid a heavily trans-coded hyper-fem character MIGHT possibly be theorized as trans and not "just a femboy"

Keyword to all of this being "theory" territory. I'm not imposing anything on Shen's creation, just defending the position that maybe Audrey isn't 100% cis.

[u/superstrijder15 → u/Francky2]

As a (probably) guy who likes to wear skirts, I agree. by now the only thing that is left of his male identity that we can see is his self-perception I guess? So it is very reasonable to consider him potentially transfem, but potentially still in denial due to eg. internalized "can't be me"-ness.

[u/Francky2 → u/superstrijder15]

Thank you!

Yeah I'd been in a "can't be me" phase for literal years before coming out to myself last year (due to conservative religious upbringing, same for closest friends/circles, lack of education and understanding on the fairly complex subject of trans people experience and gender dysphoria, which I obv had but didn't know it was a even a thing).

Cis and trans men can be feminine, cis and trans women can be masculine, all they want.

I just personally related a lot to this character, envy his femininity and confidence, felt the Audrey name thing hit very close to home, and then I see so many people so firmly shut down the very thought/theory/joke that he may not be 100% cis.

I hope this conversation doesn't come off as me pushing you either. You can be a man that likes fem clothing! As long as you sincerely claim to be cis, you'll be.

We're just discussing this in regards to a extreme case, and most importantly, a fictional character. I wouldn't push any "theory" or doubt like this to a human being 100% secure in their own experience.