Supernuova
Chapter 1. My Prelude
Questioning
18 Aug 2024
I'm not sure exactly how long I spent on this questioning phase in real life. It could have been anywhere from a week to a few months.
I also heavily exaggerated the terfiness of the tweets that scared me off of Twitter just because I thought it would be funnier that way. I'm pretty sure there really were actual misogynists creating bot accounts as women trying to get people to buy their beliefs.
And yes, the first name I tried technically was way back then and it was Alyssa, because that was what my mom said she would have named me (although she later said that she hadn't really settled on one, that was just one she liked).
I probably would have stuck with it or at least tried it out later on, but I met an Alyssa in the years in between, so it just feels like her name now. And I like Sabrina a lot better.
Also the last panel is exaggerating what really happened. I thought about it a lot in the 8 years in between, but day-to-day, it was sort of out-of-sight, out-of-mind. It only really came up when there was really strong dysphoria or euphoria.
The next comic is meant to be continuing on 8 years from now, but I might make one in between about some of the experiences over those 8 years, or I might save that for a flashback in a later chapter when I talk about my struggle with reconciling my strong feelings now with my lack of action over those 8 years.