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The Boy From Venus 21 (Patreon)

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2026-11-04 01:00:59
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Cisco

Peak

Ash050107

Shen you are fucking spoiling us thank you

Toby

I arrived as soon as I got the notification

UberEats

thanks shen this is awesome

Fuwakero

HE CALLED HER BEAUTIFUL

Em

🥹” there you are “

Claire Pollard

Noooooo. I know exactly how you feel 😭😭

Hershie

Audrey's jus like me fr

Lucas Cavare

PEAK JUST DROPPED AND HERE I AM

Lykos

Love it

Fullerbay

Would you love me if I were a mecha worm?

8cubed :3

FASTEST NOTIF CLICK OF MY LIFE audrey dont you DARE BITE HER!!!

Matthew Niehaus

I love we are getting to see more from Audrey’s perspective!

awe

noooooo not the dysphoria faaahh

Erin

This is awesome

Leah Elena

I was just about to quit doomscrolling and go to sleep, thanks shen for making this the last thing I read today ❤️

J J

Oh heck yeah

Mr. Conelrad

This is the only thing I look forward to. Never let this end <3

JusticeOnce

1000 worm mechs sounds absolutely terrifying. I would too demand all resources to find the pilot.

The Dome Runners

God relatable, finally getting laser so I can stop dealing with this shit lol

Matthew Graves

Would Val still love Audrey if he was a worm?

The Xablee

This has been my favorite comic

Mean Bean

it actually sucks, I hate my facial hair so much

FreshySqueeze

What does the cat foot panel mean

NicN

Urgh how can you not already have the next set of these out. It's already been multiple seconds

Kyanoxia

Cryign,, Insert the meme of the blob with a runny nose and teary eyes

Cassie Parker

I love this one!!!! I feel that morning pain!

Flockaveli

I'm... Early? But anyways, it's insane at how much depth this short strip adds.

avery

ok i will no longer feel bad for thinking egg thoughts about audrey

Mr.beepboop Jr

Need a longer length comic of these two

WitchyVeev

Idk this one feels like it has... ✨️inplications✨️

Bacon

Yeah, it really is like that, only really recognizing urself after shaving and stuff, relatbly sad

MerMetalBard

OH HONEY NOOO 😭😭😭 why is Audrey literally me like 5 years ago AAAAAAAAA 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ this series is so peak ugh

Forbezilla

I love how Audrey finds himself every morning. Himself herself? Themselves

Khidir

I love this comic

Cole Logan

I am loving the mech pilot Audrey!

Monkeydud64

Liked a commented before I even read it, that sunrise just sold it for me. 💚

Savinterra

Holy peak, I am so curious now. What goes on in his mind??? I need to know!

Nuki Chau

Gosh the fluorescent hum is such a painful memory. Amazingly done.

Madeleine Capper

Definitely not trans absolutely not why would you even say that

Giups

i teleported here as soon as i saw the notification.

Michael Pierre

I wonder if Audrey’s on anything like hrt

Chaosblitz

Her socks are cat-feet patterned

Feragon42

Oh, I remember Shen of previous octobers.... He is healed

David Inglish

Shen, I'm sending you my hospital bill from breaking my ankle racing to see the latest uploads for this absolute cinema

sinclairrr

starts loudly crying again

BunnyStretches

The look on his face at the stubble 😭 YOU'RE STILL THE CUTEST AUDREY WE LOVE YOU

Francesca Peres

thank you shen i can sleep peacefully now

Maximos

loving it

Chaosblitz

...i think perhaps Audrey is not as male-identifying as val would believe

PinguinS09

So weird seeing him having to shave 😭

Autumn

Thank you for the life extending ichor shen I'll live till the next one comes out now

Wosi

Fluorescent hum continuity

J K Lolling

Panels 5, 10 & 11? Mood. Big mood. (As a trans woman myself)

Monkeydud64

Awwwwww this was so wonderful. 😭🌅

Blue

This character might use he/him and say is a man, but there is no wa this is a Cis man. This is a genderqueer queen shen

Luna Luxe

I’m going to fucking cry

Moss

"Naw just kiddin'" 🥹 *dies of cute*

Plooto__

Dare I say the het slop is getting slightly less het? I see a trans woman in my future mama (im trans plsplsplsplspls)

graveyardbong

AUDREY SWEETHEART OH MY GOD. ILL TAKE THE ZOMBIE BITE FOR YOU. AS A TRANSMASC I VOULENTEER AS TRIBUTE.

Liz

Well this definitely makes ke feel a way.

hayden :p

as an gnc guy I relate so HARD to Audrey in those first chapters... THANK YOU SM FOR THE EXCELLENT REP SHEN ITS SO VALIDATING AND I HAVENT REALLY SEEN IT ANYWHERE ELSE!!!! 🥹🥹🥹

juandjara

God yes we want to see more of Audrey's inner trauma

Papa Smurf

So in an earlier comic Audrey said they identified as male, but here it seems more like they're feeling trapped in their body. Is Audrey Trans? Or just something else I'm not aware of?

Tomomi

shen please I just left my therapist's office

HoneyRocks

Is... Is it finally happening? Are we broaching THE subject, 21 episodes in? "A zombie virus that turns you into a man. What a terrifying concept!" Plus the way he looks at himself in the mirror and feels like he has to hide something... There's explicit gender dysphoria in the comic now, does this mean transness WILL finally be mentioned?

SlimeBinary

thank you again, lord Shen

Marina Rodríguez

This... This comic is not even close to finish, is it? Like, you've just foreshadowed us the whole next story arc completely or sth 😥😥😥

Miss Venom

Yeah, this isn’t just Audrey trending towards gender non conformity, that is straight up dysphoria.

DVW

oh hon. get some laser + electrolysis

Spooki

I feel attack and seen...... still beautiful chapter!

Nerd Detective

I so feel that morning stare in the mirror.

Caleb Ogden

Got to the third panel thought Audry turned into a cat

BoxxoFoxxo

How did you know I do that in the bathroom? WHERE'S THE CAMERA SHEN??!!

Dezalk

shen. shen. i need you to understand that viewing masculine features like facial hair as something dangerous, infectious, and disgusting like a zombie bite is not a cisgender male thought to have. audrey could choose to laser the hair off so it wouldn't grow back. audrey could do many things like try taking estrogen to see if it feels right.

Tinsin

Hate the idea of being a man? I have fantastic news Audrey :3c

Agata Pellegrino

im doing my best to mantain that men can be feminine, but Audrey is not beating the trans allegations rn

AllisonDaFreak

Okay I just got out of the shower and clicked the notif. Saw Audrey and saw myself and I really do relate to Audrey I think and it's just art really is powerful and meaningful to individuals and that's why I pay $1 a month at patreon.com/shencomix but also life without art is just cruel and this comic is entertaining and inspiring me during this difficult period in my life. Also I made a face like :o when I saw the bumper shen you really know how to feed us meger puppies the juicy loving slop we all crave and pay $1 a month for

jealoussin

I want Audrey to learn that women have to shave too *cries in PCOS*

elijah pickett

I'm and loving the story in general, very fun. Wonderful characters. I cannot wait to see how things develop and I'm already quite happy with how things are going. I got to say these little bonus panels are freaking awesome. I wouldn't have even thought about what Audrey's mech would look like and now I do and I love it!

ziPRR

WHAT IF SHE HEARD YOU OMG

Sam Burns

Oh Audrey. I love you and you are seen.

Ash Henderson

ok, so is this like confirmed Audrey being trans? 😭 he doesn't even think of himself as a man??

Tanis Nikana

I'm trans and that's how I feel every goddamn morning and I hate it. Sharp blades scrape the painful reminders off.

Francy

Months are went by since the start of story (we can see this by the strip when they go out various times and dress differently)... Audrey should have more breasts and less hips, if they would be on hrt.

Bojidar Prokopov

The callback to chapter 3 with the fluorescent hum panel, I see you Shen…

Serene

Mmmhmm

HoneyRocks

"You're not bitten, Val. You have no idea how beautiful you are." ... Does this mean he thinks women are *inherently* beautiful and men aren't? Is the reason Audrey isn't explicitly trans because he's a gender essentialist? Which I get, personal trauma, understandable, etc. But if the series doesn't broach the topic of trans people at all and it only ends up as "learning to be ok as whoever you are" I'm sorry but it's gonna come off as transphobic, plain and simple. You can't go this far talking about social rejection, misoginy and gender dysphoria and then completely ignore the existence of trans people as not even an option, unless you believe we AREN'T an option. I wanna have faith in Shen but this is a difficult topic and it's so easy to mess it up BADLY.

Meowserita

Oh yeah the facial hair dysphoria, comparing shaving and putting on makeup to hiding a zombie bite, and finding the thought of a zombie virus that turns you into a man terrifying, all of this screams gender dysphoria. This is the exact line of thoughts that would go through a trans womans mind

J. Jensen

I need more mech pilot Audrey. This comic actually gave me confidence to try a softer presentation on Halloween, too 😭😅

whotookquiche

I need to blow Audrey up with my mind (lovingly)

Francy

As a trans person still not transitioning just for... Fears, this hitted really hard. Thank you Shen

Corty

Theyre implying youre in denial. Def explore those feelings, theres way more to gender than cis or trans!

seeforkat

Something is stopping him from getting transitioning surgeries. I kind of understand that...

Angel Valladares

Hm… there are so many layers to this one issue that makes me question a lot. So Audrey isn’t trans, at least I don’t think he is because he still identifies as a male, as shown in the first issue. However, this issue shows he doesn’t like appearing male due to both shaving his beard and the comment he made about the zombies. Does he even like being male? We don’t have a clear answer yet, but it looks like a no as of right now. If that’s the case, why isn’t he trans? Does he want to be but something is stopping him? Or is there something else we don’t know about yet? In any case, this has definitely made me much more interested in Audrey as a character.

Freddie Malcomb

That's interesting. Unsure that Audrey is as male as they think they are.

Abioticgawd

I think they’re saying it’s trans time. Eggs cracking, things of that nature. But if you feel comfortable with your identity atm, then you can safely ignore.

Corty

Ikr? One persons nightmare, anothers dream come true

Corty

And that he walks on his tippy toes. Could be a massive commitment to the bit, a physical condition, or a sign of autism

Walker

Right? The cissest that anybody has ever cissed

Hobdob

Aww, someone had a crushhhh

SirisTheGreat

Once again, you treat us to a feast fit for a king, and every time, it is better than I could have imagined. You truly are an incredible artist man

Jackie

Question is WILL I BE ABLE TO BUY THIS SERIES IN A HARDCOPY

Nymphoma

I feel that hard, Audrey!

Limi

Awwwww.... this was really sweet and also a bit sad 🥹 But also, the idea of piloting nearly a thousand tiny worm segments is actually absolutely insane

Alex M

AUDREY I LOVE YOU SM

RoseWood

I really really hope Audrey realizes. She just seems so deep that she believes she reached the other side. I don't think it will happen, naritively, this is about Val learning to trust men, and does so via "a man", being Audrey, able to slip past her "defenses" by presenting feminine. If this story was about Audrey, I'm certain he would realize that he wants to be she. But it's not. He's not the story focus, he's the catalyst for Val's change. So he can't change because the premise of Val's character development depends on Audrey's stasis.

Kaitlyn Reynolds

Wooooow...oh my lord this hit me right in the feels so heavily. Thank you so much for making these comics, honestly I can really tell how much heart and passion you put into this. THANK YOU FOR CREATING THIS YOU BEAUTIFUL SOUL!!

Dahlia Grayson

Too real to some forms of dysphoria 😭

Alice Underwood

Mate thats gender dysphoria. You trans as hell girl

The Dome Runners

The cis male urge to escape masculinity to the sublime feminine

Tallon Aseves

I know we’re all very caught up in getting to see Audrey’s perspective and empathizing with his dysphoria… but is no one going to point out how this is in Val’s apartment on what appears to be the day after Halloween???? As in Audrey stayed the night with Val?? 🫢

dedndn

this went from "funny femcel x moid hetslop" to something i look forward to everyday, thank you shen

Madoka Vaughn

Imagine Val woke up right before Audrey was fake biting her 😭😭😭

Bika3l

The stubble and lighting up after it's gone resonated so hard! 🫡

ViolynnSoReal

That's how I feel everything i gotta shave too Audrey its okay

The Wayward S.O.B

Are they living together? How did Audrey do his morning routine and then walk over to a still sleeping Val?

ufogrlz

Shen oh my god

Aethel the Unwise

Not liking facial hair is not a sign of dysphoria, dammit! I dislike my facial hair, because I don't like the way it looks, not because I think I'm a woman. Dammit if it turns out Aubrey is trans I'm going to be so disappointed. The comic is called the BOY from Venus. Being pretty shouldn't be exclusive to women.

Kiwa Tyleri

Can't wait to see the cissies on social media ignore it or try to explain it away 💔

Tanner Price

For cis men and transmasc people, not at all. But not everyone feels like it's right for them.

Avery Nall

I'm in pain 😭😭 thank you ❤️

Kiwa Tyleri

Their horror movie night was foreshadowing for The Horrors

Nikky

I love this comic so much!!!!!!!

Meat

BTW, you can have dysphoria without it being gender dysphoria. Audrey just likes being a boy who presents fem, and that's cute. Also, the biter.

Snecilia

HMM. I WONDER WHAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY MEAN.

Snecilia

Honorable, chivalrous transmascs such as yourself are one of the greatest miracles of the Earth. Thank heavens that you exist <333

Snecilia

Just like it is for so many other queer people, it's up in the air.

WaveJam

He looks pretty with facial hair though

infrarad

Oh..... hurt..... Owwie.... Thank you 🥹

ari melody

audrey has so many layers i adore him so much thank you

Niko

girl they’re gonna kill you on twitter for this one

Bingo Goat

1000 of them?? that's formidable

Srcsqwrn

Me every day of my fucking life 🧿➖️🧿

Srcsqwrn

Not exactly true

Chris'n Out

I just got home from work I did not need to cry like that man wth

Srcsqwrn

He fell asleep watching the movie, when he woke up he did his routine

d1000100

Did.... Did they have a sleepover?

Racheal

I hope you don't actually think Shen doesn't already know that

Francy

I only know this by friends under HRT, if I'm mistaken I'm sorry!

Ben Robinson

First possible real hint that Audrey might be trans after all. Huh, I see…

Athena Aran

The morning mirror look of facial hair is so relatable. It's like looking at yourself forming into a creature you want gone.

Devin Lyne

you never had to lol

Invarus

There's an awful lot to like here. From the sunrise, to the acknowledgement of things not being so easy, to the zombie face jumpscare.

Mason Sextro

From someone who shaves twice a day, genuinely hurts just how relatable this is 👏

All Seeing

It's alright! But yeah HRT doesn't follow an exact timeline. Some people may notice changes in breast size in like just two months, while it may take over a year for others. Same goes for every other body part. The only consistent pattern is that it takes roughly two years for all the effects to take place

Woad_Crow

This actually reminded me to shave, thank you for slaying gender Dysphoria Audrey <3

Dezalk

right now i see an image of someone like me described as a man and it hurts. i remember how i used to think and it feels plausible that someone could know and still not really get it.

Celia

Oh God this one hit really hard oh no

Wei

I'm GOING TO CRY

Sam

The bumper for this one coinciding with me reading Worm parahumans makes me feel like mech pilot Audrey should meet Taylor Hebert. I think they could cause similar amounts of chaos with worm powers

All Seeing

The way I read it, it could be envy. I'm definitely not the best at picking up signs and I don't know where's the story gonna go from here, but Audrey could be jealous of Val because she's a girl, not realising that he could be one as well

TwilightInsanity

Wait.... Is he a. Egg!? O.O I thought he was just an effeminate man who likes crossdressing!

EmieBunny

“It’s like trying to hide a zombie bite” wow you get it

TwilightInsanity

I don't want to jump straight to that conclusion. But I'm also definitely seeing it.

Katie Bunn

Wow this one hits... This comic fells so important to me. Thank you for making this, Shen, it's very very good

News12

Indeed. I wonder what this means for Val's arc regarding her beliefs about men

jacw212

holy trans batman

krauer

Does no one just understand the comfort of finding your own happiness in your appearance especially when performing maintenance on it? If you have let your hair grow out or even cut it to short or the dye has faded... Getting back to the look that makes you feel like you isn't just a trans thing. It's a human thing first.

Iris

You can also have dysphoria without being trans. in fact a lot of cis people do. I always hated shaving and I'm so happy now after laser treatment, I would do it even if I weren't trans...

Iris

wait, I've been bitten by trans woman... and now I'm doing hrt... hm...

Alex Kelsey

As a trans fem I wish we could swap from a bite like that lol

Bear

Whenever I read this comic it's like taking a heroin shot

Zatchel

I had been reading Audrey as a gender non-conforming man, but there’s simply no cisgender explanation for that zombie analogy.

Gideon Ebeling

“Like hiding a zombie bite.” That’s the craziest comparison I’ve heard for that and yet one of the most fitting

Papa Smurf

Thanks, I suppose that actually makes the most sense.

Tessa

Oh Audrey my sweet relatable girl to be

Sofia Marchini

Ahhhh I love Audrey so much gosh dang it how am I both characters. Like yes that’s me awkwardly shaving while nobody notices me but also that’s me asleep way too late cause I have Val’s life. God I love them I love this thank you for blessing us with this story Shen

Seophillia

Well this one was an emotional gut punch (complimentary). I go through the same journey every morning 🫠

i_draw_sp

oh boy I love this comic--IS AUDREY BITING VAL-oh false alarm teehee

Dream

Please tell me this means a secret crush 😭🙏💕

Carlos Rendon

Finally someone mentioning the cat feet. I think he's on his toes and has cat socks.

roach

wearing lil cats socks and tiptoeing around like a cat is very cute of Audrey 😌

Iris

....Egg?

Claire Pollard

I've gone back to this comic several times in the last few hours. It makes me want to cry. I know this feeling all too well

Aethel the Unwise

Thanks, that makes me feel better. And good point about dysphoria not automatically leading to transition. Reading so many comments about Audrey being trans got to me. Not that there is anything wrong with being trans! But GNC cis males exist, and it's nice to see some representation.

Doc

Thank you for correcting the spelling of "Blair" on IG. I feel listened to and valued as a member of this community, and Shen is now my best friend in the whole world

Eddie Crimson

RELATING TOO MUCH TO THE MIRROR OOMF

Jerach

The part about being horrified by the idea of a zombie virus that turns you into a man feels incredibly clear. Like, that is not a cisgender thought, not on any planet.

Kryštof Vozárik

Please please Shen, don't make him trans🥺 it will totally ruin the theme.

Andrew Frisina

That bonus comic is definitely not sensual at all absolutely. Also Audrey has far more unresolved issues than Val ever did. I bet when Val called Audrey a moid, Audrey immediately knew EXACTLY what Val was saying. How much of themselves does Audrey tighten down and hide away?

Mendel

I think you can have dysphoria without being trans tho. It is also Gender Dysphoria if you feel bad/wrong without a beard for example, even if you are a cishet man.

Hakurei06

oh boy! It's everyone's favorite, Dysphoria! [screams i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶n̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ externally]

Scutii

Very true! Obsessive body builders being a common example, too.

Seth Morgan

Trans in denial practically confirmed at this point

Gadhrach

I would still love Audrey as a worm 💖

Capt_Jeb

shen you masterful man, this is peak and i’m really resonating with this comic series. thank you for this

Scutii

Love the new chapter. Honestly? Getting some red flag vibes from Audrey. We don't know why their relationship with bonus chapter ex-gf ended. Could be nothing but putting a pin in that for now. Declared Val their best friend (bit weird, Audrey is a super friendly extrovert. Should have lots of friends, only recently met Val). This chapter giving the feeling that maybe they find Val pretty/beautiful because shes a woman, not because of who she is herself. Sort of like a positive objectification? Its probably nothing but... I would be here for the drama.

Jerach

This chapter is what has made me stop putting off getting hair removal. I'm actively looking into places for electrolysis now.

Snowflake176

…. You missed it you fool ahem “ nah just KITTEN”!? It could have been so purrfect now we must simply have …. Perfect … a shame ~~

Alex Palmer

Love this chapter Shen! Thanks! Here's a bottle of Sriracha mayo I got to put on my hotdogs.

Darastrix

This is a very interesting perspective from Audrey, and also very relatable to me. I absolutely hate having facial hair and shave it as often as I can. I've also had a long thought about my identity and ultimately still want to be a man, but love to present myself as more feminine.

Darastrix

BUT, if Audrey turns out to be trans, I would not be upset

Rebecca

Reading this in the morning after having to shave again really hits😫

Under Pressure

This one is the best one yet, absolutely brilliant Shen, you did it.

Tomfoolery

I feel like the green goblin mask whispering evil thoughts “Audrey, Audrey Audrey. Someone’s not being entirely forthcoming. Don’t you know how great it is to be honest with yourself”

awe (edited)

Comment edits

2026-11-05 00:00 i don't want to imply that you are trans because you may not be. but i highly recommend giving this a read: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/ also this: https://freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed/2012/04/17/the-null-hypothecis/
2026-11-04 07:20 i don't want to imply that you are trans because you may not be. but i highly recommend giving this a read if you are interested: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/ also this: https://freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed/2012/04/17/the-null-hypothecis/

i don't want to imply that you are trans because you may not be. but i highly recommend giving this a read if you are interested: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/ also this: https://freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed/2012/04/17/the-null-hypothecis/

Tom Jones

Shen, I just wanted to let you know how much this work has meant to me. Audrey is a character that has helped awaken me to realising I may be trans, as I see a lot of myself in them. Keep up the great work. Thank you :3

OatsFera

I unironically love being a cishet femme dude on estrogen. Mirror closeups can be a jumpscare, but waxing, plucking, and shaving a femme make!

Pooklet

Eggy Audrey is eggy 🥹🥚

Olivia Nava

True, but having dysphoria for being the opposite gender (what Audrey is experiencing here) is a strong indication of being transgender.

Pooklet

Also Audrey, you sure you don't want to wash the old makeup away before putting it on anew? It feels a bit unsanitary/ to be welcoming issues, to just reapply without first a good detersion 🤔

TheRadBear

It is so funny but sweet

Tim M

Sooo, I'm a little confused and/or maybe I missed something. But who's wearing the kibty socks (if that's what they are) on pages 3 and 6?

Oleksij Kotov

AAAAAAAA IT'S BEEN TOO FEW PAGES AAAAAAA, actually it's fine

chodemeister

Okay so this is actually dysphoria, yes?

KeelinNyx

laser is expensive ASF.... when you're able to, find a place the offers unlimited lifetime treatments for the areas you pay for. Yes, it's probably going to be ~$3k-5k (discounted rate) for full face + neck... but sometimes they offer it on a three year payment option?

Chazzaroo

Reminds me of the opening of To Wong Foo, really gets you

Lex Indigo

Oof it's difficult to read comments on a comic with such gender rebel vibes. Shen, keep your spirits up. It's tough to be an srtist reading some of the comments here, which are a mix of kind words and problematic bullshit as mirrors the lovely hellhole that is the internet/our minds. I embrace Audrey's journey, wherever it leads. Not fixing typos fuck AI-correct.

Hamster

💜💜💜

Delightfully Joyful

Okay...so are we not sure Audrey is trans? cause I am getting very egg behaviour here. I'm happy if they remain fem male as well which is great rep but this chapter has swayed me more leaning to us maybe getting a reveal in the future

aran

I don't know Shen well enough to have *complete* faith, but I am giving the full benefit of the doubt until the full story is told. Having Val immediately accept Audrey's gender identity as male, with no qualms or questions, seems like a deliberate choice to defer a deeper explanation until the time of greatest narrative impact. Like, for all we know this could take place in an AU where it's illegal to identify as trans and Audrey is simply practicing malicious compliance. Or less plausibly, but much funnier, it's just literally never occurred to Audrey (or anyone in this world) that you can just like, be a girl, and the second Val points it out, Audrey just goes :O

Violet Elizabeth

wishing Audrey a very laser or electrolysis hair removal

Toby

Just kidding haha ... UNLESS

Holaa Ketal

"still cis tho" - Audrey

Huyderman

Everyone else have already commented om the other huge parts, so I'll just comment on how cute the sneaking as around on kitty socks are...

Eleanor

Head canons are firing 🫡

Eleanor

I think perhaps Audrey is not as male-identifying as Audrey would believe either

vio

Yeah OK this one is going to make the haters implode when it's publicly released. I'd be incredibly surprised if the comic doesn't head in a t4t direction with these two hah

Parasocial Oracle 🥠

FOR REAL!! My most annoying facial hair is the SINGLE HAIR that goes through my BOTTOM LIP and needs plucking 😭 I can tollerate having to shave my face to use foundation...please...why THERE?!?!

Kiwa Tyleri

A cat's foot or Audrey's foot, call it

Tressa Third

As a trans femme, shen, how dare you wake me up by putting a mirror up to my face in such a way, I wasn't prepared for my own existence being on display just yet xD 😅😭😿

Charlotte

Audrey, twin, thinking turning into a man to be terrifying isn't very cis of you I'm not gonna lie (then again I'm not a femboy, maybe being scared of looking masculine is a thing for yall) (oh and btw, laser removal exists :3)

CrispyRogue

I am a man...and thats 👍 okay.

Terra Riley

Golly, the subreddit ain’t gonna like this. I’ve always felt that I’d be stoked on this story whether Audrey is trans or not. Kinda like that post a certain artist also made a while back. Like, just before this story or something? All outcomes are valid. :3

Vayne

I just want to gove Audrey a big hug 🥹

J Kr

hmmm I really liked the "comfortably gender non-conforming" representation because I rarely see that perspective buuuut I love a possibly trans Audrey as well ofc❤️ also Val is cute sleeping on her sheet-less matress bwahaha

Poops McGee

the discourse this is going to start up is gonna be wild 🍿 can't wait to see people grapple with the concept of identities being messy and people having not completely figured themselves out yet or not having settled on a single neat label

Canadiancookie

I just wonder why they would stick to he/him when they pass

Shepsi

Sitting here with popcorn and a preventive wall in front of my Tumblr account when this drops and the people will be very normal about this. I love it btw ❤️

Vasu Mittal

GET HIM SOME ESTROGEN STAT my choice for him is intentional here

JM

This comic is better than mainstream tv dramas

Mungry

Oh and he pilots a small, self replicating phallus? 🤔

artimus_302

AUDREY !!!!!!! MY SWEET SUMMER CHILD !!!!!

Adzie

Flourecent neon tubes are making bread

Jo Atkins

Oh ow, my heart... Relating a lot to Audrey in this one

OhItsWren

get that man some laser or electrolysis. nobody should have to feel that.

Snails The Goblin

Bad news: HetGem is actually Yuri Good news: HetGem is actually Yuri

Billie MacKay

It just be like that sometimes 🤷🏻‍♀️

nozomi

don't let your fear stop you from living a life worth living I've spent the last 2 years yearning for HRT, 4 years before that denying it, and 8 before that not knowing why I feel bad with being treated like a boy.

nozomi

I feel like Audrey might be in denial.

Papa Smurf

I could see that. Especially considering how people tend to treat transgender people.

Jerach

Some people really struggle with accepting their identity.

SageBeige

Absolutely zero cishet explaination for this one Audrey😭

Jacob Freedman

This whole time I’ve been reading Audrey’s dialogue with voice training. I’m still gonna respect the pronouns I was introduced with, but continuing with he/him feels… uh…

Sam Burns

If you identify as a man and are comfortable in your gender, please don’t let someone else tell you what you are. This is your journey alone.

Asra

I would have love to see Audrey ́s reaction if Val would have woken up to see him with a bear, would he have hide his face and tell her to not look or shrug it off ? Either way this one comics is way too emotional in a good way i love it 🥹🥹🥹

PaddyBA

That's the one thing I am worried about rn, I hope it won't make her spiral back down again (if it even happens, gender is complex and Audrey could very well be smth other than either cis or binary-trans)

Utku

ouu shi

rat2

oh. Im sorry, Audrey

Moiouimoi

Yeah, Gender Non Conformity is amazing but that’s too much trans coded.

Lucas Jones

Is there actually a cat? Or are the cat paw steps a metaphor that I dont get?

Jojo Blackrose

Oh no... I was so excited to have non-trans gnc characters... well, it was fun while it lasted. Goodbye representation (well maybe we'll see)

Charnel_Heart

How can you keep making me love Audrey more

Lovely Alice

What a lovely comic and on my birthday too 😊

Escher

A new one on the same day I get my Audrey and Val pins :D

Meat

Kitty socks

Tammy

That mirror panel hit me right in the feels, I've been there

Tony Lewis

I'm looking forward to learning more about Audrey in this story. Keep on cooking!

Bayle

Oh we trans

Nolan Phillips

I did some thinking and I'm not trans I just hate my body :)

enareena

help its getting too real i want off the ride

Matt Hope

This is going to be a nine hundred chapter epic

Star casters

as a trans women i feel this so much

HonestlySMH

AND THE MIRROR PANEL REFLECTING VAL’S FROM EARLIER?!?!???? HHHHHH SHEN YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD

JNathan

im just now realizing 21 strips in Audrey has shadow the hedgehog quills

Tim M

Seee, I wonder about that. I don't remember seeing Audrey in that color of pants/pajamas. The one's they're wearing are blue in the later panels, AND in the previous issue.

Michael

And yet some cis het women have visible facial hair. It would be automatic if lacking facial hair was inherently a trait for all women and having facial hair was inherently a trait for all men. But it isn't. It's widely unilaterally imposed, but it's not inherent. So it's still going to come down to the character in this story to decide if that's how they view their gender and or sex. I agree that it seems pretty on the nose that femboy doesn't cut it as well as trans woman, but it's still to be determined.

PrivateXimmy

Interesting: this recontextualizes Audrey’s non conformity with an element of dysphoria. Wonder how far the story will lean into that! Though, lowkey a little sad that a lot of the early parts where Val was overcoming her beliefs on men through her experience with Audrey, if Audrey was not male. Still, if that’s the route the story takes, I’ll support my summer beans either way 💖

PrivateXimmy

I’d actually high key love that for both of them. For Audrey to be comfortable knowing that facial hair is a part of the human experience, and not ill defining of who they are. I don’t want to see poor Audrey with resentment 💙🥹😭

Iris

I'm starting to think Val's the boy from venus.

Ryn Livingston

Im going to have to decouple what I love about Audrey from the actual story aren't I? Probably healthy anyways

Ryn Livingston

nobody should have to justify their existence through conformity. Whether Audrey is Trans or Cis that remains true.

AnotherWeeb

turning into anything by force would be a terrifying concept I dunno chief. Seems pretty cis to me.

RightHandofDarkness

Thats valid, beauty standards are rly high regardless of gender! Ur not alone in that self-hatred, i hope u can work towards acceptance :)

awe

nice! this makes you more self aware than the vast majority of people.

Anshuk A.

Because I can start to see how ambitious this series *could* become, when you get to a natural breakpoint in the arc(s), you could take a break to do other silly comics or etc. Like, I'm not sure how much you want to keep creating this continuous story without doing anything else. And it would be a shame if you get burned out.

Adididi!

Why do I feel like I'm in trouble for witnessing this

Abacas, Online.

This is a feel bad story, as in I feel bad for both of them :'< Edit: I should elaborate I am following the story closely, it's resonating a lot all both of them as well, that's WHY I feel bad for them.

Aria

I wish there was a double timetravel patreon so I could read more

DeadyBear

Until Audrey says it himself I'm not labeling

Alle

Audrey also mentions how horrible "a zombie bite that turns you into a man" would be, if someone doesn't think of themself as a man and feels it would be be horrifying to be turned into one, then that person probably isn't a man

Alle

Yeah, that's right! There's a parallel there with both of them staring in the mirror! It's the fluorescent hum of gender dyshoria!

PrivateXimmy

1000 mecha worms have created dinner for you. Will you try it?

Parasocial Oracle 🥠

Yes! Regardless of how we identify: peoples insistance we adhere to strict gender guidelines or be considered Less in someway only hurts peoples self image. I had to do a lot of therapy and self reflection to even start undoing the damage done to my self image by my own family, who would call me Sasquatch for having so much body hair i didnt want to shave because it gave me skin irritation...all from my Hormone Disorder. No one is Any Less Gender for having ANY Feature or Trait! Anyone can be masculine! Anyone can be feminine! Androgyny is free game!! Gender is a Label that only You can define for yourself, and no one can take it from you. TLDR; [meme]

tha_shrimp

as a femboy, i feel so seen for the first time in a piece of media. People think we are just girlie girls all the time but it's not true.

Cay

Hmmmmmm there is something very transgender happening here and I LOVE it. Also if those zombies were real us transguys would have it so easy. Bite me neeexttt

Beetlezbub

Okay, but I laughed pretty hard at Audrey pretending like he was going to bite her lol. “Naw jk.”

Potatoe

As much as the disphoria read is valid, I do think it's important to take the character at his word here and respect the fact that, despite the fact he breaks gender traditional norms and may have experiences that overlap with trans people (due to the exclusionary nature of the cishetero normative society they live in) it does not invalidate his gender as a guy and because he has beauty standards he keeps for himself does not indicate gender discomfort. Same as how a woman may go through beauty routines in the morning, this is just his morning routine. (My personal take, doesn't mean I won't be wrong later)

Leevan

this is my favourite one so far

HoneyRocks

Im gonna be fully honest, in the early days of the comic i thought the title was purposefully misleading and that Val not liking herself would turn out as her being closeted transmasc... only to find out the title was decided by vote alongside others that clearly all pointed to the person in the title being Audrey, plus Val did end up enjoying more fem clothes, only disliking revealing clothing. But, i mean, that COULD still happen though! If we're in for the long run this comic could go PLACES, but idk

HoneyRocks

I mean im gonna be real, I fully believed this story would always be about a GNC cis male... until this chapter. While the "disliking your facial hair" part isn't necessarily *gender* dysphoria, the zombie bite analogy "that turns you into a man" definitely proves Audrey sees "being a man" as something awful that he hates and has to hide. And that... doesn't sound like a GNC man to me. Idk where Shen is going with the story but at least we know he's gonna explore the fact that Audrey hates being a man. Where it goes from there we'll have to see.

Viridian

thank you papa shen

probro

i think it's less romantical and referencing her innate femininity, something that he (assuming) wishes for, might be wrong tho

Fuwakero

Yeah after reading over it again, this might also be it as well. I’m good with both interpretations!

Satan Veritas

Val thinking like "I thought I was a lesbian, but I might be bi, cause Audrey is male and I think I'm into him." while Audrey is like "Well..."

Gary Till

Don't make me sad with his story. I don't want to hear Steve Winwood's Valerie in my head from a sad Audrey perspective

Ryan Harris

Shen you cannot do this to me this is me every morning im even wEARING THE EXACT SAME DAMN SOCKS THAT AUDREY IS

Rookie Red

SHH QUIET, my show is on

raven_the_barista

As someone who recently came out as trans, this is extremely relateable… and telling

Lily

🥚?

Bread Juice

Lowk how life is with PMOS/PCOS

Foxtastic

Not my transmasc ass hearing “you’re not bitten, Val” and saying “unless…” (Joking, Val does not need to be Also Trans)

Foxtastic

The alt text on bsky is now referring to Audrey as they/them so you do not need to worry that shen is not understanding the transness of this situation (if Patreon has alt text I don’t know how to access it)

ziggying

omg i have those same socks i’m literally him except im not a fem guy

vhc-frigid

This is the most accurate depiction of dysphoria ever

Joëlle

Wait, is Audrey... a catgirl?

Leo

AUBY STILL CANT COOK but yes.. i would fold...

Lostin_Lalin

Yeah (agreeing with you) the most frustrating part of the public reaction to this series the whole time has been people insisting it has to be one way or the other, especially people calling it transmisogynistic for (apparently) being a story about a GNC man. As if this couldn't be A) a GNC cis man B) a nonbinary person or C) a closeted/pre-realization trans woman. ANY of these could be the fact of the matter, and ANY of these could be the same thing IRL. It's important to take people's self described gender & pronouns at face value no matter what! Even if they're still exploring, that's their prerogative to tell you, not your job to decide for them. I can't help but wonder, theorizing that this comic is a reflection of Shen's experience exploring gender (someone in another post pointed out that the hair is similar etc), if this comic is ambiguous from the beginning on purpose and expressing frustration at people trying to prescribe Shen's gender instead of letting him work it out and decide for himself how he'd like to be described & called. I'm a huge anti-fan of preemptively gendering someone who hasn't come out as a different gender because of suspecting that they're trans, like people using she/her pronouns for Shen in these comments while theorizing that it's a coming-out-comic. Unless someone tells you to use xyz pronouns, that's just misgendering. with fictional characters and transformative fiction there's some more nuance but Shen is a real person, (general you) don't get to headcanon his gender. I don't know if that's actually the case for BFV, it's just a possibility. [Note: as of making this I'm using the pronouns associated with Shen the whole time I've followed his work ~10 years, but I haven't seen them explicitly listed anywhere the entire time so this is an invitation to point me to the correct ones if necessary]

sparkles✨

Shen, I just want to thank you for this comic. i'm a trans woman but have struggled a lot with accepting that I'm also nonbinary/GNC. Seeing Audrey be who he is, and that GNC people can have these struggles too, that it doesn't "disqualify" me somehow... it allowed me to finally accept that this is part of who I am 💖 Audrey is such an awesome character, and so immensely relatable

SausageSalad

yeah the face is where I can't stand to have hair either. even without a binary gender it can feel so uncomfortable and like it's "not you". I really like the themes of gender in this story, I'm bad at predicting things but will be cool to see how these characters continue to grow!

Shaun Clifford

I love how Audrey looking in the mirror in this comic rhymes with comic 3 where Val looks in the same mirror and is unsatisfied with her appearance.

Aleks Day

Wait until next episode 😭

ambrose tantphillis

So I'm excited for these two even if they're just platonic friends. But Val is way into Audrey dressing cute, Audrey keeps giving crush vibes too. To be fair I don't really know what girl friendships are like so 🤷

Paulrubens

I like the Audrey mecha worm concept

awe

oh i saw ... . .... TwT

Evan Garland

The To Wong Fu reference is adorableeeee

A. F.

Girl friendships where you're both totally clear that there are no romantic or sexual feelings can be absolutely be like this! It's the best, and I wish for all people of all genders to experience love like that. ❤️

Samantha

Headcanon: Val is also trans, making this still het

Plooto__

T4t hetslop is my favorite flavor of hetslop

clevererer

Oh audrys got the misandry too poor baby (also those last panels were directly pointed at us the audience from shen how dare you

Rose Meddowes

Audrey’s got some digging to doooo

jay-the-bat

C'moooon, crack Val's egg. Just a nibble.

Maeve Awen

Why is no one commenting about this obvious SLEEPOVER? I mean do I have that wrong?

Ryan M. Plosion

You won me over with this one, I had to subscribe. Felt really seen here.