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The Boy From Venus 22 (Patreon)

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2026-11-06 15:08:45
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-- -- -- [ BUMPER \ ] -- -- --

CONTINUING THE MECH PILOT AU

And here's the two of them together:

-- -- -- [ / BUMPER ] -- -- --

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Comments

8cubed :3

NEW BOY FROM VENUS FUCK YEA

Fuwakero

This makes me so sad :( I feel for audrey so much

Roman

AW noo :(

AxelHasNoIdea

i didn't expect to be thrown a brick at 10 in the morning 😭💔

David kelly

Oh no. This isn’t the happy fun time I was promised

Hultajec

Yeah they're definitely a trans person.

Clipzandcatz

Tell me why I be crying at work right now

William Baldwin

This one felt like a knife to the chest, but god I cannot wait for more. I love this comic so much

Drewey

The image of him Ripping out the flowers such a strong visual never seen a better representation for gender diaspora

Katia Grime

Did you really just do that to us 😭 im working dude come onnnn I dont need to be hit in the feels right nowww 😭😭

KidMud

💔

8cubed :3

Oh. Oh.... audrey.... shen. Shen i will hunt you down for this....

Crim

This is gonna hit twitter like a nuclear bomb

Juice

Who else ran here!!!

TheBoredArtist

This brick doesn’t feel like concrete, but steel.

Mungry

Yeag

Val Vida

😭😭😭😭 Audrey!!

Rugger Boi

There it is, Adrien’s secret evil… grizzled Shen

Lucerna

The brick factory has started its work again 😭

Jessica

Damn, that is a good depiction of gender dysphoria

numberers

Nooo not the gender dysphoria....... audrey u deserve better........ </3</3</3

Joseph Adams

Can't do the homie like that

None of Your Business

Dearest of all gods. I have felt more visceral pain than reading this. Genuinely heart wrenching. Gives context to the “so you don’t get bothered?” Thousand yard stare from earlier in the comic.

Charlie & Taryn

Ooh ow ok gettin into it now. You got this audrey ❤️

Jamie Sasson

Ah fuck. I've been there. It hurts so bad sometimes. :( Excellent representation of dysphoric intrusive thoughts.

Fay Banks

I feel this so hard gng 😔 🙏. I remember reading your comics back in 2017, and to think it’s already been nearly a decade 🥹. KEEP MAKING PEAK GNG

Kaitlyn Reynolds

Fuuuuuuck....oh my lord does this resonate with me. Audrey, you poor poor baby... Thank you so much for the comics, I will always be so grateful for your work!

SecurityPiston

SPOILERS: ||hm, now I wonder if audrey is trans or if they have dysphoria from gender-presentation- clearly body-hair is disphoric but audrey never claimed to be a girl i don't think- how interesting||

Allison Fesler

he's so me‼️ how do we escape🤯❓

Onyxia Rivera

just got hit with a brick at 2 in the morning 🥲

QueerNCutie

Oh lovely, they're cute and now that I'm attached. Depression and Trauma!

Soul Loredo

Being able to Parallel my feelings with Audrey’s is great but also why are you making me cry at 10 in the morning 😭

d1000100

Audrey.... Honey... I just want to give them a big hug

Panda

OH YAY DYSPHORIA TIME

Kyanoxia

At least kiss the brick first jesus christ

Lunahri

*se proyecta*

Francy

Nuuuuuu AUDREY YOU'RE YOUUUUUU and Val likes you and care about you just as you are!!!!!!

TheRadBear

But why do you do this to them

DrMatterhorn

*stands on chair* You're not tricking her Audrey!! You admitted you're a man! So what if you don't like to dress like one?!

Lemmon

Oh damn, this one is dark

Necro

Another day, another brick

Pyre

I came here for fun and whimsy Not a brick to the face :(

Sirius Face

Starting the day with this gold! Thank you!

Orlando Bernal

I literally stopped driving as soon as I saw the notification.

Julia

attacking every sunflower I see for the next week

Patti

BABY GIRL IT'S CALLED LASER HAIR REMOVAL!!!

PEBZ101

this one hurt

ShadowSmoke

Is that what being spoiled feels like? 🥲 (great comic ofc as always, it just hits me right in the feels 🫠)

Giups

i feel like a rich kid being spoiled with the most expensive food edit: i just read it, i hate you shen don't make my little audrey sad

vio

The egg is cracking inside the house like I swear to god

Ashley

😭

Violet Rose in The Dark

I wonder how all the Redditors desperately wishing for an Audrey POV chapter would feel once they see this.

YouWontSeeMe

Haven’t read yet do they kiss in this one

Cathy

Fuck is this gonna be another Trans subtext but people needing a "I am Trans line"..

Lilian Delaveau

Shen brings a sort of [gender/body/guilt dysphoria] vibe to my [unadultered joy of getting a TBFV notification] that I don’t really like.

Bingo Goat

we all have internal critics... how we deal with them is the important difference.

Alice in Wordsland

Noooo I hate to see Audrey suffer 😭😭😭😭😭 I just noticed that the flowers practically deadnamed him

Val

oops this one made me cry

Crash Panda

God dayum. This one hit home.

Auri

I fucking hate (love) this oh my god

Eddie Crimson

So you hate us, don't you? (Hi hello ily)

Stars Art Bar

Wow that's a nice brick you threw at my face

Hara

Oh YIPPEE, new comic— AUDREY MY HEARTTT 😭😭😭

Gadhrach

I love Audrey so much, he needs a hug.

Mecha Lincoln

Poor Audrey 😭😭. Hitting us in the feels with the next couple of chapters I see.

Dr. Jazz

Whhyyyyyy do the sunflowers look like Shennnnnn......?¿?

F00LTEA

> he question for you

GreatMigrations

I appreciate this breakdown of the "perfect femboy" character

Grimmace

Damn a trigger warning would have been nice. That dysphoria hit like a truck.

Moss

Mm yeah I did think it was weird that Shen hadn't personally attacked me in awhile

Ash Henderson

i will fight for Audrey til the end of the Earth 😭😭

Magicoal

It's 7 for me- and I'm at work. In shambles rn

sinclairrr

Canceling my subscription to pay my therapy bills /j

Marinasinas

I love the detail that in the mirror flashback she's looking even more hairy and she has a defined Adam's apple compared to irl last chapter, dysphoria do be doing that </3

Piper Hogan

Audrey, sweetie, we gotta get you to a laser hair removal clinic STAT 🥺

Twisted Pine

As someone who has never felt gender dysphoria, the last few additions to this series have been amazing for me to see what it might feel like for someone experiencing it. Thank you for sharing this Shen. I truly think this series will help people not only feel seen, but help others such as myself get a glimpse into the struggles of people living with gender dysphoria (not to mention people who relate to Val and her own struggles).

OutbackCatgirl

utterly fucking incredible, 10/10 depiction of dysphoria, shen. Completely hooked. <3 I will not make assumptions about the precise nature of Audrey's dysphoria and self-id as a character no matter how fucking badly I want to right now, lol. You fucking legend. No matter where audrey's arc leads, I'm happy to be along for the ride and the storytelling because you are a fucking masterful motherfucker for exploring this territory of gender and expression in a story in such a cool way.

Squibb

STOP COOKING GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN (me while holding a plate out to you)

Signupking 5000

This must have been drawn with onions 😭

Billy

Ugh, I already cried last night because I watched the wrong TV show (chose the season 2 finale of Return to Paradise thinking it would be light and happy but NO THAT ENDING) and now I'm ready again to cry for Audrey at work with this 😭😭😭

Sophia Machado

As a trans girly this hit really close to home.

Ember Aegle

I love this comic so goddamn much

Chazzaroo

"But imagine you don't know it can do that? I would shit myself" taking me out from orbit again Shen goddamn

Dr. Jazz

Ah yes it's the ol' chin lines moved from the eyelashes. Classic

Zane Surrette

Love this comic so much. Love Audrey so much. But… “gender” and all its social baggage, not so much.

ViolynnSoReal

Why is Audrey getting a little too relatable

Marina Rodríguez

People at Twitter gonna be reviving their PTSD about Brisket

All Seeing

AUDREYYY I WANNA HUG YOU SO BAD

Lucas Cavare

Joke's on them, he's pretty either way

numberers

If it is important to you, make the changes that align your body with your desired gender presentation. But whether you transition or not, no matter how you dress, what matters the most is that you treat people with kindness. So it is noone elses business what your gender is or how you present yourself! What matters is that you are kind to others and to yourself. And if that means transitioning, then treat yourself!

numberers

Remember, only you get to say what being yourself means!

sinclairrr

If I had to think about this so do yall. the fact that flowers are typically seen as feminine accessories... it's basically doubling how he thinks that no matter how pretty he dresses he's still a man I'm gonna be SICK

Xochitl

wow i didn't think I'd resonate with Audrey this deeply 😭. im lucky that i have only a few spots to shave on my face every morning. if it weren't for that my gender dysphoria would be worse

HoneyRocks

Oh... That hit.... Way too close to home.... Ahaha.... ... Yeah.... Yeah

Moiouimoi

Oh no, more dysphoria. I want to hug her…

Jada

Ouchies 😭💔

riley

our poor boy.........

UberEats

thanks shen this is awesome

Lockely

Girl, same, but it gets better once you acknowledge what it actually is and take steps to treat it.

Accushot

Shen, quit spoiling us with multiple uploads a week. Though I do like that we're about to see Audrey's struggles

Tinsin

AINT THAT THE WAY IT GOES THO (Estrogen saved me)

Savinterra

I'm getting flashbacks to TADC. I'm scared for how valid my questioning truly is, and I think I'm going insane. Regardless of my mental spiraling, this is very well done, and whether it hit the way you wanted to or not, I'm getting hit pretty hard regardless. Edit: I THINK I FIGURED OUT THE MEANING OF THE TITLE

Choomb

fuck this one

raven_the_barista

This is the most egg comic I’ve read in a while.

Mason Sextro

Not the daily dysphoria weeds...how many estrogen shots do I need before those go away?

All Seeing

Don't you know that every emotion manifests as little Shenflowers

omega_heiki

🚬that's the good shit🚬

HeyoOllie

"my roots are still there" is truly haunting. :(

Steven Fletcher

I like how both our protagonists face the same issue in different ways: the mortal fear of being known. Val fought that fear by putting up a wall, and when that wall was totally obliterated, she survived and is better for it. Instead of building a wall, Audrey wears a mask. A wall can only block or fall, but you can dodge the attack altogether with a mask on. Even their mechs in the bit dimension reflect this. Val’s mech is solid and unmoving, and deadly when it does move (like when she crushed the gamer boys). Audrey’s mech is small, hard to see, and totally compartmentalised. Shen, you’re really cooking with this series and I’m thrilled to see where it goes. I hope you’re having as much fun writing and drawing it as we are reading and dissecting it.

Sam Burns

Audrey, I too handle my demons with the gym. I want to hug him so badly.

Ben Robinson

I see where this might be going… Val changes to be a happier person, so she has to return the favor and help ease Audrey’s depression.

Andrew Frisina

Audrey honestly looks really beautiful with the five o clock shadow. Something really gorgeous about fucked up messy Audrey.

Charnel_Heart

SHEN! DID YOU WHISPER SWEET NOTHINGS TO THE KNIFE BEFORE DRIVING IT INTO MY HEART?!

Francy

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 SO REAL

SimonSlays

Can we get Audrey laser hair removal for the holidays

Andrew Frisina

Also Rhino B sounds like it'd be at home in Hollow Knight. Val's bug vibes fuck.

Nipang

I didn’t expect to see my dysphoria in comic form today, but here we are. Thanks, Shen.

ً

I think it's safe to say the last two chapters write Audrey has beeing some flavour of trans. Like this is some gender dysphoria right here.

Aureai

I am not super illustrated on dysphoria and gender identity issues, but I'm very intrigued into the direction this character will take. Audrey says pretty confidently that he is a man that likes to dress femininely and has never hid away from it. I wonder if he already had explored the possibility of being transgender but it doesn't fit into how he feels like? In a sort of way to revel against the boxes that society sets: what if you can be a man, feel COMFORTABLE with such label but simultaneously wanting to look differently?

Prof

Christ the last two posts in this series both made me put my phone down and walk away for a minute halfway through. The dysphoria is too relatable

awe

SHIT

Miss Nezumi

This is genuinely the most accurate and visceral depiction of gender dysphoria I’ve ever seen in a piece of media. Incredible work, fuck you for making me feel things /j

nozomi

Might be in need of a title change

ARIKO

My heart IS break in to pieces...

FoolishJester

God imagine val's mech flying into your's to punch a hole into it then hanging back and for some reason not doing anymore damage. Little do you know she has deployed "The Worm"

Francy

The "i'm tricking her" part don't disappear so easy, sadly 💔

i_draw_sp

Audrey no!! You're not tricking her you're literally so nice!!!! Audreyyyyyy

OutbackCatgirl

oh that ain't depression at all, that's absolutely undeniably dysphoria. and i hope that is where we're going, one way or another!

Oleksij Kotov

This series has been a rollercoaster of emotions between "how cute" to "damn she gonna kill someone" to "dammit that's fucking heavy" I don't know how to convey the last one correctly but I hope someone gets it

Ben Robinson

This is a good one for me. I like how Shen takes advantage of the format to make it feel extra claustrophobic when Audrey pulls out the large flowers of self-hatred out of her head. And I like how we’re getting into the negative thoughts of Audrey they keep hidden away that we got a hint at all the way back in Episode 4 I believe.

nozomi

Can't believe you started this arc around the time I fully realised I'm trans. Stop hiding in my walls.

Kelly

Shen you got me fucking crying ;-; <3

fractalface

Thematic observation: The memory Audrey has way more stubble than the original panel

Toby

Mood

Athena Aran

Oh snap are we about to get an Audrey gym montage in the next one 💪🏻

Spooki

Damn you didn't just throw a brick You throw the whole house. 😭

Griffyngrove

I didn’t think he was going for this angle at first but I’ve been thinking it the whole comic ngl, as a trans person these experiences have really resonated with me and I hope it’s explored a bit more — we don’t get a lot of pre-transition trans rep and it’s a rlly interesting space to explore character-wise

Iunius

Absolutely devastating Shen, thank you

SlimeBinary

i knew part of audreys struggle here is concern of what val thinks and how she knows audrey as a femme presenting person. regardless of if audrey is struggling with trans dysphoria or dysmorphia i think the mirror scene really reflected val’s mirror scene as well. i’m rooting for them no matter what :3 but the brick still hurt when u chucked it, shen

Ben Robinson

Wow I didn’t even notice that.. but you’re right! Makes you wonder, is this how Audrey perceives themselves, or is this from a different day? Because Audrey’s hair is messed up too and that has nothing to do with masculinity.

radish

No, my child… :(

Oblivion1850

As a trans girl, this hit HARD

Miss Nezumi

Also, I don’t want to assume that everything you put in your comics is necessarily based on your feelings in real life, but… I hope you’re taking care of yourself, because you deserve to <3

Em

7:47am is pretty dang early to be hit with this pain, Shen

Amanda Rose

You really chose this kind of violence so early in the morning, huh? I really do love how we're getting deeper into the feels though. Every update has been more interesting than the last.

Noelle

Ahhh the trans experience 🥲 i hope we see her develop into self acceptance as it goes on!!

Tanis Nikana

And chest hair, and all the other shit I saw a moment ago when I looked in the mirror *just like that*. Fuuuuuck.

ryugalul3

you will never be defined by "hurt", my sweet baby.

David Jablinski

CERTAIN WORD STARTING WITH A T, I SEE YOU SHEN I KNOW. YOU CANT ESCAPE NE

Hobbes60

I'm confused by some of the comments, the gender disphoria / trans aspect seemed obvious from the beginning, why are people upset? Btw, the comic and this series is great! I can't wait for the next one!

Tren LF. (TheLagFairy)

....I'm in the comic....and I don't know how to feel about it....🥹

kaia_jpg

atleast kiss the brick my god

Militant0204

Boy oh boy! Another installation of my favorite comic! Surely its not like last time and i wont have another brick thrown at me!

Amber Morrigan

Audrey, don't listen to the imposter syndrome! You are amazing!!

Kathryn A

Wow. I physically reacted to that.

Ben Robinson

Oh and I just noticed another thing that hints to it. There is a speech bubble hidden behind Audrey that the evil flowers say. You can only see “T”… I think the flowers are telling Audrey “Tr*nny” which sadly fits with the context. I wonder if this is something Audrey is internalizing from society in general or if there’s someone in particular causing stress that people don’t know about yet. Edit: Wait nvm it might not be that. Because looking at the previous panel the flowers say the exact same things so the T seems to likely imply “Tricking Her”. Still however, maybe Shen wrote it like that as an ambiguous hint so that ppl would think that subconsciously.

Scorrel

Audrey's memory of themselves in the mirror being more dramatically "masculine" than what we saw in the last comic really gets to me. We saw in the last comic how Audrey appeared in the moment; a bit of stubble, makeup smeared from sleep, bedhead. But Shen didn't reuse the previous panel with a filter to convey memory, Shen redraw Audrey for this page. Audrey's perception and memory of themself in the mirror highlights every "mascluine" morning trait they're trying to hide. Only able to see and remember in explicit details that which they're trying to erase

A Aragon

Shen gives his most heartrending challenges to his eepiest soldiers

awe

I'm thinking the exact same thing

elki

i think that one was just tricking her, like the previous panel

Qel

"Haha, I'm not really trans cause I still deadname myself in my thoughts" type shit

Adzie

Oof, this one hit really hard for me. The beard has became my nemesis since I've accepted my transidentity

OhItsWren

Gee Shen, thanks for making me feel first thing in the morning.

Alex

I’m a grown man! I’m a big adult! I can do this… 😢😢😢

Xennded

And it's like... I feel helpless because I'd love him no matter what and absolutely disagree with those inner thoughts, but what exactly does that do..? How do you support someone dealing with this internally?

korapolis

Please please please create a physical of these comics. I must own this. 😭

Gracie

i really like the detail that audrey's memory of the mirror that morning is warped. the memory has a lot more hair than was actually present.

Srcsqwrn

Holy hell. That's incredible interpretation! It's pretty spot on, too! {Also, I love the mech stuff, these alternate skins are cool!

dawn

Oh, Shen...

Lill_Ginge

No no no no no no no no no no 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

hirntod

Hurts so good~

Mel(TM)

Oh baby...

Ben Robinson

Yeah I just realized that so I edited the comment.

Bika3l

I used to feel like this all the time when I shaved and tried to go for cutesy. I still do go for cutesy but incorporating my masculine qualities into it has helped. Rooting for you Audrey!

Unanimous D

All I could think reading this is "what if chuckle patch evil." I grew up in the 70s with the Magic Garden, a kids show that if it came out in the 90s would have been famous for being unintentional lesbian icons. One of the segments was the chuckle patch, a bunch of laughing flowers who's leaves or pedals (I forget which) would be like strips in fortune cookies, containing a joke on each one.

BugCatcherV

Please start estrogen it will save you.

Todd Ferguson

Interesting that when Audrey invites Val to go swimming she suspects him of deceiving her and being a pervert, and Audrey has those very same suspicion about himself... this is the best dollar I ever spent.

Jem Milton

Val needs to reassure Audrey now!!

ari melody

shen, you are crafting divine scriptures before our very eyes. i am honoured to be in this time and place to witness it. thank you for this.

slothDOS

I feel this hard as a trans person. Not making assumptions on Audreys gender, just... feeling

Madoka Vaughn

But is it really tricking Val? They started their entire friendship off the bat by disclosing Audrey's gender, no? I get this is specifically in Audrey's head but still 😭 I want them to be happy 🥹

JNathan

shen i am gonna be sick /pos

J Boogie

I love Audrey. Audrey deserves to be happy.

ArchAmber

I’m really glad I was convinced that I was convinced to subscribe to this Patreon but WHYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! AUDREY NOOOOOOOOO!!!

GUSTAVO FELIPE SÁ BRITO

Run to the website as soon as I got mail, only to be Sucker Punched in the face. Great comic as always tho

Sn4ptr4n

Right in the dysphoria

lateef

10/10 depiction of how it feels to be me every morning, genuinely shed a tear🙏🙏

Holaa Ketal

Fucking dysphoria flowers always growing

Toxin

This has become a personal attack now

Taylor Mielke

Shen that depiction of anxious/intrusive thoughts is actually so mind blowingly accurate holy

Bell

Eleanor

[At the silly romcom factory] "Guess we doing devastating dysphoria depictions now".

Squiggy

The depths of character this comic strip is plunging into is so gosh darned good

Dahlia Grayson

Hopefully Audrey can continue to explore their genderfluidity in peace 😭

Terra Greer

This is so good! I love this depiction of Audrey's dysphoria. It is very real And very accurate. Thank you, Shen!

Indigo

haha yeah

Cay

SHENNN. WHAT. HOW DARE U MAKE US ATTACHED TO AUDREY AND THEN MAKE THIS SO TRAGIC

maramarabum

We are entering "Val helping Audrey in return" zone yes yes yes yes yes yes Val get your love and acceptance beam ready

Magdalene

hey, i have a question. who are you, and how are you writing this comic about me?

The Xablee

>:( this comic is too blurry

bluezhift

This depiction of Dysphoria hits HARD, just like the real thing. I'm gonna take a walk now.

Katie Bunn

Oh gosh that's such a mood... It hurts...

Christopher Silva

Imma need you to drop a physical copy at the end or else I’ll cry….loudly

Rhys

I've had a feeling Shen was secretly feeding us yuri this whole time, but I didn't want to harp on it because femboy rep is important too

juandjara

Oh no when I said I wanted to see more of Audrey I was not expecting this

enareena

thank you shen this one made me physically ill

Danÿa

Damn, that felt waaaay too close to home 😅 🏳️‍⚧️

Alice Schattenkind

I love Audrey so much, we need to protect here! Precious girl <3

BoxxoFoxxo

Bro you're nailing the MtF experience whether it's on purpose or not. The imagery here is just spot on. I gotta kill my demons every day, too. Thank you for making Audrey

Butt butt

I don't like yelling egg, but you could make the biggest omelet with this one

Josu Doslo

I thought the callback to the mirror looked a little off, so I went back to the previous installment... turns out that it was redrawn with added chest hair and much more facial hair which is either dysphoria or another instance of Audrey shaving that wasn't that morning... still sad :(

Jasmine Czerwik

Nahhhh imagine how it's gonna hit bluesky

Kryštof Vozárik

I like how he looks, way worse in his imagination then in reality, well played Shen

Jenny

Fuck... God, that hit me right in the feels. Yeah. I know that feeling. Hang in there babe! It gets easier

Chris'n Out

Okay so you're going to hurt me today alright yeah fine cool thanks dude yeah

Mhypnos

You can't slap me in the face and then just give me mechas

alwayssunnie

As much as I love all the previous eps, I’m waiting for this one. Thanks Shen, I’m absolutely gutted rn.

Maxx

Fuck.

RCKT_GRL

Alright you got me Im paying you! Gosh this comic is good

Alex Palmer

Thanks Shen! I don't have a picture from my day today, but I did go to my workplace and fill out a workers comp form for a shoulder twinge I got. Hoping not to have to pay for a doctor's visit where they'll prob prescribe me some anti inflammatories and maybe some pt exercises

Maurice Erkenberg

I think this perfectly encapsulates everyones experience with this comic today

Leah Elena

Seeing the notification: 😁🥰🤩 Reading the comic: 😰🥺😭

Jakob Kleeman

Totally the same day. For one, it’s in Val’s bathroom, which is the first time Audrey’s been there. Second, while not explicitly gendered, the more messy head hair is still Audrey’s dysphoric perception. Not just “i got bit by the man zombie so im man”, but “i’m a gross messy zombie” too.

Zatchel

Oh… oh Audrey ❤️

CakeIsMyHusband

Just wait until Audrey finds out about estrogen

Israel Alderete

so happy to see some expansion on Audrey as a character. and such good representation of those struggles

kidev

a second comic have hit our feels

Cley Faye

Ah, Shen. Tenderizing our brain to then drop a knife in it.

Sofia Marchini

Ugh Shen I’m going through enough rn as is, I didn’t need to be punched in the gut like this

Oreo

no implications here! nope, not at all!!!! nothing to see here!!!!!

Lauren

Honey…

Mr.Monochromatic

ok, right, yeah, just break into my house and throw pepper to my eyes

Monkeydragonson

Oh that last panel hit HARRRDDDDD. I Have to shave before gym. It is a requiremet- even if I gotta use 1 dull razor and cold water for my whole body

BunnyStretches

I've never wanted to reach through a screen and hug a person more than I do right now. God, poor baby. Shen, I don't know what you've got planned, but please never stop cooking, because this is genuinely one of the best comics I've read all year. Not just online, but in ANY format.

Athena Webster

Oh wow! Insanely accurate gender dysphoria at 10 am! My favorite! 🙃

Mike Puckett

Super strong for some reason*

jacw212

AUDREY DON'T WORRY! SHE'S A PERVERT TOO!!!

Envy

i said i’d sub if you made one of the characters trans so here i am

Cryer

;-; Audrey!!!

cc_drawsthings

Right! I feel like Shen did such a good job with this that many cis people will have a much better glimpse at dysphoria. I've read about it but seeing it visually like this is so much more impactful, when I put myself in Audrey's shoes seeing the exaggerated depiction of their facial hair felt like body horror

Bwacon

I think in one of the very first chapters Audrey explicitly said he isnt trans, if they are that's cool, but idk if it is

DelTheDoll

This is fucking real

LemonPlanter

Ah. Mm. I see. Emotionally devastating.

LemonPlanter

Also can't help but notice how the *memory* of the reflection is much more extreme than the actual panel. I'm sure that means nothing.

Raine

AUDREY THERES A REALLY COOL THING WE MEDICINE WE INVENTED BEFORE THE HEART TRANSPLANT DO YOU WANNA TRY IT??

DRVLE

This is such a great portrayal of dysphoria 😭

Aria

I'd say the messed up hair is Audrey seeing themselves as disheveled and not put together when they look like that in the morning, its more of the exaggeration. Also the lighting is darker adding to the mood of the memory and their eyes are more closed, the blush has turned into eyebags and they now have visible eyebrows

Seophillia

I was just talking to my therapist about these feelings 😭😭

Duckatrice

Audreeeeey my sweet love 😭 I relate very much

Ash

Oh man. Instagram is gonna have...a lot bad to say about this. They love their femboys and...hate trans people.

Ash

This is so fucking real though. God damn. Got me cryin' in the club, Shen 😭

Nep Nep

Oh hey that's dysphoria of my comfort character

DatGai

A wise person once told me that all clothes are unisex, you just need to stop being a pussy about it. So trans or not, Adrian's still pretty fucking cool.

no name

This hits way to close to home for me

Mimic

I'm a cis man, but I kinda understand. He told her he's just dressing like female and uses a female name, but still is a boy. However he (they?) feel that the male element is a curse or sickness and he only feels good as a girl. Textbook gender dysphoria. However, he might think that Val accepts him only as a female-flavored boy, and would hate him say that in reality he feels like a girl. What if she thinks he's a fake and it's more "normal" to be a pretend-girl that to think you're an actual girl inside?

Nicky

This is the exact kind of thing I was hoping from this story, but man is it hard to read. I really feel for Audrey

Hamster

Notice how much the facial hair is exaggerated in Audrey's recollection. You're never as chopped as you think you are.

Ramona

I'm gonna fucking cry

snek

Yea

eight!

i feel so fucking vindicated rn and as much as it might be kind of awful for you sometimes i am very excited to see this one hit the socmeds. i dont know if literally anybody is ready for this. But I've believed. I've believed the whole time

eight!

given all the other details line up (clothing, choker, smudged eyeliner on one eye), it's for sure the same morning. dysphoria doesn't just focus on "gendered" features - it really warps your entire perception of yourself and how "bad" you look to yourself

Theo Howe

Im feeling very parasocial feelings about this one, youve definitely made me feel for audrey! Hope ur doing well while making these masterpieces!

chimney

just reread all the episodes up to this point. given the gender of it all, audrey's dysphoria shown here and in the previous strip, worries of tricking val, the zombie bite thing, and val's already androgynous style, i wonder if val started deliberately presenting more masculine how that might play with audrey's insecurities.

AoifeMacKay

God how dare you hit me right in the personal experience...

lautaro fernandez

I can already smell the people shouting "GNC ERRASURE"

EnbyBonanza

Audrey has explicitly said he's not a girl. Let him be GNC. It's so important to have more GNC representation.

chimney

yeah!! i remember in the personality swap bumper, audrey with val's personality was more honest emotionally, and uhh...yeah.... ._.

NodiumAmoko

It's Flowey, Flowey the Flower

chimney

also, with the prices for hair removal, that corner store clerk job aint paying shit...godspeed audrey </3

zee

Mmmmmmyes mental darkness, nom nom nom. Glad I have the patreon bc on Tumblr I could not beat the temptation to look and see people in the replies freaking out about how this confirms shen is writing a trans girl being tortured by hanging out with a terf or whatever

Lockely

It's entirely possible that's true. It's also possible he's lying to himself because it's easier than to admit the truth. I went down the *entire* "pipeline meme" lying to myself at each step because it was easier internally to admit I'm just a trans girl, because acknowledging that would mean a whole lot of changes to my life, many of which were going to undeniably be super uncomfortable. The mask fits comfortably but the itch never stops until you finally take it off.

astronoodles

Yooooo these plant things need to be nice to Audrey. I’m so for real right now

Harris

They’re already on the last chapter like piranhas

Captain Wooly

I remember seeing someone point out that they wonder if Audrey will be shown having any similar problems like Val. Well, ask and they shall receive I guess

VoreDrake

Please give them electrolysis and estrogen already.

Bacon

Shen randomly deciding to stab me in the heart two comics in a row

Aureai

Yeah, this is why I don't want to assume much at the moment and wait how it plays out, could definitely be some sort of denial too if it goes down that road. Although, it makes me wonder, given how Audrey embraces so much feminity to the point of being (understandably) mistaken for a girl: would it really change much his life confirming an official gender change? I'm so curious to know more about his friends, family... But I could absolutely be overlooking a lot. Congrats on staying true to yourself though, hope you're in a happier place :)

Lord Helix

omg, the shot in the mirror where all the hair is exaggerated. Could not relate more

Limi

Ahhhh know that feeling all too well......

squat master

wellp, time to not sleep and feel insecure and question who and what i am

eight!

it may surprise some of you to know that sometimes trans people are in the closet

The Dome Runners

Soooo, yeah, to anyone reading this, if this is relatable, plz talk to someone if you have insurance, or read the diy hrt pamphlet (https://pghrt.diy), another world is possible <3

Brianna Allen

I feel this. I need a physical release one day.

Noelung

Bring me the HDMI, I'm gonna Project myself

Super Isaiah

don't get the people saying this makes audrey a trans woman, there's all sorts of different ways gender dysphoria works

Bird Noir

Did you at least kiss that brick before launching it at my cranium? 💀💋💔

Cosmic Lass

God the fact that Audrey's flashback is even harier and more masculine than in reality. It's so *chef's kiss*

Bird Noir

Yup, like,speaking from personal experience, I was a resident of Narnia even well after the shell cracked

Bird Noir

This... This is it. (Speaking from my personal experience) Like, when you are in the mess of even trying to define yourself , going through the freaking complicated loops and spirals, that upheave your existence- how can you be honest to someone (from your own point of view)? Like, you ain't saying the truth because you aren't in the possession of that resource at this point, and you'd be happy to do so, if only you could. Took a lot of therapy for me to untangle even a bit of this mess, but I 'm still far from perfect. At least the aggressive self-denial is gone, so that's that

Corty

Some part of gender dysphoria is imposter syndrome. But its far more advanced than that... As a trans masc who had certain sea creatres as my first special interest, i feel like im pulling octopi from my innards. Octopi that are sickly, black, and slimy like it drowned in an oil spill, yet still cling to me

Corty

Its a whole bunch of stuff the fighting game community needs to see tbh. The misogyny in fighting games goes deeper than one might think

Corty

What series is this?

Corty (edited)

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2026-11-07 02:00 Some trans people are comfortable with the pronouns from childhood, i dont think this kind of random and abrupt question in a comment section is helpful overall
2026-11-06 20:38 Some trans people are comfortable with the pronouns from childhood, i dont think this kind of random* and abrupt question in a comment section is helpful overall *scratch that, its not a random question sorry. I meant its less helpful from a random person who hasnt built up a trusting relationship with the other person

Some trans people are comfortable with the pronouns from childhood, i dont think this kind of random* and abrupt question in a comment section is helpful overall *scratch that, its not a random question sorry. I meant its less helpful from a random person who hasnt built up a trusting relationship with the other person

Samlyn

Audrey is a cinnamon roll that must be protected at all costs!

Magnus Hinge

Wow shen, deadnaming a """""femboy"""" how cruel

Freddie Malcomb

My called shot is that Audrey doesn't know what being trans is and that's why [he/she/they] IDs as a man

Basil

Thank you for this comic. I feel so alone as a trans person existing and this comic means so much to me. it validates my feelings without creating more negativity like certain online spaces. thank you Shen

Auroracleric

Been there...oof all of the feels

NicN

Ooh poor Audrey. We must protect Audrey at all costs

Marcie Hadsall

i just know that the insta readers are gonna get upset about this chapter too but i LOVED it

Marcie Hadsall

the detail about audrey’s flowers getting bigger as she’s going home + her internal dialogue showing a skewed perspective of her actual reflection… ugh shen you spoil us

Kickapoopower

Reddit continues to stick their fingers in their ears, pour gasoline into their eyes, and scream, but Audrey is definitely experiencing dysphoria.

Triss

Pro tip: crying at the mirror makes the manly go away for a moment 🫠

Jamari

The chapter of pain and despair

Mads

Audrey, you can do it. I did. I believe in you!

Valerie

Forget about a brick i think someone threw a knife at me

Jennifer

Ouch... when they say something landed close to home, yeah, that one flew in through my window and smashed my tv.

Toxin

You are beautiful and you are loved

Calypso Johanns

This one is legitimately triggering, at least to this trans woman

Hal 🔆

some people are saying that Audrey is trans and have started using she/her and while I know it's a fictional character, isn't it like super disrespectful to use diff pronouns than the person themselves uses? cuz like Audrey has identified as a man to val and even corrected her. gender dysphoria (dismorphia? i don't know the difference) isn't exclusive to trans people! Audrey could just be gender non conforming. i think it's disrespectful to the character and all he represents currently to assume he's trans when he hasn't identified himself as such. right?

Vampatics

Damn Audrey i feel this shit so hard. Except the transman version, feeling too girly in the face when my hair is a certain way, I have friends who fully pass and my flowers tell me im just a copy trying to copy their lives, when no, I just also want to grow and be the man that they gave me the confidence to come out and be, he was still always there before. What do yalls flowers say? Let's do some weedeating

Vampatics

The fact that you redrew the dysphoria frame from the last comic entirely over again, really encapsulates the feeling of how it actually feels to look back on the memory of yourself like that. We see the version Audrey truly saw in this one, a bigger frown, more messed up eyelashes, hair on the chest as more hair on the face along with the dark lighting. Perfectly pushes how it feels when dysphoria hits and all the details jump out at you. But like clicking back to the last comic, just like irl, from an outsider view, we just look normal, just alittle sleepy and disheveled like anyone else.

Papa Smurf

Wow, this one hit like a Mack truck... I'm not trans, or even a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, but I understand the feeling all the same. I definitely grew up being "othered", and wanting to be yourself and struggling to do so, because it feels like no one will accept you for it. Really loving this comic, I feel like it works on so many levels.

Idiot Dog

If I didn't look like this I would try to dress more fem and paint my nails. For fun!!! Yeah....for fun........yeah.....

EnbyBonanza

As a nonbinary trans person, let people tell you their labels and don't assign them to others.

Evelynn!

I would like to recall the scene in which Val and Audrey met- Val walks up, as a customer, and immediately started going off about how men are the worst etc. At first, Audrey doesn't directly 'correct' Val- just stating "we have problems with that, don't we?" to me, that reads as Audrey assuming that Val is *including* audrey in that statement, it's not until Valerie goes "oh no those are MEN problems for MEN" that Audrey spells it out one more time- Do you try to defend being one of the girls, keeping in mind Audreys dysphoria, or do you "admit defeat" and say you're a man? We know that Audrey is dysphoric and has a male-associated name that is used by representations of dysphoria to hurt audrey- Audrey has no obligation to identify in any specific way, but insisting to readers that we should use he/him pronouns for a fictional character when there is this much textual support for a transfeminine reading i do not think is a hill anyone has to die on

Evelynn!

(OH also the alt text on tumblr and bsky for the latest public chapter used they/them for audrey consistently, make of that what you will!)

Evelynn!

val and audrey find out about being transgender at the same time. shared panel of them shouting "YOU CAN DO THAT!?" this is how we save hetgem

Evelynn!

i was about to link a website i know that helps with that stuff & then i remembered the name of it & fucking lost it. anyway https://valerie.vg/

BrushÆ564

Yeah... Keep them bricks coming 💔...

Octavia

This hurt my heart

Tyler Rave

i think its fun how Val's insecurities presented her like a bug hiding under a rock, and her mech is a beetle shape that can also roll up like a rolly-polly (a bug frequently found under rocks), and also that Audrey's insecurities are presented like these flowers that grow out of his head like parasites, and his "mech" is this lil ever-replicating worm things that's will never really die because their "roots" (the operator, Audrey) is somewhere else entirely

Caspian !

Shen I will hunt you !!! oh Audrey :(

Hal 🔆

sure I get that! i just don't want us as passive participants in Audrey's life / inner monologue to force any particular conclusion until Audrey themself is like ready to commit to it y'know? cuz otherwise it sorta takes away their power to make that decision for themselves (although obviously and of course this is a fictional character that doesn't see our dialogue about them unless shen decides it to be so lmao). cuz like I think there's value in representing gender confusion and/or non-conformity that doesn't automatically jump to trans. :) but also in this particular case as you said it can go either way like narratively so I'm not trying to die on any hills ahaha. i just like the idea of cis people showing gender non conformity 🫶🏼

Trevor Sanchez

I didn't expect to have a mirror held up to me like that. That felt extremely unexpectedly raw, as an early-days-of-HRT transfemme. Good job.

Blundertoad

Shen let me hug Audrey please...

Zanna

Oh dear 😭 This got a lot sadder. Of course Audrey also has problems though. They should help each other.

Sigourneys

*insert gif of Trisha paytas crying in the floor sobbing into a camera* 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Tristan King

Shen once again You have cooked again

Max Young

Yeah, that’s definitely more than just gender nonconformity

Mirella Aurora

Ohhh. Audrey thinks his adam's apple is way more visible than it really is, as seen in the morning mirror flashback. I wonder if that's why he wears that choker all the time no matter what outfit he has? To hide the adam's apple or at least distract from it? Damn. (PS. I'm using he/his until stated otherwise in the comic)

The Mayday Man

Me at the start: Oh neat gender non-conforming rep! Me now: Oh neat pre-transition dysphoria exploration!

JIoJI KeK

[leering into a magical couldron that shows me the weekly Patreon exclusive comic. Hunched over and shit. On my wizard time type shit type shit] Fuuuuuuuck you Shen comix. Fuuuuuuuck you. I am the fuck you woman, and by Larry's name, I smite thee. (Gender dysphoria has been introduced into the Boy from Venus comic series)

Sunny Day

Dysphoria and imposter syndrome be like that. Its okay Audrey. Shen hit the feeling on head.

nozomi

I wonder why that could be........

Snocksiffer

Now Audreys question feels completely different when he asked Val if she likes how she looks in the mirror in ch. 3...

Viris

Holy gender dysphoria, Batman!

Viris

Like right now.

SerpentSavvy

I didn’t know I was paying to be shot at. Poor Audrey…

Daniel Adams

This reminds me of a character in Centuria who is endlessly creating copies of herself that represent all her inner thoughts and killing them over and over

Miss Maxine

dude fuuuuuuck i genuinely struggle with this shit on a daily basis augh 😭😭😭

seeforkat

My guess is he was bullied/accused of being a pervert before or was around people that do that a lot, so being bubbly and cheerful is his defense mechanism to show that he isn't one. Im not saying he doesn't actually like appearing feminine. Rather his dysphoria comes from social pressure, as his flowers kind of suggest that he has fears of being called a predator. If anything his style even makes him feel safe socially. Wanting to be a woman and not wanting to be seen as a predator still has some differences, i think.

PG

Yeah, people are not ready for when this comes out... I felt my heart getting ripped out alongside those flowers.

jose trujillo

I actually think, this is not quite gender dysphoria, I think he is developing feelings for Val which are in contact with his masculine side, which makes him this way, and I think is this way because of what the flowers say, at the end about him being a "pervert" or "tricking her" like, it's not like he is saying Val that she is a girl, she knows she is a boy.

Iris

Okay now I'm sure of it.

Chandelle En pantuflé

no puede ser pagué desesperada por ver más solo para encontrar dolor ok

Mightfo

As a genderfluid person: GNC people can have euphoria and dysphoria too. This is why theres butch women who have top surgery, for example. The difference between "is this person a trans person" and "is this person a femboy/gnc/butch woman/whatever" ist a matter of "Do they have gender feelings or not?". A huge % of the latter *do* have gender dysphoria, euphoria, etc based around their non-cisnormative gender needs. Frankly, I'd consider most gnc people to essentially be a form of trans that dont change pronouns(or dont change pronouns much, ie she/they), the line between them and nonbinary is vanishingly small. This is also part of why the term "genderqueer" exists- they have a very queered version of their AGAB. But they still have strong desires to be a very different version of their AGAB, basically indistinguishable from a lot of the complex genders that nonbinary people occupy.

Mightfo

Yeah. The question is trans woman dysphoria, nonbinary dysphoria, or GNC dysphoria?

Sayori Biggest Fan

For the record, this was the one that made me cave in

RobinOTP

"OMG I'm Audrey!!" Chapter 1: 😃 Chapter 22: 😐

Redmage77

Oh fuck, this is gonna hit twitter like 10000 bricks

Redmage77

Also, "there you are" is gonna probably be in my vocabulary for the rest of my life, I appreciate being seen and hearing your voice Shen

Nora

I regret and dont regret paying the dollar because owch but wow i dont know

Nick Trogdon

Feeling like the conclusion of this story is gonna hit like a freight train

morri

Shen when I fucking Get you Shen

Averyy

gun straight to the head

Lostin_Lalin

Oh my god the added gut punch of Audrey's memory being even hairier and dead colors and the warped facial features and depressed face, even though the angle is exactly the same and could have otherwise been a recycled panel, are such a great way to show dysphoria and how it feels worse in your head especially the more you think about it. Im genderfluid so the feelings vary from day to day and this reminds me of those days when I'm utterly unhappy with my body. God. Wow. Excited to see what comes next.

Kerflugidy

Aaauuuoghggh!!! I just wanna give Audrey a hug!!! 😭💜

Lostin_Lalin

I believe the alt text on 21&22 is they/them, at least it was on Tumblr 21

Lonely Sophia

This means so much to me, you don’t even know. I feel like this every day - so so disgusted by being what I am

Gray L.

Audrey, we love you. You aren't being fake or tricking Val for being who you REALLY ARE. Be who you wanna be 😭

Signupking 5000

Not a series, a game called Warframe. Sadly not actually a cat.

Corty

Oh, ok... :( i tried warframe, it was not for me. I love the design of the orthos weapon tho

Signupking 5000

You could try again, it changed a lot in the last couple years

Aleks Day

Hasn't Audrey heard of lasering 😭😭😭 Shen you must tell them it's a great technology, no need for this suffering 😭😭😭

ashley

really beautiful. im really happy with how this comic is progressing

Nyx_Nebulas

I got literal cents put into my account and it was just enough for this subscription and I was SO happy 😭😭

Claire Pollard

The flowers represent bad thoughts, but also a quick-growing 5 o'clock shadow. That will always come back with time (unless you get the zap zap)

Noelle

It hurts to read but it's so good. Dysphoria was definitely creeping up on me. I feel bad for Audrey:(

Yourtime

i don't get it, what did audrey mean with gym?

SausageSalad

I'm always impressed by how you visualize emotions in your comics, like this is so effectively gut-wrenching and familiar. ouugh. Absolutely hooked on this

DJ

That’s what I’m wondering!

Alex

Oh it's fine I didn't need my heart today anyway.

Satan Veritas

Aw man, the way the flowers taunt him with the name Adrian. Like the way his old bullies taunted him with Audrey

The Xablee

Like to go exercise so they can distract themselves with physical work so their mind is quiet. I assume.

ziggying

oh ok yeah sure just throw a brick at me why don’t you

MaB

You're perfect, Audrey.

Kaitlyn Reynolds

I didn't think about this the first time I read it...but I just realized that the second image of them looking in the mirror is worse than the original that they were reliving in their mind. The dysphoria is making them see things even worse than they are...fuck that hits me in the soul.

twilight

oh fuck, that really is just gender dysphoria. i feel for them sm

Wei

Omg..... Audrey :*0 this actually maybe adds some context to the start of the comic too. Because now it's like, "okay, well Audrey isn't a man, thats for sure, but then why did they go out of the way to tell val they were a man when they first met?" And maybe it's because they thought if they told her they weren't a man, that would be "tricking her"...? Idk man I'm cis and Im just theorizing but I'm so excited to see where this goes (and also eating Styrofoam).

Kiwa Tyleri

Yeah. This suggests that Audrey is keenly aware of how society treats trans women and transfeminine people. Playing dress up is forgivable, as long as you grow out of it or you do it for other people's entertainment. What would Val say if she knew that Audrey is Like This because they hate their own maleness more than Val hates men?

Kiwa Tyleri

The alt text on the public release of the previous chapter uses they/them for Audrey. Given that this happened after the switch to Audrey's pov, it at least suggests that Audrey's gender situation is more complicated than "man".

skysyzygy

Ohhh man the panel with all the dead flowers???? GOOD comic good writing I’m so invested

DecidingOnUsername

I'm noticing how Audry looks a lot hairier and manlier in this version of the mirror scene because it's not accurate to what he really looked like, thats just how he sees himself

Nicky Ambrose

I feel Audrey so hard, the dysphoria’s been crazy lately 🫩

All6pistols

NOOOOO FLOWERS!! RELEASE AUDREY NOW!!! 😭

Kittybitty :3

Yeah that’s exactly what it feels like >~<

Tanner Price

I learned I was trans 5 years ago and never did a thing about it for safety reasons living in deep red states. I wonder how much Audrey already knows and understands about what they're feeling. I relate entirely too well. 😢 Probably why I read every single comment on every new Boy from Venus comic, trying to not feel so alone in my perpetual dysphoria. This really helps.

Poppy

I didn't expect subscribing today to result in getting blasted with the ol' dysphoria

Lauren

I am going to need this entire thing as physical media, or at least shareable media at some point. I need my dear friends to read this and know how much it affects me.

sunvan

Oh yeah that’s dysphoria alright. Been there done that.

Carp

Flowey

Dragaroth

So, you introduced Audrey as a "masculinity isn't all to being a man!" And now you got this, which feels... At odds with that intro. And I'm even more worried with how the misandrist character is gunna "accept" Audrey's identity, given their friendship started with, "you aren't masculine so I didn't think you were a guy" and all that.

Gregina Bogosian

The flowers calling Audrey "tricking her" "Weirdo" "pervert" call them "Adrian" and have facial hair and say "My roots are still there." Audrey has dysphoria about their facial hair. I don't know that they are a binary trans woman. But you will never convince me that they are cis.

Joey Willette

Shen these comics give me life! I look forward to the next one and I resonate deeply with Audrey, especially with the unshaven face with that expression. Thank you for this story, my partner and I love it

El Davey

Shen making me relate to Audrey HARD

Madeleine Capper

God, if you're real, you'll make this het t4t thank you amen

Liz

Shen got tired of tumblr trying to crack his egg so he made a series to crack every egg it touches.

Irene

Oh my. God

Diane Pernaut

Welp, been dysphoric the last few days. This hits brutally close, no matter how many years it's been since cracking my shell. Good job, Shen.

Zeak Ninja

Twitter is so cooked

Abbi McNeely

You're not trickin nobody, Audrey! 🥺🥺

Abbi McNeely

generally speaking being well groomed is considered a feminine trait, wheras having messy hair is more associated with masculine people. Cause caring about your hair is girly, i guess.

Erica

I feel like the dysphoria part being spelled out at least makes it obvious to the more obtuse on twitter and Reddit that boy from Venus (as if the title wasn’t obvious enough) is a budding romance between a trans woman and a gender non conforming woman.

ambrose tantphillis

Yeah this, I've been close with many transfem peeps over the years. But it's mostly an abstract concept to me.. or like.. something I forget they have to go through

Quinn Lee-miller

I don't want to be a doomer but does Audrey seem like they may take...drastic action? Their advice to Val just a few episodes ago was to cut a problem was to cut the tree down, and that's what they're doing here; the tree can grow back and so can the flowers. You gotta take the problem out at the root and Audrey might misinterpret it as commiting suicide rather than get gender affirming care.

Ace Enby

I just need to hug Audrey okay 😭

Jenna

yeahhhhh

Iris Baez

I like how Audrey was treated as the manic pixie dream girl for Val just for us to wipe that away with exploring her character. It's a good way to explore that trope but with earnesty

DJ

Unquestionably trans woman dysphoria

Evan Garland

You're not tricking anyone baby. 🫂

OutbackCatgirl

I don't see a contradiction here. Just a very real human experience.

Lou Tenant

I gave you $3 to hurt me... neat!

Kaiselherzt

This one's gonna hit reddit like a storm, worth the $1 lmao

asillylittlefool

it's nice to see a character that i can relate to so much. having body dysmorphia and the struggles of avoiding traditional masculine norms (and the fears of trickery and toxicity from those norms) as a feminine guy fucking HURTS. it's nice to see a character that i can relate to so much. i dont want to prescribe your characters as anything, but if audrey continues to identify as a man, just a feminine one, it's nice to have a character i can relate to, with similar struggles. thanks for the wonderful chapter!

blodwyn 💚

as a trans woman, i want to cry having read this

A. F.

AUDREY 💔 I don't care what your gender is, baby darling sweetheart, just let me hug you 😭

ReVIVIfy

Bravo for the level of understanding it takes to create a piece like this!

Dragaroth

Oh I don't think it's a contradiction, I just am worried cuz there's a lot of ways for this to really undercut itself, in a way I just, personally, view as negative.

Jasmine Czerwik

Just put together my Atlas Prime recently, casting "Punch" really do be how he works

Holly

I find the particular invasive thought of 'Tricking her' to be very interesting. Audrey is not someone who has even transitioned, they present themself as a man, introduced themself as a man and continue to identify as a man... yet they still think of themself as 'tricking her'. It's a very common thought amongst trans women who battle with internalized transphobia that they are tricking other women into letting them into women's only spaces for perverted reasons, tricking women into thinking they're women, tricking women into thinking they are safe around them. Now, these thoughts are intrusive and based on more conservative preconceptions of trans people that have wormed their way into the minds of these women. This often leads trans women to develop forms of sexual/gendered OCD or just general crippling fears about going out in public alone. Audrey is shown here ruminating very similarly to someone with the very same kind of mindset that an early-in-transition woman would experience and yet they have never even once called themself a woman. Audrey not even once has called themself a woman to anyone, not even themself and still they believe that they are somehow 'tricking her'. They may be thinking that they are tricking Val into thinking that they are better than a man, not as dangerous as the rest of them, or even tricking Val unconsciously into seeing them as a woman regardless of what they say they are. Either way the 'roots' of this issue are left unexamined; the way Audrey sees Val as 'pure' for being a woman, and manhood being a virus, as well as the fact that they see themself as someone who has been plagued with this virus (what were you before you got bit, Audrey?). I'm thinking about this a normal amount.

Samantha

I absolutely can't wait for this one to drop publicly. Redditors have been so insufferable about many trans viewpoints on this comic.

Samantha (edited)

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2026-11-10 01:00 I really doubt it's the kind of comic to go thay dark. But I do expect, when Val realizes what's going on, she'll find out how to get estrogen for him. And Val will be the one to refer to transitioning as cutting the tree dow.
2026-11-09 20:42 I really doubt it's the kind of comic to go that dark. But I do expect, when Val realizes what's going on, she'll find out how to get estrogen for him. And Val will be the one to refer to transitioning as cutting the tree down. Edit: typos

I really doubt it's the kind of comic to go that dark. But I do expect, when Val realizes what's going on, she'll find out how to get estrogen for him. And Val will be the one to refer to transitioning as cutting the tree down. Edit: typos

Kasai

I adore the mecha. It’s a very cute lil guy.

Samantha

When I was in the closet, I would often try to bury my dysphoria by going to the gym. In my case, I was trying to perform masculinity on top of hiding the mental pain with physical pain. In Audrey's case, it's probably just the latter.

Holly

Ok so thinking about the zombie bite analogy I realized something. The trope of a character hiding a zombie bite is meant to state that that person ISNT a zombie yet. Following this logic, understanding that zombie = male, not-zombie = female, Audrey may be directly dictating that they see themself as a woman who is slowly turning into a man... which if that isnt how a lot of trans women see themself pre-hrt ill eat my own hat. Ill buy a hat then eat it. Wait no I already have a hat. Ill eat my hat. My point is Audrey is likely boymoding... as a cross dressing man... Gah i dont know.

HoneyRocks

Im gonna be honest I have the crackpot theory that this is shen's very elaborate way of coming out as trans on their own terms. Like they probably hate to have tons of ppl on social media trying to force them into an identity they're trying to find out on their own, so they decided to just write out an exploration of gender mirroring their own so ppl can see where they're coming from. Of course i might be ENTIRELY wrong, but also when I started this comic I felt like audrey was a reflection of shen's thoughts on masculinity and gender that they've talked about over the past couple of years thru various comics... And seeing now where Audrey's story is going.... I cant help but feel like this also STILL represents something about Shen's own gender journey Buuuuuuuuut it's purely a crackpot theory im absolutely not treating it as fact lmao just fun to wonder about

HoneyRocks

While I get your logic, as a transfem person I have to say, the "tricking" and "pervert" parts do absolutely still apply even if you're open about what you are. The feeling like you're tricking women into trusting you by being more feminine, acting less like a man, looking less like a man, getting close to them and having them be comfortable with you... and then feeling like a horrible person because deep inside you're NOT a "safe person", you're actually a masculine person trying to appear like something they're not, and thus trying to get close to "real" women who shouldn't trust you at all It doesn't matter if you're open about your feelings, or even if you aren't looking for a relationship or intimacy with them. You feel like you're lying to yourself, to the world, and to them, and like you're a weirdo that shouldn't be trusted. Gender dysphoria is a hell of a drug

Samantha

It can kind of feel like that when you're repressing gender dysphoria (throwing the flowers into a slowly building pile). Meanwhile your body is still changing, still becoming more male. And you can't stop it, because you're not willing to accept you're trans, or you might not even know you CAN transition. Irreversably changing before your own eyes and you feel powerless to stop it.

Holly

YOU GET IT. This is what i think this comic will delve into ultimately. I've known people who experience that exact thing. People like that constantly feel like they're just on the edge of a cliff, which is why I find the imagery in this part (episode? chapter?) very powerful. It both mean growing repression, as well as feeling sadly very tempting. I hope thats not how Audrey feels but I wouldn't be surprised.

Samantha

Yeah, there are good reasons why many of us trans women saw ourselves in Audrey back in day 1. Why a lot of us were upset because it seemed like it was a blatantly trans woman being just labeled as a femboy. It resonates so strong because these are such trans experiences

Sophie B

I'm in this comic and I don't like it.

Holly

I'm in the same boat sister. I hated the direction this comic was going until I realized Audrey may be caught in a messy relationship with her gender. Not every person who would benefit from transitioning will have the most idyllic transition and will it would likely be paved with temporary labels and experimentation. I suppose I just didn't expect this level of nuance from Shen (not an insult its just I knew them as the 'Relatable Comics' person mainly). I suppose im obligated to mention SURE transition doesnt have to be the answer here but when you see manhood as a creeping infecting virus and womanhood as the thing you want to maintain because of how pure it seems, I gotta say that sounds like how I saw myself pre-transition.

Glissando365

I just want to say thank you for this whole discussion. As someone not familiar with these types of stories, I was struggling to understand what on earth the ‘tricking her’ buds were talking about and why they felt so toxic. Reading these comments is very illuminating

clevererer

I mean i knew you were capable ever since live with yourself but come on what the hell shen

clevererer

Its like the one artist where i dont have to ask if they kissed the brick. We got 10 something years of kisses. Of course the brick was kissed

OutbackCatgirl

You listen to them, you accept them, you keep your mind open, encourage them to open up gently, and once they do you offer empathy sympathy compassion and respect for their experience. learning together what helps and what doesn't. being there when you can. helping them feel effortlessly themselves however you can. <3

Xennded

I wonder how Val will do that in this story I hope Audrey will give her the chance to be there for them.

OutbackCatgirl

Some of the folk upset were hoping for a femboy comic (honestly, most of the really upset ones are, and it's kinda gross how much they hate the idea of audrey being any flavour of "not a goonable femboy".) a couple folk are convinced that he's just queerbaiting, which i won't even start to unpack here since it's fucking cruel discourse that I entirely disagree with. one or two are garden variety bigots. i hope shen is doing okay. No matter who or what he is on the spectrum of gender, i support him. he's clearly got a level of understanding and empathy that shines through his art.

OutbackCatgirl

doubling my subscription to pay shen's therapy bills /hj

mahougomi

I paid one dollar to get rolled 😭😭 audrey...

link278

I need the next one O.o

Hamster

When I saw the first 2 panels I just thought Audrey was humming to themself.

Jasmine Czerwik

OH HEY I JUST READ THE FIRST OF THE BATCH OF THE FEMME SHEN COMICS AND SAW THE BONUS PANEL OF SHEN'S "TRUE FORM" SHEN I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM ME

ashley

sometimes characters are complex.

Dragaroth

And sometimes people disagree on what that complexity is.

multi987

Spoiling us with bricks

multi987

Which could mean nothing.

multi987

Damn the mech lore is mind-blowing 🤯. Keep cooking.

Sam Gallacher

Damn gender dysmorphia sucks I hope I don’t have any

Darknyss

And this is the one that finally made me subscribe. Lol I guess ya finally got me, Shen. :P I know these feels *all too well*. :'(

Snoopuppers

It def hit Reddit like one 😭😭

Ben Liddle

Why not all of the above

Darknyss

if anything, it's a little *too* real. For skincare reasons, I can only shave my face every other day or I break out badly. During those off days...I do everything I can to not look closely at any mirrors or touch my face more than is necessary. The pain that hit my chest watching poor Audrey have those same feelings...

Lostin_Lalin

yessss shoutout to nonbinary GNC trans women