When we came out as trans, a bit over a decade ago, we were in the middle of Good Omens, and there we stood for a long time. The stress of transition, especially with the changes to people and places we treated as constants, led us to fell off of reading both prose and comics in a way we're still recovering from.
Homestuck was the first long-form thing we picked up in a while, and did so partially because we had friends alongside us making the experience more theatrical. Even after that, most of what we dug into was Homestuck-related, like the Epilogues, Godfeels, or Vast Error.
We've been picking at The Night-Bird's Feather for a while. It is a work that perceives us with eyes that look-upon, from an author whose milieu is known for perceiving those like us.
I think it's good that it took us so long to read it. The book changed and we changed. We're someone we like being far more than we were when we started. We have made the choice to live and to dream.
Because it is always your choice.
Your student,
Twilight Sparkle-Tautology