Just a a brief additional notice, more on my namesake analyzed here, to elaborate on the dimensions of agency and coping and navigating that my last post mentioned.

https://jowritesstuff.wordpress.com/2015/05/30/strong-female-characters-sophie-hatter/

As stated, did not conciously think of this as a trans story then, but looking back, the thought of being on some level a woman placed in a body not your own where others will not recognize you, then doing the best you can going forward, that resonates with me.

Also the power of her own unique witchery, eventually developed, resonates with me.