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I have tons of transbian fic but I realise now that I'm a bad person.
Like how people got tired of sad gay coming out stories, I guess I kind of avoided things that focus on early transition. The one I can think of is Being Emily by Rachel Gold which is an awful YA book I don't recommend. I have about 35 transbian novels n novellas, but basically all of them feature a protag who's been on estrogen for at least a while. I realise now that there's probably a lot of interest in the early-transition stuff.
This is why I'm the worst possible historian for this shit, because my cataloguing is influenced by my taste. To be fair to me though, looking over the list(35 read, about 40 unread) I can't really see any that cover that sorta thing, huh. I can make recs but not for that, sorry...
It's okay. I don't want a sad story. I want something happy.
I'll take recs for whatever you think might cheer me up
AH, I FUCKIN GOT IT
I haven't read Us by Sara Soler but it's meant to be good, it sounds like exactly what you're asking for. BAM GOT IT
Books that aren't totally depressing, uh maaaaybe Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante? That one follows its trans riotgrrl protag through various stages of her 90s riotgrrl life which is cool I enjoyed it, uh...
The Weight of Living by MA Hinkle if dad passing away offscreen is fine, it deals with heavy topics but it's my personal favourite transfem romance, uh
That's all I fuckin got unless you like Lily Seabrooke novels. I look at the rest of my top 5 - The Last Girl Scout, Nevada, Little Blue Encyclopedia - and any of the other ones I like are either grim traumafests or just actual splatterpunk shit.
Don't beat yourself up. You've given me plenty to look over. Thank you
Just unfortunate that the genre of "books with trans girlkissers in" is almost universally depressing unless it's YA, y'know. Happy to help tho
That's sad. I hope I can get to a place where that sounds entertaining, but right now I feel like I have enough sadness in real life
Any of it in fiction would just overwhelm me
There's lot of beautiful & sweet books out there, like Little Blue Encyclopedia or Otros Valles or stuff, but they deal with heavy themes and/or are crushingly sad/wistful sometimes, so I can't recommend atm.
Unsurprisingly a lot of trans lady authors are also sad n depressed =)
I'm gonna write one day, and I'll only write happy things
Also there is The Hatchling by Vyria Durav, almost forgot that's a good eggy->not eggy one iirc.
there's a bunch of fic on scribblehub that might fit. a lot of them are more focused on eggs hatching than the transition itself, but there's some overlap
here's one, here's another, here's a third one
idk how you'll like them but they have happy endings and are about transbians early on (including pre-transition). they're pretty ya in vibes
also if fanfic is ok lemme know because i have way more of that
Thanks, Cromalin. You always come through with the recs
you didn't say one way or the other so here's fanfic
an earth shattering confession, homestuckmagical girl, madoka magica
shedding the disguise, kaito kid
a bed of twigs, fire emblem three houses
avatar, sword art online
horn replacement therapy, urusei yatsura
the devil's brew, we know the devil
basically all of these are about early transition/egg cracking and are gay as hell. shouldn't need any context from the works they're fanfic of either
I haven't watched any of these things, so it's just fiction to me
Ooo I'm excited to read that three houses fic
oh have you read an eagle among lions? that's my personal fave 3 houses fic, it's wild
I haven't, but I'll read that too :>
spoiler
edelgard gets a gundam! well she gets a zaku, which is way cooler, and not a representation of imperial hegemony