In this quirky, supernatural high school drama, Kenzie Waller has finally overcome a long-time health problem and just wants to have a good time in high school with her friends, especially the sesquipedalian Wesley.
But she suddenly gains a power which unleashes a field that transforms others around her with feminine energy if they get too close for too long. This inexplicable, radioactive presence saddles poor Kenzie with the Hedgehog's dilemma: Her friends and loved ones can't get close and she's afraid to let anyone in, lest she hurt them.
Cover art by Alexis Rillera and other art by Annalise Wren.
It is what it is. I state this flatly. Enjoyment of this story depends on your view of human identity and human choice. In my opinion, the full extent of her power used on someone kills a portion of their sense of self and replaces it with something else. Like adjusting a machine to use different parts. The product is at best their sibling or close relative.
Wes/Lea is the best example of this. Gender dysphoria? Acknowledged. Then scrubbed away. Some personality traits? Well they don't like them, so just sort of "fixing" them is fine. S*xual orientation? Equally arbitrary. A person's choice in the matter, the fact that before all of this, Wes wouldn't have wanted this? Irrelevant. It's ugly. Horrifically, intensely, ugly. Watching a person get erased and replaced with someone that just happens to have their memories. If he always felt that way, fine, a completely different situation. But she created Lea. Wes was erased.
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