Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26174543-20181006151501/@comment-26174543-20181006232447

my point with the statement about lich being an exception is less that it isn't a rule that held or Whomstever set, but rather that we just don't know what the specific spirits personally identify as. being trans is, after all, identifying with a different gender than the one you were raised with or expected to have

but ! I'll also admit that I actually didn't know that about lich ! I'm actually surprised that I didn't, so thank you for telling me !

though we also don't know that he's the only forest spirit that's retained his memories ! at least not for certain. I'm not even saying this as like, a point for or against any of This, more just there's a precident of characters retaining their memories when they shouldn't (hansel and gretel, riliane's reincarnations missing their "other half," several characters on the fourth period, possibly maria/alice, etc) and I wouldn't at all be surprised if mothy revealed more if he has a cool enough idea to justify it :b

but I can't thank you enough for hearing me out ! really, this fandom has been a part of my life since middle school, and I can't imagine dropping it within this decade. I don't want anyone to feel pushed out, and I want new people to have the resources necessary to have it resonate with them for the same reasons I have

as a gay person michaela has always been important to me, so the reveal that she was gay and trans was absolutely incredible