“It is more enjoyable for me - and presumably for the readers - to show trans positivity. It makes me happy to focus on gender euphoria and acceptance instead. It isn't intended to remove or hide the negatives, but to build on top of it and focus on the good parts instead,” Nova says.
“Feeling represented in a positive way is extremely valuable for trans people, especially when they're still sorting everything out regarding their gender- so just being able to show this feels like I'm doing a good thing.” “I love showing the more complicated sides of this kind of interaction.”įor decades, furry communities have experimented with gender and sexual identity, heightening the sense of fantastical possibility within a grounded setting. Nova tells me that this sense of fantasy is always in the background for her characters, but largely it’s just her preferred art style. There’s not necessarily a deeper meaning behind it. Instead, Nova’s visual style might better be described as a euphoric trans aesthetic, which uplifts her characters in various ways. A notable example comes in can you say my name again?, which follows Laina, a trans bunny girl, who lets trans girl Pisti stay the night after being kicked out by her transphobic family.īoth characters face hardship - Laina struggles with anxiety and Pisti is figuring out how to live after being kicked out.
