Prodigal

Even though this second arc was directly about Emelia and her struggles, I think that it was very much about Luke, in an indirect way.

The trick is that I wanted the story to focus on Luke, even though it’s about Emelia. I’m showing you Luke through the eyes of Emelia. Luke is coming through Emelia’s lens, so there was a “filter” on him, if you will.

Mainly, I was trying to show that Emelia’s transition being a struggle for everyone. There’s obvious struggles for Emelia, and those [struggles of trans women] have been explored in works of art before. This was about Luke’s internal struggle.

Basically, the second arc is about Luke’s internal, man vs. man, conflict, but it’s not from his POV.

Luke has had a son for over fourteen years, so he has to find a way to let that go and accept a daughter. Emelia sees this reasoning as ridiculous, because she’s been like this all her life, and she feels like nothing’s different.

Emelia has felt like a girl all her life, but Luke didn’t know that. That’s why it’s a rough transition for him.

Do y'all think the real Luke would be accepting of a trans daughter? lol it's impossible to know because none of us (probably none of us) know the real Luke personally but I tried to think of that before writing this.

Y'all I think arc 3 is going to be great! I've written eight chapters so far, and not to toot my own horn, but I think it's the best one I've done yet! (lol now watch everyone hate it :P)

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