this was alot of cool information but im just looking for Estrogen not hard drugs and black market organs. Hrt isnt even illigal in my country they just dont sell it and no one is going to take a trans persob seriously here for me to get a prescription. Im in that weird place where my culture is so anti lgbtq that they basically know nothing about it trans people are just gay with extra steps and the average person doesnt even know trans people take hormones instead of just cross dressing. getting a knock on the door for drugs is the least of my concerns im more likly to get beat to death for being cuaght wearing a dress or kissing a guy.

Now that you mention it. It reminds me of Ranma 1/2. Ranma is shown to be extremly happy being a woman multiple times during the story. while they dont show much joy being a guy they also dont show dislike towards it either.

Ranma could easily just been gender fluid but the author themselves has been on record saying they think a guy turning into a woman is gross and wrote ranma enjoying it in some scenes as comedy.

its a character who idenity its literally being rained in by the author’s irl beliefs

when i was a kid I was a teenager i wondered why they didn’t just make them a girl but remaru is pretty clearly ment to be non binery rep so its fine.

your the first person ive seen in the wild that understands that jax actually reaches out to people multiple times throught the series and that she only stops when ragatha and pomni both treat her like shes some innatly evil villian in episode six.

thats literally the first time we see her start to abstract when she realizes that she will basically never be able to fully communicate with them ( i think jax is some level of autistic).

it sucks even more since after this jax is shown to become mostly chill and stop bullying anyone will zooble specifically constantly antagonizing her for like no reason.

sorry for the late response.

I don’t think simulating a cycle is “better” than using consistent dosages. I’m saying that the fact that the assumption seems to be consistent hrt levels is better for trans people than mimicking a natural cycle without actual tests on the subject feels backwards when this isn’t really how our bodies evolved to function.

it would be like if doctors recommened a dyabetic taking consistent insulin injections to mimic the “avarage” insulin levels of a “normal” person rather than after spikes in suger intack.

I may only have an AP level understanding of biolagy but I know that your hormone system as a whole is a regulatory system fundementally that is supposed to rise and fall in response to your bodies conditions not in spite it.

While i highly doubt perfect replication of the female cycle is ideal for trans-women (until maybe artifical womb transplants become a thing) i also think the assuption that consistent levels is dumb.

Also side note I had no intention of copying menapose even in cis women that is literally a sign of your body breaking down after you live longer than your expected to.