Aww, I can sympathize. *wants to hug Pandora* ówò

Quite the frightening image at the bottom right corner. Well Banjo's more like a father than the biological one was. This town seems like the perfect retreat to get away from everything.

I'm sure the daycare babies won't mind Pandora being transgender.

I'm so sorry...I can't even begin to imagine how hard it was to go through that...it took a lot of courage to put that part of you in. I'm glad things worked out in the end...

i been through abuse i know whats it's like to be in that kind of harm i survived

WHAT?!?!

Can I give her a hug and a kiss on the cheek?

Your great I feel your pain my sister is trans and I'm gay so my father hated us both adding to that I'm a little and well I'm glad that I can open up now you comics inspire me to move forward so thank you you awsome little kitten dont let any one tell you other wise

Holy moly that was a punch in the face for me. I been reading since the first page and did not expect the transgender thing.

In my OWN (emphasis on OWN so I dont get sniped) opinion I really don't care for that stuff whatsoever, but it fleshes out Pandora and again wow I did not expect that at all haha. Im gonna keep reading of course cause I really like the art and story so you still got me.

and now i know why she's so dambe relatable to me qq

poor pandra i want give her a hug

Sorry to hear that you were bullied as a child for this. You should never be sad at yourself, because at the end of the day you are who are you are. Every person is unique and different in their own way. As long as you are fully happy with who you are, that what's truly matters and we will support every step of the way because you are a really good artist, but more importantly you are a very nice person.

Sorry for the long reply,but I just wanted to say that I am glad that you incorpated this and I thought before I saw the description that you probably including things from your life. We will always support you and your art fully. I have a lot of respect for you as a person and an artist. That was very emotional and impacting. I am really glad that you posted this. I think that everybody, including the caretakers and the babies will accept Pandora as she is and be friends. Phenomenal job with this page, Pandora and I can't wait to see more of Youthful Bliss, because Youthful Bliss is one of my favorite comics to read and I am always looking forward to the next page! *Gives Pandora a big puppy hug*

Kids can be cruel, but adults being cruel? no excuse for that, but I can be super cruel right back to people who deserve it. It's kinda fun

Can go both ways.

By kids & adults.

Adults know better, so the excuses are limited

True! Adults don't act like adults, I seen on TV, they act like a child.

...and reality creeps in

I am SO SORRY to hear that this happened to you IRL! The world doesn't like people who are different and THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE! We will stand by you and we love you for who you are! *gives Pandora a HUGE floofy hug*

Poor Pandora. She needs hugs.

This page brought a lot of bad memories back. I was teased a lot for being "too feminine" and that was part of the reason I didnt come out till my early 20's. I never even told my parents I was trans till a year after I came out. And while they dont like it, or support it, they at least dont diss it around me. I am still AMAZED at the support I received from my friends and family, that I'm close too. *gives Pandora lots of hugs* I didnt even know Pandora was trans till now, I loved the character before and now I Love her more. <3 <3 <3

Makes me want to take a Pipe Wrench to the Abusive Father...Sorry, I just really hate abusive parents.

Yeah, seems like a story like that we can all in some way see a bit of ourselves in that. @Pandora, grats on getting over yours. I've been struggling with mine for a long while.

I feel like its something that folks in any community that isnt considered heteronormative (or just normal in general) experience, just in different ways. Its never okay and it always hurts, but healing is definitely possible. We are all on our own journey to be the best we can be. It took me years to get to a point where i feel somewhat stable again. Someone told me a long time ago to just take things day by day, hour by hour if necessary, and that really helped in the long run.

I mean, as the post above you said, its somethign we can all find a bit of ourselves in. I really don't know why you felt the need to add "in any communities that isnt considered heteronormative". That's sounds like its downplaying all the abuse and hardships that people could receive for racial/ethnic/religious reasons etc...

Sorry if this comes off a little rude, but I believe that as long as people cant truly heal if they keep thinking about how different or marginalized they are from others. Take people that dismiss any problems that "heteronormatives" have, it should come to no surprise when people start dismissing their problems or tell them to get over themselves in kind.

It takes all sort of people to make a world, and life can be cruel to anyone. Trans people are normal people.

Thats not at all how that was meant, but alright.

What i meant was more along the lines of this is something a lot of us deal with within our respective communites, not as a downplay, but rather as more of an attempt to relate. But i could be wrong. Issues with race and ethnicity and such werent mentioned simply because in this specific situation it wasnt all that relevant. I was thinking more about LGBT issues as well as issues that a good number of folks in the ageplay community tend to have in common.

Oh Pandora wants to hug and caress her hair.

*offers cuddles*
I can only say i know the feeling too well

Pandora's story sounds a bit like Brooks on the parental bullying side in my Francis story. Looks like she's now getting the childhood she never had in the first place.

I just can't understand how people, especially family, can be like that. Its just so foreign to how my family is and the way I was raised.

*hugs* I understand how that feels. Kids can be assholes sometimes...

Aww poor Pandora. It's good that she has positive people around her to help her now.

wow......this hit me hard at home

Someday we'll meet and Ima give you hugs Pandy <3
We're here for ya, sister.

ohh poor thing *hugs you*

I wish I could be a patron because I know how you feel pandora so I'm sending good vibes

I hope my English isn't too broken but I'm really sorry about your childhood.

And although I can't relate on the transgender stuff, the part about bullying hit me hard. It's one of the reasons why I can't trust people (moreso being around people and looking at them/them looking at me) whether men or women.

And I'm even more sorry for your abusive parents. I can't imagine having the ones you trust the most doing such things.

(Again, I'm sorry about my broken English.)

This sounds weirdly similar to my own childhood, only real difference was that my dad didn't find out until I came out, and was, and still is, the second most supportive person in my family. My cousin who babysat me when I was biologically little is the most supportive, never even messes up my name or pronouns. My Dad does decent with trying, my mom tries but I can tell it's difficult for her... my brother is ok as long as lgbt topics don't come up... yea... he almost tried to disown me for it at first until my dad defused the situation.

I genuinely feel for you, even if it didn't come from the same family figure, we both had rather similar experiences, and I know how hard it can be growing up being scared to be true to you. I know you don't really know me since I don't comment much, shyness, but if you want a potential new friend to talk to, I'm happy to lend an ear.

are pandora's colors in the scary panel different than her usual colors, or does it just look that way?

They're different

Lol I planned on going over this at some point. I just wanted to wait to find a way to include it organically.

neat! I'm interested to see how you address it and I think you'll be able to put it in smoothly just fine :)

That last panel is heart wrenching. Glad things have turned around for Pandora, hopefully it gets better and better as this progresses!!

I WANT TO HUG HER!

really want to tackle and hug her. I know how she feels

Noooo...... poor kitten.....just wanna hug and comfort you little pandora

ohhhhhhh...... ;-;

look, hey, you, it doesn't matter if it "could have been worse", emotional abuse is no joke, psychological scars take far, far more time and active effort to heal, and no amount of shallow-minded people saying x or y has it worse make it even remotely acceptable. The scale of pain is relative, not absolute, for you the agony you must have felt is surely the worst you've ever felt in your life, therefore it deserves all the respect and care anyone's greatest wounds deserve... Don't let anybody try to convince you that your problems weren't problems, nobody deserves to feel like they don't matter or their greatest issues are insignificant, and only shallow, heartless people would ever brush off someone else's suffering. Life isn't a contest of who can suffer the worst or even who can live the best, we're all stuck on this rock together and we all ultimately want the same things: happiness and safety. We should be doing what we can to pull people up, not push them down.


I'm just glad your (and pandy's!) life is in a better place now. A-At least I can presume, anyway. There isn't much anyone like me can do for someone, but if nothing else, I think it's safe to say we all care about you and want to see you happy, and I'm personally very happy for you to have your own wonderful and supportive little community. I can't speak for everyone, but I'd like to assume and say that we cherish you as much as you cherish our support for you. >w<

This made me cry. Poor Pandora. I am trans as well so i relate.

There, there, Pandora—I know just how you feel. It took me quite a whale of a while to realize why I was being picked on a lot until I learned that I had Aspergers.

That's... You poor dear. :( That's a trauma I know all too well... I'm so sorry.

Honestly I’ve been harassed by a lot of trans people for reasons I don’t think anyone but the ones that said it understand. But in the end bullying is bullying and I don’t like it one bit. I despise it and if you wanna be a woman or something other than your gender I’m fine with as long as you don’t drag me into it. I have no problems with people who are trans gendered but I believe you should know for sure and make sure it’s not something you’ll regret in the future. If you won’t regret it I’ll support you either way. If your looking for a friend or someone you wanna talk to I’m here for you always. I may respond late but it doesn’t mean I won’t help you out in some way either advice helping you with a situation or even just being someone you feel like you can rely on. Friends are there for you no matter and real ones will never betray you.

Honestly I usually go on a rant so if anything seems offensive I mean no disrespect.

Aww poor Pandora
You're perfect girl!

Thats a big oof. I feel that though. I cant speak to the transgender experience at all (although i would like to express solidarity and support if solidarity is the correct word), but i went through a similar falling out with my family when they found out. Ill spare all the details of all of that. I was fairly isolated from my peers as well growing up, however, and bullying was definitely a thing.

On a more positive note, i think its very brave of you to share this with everyone. I am also thorougly pleased with the amount of support thats already been expressed here in the comments. Thats one of the awesome things about the furry community that i just absolutely love! I absolutely love watching these kinds of comics be made page by page like this. Keep up the good work!

My heart goes out to anyone made to feel wrong for who they are, and more broadly anyone who's bullied. ;_;

I think it's beautiful and brave that you can open up about it through your art. You may touch people with your art and show them they're not alone.

I just want to hug her right now.

Bullying is bad!

I give her a bear hug!

poor Pandora getting bullied and abused, I've been abused by a step-dad, he was a big meanie, but now i'm glad i don't have *does a disgusting face* Gary as my step dad, *face turns back to normal* stay strong Pandora love ya

she's so brave and strong to keep going despite everything she's been through, and so are you

Aww. After reading this I just want to snuggle Pandora and tell her than things are gonna be ok from now on. I have a few trans friends and even my girlfriend is, so I know the pain that some of them have gone through to be who they are. This page breaks my heart.

I can’t begin to imagine that but I have to say your story reminds me a lot of my Fiancée Makayla she’s also Transgender and we have had our share of drama in our lives but we continue to support each other I’m a daddy and she’s a Abdl and I helped her over come her fear of being true to herself it wasn’t easy at first but in time she came out and so did I and I can honestly say my parents never supported me falling in love with Transgender but I don’t care because Makayla made my hellish days become a dream come true and I’m sorry to bring this up but your chapter is literally making me cry and in a way feel happy I choose the right path :‘-)

this fear is all to real for me im a shut in and dont go out much i am with someone that cares about me but i still dont go out much because i think people are going to hurt me and its not just from when i was younger its happens alot from one living situation to another even my own family treats me like im a weird thing or a cancer... i dont know why im even saying all this i guess i can relate to it so much i felt i needed to share im sorry

feeling that a little way too much.

how did she turn pink??

I hope it isn’t rude of me to ask, but being transgender, is Pandora a boy that identifies as a girl, or a girl that identifies as a boy? I don’t mean to be rude, and if it’s an inappropriate question, please let me know and if so, I apologize and won’t ask about it again.

Neither, Pandora is a girl.

What does Harpo mean when he says that she’s transgender, then?

Also, I wanted to apologize just in case it’s rude or inappropriate to ask these questions. I don’t know much the subject other than what I asked before, so I’m just trying to understand better.

trans people are not this trying to be that or that trying to be this they are who they are not what people think or try to make them as in a trans girl is a girl and a trans boy is a boy

I’m sorry. :( I really didn’t mean to sound rude. I just want to understand better is all. I’ve never known much about the subject, and I really just want to understand. Again, I never meant to sound rude or anything.

as a literal "pandora" my name is juana by the way is okay to ask if you ask nicely you probably will end up knowing more and start a new friend because if you are trying to understand it means you have intencion to sorta or know more to treat people better or you are curios or you have doubts about yourself I most of the time have to hide my Girl trans nature because in my school they all ready choke for liking men is almost a matter of self preservation wich in a form destroys me cause I feel like I gave up and stop defending people who need it need a nod on the way to who they are and I think thats a parent labor but since both my parents rejected who am I. I feel like I have to mentor folks so that they wouldnt have to go to that self loathing stage. Here in Argentina everything sucks!!! I dont know how to change the gender in my ID and I know any treatment I would like to start would end in me paying the whole cost of it I'm 16 and I'm searching for a work so I can get the hell out of my house because every minute I spend with them is torture.

I kinda had a feeling she might be trans, based on the train of thought that got interrupted by the breakfast bell a few pages back.

I'm literally living Pandora's childhood
Crying right now
Every specific details even transgender woman
I was one choke because of a bully

This is my favorite page of what is rapidly becoming my favorite comic, that I re-visit again and again. The honesty of Pandora's lived experience really speaks to me, especially since it's a source of trauma that closely mirrors some of my own, and many others, judging by the comments. Its something that makes me feel less alone.

Well, I'm currently going through pretty much the same thing, it's awful.

Bullying because someone's transgender? Tss, how dare they!

I can imagine how Pandora feels about this.