I won't laugh. I don't think there's really a hidden message. If there’s a subtext, it’s that we, as people, are often trapped by what others see us as. That’s a common subtext, to me, for the bleak TF stories.



What we know ourselves to be is more than what others see or acknowledge, there is something hidden underneath. But we can’t make other people see what we are inside, so it’s as if we’ve been ‘transformed’ into whatever their mental image of us is. And whatever we try, we’re stuck in that space, unable to break free. Perhaps even without a name, for our whole lives. We long for people to see our true self, but have given up hope for that happening.



Real life, especially for outcasts, often feels like being trapped in an unpleasant transformation that we did not choose.