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This story contains enough "Bad Boy to Good Girl" elements to have been classified as such. I generally avoid those, as they usually contain male-bashing elements that "push my buttons." This story is no different, with the exception that their presence is much more subtle.

Charles, the main character in this story, lives in a home environment entirely devoid of masculine energy. We know nothing of his father, or whether he ever even had one, as nothing at all is mentioned in the story. His sister ridicules him constantly for his slower (than hers) learning curve; she is one of those many people who cannot feel good about herself without feeling superior to someone else. Their mother, who surely must know through her Wiccan powers that this is taking place, never intervenes, and never attempts to teach her daughter any tolerance, or any values.

In addition, Charles is an example (and victim) of the most common sub-genre to be found in TG fiction, the small and sensitive "pretty boy" who comes in for all sorts of abuse and isolation at school because he does not fit the masculine ideal. He dreams of developing his powers so that he can defend himself, take care of himself, and get his needs met; his mother threatens him that she will cut him off from the Source if he uses them for that purpose.

Feeling frustrated and ineffectual, he does what any other human being does under the circumstances: he acts out. This, of course, gets him in trouble. Naturally, there is no recognition whatsoever in his family that the oppressive nature of his environment might be having some influence on his behaviour. Isolated and starved of genuine human contact, she (as  Charlene) leaps at the opportunity to join the "in crowd" at school when it is presented to her, only to discover the illusion behind the appearance -- the "in" people are not who they seem to be. Like Aesop's fable, the Goddess in this story teaches us about superficial appearances, and about looking under the surface for people's real nature; unlike Aesop, she more subtly teaches us that there is no place for positive masculine energy in her world, and no place for a sensitive "pretty boy" to nevertheless be male.

The energy of this story makes quite a stark contrast with 'Secret Lives,' which is a hero's story about a TS youth who struggles to become herself against all the odds, but with considerable support, as well. This one is just another forced femme story, with the possible  difference that the "force" is a lot more subtle than in other "Bad Boy to Good Girl" stories.

i enjoyed your story cant wait to read more about it.

Hey, I enjoyed your story. It was well written and a lot of fun. It even had some moral lessons to it. I'll look forward to your next one.

One thing. Never, ever, dis the greatness that is "Freddy Vs. Jason".

I really enjoyed this story and look forward to the further adventures of Charles and Charlene.

good stroy i think you could make a good siaers out of keep it up. :)
are you still writing anything about audra.