Reformation · 10:23pm Mar 10th, 2021
So in my story, Chrysalis is "the changeling." She changes shape to whatever she thinks wants to be seen. She does this to hide her true identity so she can feed on love. This is an interesting allegory for how I felt for a very long time. The assumption is that I need love right? Well, what if I could only get that by pretending to be something else? That's the way I felt for a long time... Like, nobody would accept the real me and so I needed to pretend to be "male" or whatever... I was married for six years after all!
But now, the illusion is shattered... They all know her for what she really is, but can she be accepted and reformed? Reforming her for me is an allegory for "stepping out of the closet" because it shows Chrysalis turning into something beautiful at a later point. I mean, could I really do that? Would the world really accept me as Betty? Well uh, so far so good? I find it's best to take it one day at a time. I'm also a recovering alcoholic after all!