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Panel 1: Life is holding up a drawing of Shen in a yellow tank top and blue poofy skirt and sandals. His eyes sparkle and he says “HEY, WHAT IF YOU TRIED SOME OTHER CUTE OUTFITS IN THAT FORM, LIKE THIS?”
Panel 2: Shen (girl form) holds his arm nervously and says “Of, if – … if I put on a tank top, it actually triggers … my THIRD form.”
Panel 3: Life gazes dramatically as the background darkens, replying “what’s your THIRD FORM?”
Panel 4: Shen gazes back at him, saying “I’ll show you. But tell NO ONE of this.”
Panel 5: Shen is standing in a yellow tank top in front of Life.
Panel 6: A burst of teal smoke engulfs Shen.
Panel 7: As the smoke dissipates, Shen now looks exactly like Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, except with his usual skin color and clothing colorscheme.
Finn felt far eggier imo. Shen feels like it’s a possibility, but it’s likely he’s just playing with the fact that a lot of his readers call egg. Finn on the other hand was in full passing fem mode routinely and taking basically any excuse to do so.
Tbh for both I think it’s unhelpful to call egg after it’s been acknowledged. It’s worth making people aware of the possibility and the fact that a lot of certain behaviors can in retrospect have been signs. But anything further is just pressuring someone who you may or may not be correct about. Finn has talked about how the pressure delayed her realization and coming out.
As it stands Shen says he’s a cis guy who enjoys femininity and softness. That’s cool, I wish more cis guys were comfortable with that. If he later comes out and says something else about his gender then we can change to what the new story is then.