have a gender moment about being divine and human
[Image ID: A digital illustration of a comic, drawn in light and dark pinks with blue accents or backgrounds to some panels.
The first three panels show a curly-haired baby in a crib that reads "Gabrielle", a parking lot, and the same baby from inside the crib. The panels read, "I was born at 4:44 PM. The hospital is a parking lot now. My parents named me 'Gabrielle.' Meaning 'God's Hero.' (Which was meant to mean something)"
The next three panels show the author in yearbook photos as their name and appearance changes "Gabrielle" is a young child with straight black hair, glasses, a wide smile, a t-shirt, and a tie. "Gabby" is a middle schooler wearing a printed tee, glasses, and a side buzz. "Gabi" is a feminine high schooler wearing a jacket, dove earrings, no glasses, and their hair in a partial high bun. The caption reads, "I spent the next 16 years shortening my name. Gabby then Gabi. Same sound, different feeling. Still, it was my name. (Illustration of a Name Tag being scribbled on with a pen) For a while at least."
The next panel shows the author texting their friends. The caption reads, "One day I texted my friends - " An illustration of scissors cutting through curly hair. "Call me Tyler." Illustration of the author feeling their own shaved head. "And they did."
The next panel is a search bar of a browser with the words, "What does Tyler mean?" inside. The caption reads, "Tyler means... Honestly it doesn't matter what Tyler means. Tyler means me, That's all, that's enough." The next panel shows the same search bar, but with the question half deleted.
The next panel shows the author from behind as they wear a large printed jacket with Nightvale quotes on the back. "But for the sake of good storytelling, Tyler means House Builder and that's perfectly human."
The next panel shows the author shaving their head as a halo forms around them, with the name "Gabrielle" on top. "I am not God's hero." The author is seen putting on a half binder. "I am not even on God's contact list."
The author slides the arm of the same Nightvale jacket on. "But I am building a house. It's fragile, It's warm, It's home.
The final panel shows the author and multiple other people inside of a simple house illustration, smiling and embracing eachother. "Everyone who calls me Gabrielle is 3,000 miles away. And I'm here. Building a very human sort of divinity." End ID]
