i know its been said over and over that trans people who experiment with names before picking one or who change their names shouldn't be ashamed but ill even go and say. if you spend enough time with trans people you begin to realize how something like a name is just an extension of the person and if you really know them like KNOW them and not just catalogue them as a title in your brain then a name change isn't really all that difficult. primarily my friends exist in my head as 'someone i love' and then names and pronouns are modifiers. also if you know your friends well enough is someone going from 'raven' to 'victor' really that surprising of a change to make come on now















