History Webcomic / MagicalBoy

%%* AlphaBitch: Pyper
* ArmouredClosetGay: The reason why Pyper is so abrasive towards Jen and Max is that she harbored attraction towards other women (most likely Jen) and is fully aware of how her pastor father would think about it, internalizing these feelings and taking out her frustration on them. [[spoiler: She gets much better later on, [[BullyTurnedBuddy joining Max on his Magical boy adventures]] and might secretly being in a relationship with Jenna.]]

* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: The role of Goddess was forced onto Max on his birthday, specifically the day he decided to come out to his parents as trans. Because the Goddess is an exclusively feminine role to take, he is forced to have his hair up, his face covered in make-up and wear a frilly dress whenever he has to take on his duty (which he has no real say in whether he ''wants'' to fulfill it or not). If he does not fulfill his destiny, then the world will be overrun with [[EmotionEater emotion-eating]] monsters, leading to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. When he is not powered-up, his zealous-to-the-point-of-obnoxious mother tries reminding him of his destiny every chance she gets, ignoring his coming out and trying to enforce his assigned gender onto him so that he may be a "ProperLady."

* BadassGay: Max has a crush on the cis male Tobi. His GayBestFriend, Jen [[spoiler: and Pyper]], are also willing to help Max out in monster fights [[BadassNormal despite being a]] {{Muggle}}s.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Max's mother Hikari has a rather narrow view of things when it comes to her family's role as the descendants of Aurora to the point of being insufferable. She tries enforcing strict gender-roles onto Max while completely overlooking him coming out as trans, does everything she can to make him fulfill his role as the current goddess without considering how he feels about any of it. It is even implied that the only reason why she married her husband was that she would have named her daughter "Áine Owen", a name that has symbolic significance with the CreationMyth and the LegacyOfTheChosen.

* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Inverted - Max, when he transforms, is forced into an extremely feminine and sparkly persona, despite being a trans guy. This slowly works its way to being played straight, however, as his outfit gradually becomes more masculine. Over the course of a few pages, his dress has become shorter and less sparkly, he's been getting a SkirtOverSlacks, sneakers instead of high heels, and, in later strips, has become a tunic and pants, along with short, masculine hair.

* ArmouredClosetGay: The reason why Pyper is so abrasive towards Jen and Max is that she harbored attraction towards other women (most likely Jen) and is fully aware of how her pastor father would think about it, internalizing these feelings and taking out her frustration on them. [[spoiler: She gets much better later on, joining Max on his Magical boy adventures and might secretly being in a relationship with Jenna.]]

* ArmouredClosetGay: The reason why Pyper is so abrasive towards Jen and Max is because she harbored attraction towards other women (most likely Jen) and is fully aware of how her pastor father would think about it, internalizing these feelings and taking out her frustration on them. [[spoiler: She gets much better later on, joining Max on his Magical boy adventures and might secretly being in a relationship with Jenna.]]

* EmotionEater: After Aurora introduced light (and with it, the emotional spectrum) onto the world, Devoid discovered a dark-based by-product of this light born from negative emotions and that feeding on this darkness made him stronger. His minions are also able to feed on this darkness as well, growing bigger and stronger the more they feed off of humans.

* FanDisservice: Max is horrified when his first Magical "Girl" TransformationSequence forces destroys his binder[[note]]though it comes back later[[/note]] and forces him into a frilly dress, ties his hair in a ribbon ([[PowerDyesYourHair and turns it silver]]), and gives him make-up, jeweled earrings and a necklace. The whole thing would [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking look incredibly gaudy even if Max was a cis woman]]. The chapter begins with a well-deserved ContentWarning saying it may induce gender dysphoria. Tellingly, it's the ''only'' time we see the transformation in full, with subsequent versions being a simple flash.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Max's mother Hikari has a rather narrow view of things when it comes to her family's role as the descendants of Aurora to the point of being insufferable. She tries enforcing strict gender-roles onto Max while completely overlooking him coming out as trans, does everything she can to make him fulfill his role as the current goddess without considering how he feels about any of it. It is even implied that the only reason why she married her husband was because she would have named her daughter "Áine Own", a name that has symbolic significance with the CreationMyth and the LegacyOfTheChosen.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: {{Discussed|Trope}}: After Max says that the nice and cute StudentCouncilPresident Tobi is straight, Jen says that maybe he'll make an exception for Max. Max isn't keen on the idea, since he doesn't want Tobi to see him as a woman.

* StarSpangledSpandex: When transformed, Max's hair and dress takes on the patterns of a starry-night.
* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Inverted - Max, when he transforms, is forced into an extremely feminine and sparkly persona, despite being a trans guy. This slowly works its way to being played straight, however, as his outfit gradually becomes more masculine. Over the course of a few pages, his dress has become shorter and less sparkly, he's been getting a SkirtOverSlacks, sneakers instead of high-heels, and, in later strips, has become a tunic and pants, along with short, masculine hair.

* WantedAGenderConformingChild: Hikari has been ''really'' wanting Max to take up his intended role of a Goddess, even since before he was born. Of course, she doesn't react well when he comes out as trans and is still [[{{Understatement}} having trouble accepting it.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: When Max is trying on clothes to try to pass as male better, an employee says "Hello sir" to the short-haired Jen, and then addresses Max as "ma'am".

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Hikari blames her husband for giving into "her delusions" of being male and that doing so is why his mission as the goddess has been slacking. He retorts that the whole point of the goddess is to be compassionate and loving and understanding and she herself has not been living up to those very standards. This gives her a HeelRealization... in that she thinks that Max is trans because she made her hate feminine things.

* FanDisservice: Max is horrified when his first Magical "Girl" TransformationSequence forces destroys his binder[[note]]though it comes back later[[/note]] and forces him into a frilly dress, ties his hair in a ribbon ([[PowerDyesYourHair and turns it silver]]), and gives him make-up, jeweled earrings and a necklace. The whole thing would [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking look incredibly gaudy even if Max was a cis woman]]. The chapter begins with a well-deserved ContentWarning saying it may induce gender dysphoria.

* FanDisservice: Max is horrified when his first Magical "Girl" TransformationSequence forces destroys his binder[[note]]though it comes back later[[/note]] and forces him into a frilly dress, ties his hair in a ribbon ([[PowerDyesYourHair and turns it silver]]), and gives him make-up, jeweled earrings and a necklace. The chapter begins with a well-deserved ContentWarning saying it may induce gender dysphoria.

* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Inverted - Max, when he transforms, is forced into an extremely feminine and sparkly persona, despite being a trans guy. This may be on its way to being played straight, however, as his outfit has been gradually becoming more masculine. Over the course of a few pages, his dress has become shorter and less sparkly, he's been getting a SkirtOverSlacks, and got sneakers instead of high-heels, and as of the most recent strips has become a tunic and pants, along with short, masculine hair.

* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Inverted - Max, when he transforms, is forced into an extremely feminine and sparkly persona, despite being a trans guy. This may be on its way to being played straight, however, as his outfit has been gradually becoming more masculine. Over the course of a few pages, his dress has become shorter and less sparkly, he's been getting a SkirtOverSlacks, and got sneakers instead of high-heels.

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* FanDisservice: Max is horrified when his first Magical "Girl" TransformationSequence forces destroys his binder[[note]]though it comes back later[[/note]] and forces him into a frilly dress, ties his hair in a ribbon ([[PowerDyesYourHair and turns it silver]]), and gives him make-up, jeweled earrings and a necklace. The comic begins with a well-deserved ContentWarning saying it may induce gender dysphoria.

* ArmouredClosetGay: The reason why Pyper is so abrasive towards Jen and Max is because she harbored attraction towards other women (most likely Jen) and is fully aware of how her pastor father would think about it, internalizing these feelings and taking out her frustration on them.

%%* DarkIsEvil: Devoid, God of Darkness

The comic can be read on Website/TapasMedia [[https://tapas.io/episode/1051887 here]].

* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: The role of Goddess was forced onto Max on his birthday, specifically the day he decided to come out to his parents as trans. Because the Goddess is an exclusively feminine role to take, he is forced to have his hair up, his face covered in make-up and wear a frilly dress whenever he has to take on his duty (which he has no real say in whether he ''wants'' to fulfill it or not). If he does not fulfill his destiny, then the world will be overrun with [[EmotionEater emotion-eating]] monsters, leading to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. When he is not powered-up, his zealous-to-the-point-of-obnoxious mother tries reminding him of his destiny every chance she gets, ignoring his coming out and trying to enforce his assigned gender onto him so that he may be a "proper lady."

* StarSpangledSpandex: When transformed, Max's hair and dress takes on the patterns of a starry-night.

* DarkIsEvil: Devoid, God of Darkness
* DeconstructiveParody: Of the MagicalGirl genre.

* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: The role of Goddess was forced onto Max on his birthday, specifically the day he decided to come out to his parents as trans. Because the Goddess is an exclusively feminine role to take, he is forced to have his hair up, his face covered in make-up and wear a frilly dress whenever he has to take on his duty (which he has no real say in whether he ''wants'' to fulfill it or not. If he does not fulfill his destiny, then the world will be overrun with [[EmotionEater emotion-eating]] monsters, leading to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. When he is not powered-up, his zealous-to-the-point-of-obnoxious mother tries reminding him of his destiny every chance she gets, ignoring his coming out and trying to enforce his assigned gender onto him so that he may be a "proper lady."

* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: The role of Goddess was forced onto Max on his birthday, specifically the day he decided to come out to his parents as trans. Because the Goddess is an exclusively feminine role to take, he is forced to have his hair up, his face covered in make-up and wear a frilly dress whenever he has to take on his duty (which he has no real say in whether he ''wants'' to fulfill it or not. If he does not fulfill his destiny, then the world will be overrun with [[EmotionEater emotion-eating]] monsters, leading to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. When he is not powered-hp, his zealous-to-the-point-of-obnoxious mother tries reminding him of his destiny every chance she gets, ignoring his coming out and trying to enforce his assigned gender onto him so that he may be a "proper lady."

Max is your average high school student trying to get through life as himself. He may not be your average boy, being assigned female at birth, but he's set on being the man he is. Though, trying to come out to his parents is one thing, his mom coming out as a MagicalGirl is another. Now it is Max's responsibility to take on the family tradition of becoming the next Magical Girl and save humanity.

* ArmouredClosetGay: It is the reason why Pyper is so abrasive towards Jen and Max is because she harbored attraction towards other women (most likely Jen) and is fully aware of how her pastor father would think about it, internalizing these feelings and taking out her frustration on them.