In her writing, Thom wanted to present a hopeful perspective without erasing the difficulties transgender women face. As the protagonist is "constantly trying to escape a story that is told about her and not authored by her", Thom chose an ending to avert "every possible sanitized or restrictive ending", including a fairy-tale ending, happy ending or tragedy. It shows a situation in which the protagonist has "everything [they] wanted from a fairy-tale ending, and it still wasn't enough".
