The initial stages are always an interesting experience. As the body begins to undergo the change into an anthropomorphic Pokémon, elation is often one of the first emotions that is felt by the transformee. They recognize the power that the form promises, and experimentation is often a key component in the early stages.

Here I am experimenting with my newfound cat's grace as my tail helps to balance out my actions. Though I'm in full view of the public, I can still somewhat hide what I am becoming, so long as I am careful. However, the changes rarely stop here, and soon the full consequences of my new form would come to light.

For now, however, the small changes were enough to satisfy.

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Often in transformation fiction there's a concept known simply as the escape. The idea that someone has to go from a life of relative normalcy to one where they are having to escape a restriction of some kind, often a lab or evil organization. However, to a lesser degree, this would apply to the escape from the comforts of society into one of a more wild undertaking.

Being hunted can take more forms than just physical, and I would imagine that someone transforming within a society that views them as inhuman or dangerous would be a significant issue for the transformee in question. There's a distinct loss that can be felt. Not only in the leaving of the home that one has always known, but also in the familiar made suddenly hostile.

That's why I rather like this sequence. It displays a young Luxray anthro suddenly manifesting in a society that they no longer fit in. This forces them to ponder and eventually escape in order to survive. To what ends one can only imagine but they do seem happy at the end so I suppose it's not all bad.

Art by  Beezle

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