Being Joanna

A 6 Chapter Fanfic of 'Being Erica'
The CBC TV series that concluded 12/2011

By Sasha Zarya Nexus

Can George trust Naadiah enough to forsake a weekend being Joanna at Dragon*Con to go to Toronto with the promise that he could transition and always be Joanna?

Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author of this story. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any previously copyrighted material. No copyright infringement is intended. .

Author's note: The theme of the TV series Being Erica of snatching life from death's grasp is a vital part of this Universe. The central character's suicide attempt via poison is handled off camera in this story and will not be expanded upon or revisited later in this fan fic novel.

The concept of using the original list of regrets was to build in small steps so that when it is time for major steps the patient has matured enough to successfully complete the regret. To be a whole person Joanna must not only resolve her transgender journey but also grow in maturity in her professional, social, romantic, leisure, intellectual, Health, fitness, and spiritual aspects of her life. Just to refresh your memory, I'm going to repeat Joanna's list of regrets and note which at this time were added, completed or resolved through timeline shift:

'To not have taken the poison and instead chosen to change my life by finding a gender therapist' Resolved: Timeline Shift

'To have never gotten involved romantically with Thea since it was on false pretense that courting her would enable me to cure being trans as a replacement for Mags when she left me.'

'To have never gotten involved with Mags romantically since it was only on false pretense that courting her would cure me being trans.'

'To have taken the chance when I was discovered buying a dress by an unknown sibling to tell all to them instead of it being a wedge that broke us farther and farther apart.'

'To have moved out of my parents house once I had a job so that I could pursue being whole.'

'To have confessed sooner to my pharmacist friend about my desire to take hormones and to pursue getting help to transition from that point.'

'To have completed college instead of skipping class and flunking out by realizing that choosing college was my means to deal with the trans issue.'Resolved: Timeline Shift via Regret Three:SUZY

'To have only used the computer in my school work and not let it interfere with College and specifically not get involved with Richmond and TEGAMES'Resolved: Timeline Shift via Regret Three:SUZY

'To have chosen to go to class instead of skipping class to do research being trans. 'Resolved: Timeline Shift via Regret One:DDT

'To have chosen a real therapist in college instead of Suzy the Psychic'Resolved: Timeline Shift via Regret Three:SUZY

'To have made better use of confessing being trans to my HS counselor so that I could have been helped without interfering in my school work.'Resolved: Timeline Shift via Regret One:DDT

'To not have taken the hard bible thumping line with a girl wanting to be chaplain for a club and support her knowing I was really a girl too' Resolved: Regret Two:NHS

'To have better explained the realness of being trans to my parents when they caught me and that not dressing as a woman would not solve anything but make me search for other outlets'

'To have talked with her instead of about her in expressing my discomfort of being the object of a junior high cheerleaders attention by saying hurtful things publicly' Resolved: Regret One:DDT

'I regret that I did not become openly female at 18 and get the help I needed for a congruent life lived for real instead of hiding it in fantasy.'(Added after Regret One:DDT resolved)

'To have come out as Joanna to my Grandmother the summer I spent in the lawnmower shop with my Grandfather in Brunswick.' (Added after Regret Two:NHS resolved)

'To have gone away to summer camp with Dee Dee out in California after my freshman year at High School.' (Added after Regret Two:NHS resolved)