[QueenAshy]

Originally Posted by flashflash account

just for the sake of argument that image is garbage, it would be better served as a plain brown moth who wishes to be a beautiful butterfly but can only fulfill that innate desire by presenting itself as a butterfly and perhaps undergoing complex mutilative procedures to become a butterfly.

In all other respects the two act more or less identical to us humans.

I suppose the image is more your perception of what's happening though so that's fine
do what makes you happy
even if it means calling everyone else snails
just do it

It’s more about the message of “I’m transformed, I’m different now. Stop calling me what I once was, and start calling me what I am.”