Dear Readers,

To you speaks Enchantednuns (Jense van Gogh), the author of "Enchanted" (It's in my nickname after all.) I have a very important announcement about the present and future of this story. Before I get to this announcement, let me give you a little background information:

I started writing this story about six years ago, when I was in my sophomore year of high school. From the start, it was a fan fiction centered around my actual high school (including my classmates and teachers) and my clique of friends. So, most of my characters are based on real life people whom I know or have known quite well.

However, one of my main characters is a peculiar case. As I've just mentioned, most of my characters are my actual friends or acquaintances, but Kim was not. Kim is supposed to represent me. Or at least, a glorified female version of me.

My friends, who have read my story in its early stages, quickly noticed how Kim had conveniently taken my place in our clique and that I myself was nowhere to be discovered in my book. One of my friends frankly asked me whether Kim was supposed to be a female version of myself. At the time, I denied it, but I've recently come to terms with a profound realization.

All my life I have thought of and fantasized about female protagonists and there would always be a certain recurring character that I emphasized most with. This character is known by a couple of names, but Kim is the most well-developed of them all. It took me all these years to realize that I have always been imagining myself in a glorified, female role because, well, I partially identify as female.

Going through puberty, I often felt my body had betrayed me and was even ashamed of going to public swimming pools. Fantasizing about strong yet beautiful and feminine female protagonists gave my struggling teenage mind an outlet for its conflicting feelings. Add to that the fact that I am gay and my confusion during puberty skyrocketed.

As of late, with societal changes and the broadening of the idea of gender, I have come to terms with the fact that I do not whole-heartedly identify as male. I cannot at this point tell you in what way I do identify as male and to what extent I see myself as female, but that doesn't matter. Labels often confuse just about as much as they clarify. What I can tell you, though, is that I won't be going through a sex change any time soon and that I won't suddenly become a dragqueen.

This realization, however, has led me to reconsider "Enchanted" and Kim, specifically. I can't keep lying to myself and portray my clique without me in it. Replacing me by someone who is basically me, but with a vagina, just doesn't cut it. So, I have decided to gender bend Kim (into myself) and insert myself into my own story, making it all the more autobiographical.

I have discussed this with three people, one of whom a fellow gay Flemish author with a tad bit more experience than me. He told me my gender bend wasn't enough. Why stop at gender bending one character and not change your entire story so it becomes an original?

I must admit I was utterly flabbergasted and afraid of all the work I'd have to do (Ain't nobody got time fo' that!), but soon my mind started churning. The mere suggestion of turning away from fan fiction and rewriting my story into an original got my creative juices flowing. It'll be a daunting task, but I'm excited for what's to come.

So, my dear Readers, to sum up, my announcement is that I will change almost everything about this story that makes it a Charmed fan fiction, including gender bending Kim. For you, FanFiction Readers, it means I will have to stop posting chapters on this site because it is meant for fan fiction and not original stories. However, most plots, settings, dialogues, etc. will remain the same, so the story itself won't exactly change.

So, dear Readers, if you want to accompany me on this exciting journey to apparent originality and want to continue reading this story, you can find me on Wattpad under the same name (Enchantednuns). The title of the story won't change either. Although it'll lose its Charmed touch, it'll never lose its magic! Thank you for bearing with me.

With love,

Jense (Enchantednuns)