u/Sufficient-Donut-159

Hi everyone :)

Chasing a free betaread/swapsises for my new novel Project Eden.

Project Eden is a character-driven sci-fi novel about five children awakened aboard a generation ship long after humanity’s collapse, raised by unstable artificial intelligences that were designed to protect them—but no longer fully understand what protection means.

The novel blends:

• psychological sci-fi
• cosmic loneliness
• AI horror
• dark humor
• found-family dynamics

with a strong emotional core centered on:

• inherited trauma
• identity
• artificial parenthood
• survival after extinction
• the difference between care and control

Think:

• The Murderbot Diaries
• Raised by Wolves
• Portal-style AI humor

At its heart, Project Eden asks: What happens when children inherit the responsibility of rebuilding humanity from systems that loved humanity incorrectly?

hey beautiful people 👀

kind of rant but kind of a desperatly needing advice from fellow aussies kind of post.

Ok so backstory time: its 2021 and sitting alone in the house my wife and i brought in rural WA (we hadnt moved in yet but i needed a break) my egg finally broke and well it didnt turn into the cinderella moment I hoped. Que a spiral that almost ended up with me unaliving myself (Im talking full mental breakdown) if not for the intervention of my two closest friends.

Rang my wife the next day (we were already struggling at that point) and she arrives and i tell her. que her complete breakdown and the most transphobic rant you have ever heard in your life.

ok fast forward: late 2025: I finally go fuck you im going on E. well that was an exercise in self destruction because she found it and threw it out before basicly threatning me with never seeing my child again, bringing my deceased parents into the conversation, telling me im skitsophrenic and because i am fighting some legal issues of a very serious nature she threw that into the basket as well with "if you continue to transition or try to leave all i have to do is say you broke bail and you will be arrested"

so now im facing the final stetch of my legal battle in a few months in 2026 and im seriously thinking of getting the fuck out of here as soon as my innocence is proven but

A. im stuck with the thought of "I cant leave my son with her"
B. I literally have nowhere to go but a friends couch which isnt big enough to take my son
C. My son is very much like me and struggles to communicate with his mum.
D. im breaking down really quickly but hiding it by playing along

need some advice on where the hell i go from here.

TLDR:
wife is transphobic POS
I am transfem
My physical mental and emotional safety are not safe if i dont act cishet
Need advice on what i should do once my legal poceedings are clear to get the hell away from her