Editing Firebugs (graphic novel) (section)

== Premise ==
The graphic novel begins in Paris, where Ingken parties at a nightclub but feels uncomfortable and eventually leaves.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bradley |first=H Felix Chau |date=27 February 2024 |title=‘Firebugs’ pulls at the complex strings of t4t love and the climate crisis |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/books/firebugs-graphic-novel-nino-bulling-263434 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=[[Xtra Magazine]] |language=en-CA}}</ref> Later they return to their apartment in Berlin. They live with their girlfriend Lily, who is a trans American woman.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sweny |first=Alexandra |date=4 July 2024 |title=Selfscapes: A review of Firebugs by Nino Bulling |url=https://mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/firebugs-nino-bulling/ |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Montreal Review of Books |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Batten |first=Tom |date=1 February 2024 |title=Firebugs |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/firebugs-2216173 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=[[Library Journal]]}}</ref> 

Ingken tells Lily that they don't think of themselves as a woman or a man, and Lily responds supportively, helping them navigate their [[gender dysphoria]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> However, Ingken's anxiety grows over how to define who they are and what they want to change, and over the months that follow, Lily gets increasingly frustrated at Ingken's doubts and hesitations.<ref name=":1" /> News about wildfires and the climate crisis worsen Ingken's anxiety, as well as jealousy over Lily's new lover, who she grows closer to within the bounds of Ingken and Lily's open relationship.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Ingken and Lily grow estranged before the novel's ambiguous end.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />