Ashes to Ashes - Episode 12

Ashes to Ashes - Episode 12 is the twelfth episode of the Ashes to Ashes animation series in SapphireFoxx. It was released on September 27, 2019.
== Synopsis ==
“What will happen when Ashley comes out to her parents? More interestingly, what will happen when her father also comes out to her?”
== Production ==
* Director, Producer, Writer: Sam Mokler
* Animators: Leslie Rogers, Hector Amavizca
* Artists: Jeremy Pursell, Fil Romero
* Lead Animator: Mimi Alves
=== Cast ===
* Ash – Aaron Dismuke
* Ashley – Ashley Sahler
* Melody – Brittany Lauda
* Claude – Derrick Snow
* Karen – Emme Watkins
== Plot ==
Ash continues to explain things to his parents. While his mother Melody is a bit confused and seems to be a bit offset by his coming out, his father Claud is fully supportive and assure they both love him. Melody apologizes for her reaction out of shock and assures him she loves him/her no matter what. Ash transforms into Ashley to fully transition and explains how everything happened. After six hours of explaining things starting with Robin and Riley and going into the gender curse. Both parents are in awe of her story and also ask about meeting Holly who they now know has been Ashely's lesbian girlfriend who they had though he was dating as Ash. Melody goes to start dinner, but Claud pulls Ashley aside to confess the truth to her. Claud transforms into Caren and explains that she's been transforming back and forth for decades and that like Ashley she experimented with transforming but when she was young things were so different and knew her parents and friends would never accept her transitioning and has accepted life as two people. Ashley, suggest she come out, but Caren insists she's happy living life as two people and Ashley accepts that it's better to let her father/2nd mother live as she chooses. The two then agree to try and have some mother daughter time together in secret.
== Trivia ==
* Claude's Mana Mark appears as Ruby (Red) in this episode as she/he transforms in the living room, but in the previous episode it is seen as Amythyst (Purple). It is unknown if he somehow uses magic to make his bloodline look different when he's Caren or if this was an oversight by the Animators.
* Claude's Mana Mark is nearly identical to Ash/Ashely's further indicating how he is the parent Ash inherited the curse from.