They went from "just" wanting to be women to being specifically transwoman. Theyre actively sinking the bar but you need to keep bending the knee.
No, no, no, you see they are women, they are exactly, indistinguishably, completely female, no different from natal women, since you know a woman can be born with a penis. Like what does the word "woman" or "female" even mean? Can you define it? And don't pretend that you can say something about possessing certain chromosomes, organs or other sexual characteristics, that only outs you as a bigot and proves that your understanding of biology hasn't move past middle school.
But at the same time, despite being born women (just with the wrong bits, that's all), they spent their whole lives deconstructing and analysing female mannerisms, speech patterns, behaviours, facial expressions, everything about the female experience, which gives them a deeper understanding and appreciation of what it means to be a woman, rather than those filthy XX femoids, who just get to be treated like women for some nefarious reason, without needing to put in all the effort to pass. So in the end, they're women like all other women, only more so.
Their whole philosophy can be summed up in one quote, which they often use themselves:
"The fake is of far greater value. In its deliberate attempt to be real, it's more real than the real thing."
A quote from an anime with strong pedophilic vibes, said by a character who is a conman. Sometimes things just make sense.