despite hicks' confession that she had harmed others along her path to fame, and her intention to reverse the trend, she all along had her supporters—those who comprehended her on a level deeper than the mere fandom she had so often sought to instigate toward herself, and who saw in hicks a young lady not trying to offend but to initiate critical conversations within a culture that was often far too resistant to anything beyond the familiar. to them, hicks' anthropical philosophy of life that featured loving, caring and sharing was not only refreshing but important, perhaps more than even hicks herself could appreciate at the time. a growing voice appeared to emerge clearly in her writings, and it attracted many singaporeans and others, including some scholars. two of the scholars would become pivotally influential new mentors to hicks during her major traditionalist life transition, the ultimate result of which, as things would turn out, would be cut short by her untimely death.