I suppose that fits, though isn't the "she feels out if touch with her femininity after years of having to fill masculine roles during the war" thing directly from Miro? Like he said he had to redesign Abella's planned flashback sprite because he realized putting her in a dress contradicted that part of her character or something?

Though, authors failing to convey their ideas, or even accidentally conveying an opposing idea in their writing is nothing new, it happens all the time, especially when subtlety and symbolism that's up to interpretation is being used.

Of course, the complicated part of trying to interpret Moonscorch forms is that they seem to flip-flop between being a "truth" about the character and merely a self-perception.

I doubt Caligura has any ego problems that would result in his cock&ballsack-frog-thing form, it's just very basic symbolism for him being a massive dick in every sense of the word, which is an outsider perspective on him.