Especially because Mystique in the movies had such a strong anti-assimilationist energy. Answering the question why she doesn't always look like a human with "because it shouldn't be necessary", having a literal shapeshifter refuse to obey passing dictates is fucking powerful for me as a trans woman.
I didn't think of it that way when i originally saw the movie, i was still an egg back then, but nowadays, it fits so well. I doubt it's intentional given the time the movie was made in, but things can work as metaphors for topics the authors didn't have in mind at all.
Especially because Mystique in the movies had such a strong anti-assimilationist energy. Answering the question why she doesn't always look like a human with "because it shouldn't be necessary", having a literal shapeshifter refuse to obey passing dictates is fucking powerful for me as a trans woman.
I've never really considered it (probably because I'm not a trans woman) but now that you point it out it's hard not to see it.
I didn't think of it that way when i originally saw the movie, i was still an egg back then, but nowadays, it fits so well. I doubt it's intentional given the time the movie was made in, but things can work as metaphors for topics the authors didn't have in mind at all.