less trans than i hoped tbh, but i definitely saw it and felt it

    • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]
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      I really liked that post too. that author has a good voice and was persuasive. Not sure i believe it, but i don't hate the idea. Just wish Kurt could have been happy.

      l've been reading this one webcomic for years, goblins. (Are webcomics popular? Have you heard of it?) The author is currently going through transition but was an egg at the start of the story. Rereading the comic after her coming out is amazing, with so many parallels to the wachowskis matrix about 'choice' and identity that only became obvious (to me) afterwards.

      This just tells me who you are will break down the doors and declare itself regardless of one's will, so you might as well make friends with yourself before it does.

      • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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        1 year ago

        It also makes me think about how the dev who made Celeste was an egg at the time. But when she came out she was like "yeah this was about me being trans, I just didn't realize at the time I wrote it"

      • Cromalin [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        i hadn't thought about goblins in years, until a week ago with this post which just hammered me over the head with all the shit i was reading in high school

        didn't know that about goblins, that's cool

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      yeah, it really resonated with me in ways i know for a fact would never be recognized if the wachowskis hadn't come out. queer reads of anything that isn't explicitly and unarguably queer (and even things that are!!! i had someone try to wokely argue to me that utena was a completely cishet show on this website!!!) are at best tolerated, but usually shouted down for being

      • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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        1 year ago

        i had someone try to wokely argue to me that utena was a completely cishet show on this website!!!

        Excuse me???

          • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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            1 year ago

            What next, did they also think Yuri On Ice was straight?

            • Cromalin [she/her]
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              1 year ago

              i don't know, probably! there's more onscreen gay kisses in utena (the show) than there are in yuri on ice!

                • Cromalin [she/her]
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                  1 year ago

                  Tbf, Utena is ambiguous before the movie. It's got a lot of gay vibes going on but literally no one ever expresses any attraction toward anyone of the same sex at any point. The gay stuff is all in the vibes, symbolism and whatnot.

                  when you say stuff like this, you give people the wrong idea about the show and then they go watch it and end up being really disappointed. That's my experience