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  • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    idk, i'm at the point where i honestly loathe how almost all trans narratives in the mainstream are centered on suffering and transphobia, especially when they're coming out stories. I found it refreshing to see something different from the usual "hey, here's some traumatic thing you've probably gone through yourself and didn't need to be reminded of, aren't queer lifes just SHIT?" It's good to show a wider audience that you can just not act weird towards us and i thought they captured the vibe of siblings trying to be supportive fairly well. I just want to see more trans joy in media, it honestly kept me in the egg longer than needed that our existence is always shown as unending martyrdom and i'm fed up with that.

    • rayne [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      It was more the lack of narrative that kept breaking my suspended disbelief. Not so much that trans lives need to be full of trauma. Though I think I implied that in my post.

      I think I'm just being critical because I like to write. If the transition had all happened off page in a book, I would find it jarring. And I think that's really my main complaint.

      Transition takes time.

      But it was hand waved I think for Elliot's sake. Which I think is the writing being supportive of a real trans person. Elliot doesn't need to live out his transition on a show to make me happy.