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

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[–] 26 points 2 years ago (12 children)

I keep thinking about that Kurt Cobain thread that asked what if the Wachowskis had died before they came out? There were already trans people trying to claim the Matrix before they did. It’s a series that resonates with a lot of trans people. But cis people would be fully insisting that it was disrespectful to try and make that claim posthumously or that people were just projecting themselves into the text; that the text is by default Not Queer and has no reason to be analyzed that way.

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  • [+] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)
  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    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

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

    Excuse me???

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    i was flabbergasted, it was wild

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    God I'm so curious to know what their reasoning was

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years 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

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