I think one of my favorite egg moments of all time is back when Celeste came out I was still unaware I was trans, and that Madeline was trans, for that matter, and played through the game the entire time thinking, oh my god this girl is so fucking relatable like this game is putting into words feelings I’ve never been able to vocalize. Like to the point that I was breaking down in tears during the Badeline fight and by the end of the game I was just a sniffling mess and went on to tell all my friends how this game dragged me out of a depressive episode and shilled it to everyone I could.
Then like a year later I found out that Madeline was trans and was like “Oh great for her! Love this fuckin game!” Then like another year or so later a friend pointed out to me that the game is very much a trans allegory and I was like, huh? What do you mean? Then I just sat there for a minute as everything fucking clicked together and had flashbacks to weeping over this character I projected myself onto so much and felt was so incredibly relatable for some reason thinking it was just about my depression and demonizing parts of myself I should learn to love and nurture and it was like someone took a fucking wrench to my egg and revealed that actually it was also actually a secret third thing that I need to stop lying to myself about who I truly am and accept myself as the woman I am instead of staring that fact in the face and pushing it away while it slowly tears me apart on the inside.
I’m so thankful for Celeste from the bottom of my heart because it really did help remind me, a trans girl who didn’t know it yet, that she has to love herself and embrace who she is because there’s no running away from it in the end and that’s not a bad thing. And when I finally did sit down and accept that I was trans I was able to promise myself I wouldn’t push myself away anymore and that I would love myself no matter what.
I can see why people would wanna relate to Peppino as trans mascs because I do see him being trans goals (also relatable bc the anxiety/ptsd experience, etc). That said, this is literally what would happen if they met though:
we’re all just passing around images of miku, basket, madeline, izutsumi and all the rest without comment or context and i’m starting to understand how patron-sainthood works or how pantheons start forming