#trans Netflix

[finleycannotdraw]

I don’t have the capacity to be coherent right now but. this movie is so good

[handcrushedbyamalletremix]

mae martin: sap (2023)

[moonlightsapphic]

Releasing Nimona on the last day of pride month 2023 was such a great move because it’s a really needed piece of media right now. Lots of countries that legalised gay marriage years ago have been grappling with this rising TERF narrative of “if you’re gay it’s whatever but if you’re trans, non-binary or gender non-conforming in some way you’re a PERVERT! A MONSTER trying to GROOM CHILDREN!” The outrage against simple things like pronouns and drag events, and the movement against gender affirming healthcare have reached a terrifying peaks for contemporary times.

So a kid’s movie set in a fictional country with controlling government officials with personal agendas, with an openly gay couple but also a shape-shifting kid who cannot even be afford to be out is our reality in the US today. Nimona’s feelings about her vibe, body and form, her insistence that she is only “Nimona” no matter what she looks like and her aversion to “small-minded questions” together forms such a beautiful allegory about trans, genderfluid individuals.

Ballister asks her to be a girl, but for whose sake? It’s only for the comfort of people who refuse to understand her, and would rather see her die than let her be herself. And it’s this widespread rejection and loneliness that has eventually made Nimona indifferent to pain, that makes her feel suicidal.

In the end, it is another member of the LGBTQ+ community that truly sees and accepts Nimona for who she is. And that should be a reminder that we cannot let them divide us. Trans people stood up for the rest of us and made historical change happen, and we need to do the same for them. Besides, cis queer people are only the “good ones” until they’re done with trans people and then will turn on us.

[geekgirles]

Finally, some good fucking content

[sweetshellly]

Sorry not sorry😘❤️

[sir-ballister-boldheart]

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this is an appreciation post for elle argent's wardrobe 💖

[what-shitfuckery-is-this-ew]

Watching two asian gay guys take down the model minority myth and a transphobic society with their small genderfluid child wasn't on my bingo but damn I'm glad that it exists

[natlacentral]

Lizzy Yu: Ozai’s Angels ❤️‍🔥

[charliespringsleftconverse]

No because Tao’s mom being so excited for Tao and Elle to be dating is such an important moment. Like she is excited for her bby, yes. She is excited that her bby and her bbys childhood bff are dating, yes. But she also has known Elle since pre transitioning and Tao’s mom LOVES Elle. She’s loved Elle since S1. And now she’s so excited to tell EVERYONE about Tao and Elle. To her, Elle is the best thing that could happen to her son. And I’m gonna go cry now 💕

[mousec1ub]

i learned something about sin. i learned to like it.

[trans-all-at-once-tournament]

Propaganda:

Nimona

-Shapeshifters are inherently trans.

-Started out as a whisp of red in the movie so no AGAB, so any gender is trans for them

-In the comic their parents accuse them of being a changling that replaced their "Real" Child, so there's some queer angst

-They spend the movie being told it would be "easier" if they were just a girl and pushing against that

-"And now you're a boy." “I am today”

-"But I'm not a girl. I'm a shark!"

-The creator is also trans and this story is partially about his feelings with that

-Any sympathetic monster story is gonna be heavy with the queerness, especially this one where the trans allegory is woven throughout every bit of the story

Team Rocket

-You could put any pride flag behind any of them and it works

-LGBT + all at once

-We've all seen their crossdressing. They're so trans about it.

-Meowth’s English VA is a trans woman that was inspired to trans her gender by Meowth’s story

[saiskulls-110]

hi!! great-aunt Astrid's front door rug looks an awful lot like a trans flag!! I haven't seen anyone else point this out yet,, and frankly idk if it's purposeful or accidental but seeing how Hilda as a show likes the themes of "be yourself", "find your own family" and is generally good with casual background rep I wouldn't put it past em :)

screenshots from S3E1. The Train to Tofoten

[steveandbuckysdaughter]

I am so so so so so TIRED to see people fatshaming two perfectly healthy girls because they have round faces. It’s disgusting.

The actresses of Mai and Azula are on point for their roles. Hell, if they were chosen there must be a reason, it’s not like there’s no Asian actresses out there they could choose from.

People can’t accept that Azula can have a characterization beyond “crazy and sadist sicko”. She’s a perfectionist. She’s an asset to her father. She’s jealous of Zuko’s birthright and of how it might take what she has away. Those are things that OG Azula too had. The only difference is that we actually see it in season one and have a background on her, rather than writing it in a rant. And what has been added only makes her a more complex character, given the change in the family dynamic as well.

And Mai? The actress is talented, she delivers a good Mai, and does justice to the character. She’s 17 and at the beginning of her career, of course it won’t be perfect. She gets to grow. Thing is, you guys won’t let her, because a square jaw scares you so flipping bad that you feel the need to shame her for it.

Everyone is a body positivity advocate until a girl with a rounder face shape is cast as a character in a live action you are NOT forced to watch? Seriously?

I’ve seen so many people on the internet calling them all sort of names, fatshaming them, insulting their work without even focusing on the acting. And I’m like, what’s to fatshame there? Let me tell you: nothing.

If I have to put it through your thick head like this, so be it. Even though I hate talking about and comparing bodies.

This below is a picture of Azula’s actress.

She has the face card, she has the jawline, and she has a fit, enviable body. And you still have the audacity to “fat-shame” her?

These two pictures are in costume. Again, face card and an enviable body. She even has the expression for Azula. You see a girl with a rounder shape of face and will automatically go “no she’s too cute to be Azula!!” Dude. No. When she will actually deliver as the crazy girl we know, she will devour. She will, and you all will switch back because that’s what you are, slimy switchers.

And now, onto Mai’s actress, a very beautiful girl with talent and looks. She is literally so pretty, and you dare hate on her? You dare shame her for how she looks? From what I’ve heard she’s a minor, too, so this makes you 100000% more slimy and undeserving of any sympathy in my book.

This is her, this is the girl.

She’s literally so pretty. Maybe she hasn’t got the same facial structure of Mai, but she delivered all her lines she had in the little screen time and with the discutibile scenes she was given. She was good. But you see a square jaw, a rounder shape of face, and are immediately triggered.

And you can’t even use the stupid argument of “she’s fat”, because this is literally her.

A very normal, very healthy young woman. Not as skinny as OG Mai? So what? She’s still a fricking thin girl. Nowhere as “fat” as you haters make her to be.

I shouldn’t have to explain common sense and basic decency to grown adults, and yet here we are.

This is honestly so frustrating. In the year of 2024 you can’t possibly justify insulting girls like this, with no shame. It’s absolutely idiotic and shows very a big lack of brain cells. I see you, haters, behind your device, with your insecurities and shame for yourself, laughing at two girls who made it farther than you ever will. You can critique the acting once you’ve seen it in full potential. Until then, shut your tramp up. This is very small dick energy of you.

I don’t see why I should treat you with kindness when you are so eager to make this kind of jokes about pretty and in shape girls you are very obviously jealous of. Go touch some grass, incels.

[jraqn]

a gay wet cat and a trans kid fuck shit up, become a family, and overthrow a religious institution whats not to love

[tinymusicalgeek]

So if you've seen Nimona you might know about the trans flag and rainbow flag in the background of a certain scene:

But think i've found two more that i haven't seen anyone talk about:

The mlm flag colours (the stained glass window between Ballister and Ambrosius during the pub scene)

And this one in the background of the same scene as the trans & rainbow flag.

This might be the genderqueer flag? Which also ties in with the scene.

Let me know what you think. Am i looking into this too far??