#trans character wendell and wild

[cannontranscharacteroftheday]

Trans Character of the Day

Raúl Cocolotl from Wendell and Wild is a trans man and uses he/him pronouns!

[local-space-gay]

trans people keep winning this Halloween season ngl

[magicalboycupid]

go watch this movie RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!!!!!! literally the only complaint I have is that it’s a netflix original so I can’t own it on dvd

[canonlgbtq]

Raul Cocoloti from Wendell and Wild is a trans boy!

(Requested by tardisman14)

[your-blorbos-are-queer]

raul cocolotl from wendell & wild is transgender (canon)

submitted by anonymous

[lostmidnightwriter]

Paranorman and Wendell & Wild are really out here feed us good LGBTQ+ rep, and I love them for it.

[thisismisogynoir]

I watched Wendell & Wild just now…loved it! Kat was an amazing protagonist and I loved her arc…although the ending was a little bittersweet, it still put a smile on my face, and it has so much good representation. Awesome movie, 10/10 would recommend.

[ginhqf]

💀Wendell and Wild fanart cuz I loved it so much💜💜💜

💀Black goth girl + latino trans men rep?! YES

[nooowestayandgetcaught]

Fic: “Fine By Me”

read on AO3

Fandom: Wendell & Wild (2022)

Rating: No Rating (between G-T rating)

Summary: Raúl hears a terrified scream in Sister Helley's classroom and comes running.

@flashfictionfridayofficial​

One of the grandfather clocks bells, signaling noon.

Usually around this time, the nuns are flocking to the chapel for prayers before lunch. The hallways of RBC Girls go quiet. He turns into the hallway leading to the rooftop's stairs, and then hesitates.

"Kat!" Raúl yells, as terrified as the screaming. His pulse flies. "Kat!"

Bursting into the classroom, he spots Kat with one of her dark combat boots on Siobian's desk, and the other on her chair.

 "GET IT! GET IT, GET IT!"

"N-no way," Raúl mumbles, hopping onto Sweetie's chair.

 "OH COME ON, MAN!"

Kat starts to scream, more high-pitched, when the big, furry spider moves to the right. Its long legs twitch.

Raúl's stomach somersaults.

"Woah—what are you doing?" he blurts out, as Kat lights a match and throws it at the spider. "Kat, stop! Stop! You'll burn down the school!"

 "FINE BY ME! THEN IT'LL KILL IT!"

Raúl braves an opportunity, leaping onto Sloane's desk and kicking over the other chair he was on. It clatters noisily. The spider notices this, crawling away, heading out a doorway.

"Are you gonna be okay?" Raúl asks, hopping down. He wipes off his sweat-dripping forehead. Ugh, that wasn't cool.

"I'm good here, yeah, yeah—" she says weakly.

"You sure?"

 "Damn—do I gotta say it again or are you gonna shut up?"

He smilingly snorts, not the least bit offended, and Kat's frown disappears little by little when Raúl's hand stretches for hers.

Kat says she doesn't do friends.

Definitely prove her wrong.

[or-pheus]

I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about Wendell & Wild. It is the best movie i’ve seen in awhile

[thefiresofpompeii]

wendell & wild sounds iconic already

[catholicsaintdennisreynolds]

1000% respect to the movie Wendell and Wild for making more people aware of the bands Death and Pure Hell

[bungerburger]

I loved Wendell and Wild, but like ummm any other trans guys out there that was bothered by them telling us what Raul’s deadname was AND showing a pre-transition photo?? Maybe it was just me but like I know he’s trans, we didn’t need ALL of that lol gave me cis people writing a trans character vibes. 

[okay-sky]

if you haven't watched Wendell & Wild yet, run don't walk because holy shit the whole movie was fantastic

[they-bite]

miscellaneous things i appreciate about wendell & wild:

-the nuance built into kat’s punkness. yes, she absolutely is a contrarian rebellious teenager, but it’s also genuinely how she’s always been. it’s not portrayed as rebellion for rebellion’s sake, it’s kat’s way of reasserting her identity and her connection to her parents when she’s spent years having her choices stripped from her.

-how many of the characters like kat. raúl sees a kindred spirit. siobhan wants to be her friend and is being kind in the way she knows how. sister helley reaches out to her even before she becomes a hell maiden. wendell & wild are in awe of her. ms. hunter doesn’t let her position prevent her from treating kat like an individual with agency and importance. it’s heartening that kat, a character defined by guilt both personal and state-issued, is coming into a setting where people genuinely want to see her thrive.

-the future sequence where it’s revealed she stays in rust bank and helps restore it to its former glory made me cry. it’s what they all deserve.

-no one has any “it’s my style” excuses for whitewashing when w&w gave us a litany of black characters with individually distinct features.

-even the demons have more emotional intelligence than your average corporate CEO.

-“you don’t get to smack me”

-when all that’s left of the memory monster is the memory of losing her parents, kat hugs it, letting it dissolve into her. she’s acknowledging that the choices she’s made and the things that’ve happened to her have gotten her to this point, but she’s absolving herself of the guilt — embracing her past instead of hating herself for it.

-raúl’s struggles as a trans boy aren’t framed as oppression porn. siobhan’s accidental deadnaming is just that — an accident— and undoubtedly one she’ll learn from in the future. his mother supports him without reservation. kat doesn’t even make note of it. they could’ve easily added catty smiles, tired sighs and “wait, you’re trans?” moments, but they didn’t. raúl is a human being whose transness informs his life without being crushed by it.

-siobhan’s arc is wonderful. she doesn’t become kat and raúl’s personal savior, she doesn’t angst over what she has to do, the story never becomes about her — but she uses her position (read: her class privilege) to do what she can. she becomes part of the solution.

-i know the last two points read like “duh, everyone should be doing that” but it’s such a relief to have a film get these things right, unapologetically so and without a core of virtue signaling. it’s nice to not have the stories we want told held for ransom, then declawed by producers because pissing off uninspired rich people would be bad for business.

[margokesses]

Wendell and wild is about grief and trauma and learning to let go and fight your past demons. It's about the school to prison pipeline. It's about how the wealthy will do whatever it takes to get what they want. It's about changing the future. It's about opening up and letting people in. Please go see this movie on Netflix It's so good omg.

Edit: There's also tons of poc rep. There's a trans character and a disabled character. The soundtrack and voice acting are really good. And it's directed by Henry Selleck. And it's written by him and Jordan peele. Also key and peele play demon brothers they're so funny.