#transgender allegory

[deafmangoes]

Not to be That Gal, but personally I can see a bit of a trans allegory in Marcille. I'm not contending that she's trans, just that there's elements of her story arc that speak to me as a trans person. Some spoilers below the cut.

In Chapter 42, "Nightmare", we get a glimpse into Marcille's deepest fear: that she'll outlive everyone around her due to her extraordinarily long lifespan as a half-elf. This isolates her and makes it hard for her to form friendships for fear of their eventual loss. This fear is her primary motivation to explore dungeons in the first place: she hopes to find a magical means of making everyone's lifespans as long as hers. This comes back in Chapter 65, "Rabbits 2", where she's forced to face that fear as the lone survivor of the Dungeon Rabbit ambush.

Chapter 69, "Sissel 2", has Sissel correctly identify Marcille as a half-elf (something her party hadn't known about her) but incorrectly assumes that her goals are to become a "pureblood" elf or remove her infertility. In Chapter 74, "Liricumwarei", the Canaries assume the same thing.

What stood out to me - and made me think of this in the first place - was her conversation with Laios in Chapter 72, "Sissel 5", where they talk about her family. She explains how difficult she found it growing up at a rate that didn't match either humans or elves: she couldn't make friends in either community because she didn't physically fit in. These experiences never caused her to hate herself or what she was, but it closed her off from other people.

So why's this a trans allegory? It's her experiences. She can't fit in as either a human or an elf, because she's both and neither. Other non-elven races see her as an elf, with the cultural baggage that carries, while elves see her as a 'hybrid', a 'mule', something to be pitied or mocked. They look at her and assume she wants to change something biological or fundamental about herself: that she's driven by self-hate and dysphoria.

And that's what spoke to me. I didn't feel like I fit in with boys or girls growing up, though everyone treated me as a boy. I grew and adapted differently, with different interests that isolated me from other people of my age. Now I'm out as a trans woman, people look at me and assume I want to have a cis woman's body, or use that as an insult: "you'll never be a woman" and all that.

But, like Marcille, I don't hate myself - there's things I'd like to change, sure, but it's not driven by hate or envy of other people, and I'm not putting myself into the boxes other people define for me. I'd rather help them see that the boxes are just that - boxes that can be dismantled.

So in some ways I identify with Marcille's struggles, fantastical though they are, and I think it's this depth that makes her a great character.

[mieowkoid09]

Someones most definently done this but WHO CARES. WERREGAT MY BELOVED <3

Btw can we all agree that Werregat's outfits are top tier? I want them.

[megamindsfreshmintycum]

[fifth-fiend]

I had an epiphany of some sort

[smokin9-box]

Deerchid and wolfvet

Yep, another day beating the furry allegations

[ayyyyysexual]

What if no one was even trying to bring you back, and you still came back wrong?

What if he loved you, lost you, mourned you, and then he just moved on.

He accepted you weren't coming back.

Then you did.

But you aren't you.

You're not even recognisable anymore.

You don't know who is he (you barely know who you are) but you know you love him.

What if, when he looks at you, all he sees is a monster.

One whose creation he had no hand in.

[indigovigilance]

Only me, having a goddamn ANEURISM when I see that my other favorite sci-fi social commentary movie was also written by the Wachowski sisters.

[leaslichoma]

I saw a video about the whole Into the Spiderverse transgender allegory thing and honestly I don't see why everyone likes it so much. This is a strong allegory that the characters are queer, not an actual canon thing just implied and having some similar experiences, but everyone still loves it. I want to do better than allegory and implications. I would rather the spider people be actually, explicitly transgender.

[aholotte]

himedanshi

cisgender allegory

allistic individual

the winner

[awesomefringey]

OMG This is insane. Just a coincidence?? www twitter com/lesbianlouie28/status/1522017360764456960

Hi nonnie, I'd say DAZED had a very clear overarching theme about gender for their Harry issue. So it's not a coincidence you'd find such an article in it.

That the music video for As It Was could be referencing Harry's gender struggles and people linking it to the visuals of the Matrix movie shows that the transgender allegory is familiar to many in the fandom.

In this case the article refers to the 2019 book Females: A concern by Andrea Long Chu which I find super interesting:

The Matrix can be acknowledged as an allegory for transgender life. "Neo has dysphoria, the matrix is the gender binary. The agents are transphobia." and suggesting that the red pill symbolises hormone therapy.

[blooming-lily-petals]

First few days of pride month are over. I have something special planned for some posts this month! LGBTQ+ Allegories in Fire Emblem Games!

First on the list, Robin from Fire Emblem Awakening. Their story line is a very transgender heavy one. They don’t even have to be transgender to fit the allegory made for them.

Robin’s father, Validar has a predetermined thing in mind for how his child is to live their life and how he wants them to be and that is a vessel for Grima. But Robin wants a different path. They chose to not be a vessel for Grima due to finding friends that support and love them and that helps Robin have a safe haven to find out who they are / want to be. With the Shepherds, Robin is their own person, smart, brave, a little stupid, manipulative when it’s called for, chaotic, a listener, friend, partner and parent. With their father, aka Validar, all they would be is Grima’s vessel, or just Grima in general.

If this post idea makes you uncomfortable, then sorry but you can make your merry way out of here. Since this type of post is not for you.

Have a good day my friends.

[keymintt]

as i stand plainly in the shade, unseen

[ratofthewoods]

I think werewolves are an important part of trans culture *rips your throat out with my teeth*

[crumbofmoon]

[tomatoart]

Transgwender 🎉

TRANSGWENDER ‼️

[transhitman]