Both the aesthetic of the work and its narrative are pretty explicit about characterizing any expression of femininity outside the narrow window normative to the American queer aesthetic as something you're liberated FROM, not liberated BY because that's how the writers felt
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The ONE time the narrative actually shows an AMAB trans person after YEARS of depicting (via subtext, analogue, or otherwise) solely AFAB NBs/trans boys, they're an enby with an androgynous presentation, which, like, is FINE, but doesn't really validate/represent _trans women_
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Like the overarching vibe I get from the writers is that they don't actually believe women like me, or wanting to be a woman like me, is sensible or cool or consistent with their aesthetic Which, like, fine, good for them, but given its popularity it was frustrating to live with
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for most of the lifespan of the show, the themes of the narrative had not been so blatantly a celebration of healthy masculinity specifically, the direction the plot would go re: Rose Quartz was not totally obvious, so it was easy for trans femmes to believe the writers saw them
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And if you DID think there was going to be some kind of embrace or celebration of femininity in the story, then the final reveal of the series pretty much felt like writers kicking you in the balls
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
I couldn’t get into this show just because it felt too lightweight and silly, but isn’t the Garnet character sort of feminine (she’s the only main character I liked/could remember just because I like Estelle’s voice and there are so few Black characters on this sort of show)
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She's kind of a middle-of-the-road futch, or like a Janelle Monae type
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @della_morte_
I guess you could argue original Garnet's evolution to present day Garnet is becoming more butch, but that's a retroactive evolution
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Replying to @arthur_affect @della_morte_
yeah her original form was much girlier and that kind of got hammered out
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Arguably this is meant to reflect how originally Sapphire was a leader and Ruby was her servant but as Garnet evolves Ruby gets more and more of an equal say on her personality
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