I watched this movie planning on not seeing the parallels at all but okay yeah Duke is me online and Laurel is me offlinehttps://twitter.com/autogynamelia/status/1282622777871052800 …
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
Everyone in this movie seems to know the main character is trans even though I don't see any reason the audience would know she was trans if it weren't in the description
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Replying to @arthur_affect
the actress is trans on Supergirl I guess It's a very weird sort of coding
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
It's a really interesting gender- and morality-swapped Lost Boys
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy
So you're saying that online you have subtle mind control powers you're using to make everyone agree with you but offline you refrain from doing so
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
The closest thing there is to an open discussion of her being trans is the angry confrontation with her brother and I think there's some interesting resonance there It's very Emotional Labor Discourse 2019
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy
"I supported you, why aren't you supporting me? Now it's your fault I attempted suicide!" etc Which you've brought up before
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy
I mean if he were slightly more Tumblr he wouldn't have said "selfish bitch", he'd have said "emotional vampire" Which (like "narcissist" and "abuser") gets shot back and forth A LOT in the queer/trans spaces this movie is paying homage to
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy
Ha ha, that's the whole with the ending isn't it "Don't listen to them, they're mind controlling you to turn you against me" "That's because YOU'RE mind controlling THEM to turn them against ME" Very familiar
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Speaking of which I did like that the vampire hunter cell only exists and knows what vampires are because their leader is a disgruntled familiar It's the risks you take in that kind of system
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Yeah I enjoyed that the familiar was a false Donald Sutherland figure
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @arthur_affect
He didn't try to stop Laurel for her sake, he doesn't care He tried to stop her because she fits the profile of somebody who'd bolster their numbers
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