(if I'm not charitable, it's a slightly apologetic trans inclusive r*dfem movie that cast a trans lead bc they wanted to avoid being accused of being T*RFs, and treads the same ground Joss Whedon did a thousand times which would be why they'd fear that accusation)
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Anyway, it was fun, I enjoyed the trans themes and it made it stand out from your standard lesbian vampire cult movie (there's a lot, I know from my LGBT film indexing project) and I kinda liked that they didn't spell it out but the marketing ruined that
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
I didn't listen to any of the things people were saying so I kept expecting Duke to turn out to be trans until Laurel asked "...what about me?"
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that did, in fact, seriously enhance my enjoyment of the movie
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What did you think the awkward graduation party conversation with her boyfriend was about?
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The guy telling her boyfriend what "he's doing" is "so brave" and her just looking on like "wtf"
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Oh, I just thought he actually had no idea who Laurel was and was too drunk to know that his attempt to cover it up by saying she was "SO cool" was really obviously inept Like any rando at a bar all like "awww hell, dude, YOU are so cool mannn"
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when I was in middle school I used to fuck with people when they introduced themselves to me by acting incredulous, like there's no way they could seriously be THE Maggie Jones or Kurt Brown or whatever
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Nah I am pretty sure it's a dig at her being well known and being sick of cis people being weird at her about her transition, she brings it up later when her brother mentions his friends want to meet her
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I'm also pretty certain he's not a boyfriend, he's a platonic best friend, because there's dialogue indicating that he's gay (and this is the subtext of why he's so upset and unhappy she's leaving him behind in their small town)
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The fact that she turned out to be trans and into girls may be some subtext for why his attachment to her is all clingy and emotionally fraught
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Oh are we talking about Andy or the long-haired kid who walks up to her shaking a beer at her
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