@BootlegGirl you're supposed to take the red pill as a teen, if you're in your 30s its too late
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@BootlegGirl but yeah in the starting real world scenes Neo isn't a leather goth guy1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@BootlegGirl he's connected to that scene bc they see him as a valuable resource but clearly deeply uncomfortable with it2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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Which again, the Wachowskis have expressed in public interviews. They're clearly active in the alt-goth Chicago scene
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But speaking as someone who knows people in that scene they are seriously on the down low as you'd expect
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Basically, Wachowski protagonists want privacy to express their authentic identities but feel pressure from all sides
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@BootlegGirl oh yeah there's definitely sympathy for Cypher in his villain speech1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@BootlegGirl "he set us free!" "Free?! I do everything he tells me!" - common cry in activist scenes3 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
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"With freedom as a doctrine, guess who was the new authority" -
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@BootlegGirl "welcome to your liberated new life of being poor, angry all the time & constantly policed by your peers for purity"
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And then in Sense8 Cypher is basically right. There isn't a cypher character but Morpheus is villainized
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Going on about the inferiority of cis people and how they all deserve to die and the protagonists are fuck that
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