The point here is the Wachowskis' reclusiveness is also why they screw up on race.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
They don't talk to the wider trans or SJ communities. So they don't see flaws in their logic we've largely moved past
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Yeah Nomi is the least empathetic member of the cast and it's not bc of hormones it's bc she's a socially isolated nerd
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
And they are Nomi, so there you go
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
S1 showed all the reasons Nomi is justifiably intensely self-involved, which is fine, but she's still intensely self-involved
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Which is interesting because I've heard JMS came up with the original idea for Nomi and the Ws clearly identify with Lito heavily
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Yeah the "celebrity" bit and the "trans activist" bit had to be separated
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Otherwise it'd only be relatable to <1% of trans people
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Well I dunno, I find Lito identifiable because he ends up in awkward romantic situations and his orientation seems fluid
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
And he's terrified of betrayal for good reason, which is definitely Wachowski autobiography but applies to non celebrities
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Yeah Nomi is almost by contrast a fantasy -- someone whose past was all laid out there in her 20s and was free to be openly political
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
The introduction where her girlfriend straight up punches a TERF in public was clear wish fulfillment
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Or doesn't punch her but threatens to, I forget
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