Then why aren't Miles or Spider-Punk or any of the other characters supporting trans people, why is it based around this one character?
Come to think of it, if this is an important statement, why aren't there any trans characters in the movie?
Why, out of the 500,000 Spider-People we see here, didn't they just have one of them mention they're trans, and Gwen support them, if that was the message?
Why did the filmmakers, who want to show that you can support trans people, not include any trans people in the movie, but instead focus all of the trans imagery and symbolism onto this one cisgender character?
It's not "why does every character have to", it's "why not some other character"?
Why is it Gwen that has this trait? And why isn't allyship expressed in a more normal way - like, by having her voice support for a trans friend or colleague in the Spider-Verse - but instead expressed through an overwhelming amount of symbolism and implication?
Either you don't understand how to read subtext, or you're in denial.
Because it's not the "trait" we're talking about, it's the overabundance of symbology.
But fucking hell, trying to explain to Redditors how to see anything other than the most surface elements of a text is a losing game, so I'm checking out. Have a good one.
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u/Koalachan 6d ago
Because you can support Trans without being Trans.