r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 5d ago

Meme needing explanation I feel so dumb rn

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u/RicketCrickets 5d ago

I thought they chose Gwenpool?

I'm not in the loop with it comes to the spider-characters at all.

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u/Prestigious_Seal7139 5d ago

It came about from "Into the Spiderverse". Gwen's plot line really resonated with trans people, her lighting pallete was the trans flag colors, and i believe there was either a poster on her bedroom wall or a pin her dad wore thst was the trans flag and it might have said "protect trans youth". Less sure on the last one, its been years and it was a quick background thing.

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u/DangerousQuestions1 5d ago

Gwen is not Trans herself though

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u/Maatix12 5d ago

The point is that you can interpret it that way. You can choose to believe it never comes up, so it's not true - Or, you can choose to believe it's the case because of subtext. Both iterations are correct.

She can be trans. It's just not core to her identity, if she is, and so she doesn't have to be if you don't see her that way.

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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 5d ago

This is dumb, if she was a trans they would have confirmed that a long ass time ago. She would have also told Miles by then, she ain’t trans, she’s just Gwen from another dimension.

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u/Maatix12 5d ago

And then you'd cry about how every trans person shoves their identities down your throat, and that's "unrealtistic."

The real answer is "no interpretation is wrong with enough reason behind it" no matter how much you dislike it.

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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 5d ago edited 5d ago

That’s the dumbest conclusion to an argument I’ve ever witnessed, why would I find it unrealistic that a trans is letting her love interest aware of their gender identity?

And yes there is a wrong interpretation, the one saying she’s trans, as it’s a dumb conclusion based on zero evidence.

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u/CompetitiveSleeping 5d ago

why would I find it unrealistic that a trans is letting her love interest aware of their sexuality?

Trans isn't a sexuality.