What I find interesting is that - V is actually, imo, coded as trans, especially in the original graphic novel. Alan Moore claims that clues to identity of VĀ āare all thereā, which implies it might be a named character. If it was one, the only person matching would be Valerie, the woman whose journals V gives to Evey. Everything would match - Valerie was an actress, which would fit with both costume and tastes of V, and also why said letter was so important - and really, how the hell an occupant of a high-security concentration camp under constant observation had ability to write a letter, and also how a letter written on toiler paper would survive all these years, and burning down of Larkhill camp. (answer - by being written AFTER all these events).
Except, V appears to be male. Everyone is using male pronouns for him, in the movie he speaks in a masculine voice, and in the novel we do see a panel of his silhouette naked in Larkhill, and he definitely has a masculine physique.
But, if Valerie becoming V was metaphor for transition, thatād make sense.
Thatās in addition to well, the fact that a lot of trans men begin their self-discovery as butch lesbians? Itād sure fit.
Why do I believe that theory? In addition to whole LGBT themes thing, and the letter thing, thereās one more reason. Well, I think this was skimmed by in the movie, but in the novel, we get a pretty solid clue. See, in the movie, exact nature of experiments performed on Larkhill inmates is kept rather dubious if I recall - we know they gave V abilities slightly above normal humans, but thatās it.
But in the novel, itās more specific. So, what is the field of experiments that are being performed Larkhill concentration camp that they needed human specimen?
V got strength to throw off chains of opression and fight back and yadda yadda, became a character who ticks off literally every single checkbox on definition of a superhero, including superpowersā¦
By literal fucking hormone therapy.
Administered to him, ironically, by the very oppressors.
From what Iāve read of Alan Mooreās stories, he doesnāt leave details up to a chance. Everything has a reason, and everything is interconnected with each other. And this, this doesnāt look like a bit of dark irony Alan Moore would pass up, since he loves that shit.
So, those are my reasons for this particular interpretation.
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