hand on my heart

thinking about v for vendetta and how deeply trans coded it was. how the driving force behind the plot hinged on the justice for a murdered lesbian and the destruction of fascism. the outright condemnation of a corrupt police state and child predators. how the film was released just a few years post-9/11 and in the midst of DADT. how the graphic novel was published in the 80s during the AIDS crisis and the reagan administration and the UK's thatcherism. the last lines from valerie's letter: "I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the world turns and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you. I love you. With all my heart, I love you."

What a privilege it is to get old.