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friendly reminder that he died in the closet, he never got to be open about his sexuality in real life. friendly reminder he died before gay marriage was legalized. friendly reminder that all he wanted was to come home to paul. friendly reminder that he never had the chance to come home and be honest with himself about who he was, that he didn't get to do that until he was trapped in the wilderness for months, that he never got to live that life with paul, free.
travis martinez through a queer lens, and why hair symbolically matters in the series
this is gonna combine two topics, as i think they overlap.
i definitely think travis is queer in some way, and thatâs amongst many reasons that he had such a toxic relationship with his father. we can assume from travisâ behavior that his âtraditional valuesâ rubbed off on him. coach martinez would never accept if his son was bi or pan or anything else.
thatâs also partially why travis was so misogynistic in the beginning. he was trying to be tough and masculine, because if he wasnât, then he may as well be considered a flamboyant flamer. being macho was an attempt to distance himself as much as possible from the idea of being queer. this was the 90âs, where hate crimes against gay people were still extremely prevalent.
in reality, under all the initial macho stuff, travis is a person with deep emotions. he becomes withdrawn from the group, and he later searches for purpose through lottie. travis is also proven to care very deeply about his brother, even if the initial crash made it seem otherwise.
to men like his father, these types of thoughts and feelings made him âweak,â which was code for âqueer behavior.â
this might also be a stretch, but letâs look at how tai and travis deal with their hair. in season one, tai cuts her hair â signaling her shift from her old life to the one in the wilderness. she doesnât cut her hair in season three (weâll get back to this).
i see an antithesis with how tai approaches her hair vs how travis does. in season three, travisâ hair is longer; we know he could cut it if he wanted, as the group has scissors. you could say they were lost in the fire, but we donât have any proof of this. since the yellowjackets grabbed as many things as possible while escaping the cabin, iâm gonna take a gamble and say they brought the scissors with.
travis not cutting his hair reflects his current situation â freedom and depression. his father is dead, so he doesnât have to perform with him. travis was finally free to experiment with his appearance. remember that some people are so closed-minded that they view longer hair as something purely for women. with the kinda man coach martinez was portrayed to be, this isnât too much of a stretch.
however, travisâ brother, javi, is also dead. this no doubt hit travis harder than his brotherâs death. those with depression are more susceptible to not taking care of themselves, as we see with jackie. perhaps travis simply stopped caring.
on the flip side of this perspective, perhaps it represents the chains being unshackled. the yellowjackets built a sustainable camp. it was summer. things were going well under natalieâs leadership. sure, travis and her had broken up, but itâs stated and proven multiple times through the show that they were not good for each other.
because of her insistence on connecting with the wilderness, lottie was the main cause of travisâ suffering throughout season three. connecting with the wilderness meant breaking from reality. in a way, you could consider this a form of twisted freedom.
just as travis doesnât cut his hair, neither does tai. itâs about the same length as it is for travis. like with travis, i think this is also because stability had returned to the group.
also, the headband tai wears? itâs mostly in the tensest moments in season three. she wears it during the trial, wears it when she decides to stay in the wilderness, and wears it when trying to convince van that they could survive another winter. so what does the headband represent? restriction. the hunt doesnât fit restriction, which is why she doesnât wear it there.
for natalie, her hair is naturally dark; she had it dyed blonde when the plain crashed. what happens to her hair is something that happens to everyoneâs dyed hair if not maintained. as winter approaches, her hair gets darker and darker, symbolic of the yellowjacketsâ transition from the light to the darkness.
natalie doesnât dye her hair again, and hardly maintains it. sheâs trapped in that darkness. when does she start actually taking care of her hair? at lottieâs compound â the closest thing sheâd ever get to the wilderness in ânormalâ society.
back to travis. i think his dwindling misogyny represented more than just character development. as the yellowjackets are full of queer people, his integration into the group could also symbolize him becoming more comfortable with himself.
tai and van are lesbian, and the group cheered when they finally kissed in front of them. shauna is also later confirmed to be bisexual, and nobody has an issue with it. this isnât even mentioning the homoerotic tension between literally every girl in the camp.
and while travis didnât know coach scott was gay, he did know that he was shown openly supporting tai and van. coach scott was the exact opposite of martinez. while the latter was repressive and closed-minded, the former encouraged self-expression.
travis seeing an adult male being so accepting would help indicate that not everyone shared his fatherâs viewpoints, and that there was a chance that one day, travis wouldnât have to hide.
i also think natalie being accepting of tai and van was also a big reassurance for travis. if the girl he liked was supportive of a lesbian relationship, then sheâd be accepting of him. travis loved natalie. seeing the girl he loved so open-minded wouldâve lifted a huge weight off his shoulders.
in my mind, travis martinez is queer. iâd love to hear anyoneâs additional thoughts of my analysis.
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One thing I would have liked/ would like to see in Yellowjackets season 4 is the dead characters (besides Jackie) haunting the ones still alive. Like yeah, give me more Teen Nat influencing Adult Misty. Give me Ben haunting post-rescue Nat. Give me Javi haunting post-rescue Shauna/Travis. Give me Teen Van haunting Adult Taissa. Why werenât they doing this before??
Steven Kruegar (<- Coach Ben) saying in a interview that even though we don't know who or what exactly burned down the cabin he decided to play Ben from the perspective that he did in fact do it, and that just makes the trial episode so much funnier
