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dti rankings got me fucked up

"She's Russ." "They're Russ" "....Pronouns."

I just hate this narrative of trans people being these annoying burdens constantly having to correct other people or police other people's language. Plus, aren't these vampires in the same coven & were at the concert together the entire night? How would he not know what pronouns they used? It feels like a lazy way to make a point to the audience rather than significant for the characters, the point being....wow gender.

And then lestat continues to misgender them throughout his narration. "She said Longface sucked, does it suck?" From a realistic standpoint, obviously he's on drugs, not paying attention/in his right mind. But take a step back, this is not a real scene, it's one created by writers. Every interaction is designed to fit whatever narrative they want their characters to convey. Is it trying to imply that pronouns in a queer goth rock scene are that much of a surprise that he's so unpracticed, or out of touch with them? (even despite throwing in cultural signifiers the entire narration?) Could they have not instead used "they" as an implied unit of the both of them, or just as a passing comment towards a person he doesn't know? Or written "Ruff, or Russ or whatever the name was", or "the short one"/"the prickly one said Longface sucked", or even add to his confusion, "Didn't one of them say Longface sucked?" Like I feel like it's so weird.

I'm not saying you can't have misgendering in stories, no I think it's actually a very interesting thing to play with, but it didn't really do anything here. Nor does it matter to the story now how this character perceives their own gender, or what their view of gender implies for any other character in the show. And the almost eyeroll "Pronouns" is a little obnoxious. Idk if it was their genuine attempt to add gender diverse people to the show, but it seemed a little awkward, or like they thought it was radical by default. They made emphasis to define this random vampire by their nonbinary identity and then immediately use "she", I feel like that's also just confusing for the audience, no?

And obviously I'm mourning a transgender/nonbinary Gabrielle narrative that doesn't seem like it's projected to happen (maybe, we'll see). But still, like...her rejection of femininity and even her own personhood as she buries herself into the dirt, no longer perceived for any gender or any preconception is important to her character. Am I crazy? I feel like she should look less like she gets her roots done every week and has a personal stylist. She should be genderless if not masculine, a fly on the wall dressed for convenience rather than any public impression. She should be swallowed by her clothes at this point, a vague resemblance of the fitted suits of her initial turning. Like think stratt from project hail mary.

Idk about any trans writers they may or may not have but consider this: Having a nonbinary character that Lestat misgenders in his head genuinely WOULD be super interesting if it builds to the idea of Lestat then doing the same internal feminization of Gabrielle. But it doesn't seem like the gender of these characters are what the story cares to reflect on or ask questions about. I think its just really clumsy because they probably know people anticipate trans themes with Gabrielle but it seems like they're altering her character to be a more active participant in Lestat's abuse rather than a stone wall. Maybe they just think it's a bad look to have that be their one trans character if they make them into an actual predator, so they're trying to add sprinkles of transness elsewhere and hope that makes up the change. I just think it's kinda meaningless compared to the actual gender horror that is Gabrielle's turning (not being able to cut her hair, being trapped in an unchanging body, etc). Who else is doing it like that

“Is that famous magician trucy wright?”

“Oh hey! ☆ Look what I can do”

“She was merely 17 scott”

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