#moclans

thinking of female moclans...

I think I need to write an analysis on The Orville and how it represents transgender issues and experiences through the Moclans. Even if it is told from the perspective of detransition, it expresses common sentiments and ideas from the Transgender Community, such as the feeling of your body screaming to be free of something it is not and the rights to control your identity. It is really quite fascinating stuff, being able to force conservative ideas, such as transitioning being bad, to fit inside of the lens of progressive ideas, like transitioning to be who you want to be. It is done in such a way to expose the hypocrisy of transphobic thought, asking the audience "If someone was converted into a male and still felt something was wrong with them, would you deny them the opportunity to change back? If someone had always been feeling this way, would you deny them the opportunity to choose their own identity?" and I find it fascinating.