Yeah finally got around to watching it tonight and I was basically sobbing the whole time. It wasn’t quite what I expected, but it was so amazingly good. In addition to capturing the feeling of being an egg and seeing someone like you. The connection hit really hard as well. It also just did an amazing job of conveying dysphoric disassociation. I also loved the use of monochrome lighting and fluorescent coloring to blur the feeling of real and unreal.

So yeah, absolutely amazing cathartic cry movie, though IDK if it’s a great one to show to cis loved ones to show how it feels.

And it’s made me feel the need to get around to watching Veneno, which I’ve been putting off for several years. I suppose I don’t get to complain about not having enough great trans media if it exists and I don’t watch it, so I guess I gotta go watch it. When I do I’ll try to remember to post a review of it too. I’ve already seen the first episode and loved it.

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    Also just, the fact that the pink opaque was so Buffy coded hit me extra hard as someone who was completely obsessed with Buffy during my late teen period where I was trying to convince myself I was just bigender and totally able to hide my female side. Like girl, stop mistaking the dyke in your soul and the expectations placed on you and fears taught to you for a man.

    But also damn Buffy was good and the absolute perfect choice for what to code the show two trans teens would obsess over as