One of the reasons why You Weren’t Meant to Be Human means so much to me is that Crane doesn’t hate Sophie. Very often in trans media there’s this idea that whoever a transgender person was before, they have to absolutely hate them and “kill” them in order to become who they truly are.
It’s a common sentiment amongst the trans community (which is fair and entirely valid) that killing your past self, your deadname, etc are an essential part of transitioning. And that having that vitriol and hate towards that past is also essential.
Crane doesn’t hate Sophie. When he talks about growing up, he talks exclusively like Sophie is a character that played as him. Someone that he empathizes and understands, just another little girl who got lost between the lines of his own story. The Hive gave him agency to take control and he ran with it. Gave it all to the Hive so that he can control of Sophie’s story.
(And when he’s detransitioning and pregnant, he does exactly what Sophie wanted. Because if the Hive is going to force him to be Sophie, to play pretend at being a girl again, he’s going to do what Sophie wanted.)
A large part of You Weren’t Meant To Be Human is the loss of autonomy and dehumanization. But another part is confronting your past- Crane eventually faces his own consequences by his parents being in Washville. Jess has to deal with Sean, and god knows whatever the fuck Levi (derogatory) did in his past to get his ending.
Another part of Crane confronting his past (in regards to his kinks and sexuality) is facing Sophie. And when he did, he burned her face off because that’s what she wanted, and that’s what Crane was going to do for her. It’s a brief glimpse into his pre-transition self and his current self holding hands and agreeing. Self-mutilation is all he was allowed to do, and it was something he was always going to do.
Idk. I like Crane a lot because he’s really relatable to me. He doesn’t hate his past self. It’s comforting to me.
Andrew Joseph White is so iconic for subjecting us to the most visceral and real horrors and trauma on a page, all while making a commentary on modern society, and how the horrors that he is writing about are very real, and then putting Splatoon 3 in his acknowledgments
i don’t care about wuthering heights beyond the kate bush song but this is the most god awful dress i’ve ever seen in my life and also i hate margot robbie.
Stumbling around his study with a large metal bucket lodged firmly over his head, area accountant and father of three Michael Dewley once again found himself in a situation traditionally reserved for film stars of the early 20th century.
Dewley, who works at a local investment firm and once mistook two men inside of a horse costume for the genuine article, got himself in his latest fix early Monday morning. According to sources, this is the fifth time in as many weeks that the 43-year-old has experienced the sort of bumbling mishap usually portrayed in silent American comedies.
Quite tickled by the idea of having a massive green gorilla couch that you only sit on when smoking weed and the weed leaves a miasmic stain on the gorilla couch
Anyone and everyone CAN write. The world’s most skilled writer didn’t start off skilled. The key is that they practice hard by writing a lot.
As long as you write, you are practicing your craft and you are getting better at writing. But you will never get anywhere if you let AI write for you.
“when did we all become so performative” idk man when the threat of being recorded at any time and posted for milions to see without your knowledge became normalised.
