#community elders perpetuating trauma because they can’t not when trauma responses are what’s kept them alive

[eggy-tea]

For a movie featuring basically zero explicitly queer characters, Across the Spider-Verse was pretty fucking queer.

#see: trans (allegory?) gwen stacy #see: coming out to your parents and not knowing if they’ll still love you afterwards #having a major part of your identity be something you need to hide #thinking you’re a lone freak and then finding out that there are actually SO MANY other people like you #and then realizing that just because you’re part of the same community it doesn’t mean you automatically see eye-to-eye on everything #coming out to your parents and they’re not ready for it and they don’t react the way you’d hope #community elders taking you in because they’ve been there #community elders channeling their trauma into trying to keep the kids safe #community elders perpetuating trauma because they can’t not when trauma responses are what’s kept them alive #and like. a bunch of this is common to a lot of different marginalized communities #and a bunch more is common to growing up and becoming your own person #which is why it’s been at the center of a lot of superhero stuff since superhero stuff has been a thing #and why superhero stuff can resonate with a wide variety of people from different backgrounds #but also: Choices Were Made #spider man: across the spider verse spoilers #spiderman atsv spoilers #<- very mild and in the tags but still. better safe etc. #anyway a+ movie can’t wait to watch it again