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Sep. 6th, 2021 08:43 pmYou know the website Does The Dog Die? I wish there was a 'the source of evil in this mystery/thriller is going to turn out to be Gender Troubles' website. The problem with mysteries and thrillers is that what's going on is often a last minute twist. You could, for example, watch 8 hours of a mini series and then ... suddenly...
I am going to spoiler cut this for a recent canon. I am not going to name the canon because ... naming it in this context would be spoiling it. I need to write my own, long take on the whole trans serial killer trope that all that media crit YTers have been talking about recently. One of the problems with the trope is that an actual list of canons using that trope would be constantly contested. It's a super popular trope, but writers don't come out and say it. They ... imply it. In this specific canon, the writers spend an hour on exposition to try to tap dance around the trope, while having the trope. There is always an out. Someone who likes the canon could always argue that no, that's not what's going on.
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I am going to spoiler cut this for a recent canon. I am not going to name the canon because ... naming it in this context would be spoiling it. I need to write my own, long take on the whole trans serial killer trope that all that media crit YTers have been talking about recently. One of the problems with the trope is that an actual list of canons using that trope would be constantly contested. It's a super popular trope, but writers don't come out and say it. They ... imply it. In this specific canon, the writers spend an hour on exposition to try to tap dance around the trope, while having the trope. There is always an out. Someone who likes the canon could always argue that no, that's not what's going on.
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