Why Do People Always Ignore Theme When Talking About Media? - Tumblr Posts

How about something closer to my heart??? (and that I ashamedly fell into) Gwen Stacy as trans!

Guess what? Who cares if its canon? who cares that a cartoon pig didn't pop up on screen and mention estrogen pills with all the subtlety of a train hitting a flour mill?

Did you know sometimes stories can mean things??? Gwen arguing with her dad doesn't HAVE TO ONLY MEAN ONE THING.

Is she defending her right to be a spider-woman in a very literal way? YES. Is she defending her right to BE A WOMAN in a very metaphorical way? also YES. Could you argue that it's just a continuation of themes in Miles' story, told from a different point of view with different characters so that the film's themes of acceptance (and those who refuse to accept) are shown from a different angle? It's that one, its most definitely probably that one\

Or you know. It could just be words. And a regular 'ol argument. With no extra meaning. I guess that's fun too

Everyone knows reading comprehension sucks. Boring, overplayed, classist.

Let's talk about visual and auditory comprehension instead!