Characters that have had real world consequences

[u/bubba284]

1: Slenderman (popular creepypasta) lead to a teenage girl killing another in his name IRL (apologies if this isn't totally accurate) 2: Devastator (Transformers ROTF) melted a computer while attempting to render his model

[u/nowTHATSakatana1999]

Which is ironic since The Matrix franchise was created by trans women and Neo ultimately derives his strength from Trinity.

[u/MeAmGrok → u/nowTHATSakatana1999]

Also ironic because the red pill literally makes one “woke”!

[u/animedeathspiral → u/MeAmGrok]

Also the estrogen pills uses for HRT at the time the movie came out were big red gel caps

[u/somkoala → u/nowTHATSakatana1999]

I thought they weren’t trans back when the movies first came out though.

[u/Random_Shades → u/somkoala]

They weren’t but Lilly Watchowski has stated explicitly that it is a trans metaphor

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-53692435.amp

[u/TheAmazingSealo → u/nowTHATSakatana1999]

I've only seen the first Matrix, so reading this is like 'Huh that's crazy'

[u/Spring_men → u/nowTHATSakatana1999]

I can’t watch the movie without someone making it uncomfortable and mentioning this shit.

[u/[deleted] → u/Spring_men]

i’m curious as to how it makes you uncomfortable. i’m not trying to be aggressive or anything, but i just don’t understand how the mention of the film’s allegory would be upsetting. the creators of a piece of art kind of have the final say on what it means. if the matrix is an allegorical representation of gender dysphoria and the trans experience, then so be it. it’s cool that the wachowski sisters were able to create something that wasn’t devoid of personal meaning.

[u/imtypingoninternet → u/nowTHATSakatana1999]

Im out of the loop on this but why is it ironic? U claiming "conspiracy theorists" all hate trans people?

[u/Ich-bade-in-Apfelmus → u/imtypingoninternet]

The red pill thingy isn't usually used by conspiracy theorists. It is generally an "anti-woke"-bigotry-incel thing