So I went to see The Boxtrolls today having been very excited about all of the publicity, the general theme of the film, and all of the posters I saw of what appeared to be same gender families.
I left the cinema in tears because of it. It’s very transmisogynist. I do not advise anyone, especially trans women, to see this film without warning of what’s in it. I’ll explain why below.
EDIT 7: At no point below have I said that this character is a trans character or that anyone who “cross dresses” = a trans person. FFS, if you’re going to bother me in my inbox, read the entire post.
TW FOR THE CONTENT BELOW. It contains spoilers and descriptions of transmisogyny.
I’m not going to argue about whether The Boxtrolls is transmisogynist. I thought Frou Frou was an interesting character, but I also don’t think she needed to be given such a large role.
I do have a problem with the replies to this post and the people who say they won’t be watching the movie because it’s “disgusting”. What happened to forming your own opinion rather than blindly following someone else? If you’re going to feel so strongly about something, at least watch the movie so you have a basis to back up your feelings.
This is a serie of illustrations which is the base of a kind of project, I don’t have any story for the moment, but mostly…images of atmosphere and daily life of these two characters, who will be joined by others in the future, and gave me the opportunity to create stories. The names are Emilie and Emelisse, and they live on the edge of a…weird forest. Originally inspired by some night adventure-tales of a certain person, you could say one of these characters is pretty much dedicaded to : ).
(Future ones won’t be as easy to recognize as this one (ahah).)
Ok, here’s the deal: SuperMutant Magic Academy just gained its 1000th follower! Nice. Thank you for reading. To celebrate, I’ll send a present to a randomly-chosen person who reblogs this comic. I’ll post the winner on Friday.
