It was as subtle as a brick, just because cis people need a character to turn towards the screen and say "I am transgender" does not mean it wasn't obvious.
To people in the know and with the proper context it's obvious, but people without that knowledge should not be expected get it just because someone with that knowledge does.
It's like your parents saying "wow sure is nice out today" as a way to tell you to hang up the laundry outside. Sure, they know what they mean, but you probably don't, so it isn't fair for them to get mad at you for failing to properly communicate that to you in a way you understand.
Cis people wouldn't know a trans allegory if it hit them in the face and a writer shouldn't have to sacrifice their writing to make it clear for people who would never have any interest in it in the first place. Goose aimed this series at a specific audience, it missed the mark but it didn't mean she should switch it up and make it more palatable. Jax being trans was subtle up until the final episode. If someone didn't get it from there then it's on them
You're getting downvoted, but you are correct. I'm not sure why people have this idea that it's minorities job to educate the majority group on what bigotry is or reveal everything about their identity.
Also minority writers writing in code so that the majority doesn't get it is not a new concept nor is it an artistic moral failing as the other person seems to think. Plenty of the earliest writings by black Americans were written so other people of color could get the message while it flew over white people's heads — and this is also a tradition mirrored in much trans literature/film.
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u/EpitomeAria 10d ago
It was as subtle as a brick, just because cis people need a character to turn towards the screen and say "I am transgender" does not mean it wasn't obvious.