#a. d sorta related but also the fact that raine is disney's first trans character yet they never actually acknowledge them irks me.

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on the current raeda conversation:

I think what people (esp new fans who didn't watch the show as it aired, and didn't have time between releases to really think about characters and let stuff sink in, in that sense) don't understand is this:

raeda provides a more nuanced representation of queerness and what it means to love someone.

the whole point of raeda, imo, is that love shouldn't, doesn't, look a certain way. love doesn't fit into a mold. it isn't easy. sometimes it's tragic. sometimes it hurts.

queerness doesn't look a certain way. the whole point is being who you are and who you are is different for everyone

raeda hits cause we see both of them at their worst. and as the show was airing we didn't know if they'd get a chance to show one another they'd changed. we all thought raine was gonna fucking die every time they were on screen. but i digress

i think people gloss over how well the adult characters are fleshed out in the owl house. honestly it's taken for granted. they have depth. and their queerness makes them all the more vital as representation cause they're not stereotyped and don't fit into a box.

again key word here is nuanced

and isn't the whole point of the owl house to celebrate individuality and how beautiful and unique we are? to not judge people based on generalizations? to not try and fit someone into a mold they have to fit inside forever?

if you try to put anything in the show in a box then you missed the point.

so like, the fact that raeda is so overlooked despite being the best representation of a ship that breaks conventions is weird

the fact that they're both ignored by disney is even weirder. lumity is good rep, but i think raeda is equally if not more important because of the opportunity for kids adult queer role models that prove that life is a mess and the path you're on might not be linear, but eventually everything will get better.

sorry for putting a college dissertation in your ask box. i'll go back to lurking lol

I'm reading this whole college dissertation wdym