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angorwhosebabyisthis · 11 months ago

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having a lot of inarticulate thoughts about pericles' genderousness this evening, in particular how i imagine/interpret his expression of it having changed over time, but they will not coalesce. when will my one brain cell for queer readings return from the war

#SDMItag #sdmi #professor pericles #me on the last rewatch before my current one: i think retroactively i picked up Genders vibes from him as an nb egg kid. what's up with tha #me on this rewatch and with the newfound knowledge that his VA is queer: oh it's the faggotry. okay #the gay-coding is obvious and in context really shitty #but it hadn't really clicked for me until this go around to connect that to his gender presentation specifically #once you look past traits that it's easy to default to seeing as masc by the show's intent; but aren't inherently; like his vocal register #it's very easy to read his *presentation* as the mixed-signals kind of androgynous; instead of the degendered kind of androgynous #both the parts of his physical appearance that he controls; and parts that are pretty obviously *evoking* chosen aspects of one's appearanc #see: a third of this dude's face is eyeliner + mascara despite the fact that he seemingly magically manifested it as Dark Circles in prison #and the *way* he talks beyond his vocal register #and it seems pretty significant that the one piece of clothing we see him wear; and clearly *choose* to express himself with #is a *scarf*#scarves are in recent history heavily associated with gay men's fashion #if you're a cis man and wearing a scarf that isn't Plain and Practical and during cold weather; there is a heavy connotation of That's Gay #and not only does pericles wear his scarf a hundred percent of the time but it's *purple*#it's Feminine(tm)#and it feels like there's something to be said here #about the intersection between how cis gay men's gender expression is perceived and portrayed #and how it pings nonbinary people; especially multigendered ones #at least it certainly did for me #something something we recognize our own; and sometimes the circle of our own is cast much wider and runs much deeper than we realize #and sometimes those moments of clarity come about through watching a character be the worst fucking person on earth lmao #i'd say god love him; but god gave up on him in fear for their life a long time ago so i will do it instead

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