#trans travis martinez

[moonagedaydreamsofrhiannon]

Perhaps the wilderness in Yellowjackets is not just a symbol of death. Perhaps it is also—in its own way—freedom.

In the wilderness, Lottie didn’t have to hide her visions for fear of being called crazy. She was exalted as a leader and a prophet. But when she returned, they called her crazy and locked her up.

In the wilderness, Misty didn’t have to be ashamed of her intensity and eccentricity. She was helpful, she was needed, she was important. But when she returned, they called her a freak and exiled her once again.

In the wilderness, Tai didn’t have to pretend to be something she’s not. Her other self was not a weakness but a strength, it gave her power, and kept her alive. But when she returned she had to suppress her urges and hide her other self, or lose everything.

In the wilderness, Shauna didn’t have to be small, and hide the fire inside her. She was angry, and violent, and powerful. But when she returned, she was forced back into a supporting role, forced to contain her darkness and her drive in order to fit a role she never wanted to play.

In the wilderness, Travis didn’t have to put on an act to fit the societal expectations of masculinity. He was feminine, and emotional, and soft—not the man of the group, but just another Yellowjacket in the hive. But when he returned, he was forced back into the cage—back into the closet—isolated, hardened, closed off and separated from the girls once more.

In the wilderness, Natalie didn’t have to feel guilty for surviving. She was the hunter, the provider, and the gun in her hands made her a savior, and a leader, not a killer. But when she returned, she was a killer once again, haunted by guilt, and outcast by society for the things she did to stay alive.

The wilderness gave them the freedom to be their truest and most authentic selves, but the cost was the blood spilled. The cost was their old selves. The cost was a place in the world upon their return.

Maybe the wilderness did not destroy them; it simply changed them into something new, something irrevocably different, something that would never—could never—fit back inside the narrow box of their old lives, and because they could no longer fit, society called them broken.

The wilderness freed them, but it never let them go. Because once you’ve tasted flesh and blood, once you’ve stared death in the face and overcame, once you’ve been to the very brink and seen the true depth of your own capacity for violence, once all the former markers of morality and success have become meaningless, in a world where survival at all costs is the only law, how can you ever go back to a world ruled by pointless, hollow, conventions? Once you’ve shed every remnant of your humanity, once you’ve run with the wolves, and howled at the moon, and become one with the ancient wild gods, how can you ever be a human again? Once you’ve had a taste of complete freedom, how can you ever be satisfied with a fake, insignificant, half-life, made up entirely of half-truths and haunting?

[girlypopmoomin]

The real reason Lottie keeps giving Travis mushrooms is cuz she wants to see which ones might turn him into a girl. There’s no HRT out there so she’s gotta improvise.

[bluemoonscape]

Trans Jackie consumes me just as much as Trans Travis in the sense that they both just make sense - which does not by any extent make them canon, but does make those headcanons such an interesting possibility to explore. They both were repulsed and anxious about sex on different occasions. They treated it like something to get out of the way. Where Travis fits in with the girls in the wilderness particularly after becoming one of Lottie’s followers, Jackie is an outsider in ways she never has been. Jackie wears feminine clothes at home and then packs her quintessential wardrobe of Mormon schoolboy clothes for when she’s away, suggesting a performative element to her femininity somewhere along the line. I’m so deep into transmasc Jackie self-made propaganda I forget she was around for like one season and then froze to death like noooo thats the father of Shauna’s children actually

[imsososolesbian]

Transfem butch Travis

[dakotaversions]

crazy how much ive been thinking abt closeted trans girl travis yellowjackets. i like her now. god its so. i get it. lashing out in the absolute nightmare scenario yr in by externalising yr internalised misogyny and just being a total shit. bad at "straight" sex for unexplainable reasons. the dysphoria of being stranded in the woods with like 12 pretty girls. Doomcoming just the whole thing. i LOVE HERRRRR

[kangarooqueen]

TRAVIS MARTINEZ IS A BEAUTIFUL TRANS WOMAN

[hyacinthesiss]

can someone please explain to me the whole transfem travis thing because i just genuinely don't get it

like what evidence do you have that explains him being trans

i'm gen curious 😭

[magiccharmss]

sapphic butch4butch t4t travnat is REAL and COMING FOR YOU

[gardenofearthlydelightss]

normally not a huge travnat fan but i can't get travis being the MOST dramatic over a head cold and nat making fun of her but still secretly worrying and looking after her out of my head

[couldtransitionsaveher]

TRAVIS MARTINEZ from YELLOWJACKETS

JUSTIFICATION:

"She's literally one of the girls. Through a series of trials in the wilderness mirroring another main character, Natalie Scatorccio's, lived experience before the start of the show, she is embraced into the group, elevated from a secondary male status to the dominant female status. Travis is actually one of the more enthusiastic members of the Yellowjackets team, often seen drinking blood tea or offering her own blood as offering.

Travis is also literally Nat's fridged wife, driving her to investigate the circumstances of her mysterious murder/suicide for most of the first season.

And I think it's just one of the more compelling reads of her character." - @periwinklekryptonite

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[moonagedaydreamsofrhiannon]

“you can’t ship travlottienat AND think lottie is a lesbian” what you fail to consider is that travis martinez is a trans girl actually

[would-estrogen-save-them]

Propaganda under cut:

"Travis has been assigned One Of The Girls™ by the narrative already. Loads of internalised misogyny and homophobia but it's learnt from the culture he lives in and he unlearns it as the story progresses. He's much happier with girls than boys and is more comfortably himself, becoming slowly more feminine as this happens. Also is dating a woman who is 100% queer"

[jjtheresidentbaby]

rg!nat & rg!travis playing princess & nights but nat is the night and trav is the princess :3

[imsososolesbian]

I’ve been stuck on the idea of cowboy Travis for a few weeks now, to the point its all I can draw, and I’ve written a 16k word fic about it, so I give an art dump

The writing is rough, but if you want to know what it says just ask

[invisible-pink-toast]

gender envy | travis martinez edit

adding to the trans butch lesbian travis agenda ✨

[kangarooqueen]

I think I just saw a transphobic Yellowjackets fan 🤢