the trans characters were definitely there for a joke by shrek 3, but in 2 it feels different because of the overarching queer themes of the plot. alternatively, my standards for queer representation are probably through the floor, because shrek 2 was one of the few times (maybe the first?) i had been exposed to the idea of trans people existing as a transfem child

  • sir_this_is_a_wendys [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    They played it in theaters a couple weeks ago and I took my daughter. I hadn’t seen it in a very long time. I remembered liking it and figured it was still enjoyable. Other than some minor power serving narratives around monarchy (again, expected, nbd), I still loved it.

    I was shocked that he asked one of the workers if he was being oppressed when he snuck into the factory.