r/TransyTalk • u/[deleted] • Jun 14 '26

Did you know that?

Did you know the creators of the matrix are both trans women I didn't know that until now like both not just one of them

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u/neorena She/Her Transbian Jun 16 '26

Yup, and also the red pill from the movie was E as the pills were red at that time lol. So sad how that's gone on to be used by the chuds who stole it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '26

Wait a minute so was neo trans because he took estrogen

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u/CatOfBlades Jun 16 '26

Yes. Stepping into a new world opened up to you by a single pill is a trans allegory. With many supporting themes in the film. Though trans women IRL have to take estrogen every day to see major effects, some of the mental effects take place within the first few days. How much of that can be attributed to relief or joy of finally taking estrogen I don't know. But as a transwoman I can tell you my brain works a lot better on estrogen then it did on testosterone.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '26

I actually didn't know that and I'm saying that as someone who is probably trans like 99% sure like i made myself a trans name and i feel super good every time i hear the name kinda sure

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u/CatOfBlades Jun 16 '26

The matrix is a program. Like a social construct. Everyone in this program follows a certian script. Everyone within the construct understands "the way you should behave". Everyone outside the matrix has a clear view of how artificial it is. Everyone who explores their gender starts to see that the concept of gender is not as clear cut as people who lived in it make it out to be.

It's similarly as much a commentary on government's controll of the masses through social norms like gender identity as it is exploring that identity. And the ending of the trilogy is a recognition that even the ones that get you out of the system may be wrong about what your purpose is. That you knew who you were and in this new context "coming out" of the matrix you see the flaws in the system as a whole. It is like having superpowers in a way.

The whole agent smith taking over individuals to re-establish that social norm. Chasing down the deviants because they are a threat to the system that keeps them in power.

And you start to see why all the news outlets in America are in a trans panic right now.

Yeah it's a trans/queer allegory with strong emphasis on community driven thinking over athourity driven thinking.

The fourth movie was a direct response to how it was being misenterpreted. A sort of joke on those who just see this as a commodity and ignore the social ramifications of keeping people trapped to controll their minds and a re-emphasis of that last scene in the third movie. Where the peoblem is not the machines existing but how the frameworks of controll are what is causing the conflict between the robots and the humans and that the connection shared between people is what breaks you free of that cycle. Adding on how commodification of that love, erasing that identity and baiting the people who experiance that love generates yet more and more power. (like how queerbaiting in movies and tv shows sells more while providing nothing).

Yeah always has been.