today i thought to myself "i should listen to one or two tracks from the across the spider verse soundtrack for inspiration" and then just listened to the entire soundtrack straight through
something idk if i've ever articulated publicly about this movie is that while gwen stacy's transness in it is obvious, her metaphorical coming-out scene does something really unique that i don't think i've seen in any other big-budget project: it puts most of the responsibility not on her but on her dad. i feel like i've seen so many stories where it's like "why would you keep this a secret from us, we're your parents, you should've trusted us" and the kid feels guilty, but when gwen finally has it out with her dad she says "you can see why i didn't want to tell you" and "i'm trying so hard to be good but it hurts to not be able to share who i am with you" and it's his fault. he's the one who failed by refusing to accept her, and he's the one who has to step up and decide his daughter is more valuable than his commitment to a job that could hurt her. that can show up sometimes in work we write ourselves but feels way rarer for anything that makes it onto a big screen!
