Everybody's entitled to their own.
Theories are not protected from criticism.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.No, I'm saying Garnet is similar to a transgender person, whereas this person is saying Lars literally is a transgender person.
Yes, in real life some trans people are nice and some are assholes, just like everybody else. But we're not talking about real life, we're talking about a fictional cartoon where the characters were all invented by writers and are all meant to serve some sort of function in the overall narrative.
The show has made it abundantly clear that Lars is a rude, mean-spirited, and unhappy person, and the suggestion that he might be trans comes with the Unfortunate Implications that being trans is an "explanation/justification" for his behavior (even if that wasn't what was intended). And it's especially bad because if this theory was true, Lars would be the only transgender character on the show so far. If this show was a more serious drama full of Gayngst and whatnot, it probably wouldn't be as big a deal to me, but if this is a show where all the gay characters get to be happy and well-adjusted while the trans character is a misanthropic jerk, that just doesn't sit well with me.
I'm not trying to bully anyone into silence or insult whoever came up with this theory. I'm only trying to articulate why the theory upsets me.
(P.S. I guess you could use Pearl as an example of a gay character who's not entirely "happy and well-adjusted," but that's more because of a standard love triangle with Rose and Greg plus angst at Rose's death. The genders of the people in the love triangle doesn't have much to do with it, so it's not like Pearl is unhappy because she's a lesbian.)
edited 24th Jul '16 9:04:17 PM by thebandragoness
I've got Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash, Spyro, and Paper Mario fanfics.![]()
That star might represent the Tri-force, may not be so coincidental next to that color scheme.
Yeah I can see how this can be problematic tbh, there's a lot of character improvement and development that needs to be done regarding to Lars. We can put Pearl as being kind of unhappy but after Mr. Greg I think she wont be because she got a closure.
edited 24th Jul '16 9:10:57 PM by galaxydreams
" the fact that Lars's status as an angry socially awkward wreck is being used as the main "evidence" that he's trans is what pisses me off more than anything."
I think is more try to explain Lars asshole behivor than anything else, but so far it seen Lars being jerk is....him being lars, his parent are good and they seen soportive...I dont know, it will look more as using transgender as excuse for jerkassery, also it would make Steven meeding in his mind WAAAAY worst(which is pretty bad right now)
Also the "trans lars" theory have the same issue with "Elsa is bi/ace" and that it use the LACK of something as proof of something else
" I guess you could use Pearl as an example of a gay character who's not entirely "happy and well-adjusted,""
Pearl is more about co-depency as anything else, even in her song is the same issue about "I can do anything thanks to you" and how she feel stuck without her, in short Pearl main flaw is the idea of someone else having power over her.
"That star might represent the Tri-force, may not be so coincidental next to that color scheme."
And the show is full of zelda reference, not surprise here
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"I've seen some people arguing that Lars' parents aren't 100% great based on some stuff but especially the 'oh our son is murdering a child, we're disappointed in you son' thing.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersThere's not any proof for the "Elsa is straight" theory, either...
edited 24th Jul '16 9:25:55 PM by thebandragoness
I've got Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash, Spyro, and Paper Mario fanfics.![]()
They obviously aren't, they don't do the discipline thing...so Larson just tends to not smarten up. Is very bad. Love is not the only thing a child needs, just as strictness isn't the only thing.
edited 24th Jul '16 9:25:07 PM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Randomness does character nicknames...
No correction necessary.
It's a nickname for his nickname.
edited 24th Jul '16 9:31:37 PM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Marginally related, would Kevin count as a Depraved Bisexual, considering he had no problem hitting on someone even after he found out that that person was a little boy and a little girl fused together?
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Ehhh, I think he was just trying to rile them up.
edited 24th Jul '16 9:36:20 PM by thebandragoness
I've got Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash, Spyro, and Paper Mario fanfics.He was trying to agitate the youngsters, like true jerks.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I'm pretty sure he doesn't know Stevonnie is a fusion, though I'm not entirely sure what he thinks they are, since his previously stated belief of "two kids in a trench coat" seriously doesn't hold water. (Then again, that might not stop him...)
(As for trans Lars... well, the idea doesn't bother me, but it doesn't interest me either. Trans literally any other character would be more interesting to me. ... Actually, I think I just don't like Lars.)
she her hers hOI!!! i'm tempeWell, greetings everyone. The new guy here. Can anyone tell me about the pilot I just watched? Everyone including the title screen looks different... am I just going to blame it on Early Installment Weirdness, or does this episode totally not count?
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Maybe Lars won't be such a good representation for trans people, at least for now but the theory is not entirely stupid. Laramie is a unisex name as well as the name of a project focused on the LGBT+ community so there's that. Everybody is entitled to their own theories. And people can be jerks no matter how they identified, he's not the worst person in the planet either.
edited 24th Jul '16 8:55:16 PM by galaxydreams