Aspiring Equal Oppertunity Feminist Granola girl.

*Spoilers for Wendell & Wild*

Let’s talk about Siobhan‘s characterization,and why it is so refreshing.

As most of us know,media usually vilifes blond+rich girls,making them unredeamable or at the very least,rotten .But it isn’t the case with Siobhan Klaxxon.

Upon meeting Kat she greets her and,if not a bit annoyingly,tries to befriend her,oblivious to the main character’s discomfort,as seen in the picture.

Later on,when Kat gets her mark of a Hell maiden and freaks half the class with an octopus,Siobhan says to her friend group something among the lines of “this new girl is an interrupter”,which can be interpreted as “she doesn’t fit in,disrupts the usual flow of the lesson and I don’t like that”.From this,and the Raul’s admission of being friends with her pre-transition we can conclude that this character doesn’t perceive “unordinary”,and unknowingly tries to either reinforce the “normalness”(proposing to change Kat’s nickname and other attributes in order for her to fit in RBC girls) or withdrawing form it(her group not being friends after Raul’s transition).But does it make her the villain?No,it makes her oblivious to the harm she causes,which stems from her parents privilege and ignorance.

But later on,when she investigates her parents job and understands all the awfulness that comes with it(and what Kat went through) she breaks the cycle and embraces helps others in order to stop Klaxons deeds.After getting rid of her ignorance,planted by her family,she does what SHE thinks is right,not what OTHERS think it is.

So in conclusion,I totally agree with chewingsum’s post:

Also,I wanna thank the production team behind this movie for subverting so many cliches and making such a good message about doing your own thing after getting rid of something that held you down.In Kat’s case,it was her trauma,and in Siobhan’s-her parents perception.

Okay, but seriously, I am OBSESSED with Wendell and Wild's trans representation of Raúl and how the first hint is that there's somehow a boy at an all-girls school, which already makes you suspect he might be trans, but instead of leaving you to theorise and only confirm things through tweets months after the film's release, like, 15 minutes into the film you have Shiobhan confirming he is indeed trans by accidentally using his deadname, only to immediately backtrack and apologise because everyone is genuinely respectful of his identity, and they even allowed him to have a close and loving relationship with his mum—who at one point has to sternly let someone on the phone know that, yes, she has a son, thank you very much—instead of a strained one due to his gender identity, and THEN, if for some reason you didn't catch the memo, we get an actual, close-up of how he used to be pre-transition and Kat is totally chill about it, only expressing surprise at the thought that he used to hang out with the "poodles", and. It. Is. Glorious!!!

We love to see it.

No, no, not at all! It doesn't bother me, really, it's actually a relief. Tbh, I'm queer, but not trans, so I sort of feared I might have been insensitive at some point? I dunno, sometimes it's hard to tell when you have a say when it comes to the way other minorities are represented or treated or not. So hearing that my silly little post resonated with you, a trans man, fills me with joy!! Thank you so much and stay amazing ❤️❤️

Finally, some good fucking content

Wendell & Wild (2022), post credits scene with Kat Elliot