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Apr. 19th, 2024 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI watched an episode of Kashimashi today and was struck again by how much it meant to me. Not just because of the focus on the transgender main character (who is not explicitly called transgender, but absolutely is). I was in this messed up situation with my ex and her boyfriend, and I wanted *so* badly for the love triangle in the show to work out in some kind of happy way because I wanted whatever I was in to work out in some happy way.
I'm pretty damned happy in my relationship now (eventually I realized I *did* want to be ethically non-monogamous: just not with her), but I still really feel for these characters who were in a confusing, difficult situation and really trying hard to do their best for each other. I still wish the show had ended in a happy polyamorous V, but I suppose that's too much to ask for media of the time. If I wrote fanfic, I'd really be tempted to write a new ending for it.
I'm pretty damned happy in my relationship now (eventually I realized I *did* want to be ethically non-monogamous: just not with her), but I still really feel for these characters who were in a confusing, difficult situation and really trying hard to do their best for each other. I still wish the show had ended in a happy polyamorous V, but I suppose that's too much to ask for media of the time. If I wrote fanfic, I'd really be tempted to write a new ending for it.
