The above picture is from one of my favorite movies, Predestination, starring Sarah Snook and Ethan Hawke. And, both actors play the same character, just like in the above picture you see Sarah Snook as a man and a woman. The movie actually has several different variations of this character from baby to old man. Even though the main character, Jane, was a born a woman.
This movie is a major tease! I love it so much because it challenges how we look at things like gender and relationships. Although there is more to the story than those two things, those are what caught my attention.
Now, if I traveled back in time, I doubt I'd fall in love with myself. But let's say I traveled to a parallel universe where I am either a woman or a trans woman, what then?
Nobody understands me as well as I do. Nobody ever will. I'm an odd duck, and more times than not, I feel pretty alone. But, let's say I meet a female me, it doesn't matter if this female me is trans or not, and we're both attracted to each other, is that gay?
It doesn't matter, I agree, that's not the point. Would I be gay? Because this version of me is still me, just different gender or gender identity. At what point do we label one gay? Tricky question, isn't it?
Honestly, I'd like to find out. I know it sounds weird, but don't judge me. No one will ever be as perfect for me as me. And I doubt this would ever happen, but it does serve as a great What If.
People these days are so damn judgemental! I am sure they'd have some bigoted response to a relationship like this. And what if the two me's made babies?
In Predestination, it's hard to pin down, The main character Jane/John, make a baby. And that baby is them. Had they not made love, they would never exist. I know, how does that work? Well, as far as the gender part goes, watch the awesome movie!!! But how does the original Jane/John come into existence? Well, Jane would have had different parents in the beginning. And then upon going back into time, after the events that lead Jane into becoming John, John falls in love with Jane, and thus begins this cycle.
But, in a parallel universe, let's say it is not time travel. Let's say I am still in present time, but I meet another me, the me from that universe! Hell, that me could even be gay. Now, I don't turn myself on, but if I was a trans woman or a woman, I don't know. What if there was a connection? And if the other me was like Jane/John, we could make babies. Or if other me was a woman from birth. Would we end up duplicating ourselves exactly? Perhaps we would give birth to twins, one male, and one female, both us!
This thought-train is nutty, but we have never dealt with anything like this subject except in fiction. If you were to travel to another universe, and you met another you who is the gender you're attracted to, what would you do? And what if that you fell in love with you? Would you return the feelings? Who knows for sure, you might say, NO WAY! YUCK! But who knows for real.
You think you got it rough now, just imagine yourself in this kind of love-life. Imagine how the bigots would treat the two of you!
I think about crazy shit like this. Because, every time we think we know everything, we really don't. And one theory in a parallel universe is that for every combination of everything there could be, it already exists somewhere. So that means in one universe, I'm gay. In another, I am trans. In another, I was born a woman. And so on, and so on. And if I could travel to the universes, and meet all the me's, I would. And there comes the big question, what if I fell in love with me? I wonder, what would I like as a woman? As a man, I have a mighty chin, I don't look good in drag, don't ask me how I know. But, what if in another universe, that me changes my mind? Or that me is a woman? Or that me went on hormones, and is becoming a trans woman?
I doubt I will ever get to find out, but if I do ever get the chance, I might just take me out to dinner. And I definitely would if I looked like Sarah Snook, even as a man she's cute! And I don't say that often about men. :^D
And if you judge me, I will judge you. Both of me will...
And if you haven't watched Predestination, and I didn't spoil it for you, please, WATCH IT!!! It is so well done! And the acting is freaking amazing!
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