'You don’t even know the box you’re in until someone lets you out.'
goes out of its way to seamlessly incorporate Elliot's gender identity into the story without any of the usual suffering or prejudice that we see all-too-often onscreen.Viktor has always felt different, uncomfortable in his own skin, and that was true regardless of the name he chose to go by or the way he presented himself on the outside.
All of Viktor's siblings come around to this revelation quite quickly too. When he steps in and says,"It's who I've always been," no one has an issue with Viktor's transition, and Five even goes out of his way to say,"I'm truly happy for you" before talk returns to the cosmic problems at hand.A more involved coming out happens soon after with Allison, who Viktor's always been closest to.
To which Allison replies,"Thank you for trusting me with this." Knowing that Elliot has gone through this same journey himself in real life, it feels as though he is also trusting the viewers with some insight into his own experience too."I always hate mirrors," adds Viktor during that same conversation."I thought everyone always felt so strange in their skin.
The closest thing we get to conflict in this arc is just Luther being a bit awkward at first, but it all comes from a place of love, and by the end, he even asks Viktor to be his best man at the wedding.Of course, that's worlds removed from the relentless bigotry that so many trans people face now more than ever in the real world, from their own families and wider society. And it's vital that stories onscreen reflect this.
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