Face2face plot series#

There was even a moment when she was blamed for a crime that someone else committed because they knew they could pin it on her since she was seen as different. She spent her entire life trying to be accepted and see her family while having person after person abandon and villianize her. She was a kind child that made a mistake and her father used that mistake and his own transphobia as an excuse to put her away. She is actually not mentally ill at all, despite being kept in an insane asylum. However, unlike the Buffalo Bills of our past, being transgender was not linked in with mental illness or the reason for her becoming A. It left my feelings all over the place, and strangely swinging toward the positive, though I am still going back and forth and may end up on the negative depending on the day and how the next season plays out.įor one, the character being transgender was the initial reason for her isolation. Though I would also be frustrated and offended if one of the only representations I had on television ended up being the main villain, the reveal was more complex than that. However, I have many other feelings about it as well. In movies and television, they are the killers.” True. Trish Bendix from AfterEllen tweeted, “In real life, trans women are being killed. Many people called the reveal transphobic and others just pointed out the obvious. The show has never had a transgender character before and suddenly, the first time we see one, they are not only being played by a cisgender actress but they are the token evil person. All fan theories aside, many people were understandably upset by this.

Tuesday, it was revealed that “A”, the villain, is transgender. However, this episode, PLL ventured a little further into the LGBTQ spectrum and many fans have a lot of feelings about it.

Face2face plot series#

One of the main characters came out early in the series and though they initially touched on her coming out, her relationships since have been treated like any of the other girls’ relationships. The show also has a very present LGBTQ following. It has a subreddit, its own fan-spawned hashtags (#BooRadleyVanCullen and #VanderJesus) and a recap game dominated by Autostraddle’s own, Heather Hogan, which you should probably read immediately. It is a ridiculous show with an enormous fanbase that takes over the internet every Tuesday. If you are unfamiliar with the show, A is the mysterious villain that has been torturing and stalking the liars for all of high school. Mostly though, after five long years, PLL fans finally found out who “A” is. Tuesday was the season six finale of Pretty Little Liars and as always, we are left with even more questions. I will try to keep names out of it, but if you have not seen the Pretty Little Liars finale or if you ever intend on watching the show and do not want it ruined, you should probably exit the screen now. Warning, this article will have SPOILERS.