"red pill" and "blue pill" being hijacked the way it has been is kinda sad to me. why are dude-bros in baseball caps arguing about whether people deserve rights over a cold one think they did something there? the original Matrix metaphor was about waking up to systematic oppression and false narratives.
the Matrix has also been long confirmed to be a trans metaphor. the Wachowski sisters came out as trans after the film and have openly confirmed it.
red pill = egg crack, I don't make the rules! the "red pill" has been so misinterpreted I'm gonna scream into the tumblr void and see if I get an echo back. the red pill was about waking up to the truth of your identity even if its difficult, cough, trans, cough. trans people realising this is who they are is the egg cracking and pursuing authenticity.
Neo is constantly deadnamed in the film and called "Mr Anderson" by agents, who represent systematic oppression, and always corrects them to "Neo." Only Morpheus and others who respect that identity say "Neo."
in the original script they even said they wanted a character who represented male in the Matrix be female in the real world but Warner Bros wasn't having it
you do NOT get to take the Matrix into your grubby little misinformed hands and cackle like a manical witch.
anyway trans rights