chloe said yes so now u have to listen to me okay anyways. if u are sensitive to trolls world tour spoilers look away. there will be screenshots https://twitter.com/aIexmoffat/status/1262640092373323777

- when hes first introduced hes introduced as the fkcn . yodeling merc but we're not given a name and he's portrayed/explained very vaguely (walt dohrn said no misgendy from moment 1) . its also important i think to note that all the other trolls get proper posters nd h&d

are shadowed which like ... i know they first show up disguised but theres a choice there (a in making country hickory look so close to hickory [AS WELL AS HIM NOT LOOKING LIKE DICKORY AT ALL BESIDES LIKE . FACIAL HAIR] b in choosing just them to be disguised)

imagine this being ur opening lines when ur literally disgusing urself as another type of music in front of poppys eyes while busting her out i think this is key also in development of hickory's realization that like oh yeah ... assimilation via rock hurts me probably the most

IMMEDIATELY LIKE OFF THE BAT THIS BITCH SAYS WITH HIS WHOLE CHEST THAT MEDLEYS ARE SICK AND ANY BRAND OF TROLL CAN LIKE ANY MUSIC. cis people dont say skedaddle unless they never had the opportunity to experiment w gender variation and theyre 75 now

ALSO BRANCH NOTICES THIS BUT LIKE ... POPPY IS COMPLETELY IMMUNE TO IT SHES SO DUMB SOMETIMESLKVHSOGFJESVFG but all the country trolls that HATED the pop medley want hickory fuckin dead like .... aint that one a yous .

[IE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ACCEPT HIM AS IS AND DONT QUESTION HIM R POPPY N BRANCH (james corden never existed in my mind) he doesnt feel comfortable w yodelers but isnt accepted as one of them by the country trolls ..... im transing]

things cishets DONT do: stand like this in midair

he looks .... distressed at being questioned of his motives he doesnt understand how hes suspicious. this isnt even a look of like 'am i being found out' i see no fear/action to take branch out [hes a bountry hunter bro he shouldnt care] for almost being seen

its a look of fuckin like . 'wait what did i do wrong what am i fucking up about my appearances. branch please dont do this rn

epic gamer moment he had that shit rehearsed hes thought abt this too long . even if u dont draw this as like 'were all trolls fuck a assigned genre at birth we can all coexist kings and queens!!!!' hes still an ally not all country boys are bigots

imagine being accepted and seen as who u want to be for thje first time in ur l;ife and u cant tell ur story bc ur brother is in ur ass who is definitely probably a transphobe at least until the end and also u are on a job so u simply say y'darn skippy

no cis baristas im having an anyeurism over this literally the number one thing abt trans wfolks is all of us are baristas have been baristas or asked one of our friends for a barista job ref . i want to write more about this specifically

GOD hickory LITERALLY addresses chaz by name and chaz has no idea who tf he is even w the name . (id assume theyre aware of each other being both hired by barb but barb never referenced/insinuated h&d wuld b country . theyre originally percieved to be just yodel boys)

i think an important note in this is that it seems p notable to me that no one besides h&d are like ... aware of whats going on . the country trolls havent been bought/murdered/etc into silence (bounty hunters arent really keen on making a scene chaz was ready to end em there)

chaz didnt know who it was ... it seems very much to me like hickory made a choice to only plan this w dickory to try and get a chance to see what passing is like perhaps????????

HRGHRGE THIS REQUIRES A TIMESKIP TO RELATE TO THIS SCENE BUT MAN YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HOW HE YODELS FOR LIKE .2 SECONDS AND HIS FULL SONG IS A COUNTRY SONG ..... TRANS RIGHTS MY GOOD SIR

to add to this i think its important to note in general we see a significant amt more country hickory than yodel hickory which like .dont force trans people to see themselves pre-transition if its upsetting CHECK

also i think noting that even though his full song IS country

we get like an absolute FRACTION of it in the film bc even when hes presenting as desired hes got dickory in his ass and has to kind of .... trim himself yk . dont out urself to ur shit brother that hard. its cut off by useless heterosexuals in film . idc i hate cishets

hickory's initial reactions to vibe city r so much to me its not even like 'damn this is weird' HE HAS A TWIN BROTHER LIKE ????? OF COURSE ????? THIS SHOULDNT BE WEIRD TO HIM???? i think its moreso fear of the unknown / possibly being clocked and outed if they recognize him

interesting subtle nod to personal transition choices perhaps .... not every trans person has to warp their appearance entirely or do every single step of medical transition to be valid (binary or not) this is a very important trans issue that i am relating to trolls world tour

trolls world tour said FUCK truscum

HE IMMEDIATELY GETS HAPPER WHEN COOPER TELLS HIS STORY obviously the Zones are different but u can see in his little eyes that the idea that someone could be raised separate from their identity and understand a different perception in youth they dont understand/align w totally

anjd like .... peacefully and happily and safely reintegrate where they belong is sooooooo fucking . god . especially after being run out of town by country trolls i think he found a lot of safety in this story. hes not even listening to poppy hes just vibing

also very intriguing to me that right after that number hickory goes mia while we get het pandering and more plot/development of main characters and then we immediately go into a major turning point in hickorys character ......... what conversations was he having

hes visibly anxious after hugging poppy despite being authentically ecstatic to be here. sam rockwell is strong enough in acting chops to do a fake happy voice i KNOW there are nuances. hes worried abt her baseline ofc but he also clearly knows dickory wants to

make moves and stop pandering (we also learn previously via kpop and reggaeton that barb ''''plans'''' to let one music besides rock live which adds to my sexy meta of hickory doing nothing to help barb bc he doesnt feel an attachment/need to save yodeling)

his JOB. his MISSION. his PURPOSE in this movie is to get that string back to barb and yet he INSTANTLY feels safer w poppy bc she doesnt attempt to percieve him as an outsider/not looking like other country trolls hes just hickory as is and he drops that mission SOOOO FAST

he literally takes like half a second of thought and realizes that he cant just be whatever his brother wants/needs him to be and there are people who see him as he wants to be seen and he thrives in that sooooo much cus he hasnt had it before </3 safety over blood family

theres a lot to break down in this scene but number one trans hickory proof: literally look at how much happier he is when everyone is just 100% convinced hes country vs being forcibly outed. what the fuck . what the fguck . fuck this

hes very good at keeping cool in stressful situations generally a lot of his larger extended emotions [not weird cowboy colloquialisms] seem to be excitement but he starts FREAKING THE FUCK OUT when dickory goes feral he DOES NOT WANT POPPY TO SEE HIM LIKE THIS

(sobbing softly) hes so .... broken by this. i swear to god this is the only scene where he sounds entirely miserable- he can be accepted as being part of a different genre, sure, but the nuances to not being like .... ur genre

like theres a disparity between being taken away from your assigned genre and just not correlating with your assigned genre that he now has to grapple with poppy knowing and understanding especially since dickory is a loudmouth bitch. also sam rockwells accent in this

(gets outed by brother who watched you be actually happy for the past what ? 30 minutes ? as if he doesnt actually care about your joy or safety and thinks ur being cringe) dude

HES SO MISERABLE THIS WHOLE FUCKING SCENE AND HES JUST S . HES JUST STANDING THERE not only was he outed, poppy now thinks hes TRASH, his brother doesnt respect him, but his brother is also being a BUBBLY ASSHOLE TO THE PERSON WHO ACCEPTED AND RESPECTED HIM MOST AUTHENTICALLY

the first things he says in his german accent are both 'so sorry' and it takes him a noticeable pause to get either out . having to be a yodeler makes him feel sick and bad. trans

"uh, it was the only way to save our beautiful yodeling"
> doesnt help his shortass babyass weakass brother w their side of the string
> i cant get a good screenshot but he literally stands on poppys side he does Not care about yodeling friends he has no interest in it

he has a job and a classification and a duty assigned (essentially) from birth based on faction and he gives this weakass line while miserable about saving yodeling (compared to his exuberant brother) and then . sides with poppy because she didnt see him as anything but until now

i am simply exacerbating this point now he just simply is not happy at all this whole time even a little it is murder on his soul just to be seen like this . there was NO reason his line needed to be delivered so lacklusterly- it goes beyond liking poppy

all poppy does during most of his screen time is be stupid and not listen all she has offered him is kindness and love and support and nonjudgement. its not like 'oh you have this deep dynamic intellegent big brain character i love' literally all she did was support hickory

doing his thing and vibing and hes like ..... ready to abandon every reason he was put into this film just bc she accepted him as a country troll without question. what is the tragic backstory here

WOOF OK WERE ALMOST DONE KIDS. ANYWAYS not only does poppy take a stance on Troll Assimilation she also chooses to have her tribute/recognition of hickory not be in 'you lied to me!!!!' but instead remembering what he taught her and how much value he brought her. also accent

END CREDITS ABT THE LIKE ... NEW BETTER IMPROVED WORLD HES A FUCKING . HES HIS COUNTRY TROLL SELF IM SOBBING HICKORY TRANSITIONED NO ONE @ ME GOD . GOD . GOD . GOD .GOD

thank you for coming to my tedtalk hickory from trolls world tour is trans im so sorry this wasnt worded more professionally

addendum avery pointed out - in terms of the movie its definitely allegorical like hes not . hes not gender. i use the term transgenre here and there in this thread and outside of it which sounds like a joke but is probably the closest to how u could describe his experience

i need to rewatch this again before i can fully identify how this relates to the larger framework of the story but in a movie about oppressive structures and historical ignorance i think including something this like .... pretty hardcore allegorical about trans experiences

in and of itself adds to the movie ( poppy is constantly being reminded by allegories for oppressed groups that shes a fucking idiot gentrifier who doesnt listen )