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When I saw the name Ellen when all this news came out I thought of Ellen Degeneres so I was very confused for a moment lol. I wanted to see if anything changed with The Umbrella Academy so I looked up its IMDb page. They've already changed Page's name to Elliot with they/them pronouns in her bio but according to Netflix, Elliot will still play as Vanya Hargreeves.

I really liked the first season of Umbrella Academy and read the comics beforehand, so I guess I'm glad they're not going to change Vanya's character to "Vincent?" Not because I don't like that they now identify as trans, but it wouldn't make sense at all in the story for there to be a transgender arc for Vanya. If it really bothers people maybe they'll end up replacing Page?

Either way, her coming out as "Elliot" and trans feels like it could be interpreted in one of two ways; "Anything but a woman," so I'm going to transition to "fix" that. OR, realize it's okay to not be comfortable as a woman but understand it doesn't mean you might actually be trans. I know there's so much more to it than that, but does that make sense how it could be seen that way?